Metaproject

In partnership with Gardall, Metaproject 16 students explored the question “what is safe?” beyond the traditional metal box.

Icon Design — a contemporary furniture brand focused on timeless, nature-inspired forms — challenged Metaproject students to develop unique furniture solutions guided by the Vignelli “Design is One” ethos.

In the fall of 2022, Lazzoni — an alumnus-owned international furniture company — challenged the students of Metaproject to design seating solutions.

Industrial design students at RIT found their way to the Sesame Street as they celebrated the culmination of a thrilling collaboration with the widely beloved brand. Students spent the fall 2018 semester working with Sesame Workshop to design modern products around the theme of “Urgency of Play.”

In the fall of 2017, Chuck Cerankosky, RIT ID alum and owner of Good Luck Restaurant in Rochester, NY challenged our students to design a pop-up restaurant within a restaurant.

In the spring of 2016, a relationship was created between Metaproject and Poppin, the New York based one-stop-shop rethinking every type of office product in new, colorful ways.