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Apr 5-21, Sol Koffler Gallery

visit 169 Weybosset for

On the Edge of Normal: MFA Graphic Design Biennial

daily 12-6pm

Apr 11-21, DC 103

The Graphic Design department presents an incomplete historical survey of work created by African-American graphic designers from 1865–1999 curated by designer Jerome Harris.

In GD Commons and roving arious campus locations

Closing weekend party, Friday, April 19

Apr 4, 7:30pm, Sol Koffler

Reception Apr 3, 7pm, DC 103

We said what we said. As in, it does not bear repeating. As in, it will not be negotiated. As in, we are not here to make you comfortable. We are here and Black and brilliant and will not respond to demands to dim the fullness with which we exist in this world. “I said what I said” is RISD Black Artists and Designers second annual group show featuring work from Black RISD students. The works in this show work within a lineage of Black art that understands its own brilliance, shine, innovation, intellect, strength, and generosity without having to temper the volume, tone, or weight of its feelings for an unempathetic gaze.

Apr 4, 6:30pm, CIT 103

Laurel Schwulst (RISD BFA GD 2010) is an artist, designer, and writer. She operates Beautiful Company, a design practice, and teaches at both Yale and Rutgers. Previously, she was creative director of The Creative Independent and worked at the New York-based design studio Linked by Air. Her book Perfume Area (Ambient Works, 2015), coauthored with Sydney Shen, contemplates thirty-six designer fragrances.

Mar 14, 6:30pm, CIT 103

Mar 13, 2:30pm, RISD Careers

Learn about the diverse professional opportunities that employ the unique skills and talents of RISD graphic designers, and gain insights from the career paths of those who are working in areas including publishing, branding, experiential design, systems design, technology, and wayfinding. Moderated by James Goggin and includes these alumni:

Phoebe Morrison BFA 2017, frog design

Jason Fujikuni BFA 2017, NY Times

Jenn Cash, MFA 2006, Language Dept.

Andy Chen, MFA 2013, Isometric

Philippe Cao BFA 2014, Google

Mar 11, 10am–1pm, DC 103

If you’d like a pair of eyes on your resumé (or portfolio), come by the GD Commons on Monday, March 11th from 10am until 1pm. GD faculty and graduate students will be on hand to look over your materials in preparation for Design Portfolio Review.

Mar 7, 6–7:30pm, Woods-Gerry

Mar 8, 5:30pm, DC 103

Jerome Harris is a graphic designer, educator, writer, and curator. He holds an MFA from Yale University. His exhibition As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes featuring work created by African-American graphic designers during the last century, is currently traveling to design schools throughout the US.

Mar 13, 5:30pm, DC 103

Mindy Seu is a designer working in user experience and interactive design, with a studio practice heavily informed by cybercultural studies. She is currently a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society (BKC) at Harvard and former fellow at the Internet Archive.

Mar 15, 5:30pm, DC 103

Nicole Killian’s work uses graphic design, publishing, video, objects and installation to investigate how the structures of the internet, mobile messaging, and shared online platforms affect contemporary interaction and shape cultural identity from a queer perspective.

Mar 20, 5:30pm, DC 103

Kelsey Elder is a designer and artist whose studio practice investigates the overlaps of car culture, signage, and strip mall landscapes as space making practices and perpetuators of contemporary conditions in American graphic design.

Mar 22, 5:30pm, DC 103

Ramon Tejada is an independent Dominican/American designer and teacher based in Providence. He works in a hybrid design/teaching practice that focuses on collaborative design practices working with not-for-profit and educational organizations.

Apr 5, 5:30pm, DC 103

Anastasiia Raina is a multidisciplinary artist, writer and designer based in Providence. Her practice is driven by incorporating the revolutionary fields of biotechnology and genetics into the design vernacular. She graduated with an MFA in graphic design from Yale University.

Feb 27, 3pm, DC 103

Anther Kiley will give a short visual review of typesetting nuts and bolts, addressed to his Graduate Type 2 class, but open to anyone interested. The presentation will survey rules, conventions and opinions aggregated from various articles of typographic gospel including Robert Bringhurst’s Elements of Typographic Style and Lucy Hitchcock’s “Finer Points of Typography” lecture, as well as from Anther’s own experience and prior teaching.

Feb 28, 6:30pm, CIT 103