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Climate Futures, Design And The Just Transition Schedule, Liberal Arts Division Nov 2018

Climate Futures, Design And The Just Transition Schedule, Liberal Arts Division

Climate Futures Symposium

Schedule of events distributed at the Symposium.


An Introduction To Positive Sum Design, Ian Gonsher Jan 2017

An Introduction To Positive Sum Design, Ian Gonsher

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Positive Sum Design And The Economics Of Sharing, Ian Gonsher Jan 2016

Positive Sum Design And The Economics Of Sharing, Ian Gonsher

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Double Or Nothing: Reflections On Bridge Design, Hillary Brown Jan 2016

Double Or Nothing: Reflections On Bridge Design, Hillary Brown

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Post Critical Again, Charlie Cannon Jan 2016

Post Critical Again, Charlie Cannon

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Introduction To Making Futures, Pelle Ehn Jan 2016

Introduction To Making Futures, Pelle Ehn

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Beyond Design Thinking, Ian Gonsher Jan 2016

Beyond Design Thinking, Ian Gonsher

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What Makes A Technology Appropriate?, Barrett Hazeltine Jan 2015

What Makes A Technology Appropriate?, Barrett Hazeltine

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A Company Town, Daniel Peltz, Sheridan Coleman Jan 2015

A Company Town, Daniel Peltz, Sheridan Coleman

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Matafunctional/Metafictional Objects, Paolo Cardini Jan 2015

Matafunctional/Metafictional Objects, Paolo Cardini

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Urban Eden, Anne Tate Jan 2015

Urban Eden, Anne Tate

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Design For Transitions - From And To What?, Cameron Tonkinwise Jan 2015

Design For Transitions - From And To What?, Cameron Tonkinwise

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Critical Design And The Critical Social Sciences, Damian White Jan 2015

Critical Design And The Critical Social Sciences, Damian White

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On Creative Dialectics, Ian Gonsher Jan 2015

On Creative Dialectics, Ian Gonsher

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Material | Adventure, Diana Wagner Oct 2014

Material | Adventure, Diana Wagner

Masters Theses

With the generous support of the RISD Grad Studies|Grant I traveled to London, England to deepen my thesis research of material libraries. This opportunity allowed me to visit the resources that inspired my enthusiasm for materials and to challenge the questions I posed in my thesis research, How we, artists and designers, learn from materials in the context of the library? The sources explored within this book highlight a growing community of academic and research based material collections in London, along with some exceptional exhibitions of materials and process in the context of the museum and archive.


Material Potential | Recontextualizing Material Libraries, Diana Wagner May 2014

Material Potential | Recontextualizing Material Libraries, Diana Wagner

Masters Theses

Material libraries are growing resources that offer an opportunity for artists and designers to discover a variety of materials. These collections are composed in a traditional taxonomy, pairing materials based on composition. Samples are typically commercially made and are displayed independent of context, means of production, cultural significance, and application.

Through making we learn a material’s potential: the transformation it can make, the form it can take, and the new composites we can create. This generative experience lives in the studio and workshop. But how can we introduce this language of process, critical thinking, and making to activate and challenge …


The Literature Of Political Things And Places: Reading And Writing Design, Susan Yelavich Jan 2014

The Literature Of Political Things And Places: Reading And Writing Design, Susan Yelavich

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Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Website), Mark Pompelia Jun 2013

Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Website), Mark Pompelia

Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries

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Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Program Sheet), Mark Pompelia Jun 2013

Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Program Sheet), Mark Pompelia

Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries

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Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Program Booklet), Mark Pompelia Jun 2013

Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Program Booklet), Mark Pompelia

Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries

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Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Survey Stats), Mark Pompelia Jun 2013

Materials Education And Research In Art And Design: A New Role For Libraries (Survey Stats), Mark Pompelia

Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries

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Materials Collection Creation And Administration: A New Role For Libraries (White Paper), Mark Pompelia Jun 2013

Materials Collection Creation And Administration: A New Role For Libraries (White Paper), Mark Pompelia

Materials Education and Research in Art and Design: A New Role for Libraries

The Problem/Opportunity: To define, identify, and guide design-based materials collections in academic settings and foster community among those with existing collections and/or those considering creating and supporting one.

Contents and topics:

  1. What is a materials collection?
  2. Why have a materials collection?
  3. Acquisition strategies
  4. Organizational approaches
  5. Programming possibilities
  6. Symposium summary
  7. Resources