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

Landscape Architecture straddles the interface between the cultural and natural worlds, addressing design issues inherent in a range of typologies and scales, from specific sites to global systems.

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 ...

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 ...

The Society of Presidential Fellows program enhances RISD’s competitiveness in recruiting and retaining its most sought-after students. These students work with faculty on research and creative ...

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 ...

As one of the first independent colleges of art and design in the US—incorporated on March 22, 1877 as both a school and museum—Rhode Island School of Design has always stood out as something of a ...

The benefits we offer RISD employees include medical and dental insurance plans, a 403 (b) retirement plan with employer contributions, paid time off and many more. People who work here also enjoy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...