Shout-out to alum, Tanvi Asher MFA ’10! Last week she was awarded the ATHENA International Young Professional Award. This award recognizes emerging women leaders who demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession. CONGRATS, TANVI!!
Congratulations to Jack McDowall, the 1st place finisher for the Fall 2021 Tiger Tank competition! OnTop, is A medical marijuana topical treatment brace to help older adults with joint pain. Check it out!
From a Studio 930 project, to the Global Grad Show! Gabby Garcia and Mikey Gambino saw an opportunity for cord management in a healthcare environment and “Bundle” was born. https://t.co/4bPrt9c81J
A final design review by @Modkat co-founders Brett Teper '94 (@RIT_ID) and Rich Williams capped a purr-fect collaboration between the company and Industrial Design students for the Metaproject 12 course!
Students designed products that fit Modkat's values.
📸: Elizabeth Lamark
The projects were judged, with 5 @RIT_ID students being honored: Richard Yu (winner), finalists Raphe Abel (pictured, left), Avril Griessbach and Ariel Meltser, and Hannah Ni (special mention).
The students are scheduled to unveil their work during NYC Design Week in May.
What a playful collaboration between @RIT_ID and Margaret's House! Students in Lara Goulart's sophomore studio designed toy prototypes that were tested out by children at #RIT's child care center.
📸: Sophie Proe
RIT Industrial Design junior students rethink how we address global and regional food waste. Led by Adjunct Faculty Lorianne Resch and Associate Professor Amos Scully, students respond to a Biodesign Challenge's prompt.
https://t.co/Zri5nhyuIH
Monday, Nov 8, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Amos Scully will be hosting Chris & Allysa Panichella of Achella Design in a live talk from their home & studio in Carlsbad, California. https://t.co/xXK2t6mjIs
“My major taught me the skill set to become a designer, and the co-op experience pushed me to work with people outside of my major,” May Ren 21' https://t.co/PeiiHgta0N
Congrats to the 2021 recipient of @RIT_ID's Paul W. Porter Memorial Scholarship, Clare Maxwell ’23! The award is given for high performance in classwork & commitment to design service.
Pictured, from left: Faculty Bruce Leonard, Maxwell & School of Design Director Peter Byrne.
Students from the Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Architecture/Sustainability departments collaborated at the Hello Wood USA event, in Bethel, NY. They designed and built an installation that illustrates the obstacles to socializing created by COVID 19.
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Tati Ferrucio '21 MFA (@RIT_ID) is presenting at today's @IntlDesignConf as an @IDSA Graduate Student Merit Award winner! It will be followed with a talk by BFA alumnus Hengbo Zhang '14.
Those registered can view the presentations at 1:30 p.m. (EST): https://t.co/XnGwew5DYb
We are thrilled to share that William Avis, @rit_id ’19 received the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) fellowship. He study at a German university and have an internship in furniture design. Congratulations, Will! @rittigers@RIT_artdesign#rit#rittigers#design
This week, a team of @RIT_ID students that created a system for mitigating milk waste is competing as a finalist at the @Biodesigned Summit. They present their project at 2 p.m. (EST) Tuesday at: https://t.co/mBOnzlZqSI
#RIT#BDC2021
It’s time to mark your calendars for this years 2021 MFA Thesis show! The show will be open May 12th-16th in the University Gallery and will feature the diverse and amazing works of the 2nd year graduate students in ID. @RIT_artdesign