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Birdenvy, Karen Knighton, Skip Wrightson

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Karen Knighton & Skip Wrightson are both animators and make handmade, hand-bound mini-comics. Some comics are limited editions printed at home layered with vellum, some are GOCCO, some are RISO. www.birdenvy.com

Czap Books, K Czap

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Czap Books is a Providence-based micropress publisher dedicated to celebrating the poetic, personal, and weird in a rich ecosystem of comics and zines. They champion cross-pollination of genre and influences, a mission embodied by the Ley Lines series that explores the relationship between comics and other artforms. charmgardens.com

Ryan Alves, Ryan Alves

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I have been endeavoring to push myself to make more comics, more often, using diverse media. I’ve been self publishing for about 4 years. livinginmethan.weebly.com

Risd Graphic Design | Ramon Tejada, Ramon Tejada

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

RISD Graphic Design offers BFA and MFA programs that push on the boundaries of the discipline, where students learn to communicate ideas visually, frame points of view and messages, build community, and embrace a fluid, networked culture. risd.gd

Risd Graphic Design | Erica Silver, Erica Silver

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

RISD Graphic Design offers BFA and MFA programs that push on the boundaries of the discipline, where students learn to communicate ideas visually, frame points of view and messages, build community, and embrace a fluid, networked culture. risd.gd

Ruby And Isobel, Isobel Connelly, Ruby Miller

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Isobel Connelly and Ruby Miller, two-part artist/designer collective with an affinity for multiples.

Wei Yun Chen: Hello Kitty W/ Mouth | Boston University Graphic Design, Wei Yun Chen

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

The Boston University Graphic Design program (undergraduate, graduate, and alum) showcases work generated from and informed by personal practice and studio projects (screen printing, book arts, and typography class). Students participating have a strong interest in experimental self-publishing and the role graphic design plays in communicating ideas and messages. tunachecn_ instagram, bu_Graphicdesign instagram

Sharon Zhong: Attention, Distraction | Boston University Graphic Design, Sharon Zhong

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

The Boston University Graphic Design program (undergraduate, graduate, and alum) showcases work generated from and informed by personal practice and studio projects (screen printing, book arts, and typography class). Students participating have a strong interest in experimental self-publishing and the role graphic design plays in communicating ideas and messages. bu_Graphicdesign instagram

Nike's Knacks And Snacks, Nike Desis

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Nike Desis makes small editions of zines, screen prints, & refashioned clothing/ accessories. They are prototypes from primary sources as Nike often uses popular/ found imagery/objects. She curates this content outside of algorithms with a spirit of sharing and reuse. Nike is also always studying group work, in practice and through workshops, observations, interviews, research, and readings. www.nikedesis.com

Cardkits, Anther Kiley

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Anther Kiley is a RISD alum (GD MFA ’13) and adjunct faculty in the GD department. They design and market Cardkits, a line of book-like paper toy kits for kids and adults that assemble into engaging miniature cityscapes. cardkitstoys.com

Risd Graphic Design | Utkan Dora Öncül, Uktan Dora Öncül

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

RISD Graphic Design offers BFA and MFA programs that push on the boundaries of the discipline, where students learn to communicate ideas visually, frame points of view and messages, build community, and embrace a fluid, networked culture. risd.gd

Olivia Orr, Olivia Orr

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am a graphic design senior at RISD (2020) and I love book arts! Most of my work involves Biblical themes and illustrated typography and graphics. I took a “Print on Paper” class last semester (2019) and made two risograph printed books that are on sale for Unbound. behance, oliviawaugh.com

Erik Gould, Erik Gould

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am a photographer and a bookmaker. I am interested in the ways that groups of images can work together and how those groups join with text, with sound and with pages, both physical and digital, held within the container of a book. The unique encounter of a reader with a book is where I wish the work to meet an audience. – Erik Gould, Senior Photographer, RISD Museum erikgouldprojects.com

Skate Or Dye | Mikaela Kautzky, Mikaela Kautzky

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

SKATE OR DYE is a 120-page art publication on DIY skateboarding, natural dyeing and textiles in a northern island context. This iteration comprises drawings, textile works, colour photography, short pieces of writing, and how-to’s on natural dyeing as well as skate feature assembling. Through words and visuals SKATE OR DYE investigates islands as laboratories for DIY culture and inclusive design. www.mikaelakautzky.com, mik00k instagram

Jr., Corinne Ang, Jina Choi, Julia Chu

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Julia, Corinne and Jina are a self-publishing group of RISD graphic design students interested in creating stories and narratives through various printed mediums. We are particularly intrigued in the connection and interaction of people and culture and enjoy sharing these discoveries through print.

Ugly Duckling Presse, Ugly Duckling Presse

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Ugly Duckling Presse is a nonprofit publisher for poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction, performance texts, and books by artists. Through the efforts of a volunteer editorial collective, UDP was transformed from a 1990s zine into a mission-driven small press that has published more than 300 titles to date, and produced countless prints and ephemera.

UDP favors emerging, international, and “forgotten” writers, and its books, chapbooks, artist’s books, broadsides, and periodicals often contain handmade elements, calling attention to the labor and history of bookmaking. uglyducklingpresse.org

Meichen Liu, Meichen Liu

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Meichen Liu, PRINT 22 makes larger-than-human-size installations, picture books and zines to present personal understandings of human emotions as well as relationships, and also to resonate with her audience. She seeks a deeper meaning behind ordinary things, and her seekings are reflected in her arts. She is searching for a way to combine maths with fine arts. She hasn’t found the one she likes yet, but she never gives up on things she values, and she gains better comprehension in both fields through this process. View Meichen's Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest entries Pockets, 2020 and …

Yiqun Zhou, Yiqun Zhou

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I've been working on a 32 pages comic about humor for over a year now (2020). It’s a story about a super power comedian interviewing another super power comedian. It has very interesting paneling (said by my professor and my classmates) and it’s a nice story.

