Marty Laurita | 30 Day Challenge
Marty Laurita (MID ’14) recently challenged himself to do a drawing each day for thirty days as a way to improve his sketching abilities. Experimenting with pencils, pens, and markers, Laurita drew his favorite thing — motorbikes. Below are some of his sketches from the 30 days, as well as his thoughts on the experience. [...]
ID Sketching | Jorge Paricio Garcia
Many of you know Jorge Paricio Garcia, a beloved teacher in the RISD Industrial Design department who teaches Sophomore Design Principles. He is known not only for his kind and endearing personality, but also for his wicked sketching and rendering skills. Lucky for us, he has decided to share those famous rendering demos with us [...]
ID Sketching | Michael DiTullo
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Michael DiTullo, Creative Director of the global innovation firm, frog design, and alumnus of the Industrial Design Department here at RISD, for our ID Sketching Series. From starting his career at Evo Design to developing several product collections at Nike Inc, DiTullo has had extensive experience in bringing [...]
ID Sketching | Erik Askin
Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Erik Askin BFA ID ’10 is currently a designer at Keytech inc., a high-tech product design and applied research prototyping company located in Baltimore, Maryland. As you will quickly take away from the sketches below, Askin is phenomenal at sketching. When laying out my own projects or looking for ideas on [...]
ID Sketching | Nick Wheat
Today we spoke with Nick Wheat (BFA ID ’13), a junior in the Industrial Design Department who hails from Silicon Valley. Wheat impressed both faculty and his peers when he entered the department as a sophomore, quickly becoming well known for his fantastic sketches and meticulous attention to detail. Below are a couple of his [...]
ID Sketching | Oleg Panichev
Oleg Panichev (BFA ID ’11) is a recent graduate of RISD’s Industrial Design program. Below are some recent sketches he shared with us of a motorcycle he’s been ruminating on. More of his sketches can be seen in our previous post on his sketchbook while traveling through Rome in the European Honors Program. Posted by [...]
ID Sketching | Marianne Koo
This week, we spoke with Marianne Koo (BFA ID ’13), a junior in the department. Koo is from San Francisco, California. Below is a compilation of concept sketches she did for her investment casting class. Why did you decide to become a designer? I was drawn to industrial design for its interactive quality. There’s something [...]
ID Sketching | Sangho Kim
Continuing the ID Sketching series from last week when we spoke with Robbie Lillquist, this week we spoke with another RISD Industrial Design student. Sangho Kim BFA ID ’13 shared with us the below sketches and let us ask him a few questions about what motivates his drawing, how he approaches a sketch, and what [...]
ID Sketching | Robbie Lillquist
There is a sort of old school nostalgia associated with Industrial Design Sketching. The ability to pick up a pencil or pen and visually communicate a thought or concept is a skill that is as valuable now as it was fifty years ago. That tool of visual communication is one that transcends language barriers and [...]