Rochester Institute of Technology News
Furniture Design Option - Studio Arts BFA

A storyteller at heart, RIT alumnus Gunther Jacobson '12 (furniture design) has operated Design by Gunther out of Miami for more than a decade, completing work for the likes of DJ Khaled, Shakira and a wide range of design projects.

George Dubinsky and David Short discovered a shared vision while at RIT, using it to guide them in developing their Philadelphia-based company into one that works with the world's top architects and interior designers.

A chance interaction between old classmates led to a rewarding design collaboration for the alumni-run furniture design studio Edgewood Made (George Dubinsky '11 and David Short '13) and Gunther Jacobson '12. Edgewood Made designed millwork and kitchen cabinetry for a luxury home that they then trusted Jacobson to install in the Miami area home.

Ricky Figueora taking over as the new director of RIT's School of Film and Animation headlines exciting promotions and additions to the College of Art and Design faculty.

A New Year's Resolution turned into a staunch commitment to research for Associate Professor David Schnuckel, whose solo exhibition "redundancies" is on view at the Museum of American Glass through Dec. 28.

Between a moving performance, building an award-winning iron-melting device, and featured exhibitions, RIT students, faculty, staff and alumni were present in every corner of the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.

Students leveraged the variety of makerspaces in RIT's brand-new SHED facility to create arts-integrative work responding to a theme of "Play."

The Wall Street Journal talks to Andy Buck, professor in the School for American Crafts, about reupholstering old furniture. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

The College of Art and Design welcomed 226 young artists to campus for its National Portfolio Day event, where prospective students met one-on-one with faculty about their artwork and different programs.

The College of Art and Design welcomes new hires to its faculty roster while longtime faculty Alex Lobos assumes a role as director of the School of Design.

Madison Magazine features Sylvie Rosenthal '03 (woodworking and furniture design).

RIT's College of Art and Design faculty, along with those at 25 other top art and design schools, reviewed students' portfolios as they prepared their artwork for the college admissions process.