V.1 Winter 2020, Center For Arts & Language, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

v.1 is a publishing platform for the ongoing work, ideas, discussions, debates, and aspirations of students at the Rhode Island School of Design. The Winter 2020 issue contains articles on cultural touchstones, family memories, reality tv in paradise, and cultural artifacts in Italy, along with student creative writing.

2020-2021 Risd Course Announcement, Risd Registrar's Office, Risd Archives

RISD Course Catalogs / Announcements

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Editorial, Editorial Office

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

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The Morse Dry Dock Dial, Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 31 x 46 cm folded to 17 x 13 cm. Cover title. Edition of 250. "The Morse Dry Dock Dial is the Spring 2020 Informational Pamphlet, taking its name from the magazine published by the Morse Dry Dock Company, my great-grandfather's employer in the early years of the twentieth century. The original publication reported on the lives and activities of their community of workers, many of which lived in the neighborhood, what was then called Bay Ridge and is now named Sunset Park, Brooklyn. This pamphlet talks about my family's history in the neighborhood, …

Avalanche Safety Book, Casey Gardner, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations Title from cover; imprint from colophon. "Written, drawn, printed and bound by the artist"--Colophon. Limited edition of 50 copies. Letterpress printed accordion-bound folios with pamphlet-stitched interior booklets. Printed on a Vandercook 4 with photo-polymer plates and carved linoleum. Two digitally printed, hand-bound fascicles. Covers are cloth-cornered davey board. Typefaces: Cheltenham, Kabel, Gill Sans, Futura, and Bodoni. Paper: Moulin du Gué, Zerkall Book, and Curious Metallic. "This book, through a story of two climbers, explores human vulnerability and vision in navigating physical and existential risks. The story reflects our era of environmental peril and the blind …

Visionaire 69: "2020" Guest Curated By Edison Chen, Edison Chen, Barbara Kruger, Tom Sachs, Lebron James, Greg Foley

Visionaire

1 box (10 laser-cut copper stencils, 1 face mask, 1 can of spray paint) wrapped in a silk scarf Title from infomation sheet Limited Edition of 500 hand-numbered copies include silk scarf by CLOT, wrapping a stenciled case housing; 1 face mask by Barbara Kruger, 1 can of spray paint, and 10 laser-cut copper stencils by 10 artists "Due to current shipping restrictions, we are sorry to inform you that the can of spray paint is not able to be sent inside the edition."--Information sheet

"VISIONAIRE 69 2020 guest curated by the inimitable, multi-hyphenate star, Edison Chen, comes as a …

A Cloud Index, Spencer Finch, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

60 folded sheets : illustrations. "The sixty pastel drawings that comprise this book were originally created for a public art project at the new Elizabeth Line station at Paddington in London. The entire work, titled "A Cloud Index," presents 27 different types of clouds within a single composition. The drawings were scanned and then printed onto 180 clear glass panels (each 2 meters x 6 meters) and installed in the canopy of the station. The pages of this book can be assembled and attached to a wall to re-create the entire artwork, at a reduced scale. The number printed on …

Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful, Kellee Morgado, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

3 volumes : color illustrations Edition of 50. Each volume has 24 unnumbered pages, bound so that the reader can lift the center illustration to reveal a larger illustration within. The gatherings are unopened throughout, obscuring text and illustrations. In a cloth-covered portfolio, held closed with a printed paper band. "The work questions personal rituals surrounding hair, constructs associated with hair in Western culture, and the shift in value when hair is unattached to bodies. In this ongoing inquiry I explore my own experience with femininity, womanhood, my relationship with my own hair, and how it conforms to or disrupts …

Baldio, I.E. S̆Egota, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

20 unnumbered pages : all color illustrations Title from cover. "Dibugado por I.E. S̆egota para Concordia, MX, en la ciudad de Qro., en el año de la pandemia."--back cover. Signed in pencil by the artist on back cover. Accordion book, front side has one continuos illustration screen printed in green, orange, and purple on beige paper. Illustration on verso in blue on beige.

Delirium, Philip Zimmermann, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

60 unnumbered pages : color illustrations Printed by archival inkjet in a numbered edition of 30 copies, signed. "Delirium is a book born of the Covid-19 pandemic and time spent in lock-down. The text uses a paragraph from the 1866 masterpiece "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Towards the end of the book, his protagonist, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, has a feverish dream. This strangely prophetic text is quoted and used as the narrative line in this book. Highly manipluated images of jewel-like approximations of the corona virus appeared all over the web in the first few months of the pandemic …

Light Journal, Francesca Capone, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

102 pages : illustrations. Edition of 200 copies. Accompanying the book: sunflower seeds, a piece of turmeric dyed canvas, plastic glow in the dark star, and a postcard of a neon weaving. Book and objects all housed in a plastic bag. Black, paperback, perfect bound journal. "Light Journal is a conceptual writing project, where daily perceptions of light have been recorded as notes on a smart phone (a source of light unto itself). Similar to the process of weaving on a loom, the book starts at a point in time, and then builds upwards towards the present. The text reads …

The Book Of Ezekiel And The Speculative Design, Ian Gonsher

Scholarly Research

In this essay, the origins of speculative literature are situated within the prophetic tradition of Jewish mysticism, particularly in the Book of Ezekiel. The Book of Ezekiel is also a text about design. We investigate how these ancient sources align with contemporary design discourses, particularly Speculative Design, and propose new strategies for the readings of historical progress.