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* [[Martin Mull]] (B.F.A. 1965, M.F.A. 1967) – actor, comedian, painter
* [[Martin Mull]] (B.F.A. 1965, M.F.A. 1967) – actor, comedian, painter
* [[Ben Powers]] – actor in the [[CBS]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Good Times]]'' (1978–79)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2015/04/ben-powers-dies-good-times-actor-was-64-1201412448/|title=Ben Powers Dies: ‘Good Times’ Actor Was 64|last=Lowe|first=Kinsey|date=2015-04-19|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ben Powers]] – actor in the [[CBS]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Good Times]]'' (1978–79)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2015/04/ben-powers-dies-good-times-actor-was-64-1201412448/|title=Ben Powers Dies: ‘Good Times’ Actor Was 64|last=Lowe|first=Kinsey|date=2015-04-19|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Charles Rocket]] (ca. 1967-1972) – former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast member; actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/p_and_j/documents/05030762.asp|title=RIP, Charles Rocket Remembering a giant of the Providence underground|date=October 14, 2005|accessdate=6 August 2015|publisher=The Providence Phoenix}}</ref>
* [[Charles Rocket]] (ca. 1967-1972) – former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast member; actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/p_and_j/documents/05030762.asp|title=RIP, Charles Rocket Remembering a giant of the Providence underground|date=October 14, 2005|accessdate=6 August 2015|publisher=The Providence Phoenix|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922034631/http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/p_and_j/documents/05030762.asp|archivedate=22 September 2015|df=}}</ref>


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* [[Tobias Frere-Jones]] (B.F.A. 1992) – type designer
* [[Tobias Frere-Jones]] (B.F.A. 1992) – type designer
* [[Tom Geismar]] (B.F.A.) – identity designer and corporate identity pioneer; designed marks for NBC, Mobil, Chase, Xerox, and MoMA
* [[Tom Geismar]] (B.F.A.) – identity designer and corporate identity pioneer; designed marks for NBC, Mobil, Chase, Xerox, and MoMA
* [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland]] (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil) (2007-2008, no degree) – Graphic Design studies for one year<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.risd.edu/Historical_Museum_New_Identity/|title = Historical Museum Gets a New Identity|date = 2010-10-21|accessdate = 2015-12-18|website = RISD|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
* [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland]] (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil) (2007-2008, no degree) – Graphic Design studies for one year<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.risd.edu/Historical_Museum_New_Identity/|title = Historical Museum Gets a New Identity|date = 2010-10-21|accessdate = 2015-12-18|website = RISD|publisher = |last = |first = |deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113123/http://www.risd.edu/Historical_Museum_New_Identity/|archivedate = 2015-12-22|df = }}</ref>
* [[Michael H. Riley]] – Emmy Award-nominated designer and founder of design company Shine
* [[Michael H. Riley]] – Emmy Award-nominated designer and founder of design company Shine
* [[Michael Rock (graphic designer)|Michael Rock]] (M.F.A. 1984) – founder and partner of 2x4; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award recipient
* [[Michael Rock (graphic designer)|Michael Rock]] (M.F.A. 1984) – founder and partner of 2x4; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award recipient

Revision as of 03:42, 27 December 2017

This is a list of notable people from the Rhode Island School of Design.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.


Notable alumni

See also: Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni

Academia

Actors

Business

Politics

Artists

Animation

Architecture

  • Deborah Berke (B.F.A. 1975; B.Arch 1977; D.Hon. 2005) – Dean of Yale School of Architecture; Principal of Deborah Berke Partners.
  • Preston Scott Cohen (B.Arch 1983) – Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD); Principal of Preston Scott Cohen, Inc.
  • Michael Gabellini (B.Arch 1981) – architect and interior designer, teacher at the Parsons School of Design
  • Glenn Gissler (B.Arch 1984) – architect
  • Richard Levine (B.Arch 1962) – professor, green architect, and sustainability pioneer
  • Michael Maltzan (B.Arch) – Principal and founder of Michael Maltzan Architecture
  • Ira Rakatansky (B.Arch 1942) – Providence-based architect[8]
  • Nader Tehrani (B.Arch 1986) – Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union (2015–present), professor and head of the Department of Architecture, MIT (2010–2014); principal and founder of NADAAA

Art collectives

Art collectors and art dealers

  • Mary Boone (B.F.A. 1973) – gallery owner of Mary Boone Gallery
  • David Whitney (B. Interior Architecture 1963) – art collector and curator; longtime companion of architect Philip Johnson

Comics

Fashion

Film and television

Furniture design

  • Amy Devers (M.F.A. Furniture Design 2001) – furniture designer; television personality[10]
  • Brodie Neill (M.F.A. Furniture Design 2004) – furniture designer[11]
  • Josh Owen (M.F.A. Furniture Design 1998) – furniture designer[12]
  • Matthias Pliessnig (B.F.A. Furniture Design 2003) – furniture designer[13]
  • Rosanne Somerson (B.F.A. Industrial Design 1976) – furniture designer; RISD professor, FD department head, provost, and RISD President from 2015–present.

