School of Design
School of
Design
Overview
The School of Design is ranked among the best, with Business Week naming it one of the top 10 design schools in the country. Effective design combined with creativity and professionalism are the school’s tenets. Using both technological and theoretical approaches to find solutions to design problems, students work with award-winning faculty who are creatives, critical thinkers, and innovative problem-solvers. Students have access to state-of-the art laboratories and computer facilities as well as the Cary Graphic Arts Collection and the entire archive of renowned designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli, housed in RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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Number of designs from the industrial design program’s Metaproject senior studio that are currently in production through various companies.
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The Fab Lab is equipped with 12 3D printers - in addition to laser cutting and CNC routing technology - to complete submitted projects by students, faculty, and staff.
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Faculty are professional members or affiliates of more than 20 national, international, and local organizations.
Latest News
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June 26, 2019
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3D Digital Design program pioneer excels at DreamWorks
Kirk Lansman '11 (3D Digital Design) has worked at DreamWorks Animation since graduating, first as a character technical director and now as a software engineer.
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June 20, 2019
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Joey Zeledón's coat hanger chair reworks Marcel Breuer's iconic design
Designboom features industrial designer Joey Zeledón ’06 (industrial design) and his take on Marcel Breuer’s Cesca chair, combining a continuous steel rod with a coat hangers to create a fully supportive chair.
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June 14, 2019
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Fellowship winner gets full Corning Museum of Glass experience
Andrea Gonzalez Esteche '19 (industrial design MFA), a Fulbright scholar, worked alongside Corning Museum of Glass artists as the 2019 GlassLab Design Fellowship winner.
Featured Work
Light Set - Bike Safety
Yinan Luan
Calming Stone
Yiting Zhu
Pyaha
Andrea Gonzalez
Traditional Paraguayan textiles were used to create a small tableware collection for typical dishes.
Undergraduate Programs
Innovative and creative design solutions that enrich the ways in which people live, work, and play is the emphasis of the school’s undergraduate programs. The school offers BFA programs in 3D digital design, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, and new media design.
Graduate Programs
The School of Design offers two MFA programs — one in visual communication design and another in industrial design. The MFA in visual communication design focuses on all areas of design, including graphic design, user experience/interaction design, design studies, motion graphics, and 3D digital design. The MFA in industrial design includes seminar courses in design history and research and studio courses focusing on sustainability and design process.
Minors and Immersions
Student Resources
For internal College of Art and Design resources such as academic information, forms, FAQs and more, visit inside.cad.rit.edu. For information about academic advising, visit here.