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School of Design

  • February 17, 2020

    students tour old building undergoing renovations.

    RIT students join Dove Block project  

    The Finger Lakes Times talks to Kelly Jahn, lecturer in the College of Art and Design, about a project her students are working on to help restore a 19th-century building in Geneva, N.Y.

  • February 12, 2020

    Gary Hustwit presents to a standing-room-only crowd on Feb. 4 in University Gallery.

    Rare Vignelli photographs on display at RIT

    Renowned filmmaker Gary Hustwit spent a day in 2013 photographing Massimo and Lella Vignelli. Now, a selection of images from the project are on view through April 15 in the Vignelli Center.

  • February 7, 2020

    An exterior photo of Anhalt University of Applied Science in Germany.

    Remington asked to speak in Germany

    Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design R. Roger Remington will deliver the 2020 commencement address at RIT's partnering school in Germany.

  • February 6, 2020

    two people standing in front of hospital design posters.

    Podcast: Hope for Honduras 

    Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 31: A multidisciplinary contingent from RIT is creating design solutions to improve the quality of medical care and education in Central America. Mary Golden, interior design program chair and director of RIT Hope for Honduras, speaks with Christian Perry, a healthcare designer and co-founder of Little Angels of Honduras, about important initiatives to help reduce infant mortality in that region.

  • December 6, 2019

    two design professors sitting and talking.

    Podcast: Vignelli Metaproject 

    Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 28: Since 2010, Metaproject has paired RIT student designers with a client in what has become a signature project for the university’s internationally-ranked industrial design program. Distinguished professor Josh Owen, director of RIT’s industrial design program and founder of Metaproject, talks with distinguished professor Roger Remington, director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies, about a decade of connecting students to industry.

  • December 3, 2019

    R. Roger Remington with Harper's Bazaar magazines in the background.

    Roger Remington, the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design, to retire in May

    R. Roger Remington, RIT’s longest-serving faculty member, will retire in May after 57 years at the university. In addition to building a nationally recognized graphic design program in the College of Art and Design, Remington transformed RIT into an international archival resource for design, earning many of the industry’s most distinguished awards along the way.