Art, Design, and Architecture News

The "Office Stretcher" by Xinyue Guo '18 MFA (Industrial Design) was a silver winner in the 2019 European Product Design Awards.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Nana-Yaw Andoh, assistant professor of architecture.

Woodworking Network talks to Josh Owen, professor and chair, industrial design program, about the late Wendell Castle, father of the art furniture movement and former RIT artist-in-residence.

Andy Buck has traveled the world, gathering professional experience he enthusiastically shares with his students. 

RIT’s Metaproject is coming full circle. Since 2010, Metaproject has paired RIT student designers with a client partner in what has become a seminal project for the university’s nationally ranked industrial design program. This year’s project is honoring both the 10th anniversary of Metaproject and RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies.

Middle and high school teachers acquired new technological tools to advance the digital components of their curriculums during a weeklong workshop taught by School of Design faculty. 

Since graduating in 2018, Jonathan Conrad has done design work all over the world, including for French fashion designer Christian Louboutin and Vogue Italia.

College of Art and Design faculty and staff led a workshop educating Rochester City School District art teachers on portfolio requirements and the art of photographing portfolio pieces. 

Dozens of students and recent alumni were recognized for their design excellence in the global competition. 

BBC features Sean Petterson '13 (industrial design), CEO of StrongArm Technologies.

You do what? From accountant to the stars to sustainable chocolate producer, RIT alumni have some pretty cool careers. Read about Allison Ritter ’14 (media arts and technology), creative director for IBM’s X-Force Command in Boston.