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Risd Pod 2014 Alumni Research Report, Project Open Door

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Research and report by Craig Dreeszen, Ph.D., Dreeszen & Associates with Dr. Paul Sproll, Head, Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD) and TLAD MA research assistants, Karina Esperanza Yanez, En-Ling Lu, and Lauren Allen, Rhode Island School of Design Funding for the research provided by the Surdna Foundation. Dreeszen & Associates was commissioned to work with the Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design faculty and graduate research assistants. The research objective was to identify, find, and collect data and stories about the paths taken by Rhode Island teens (RI POD alumni) who …

New Naturalists, Francie Latour, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts

Artists Tavares Strachan 03 GL and Sophia Sobers MFA 13 DM tap into scientific authority in commenting on our evolving relationship with nature.

Revolutions In Making, David Rejeski, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts

With bio- and nanotech breakthroughs radically changing how things are made, David Rejeski 73 ID asks what it means to be a designer in the 21st century.

Seductively Solar, Liisa Silander, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts

Under the direction of project lead Jonathan Knowles BArch 84M, RISD is entering a prototype for a net-zero home in this summer’s Solar Decathlon Europe.

Humanimalia, Liisa Silander, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts

No one paints wild animals quite like Walton Ford 82 FAV, whose unsettling twists on traditional natural history are now on view in a NYC solo show.

Risd Xyz Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts | Full Issue, Liisa Silander, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts

"As ANIMALS, WE'RE ALL PART OF NATURE, sharing DNA with fish, trees, rocks—everything that came to be with the big bang. We’re also dependent on nature for everything: water, oxygen, food, life. And as the animals currently at the top of the food chain, we’re responsible for respecting and caring for it, too...

So what do we do when faced with both the fury and fragility of nature? Do we shrug it off, thinking: “the planet is ruined and we’re screwed,” as Associate Professor Damian White asks (page 52)? Or do we take science seriously and recognize that …

Surprising Ourselves | Risd Interim President, Rosanne Somerson, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2014/2015: The Body

A message from Rosanne Somerson 76 ID, Interim President

Envisioning A Better Body, Samantha Dempsey 13 Il, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2014/2015: The Body

Virgil Wong 05 IL is building on a lifelong fascination with the human body to develop apps that help us manage our own health.

Facing Facts, Liisa Silander, Simone Solondz, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2014/2015: The Body

Andrew Freiband 95 FAV and a team of alumni work with USAID to humanize the impact of extreme poverty.

Desiging Quality Care, Francie Latour, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2014/2015: The Body

Though they’re going about it differently, both Will Harris 10 ID and Sloan Kulper MID 06 are fully committed to improving health care in the developing world.

Exposed, Liisa Silander, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2014/2015: The Body

In photographing his own body over the course of decades, Arno Minkkinen MFA 74 PH surfaces timeless truths about the nature of being.

Risd Xyz Fall/Winter 2014/15: The Body | Full Issue, Liisa Silander, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2014/2015: The Body

"LOVE THEM, HATE THEM, feed and obsess about them as we do, our bodies are our interface with each other and the physical world. They’re the often astonishing and perpetually intriguing vessels that hold who we are. When you think about the body in the context of art, it’s almost impossible to separate one from the other— just as it’s impossible to separate the body from considerations of health and health care. They’re all inextricably intertwined. . .". From the editor's message by Liisa Silander