Downloading Design

Simcha Davis College Student Voices Studio Notes Designing furniture for the installation "School House Long House" in the exhibition "Locally Made", designer Simcha Davis looked to Shaker craftsmanship to match the spirit of the space. Download her design.

Seeing the Peacock Feathers

College Student Voices RISD Museum intern Alicia Valencia (RISD 2015, Furniture) explains how the act of looking closely formed her impressions on Samuel Gragg's Elastic armchair.

Open House: Five Engraved Scenes

Andrew Raftery Studio Notes Artist Exploring the process and context behind "Open House: Five Engraved Scenes", a work created by Providence artist and RISD faculty Andrew Raftery.

The Election Gloves

Jessica Deane Rosner Studio Notes Artist Exploring the process and context behind "The Election Gloves", a work created by Cranston artist Jessica Deane Rosner.

Reconstructing the Villa Fondo Bottaro

James Stanton-Abbott Studio Notes Architect James Stanton-Abbott explains his process for creating a computer-rendered reconstruction of a room in an ancient Roman villa near Pompeii, using images of wall-painting fragments in the RISD Museum and the MFA, Boston.

Gallery Guide / Kudzanai Chiurai: Iyeza

A. Will Brown Curator Full tgallery guide from the exhibition Kudzanai Chiurai: Iyeza

On the Other Side

Jessica Nelson College Student Voices A glimpse into the lives of international merchants in Canton, China.

Building ANEW

Aja Blanc Student Voices Studio Notes Teens This past summer, with a focus on design thinking, the students were asked What is useful? as a starting point for their group design.