The daylong May 2025 event highlighted novel, hands-on approaches to storytelling, spatial computing and sensory augmentation ...

The Families Association offers many opportunities for you to volunteer and support the work of Alumni + Family Relations.

At the intersection of architecture, conservation and design, Interior Architecture takes an innovative approach to the reuse and transformation of existing buildings. Studios focused on adaptive ...

This event helps students translate their studio experiences to the professional world,” says RISD Careers Director Kevin ...

All undergraduate students at RISD take first-year studios in Experimental and Foundation Studies, followed by a major course of study in a specific fine arts or design discipline beginning sophomore ...

Digital + Media (D+M) operates at the nexus of art and technology, creating a framework for you to discover emergent creative practices and make research-driven, critically-informed work. Offered at ...

This course will focus on the art of upholstery design. It will teach the basics of traditional techniques and materials; cover historic influences; and explore methods used in mass production. The ...

Based on the philosophy that all undergraduate students benefit from a shared understanding of RISD’s approach to studio learning, during your first year you and your peers follow the same studio ...

Graduate students in Graphic Design share individual workspaces in a large design studio on the fifth floor of RISD's Center for Integrative Technologies (CIT), home to several graduate programs along ...

Furniture Design at RISD offers an intensive immersion in materials research and exploration in the process of making furniture and objects. In this major you investigate some of the most important ...

Since launching our first Social Equity and Inclusion (SEI) Action Plan in 2017, RISD has built upon a series of core values inspired by student activity and input across our community. Among others, ...

Film/Animation/Video alumni make their mark as creative professionals in a wide variety of ways. Working as entrepreneurs or through studios such as Pixar, DreamWorks or Harmonix, or for networks like ...