Glass

Graphic design

  • Tobias Frere-Jones (B.F.A. 1992) – type designer
  • Tom Geismar (B.F.A.) – identity designer and corporate identity pioneer; designed marks for NBC, Mobil, Chase, Xerox, and MoMA
  • Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil) (2007-2008, no degree) – Graphic Design studies for one year[15]
  • Michael H. Riley – Emmy Award-nominated designer and founder of design company Shine
  • Michael Rock (M.F.A. 1984) – founder and partner of 2x4; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award recipient
  • Jessica Walsh – partner at Sagmeister & Walsh studio; Art Directors Club "Young Gun"

Illustration

Industrial design

Literature

MacArthur Fellowships

Multimedia, mixed media and installation

Music

Musical bands formed by students while attending the school:

Painting

Photography

Printmaking

Sculpture

Textiles

  • Ruth Adler Schnee (B.F.A. 1945) – a founding figure of contemporary textile design in America and best known for her modern prints and abstract-patterns of organic and geometric forms.[37]

Notable current and past faculty

See also: Category:Rhode Island School of Design faculty

Fine arts department

The fine arts department includes the following academics; ceramics, film/animation/video, glass, illustration, jewelry and metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles.

Ceramics

Film/Animation/Video

Illustration

Jewelry and metalsmithing

Painting

  • Richard Merkin (M.F.A. 1963) – Professor Emeritus, painter
  • George William Whitaker – first instructor of oil painting[39]
  • Mabel May Woodward – painting faculty for over 20 years;[40] during the early 20th century introduced the "action class," in which students studied the human figure as a machine rather than as a stationary object[41]

Photography

Printmaking

  • Andrew Raftery – engraver; has taught in the printmaking and painting department since 1991[42]
  • Brian Shure – master printmaker, realist painter, teaching from 1996–2016[43]
  • Carol Wax – printmaker, visiting artist and faculty in the printmaking department

Design and architecture department

The design and architecture department includes the following academics; apparel design, architecture, furniture design, graphic design, industrial design, and landscape architecture.

Architecture

Furniture design

  • Tage Frid – RISD professor of Woodworking and Furniture design from 1962 until 1985[44] also connected to the industrial design program.[45]
  • Jens Risom – furniture design

Graphic design

  • John Howard Benson – Calligraphy, design theory, sculpture
  • Malcolm Grear – Professor Emeritus, graphic designer
  • Mihai Nadin – theorist, semiotics, computational design, HCI[46]
  • Ootje Oxenaar – Dutch graphic designer, designer of acclaimed but now vanished Dutch currency
  • Michael Rock – graphic designer; writer; design professor at Yale University MFA graphic design program
  • Nancy Skolos – graphic designer, co-founder of Skolos-Wedell studios, teaching at RISD since 1989

Industrial design

  • Marc Harrison – industrial designer and pioneer of universal design and RISD professor of industrial design until his death in 1998[47]

Foundations department

Liberal arts department

References

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  7. ^ O'Connor, Ryan (August 30, 2012). "Candidate Profile: John Cebrowski - Government". Bedford, NH Patch. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  8. ^ "Ira Rakatansky, 1919–2014". Our RISD. Providence: Rhode Island School of Design. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  9. ^ "RISD XYZ Winter 2017". issuu. p. 62. Retrieved 2017-12-16. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Devers Makes Design Entertaining". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Brodie Neill homepage". Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Josh Owen homepage". August 25, 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Matthias Pliessnig homepage". Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  14. ^ http://www.chihuly.com/learn
  15. ^ "Historical Museum Gets a New Identity". RISD. 2010-10-21. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ a b "Julie Mehretu". ART21. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  17. ^ "Lost and Found Featuring the work of Sarah Bostwick, Nuala Clarke, Emily Connell, Ethan Greenbaum, Elana Herzog, Alex Lukas and Daniel Shea". PLUG Projects, Kansas City. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  18. ^ "Bright Lights, Bold Collaboration". RISD. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  19. ^ "Yeasayer's Scintillating Stage Show". Our RISD. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  20. ^ "Arthur Douglas Collection homepage". Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  21. ^ "Farnum". Bert Gallery. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  22. ^ Jones, Mary. "Post Impressions: The Enlightenment". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  23. ^ "The Forever Now". Our RISD. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
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  25. ^ "David Akiba Faculty Profiles". Babson College. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  26. ^ "Alum's Powerful Portraits Now at MoMA". RISD News. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  27. ^ "In the Studio with David Benjamin Sherry". OPENING CEREMONY. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  28. ^ "Resource Recovery to Launch Recycle Across America's® Let's Recycle Right! PSA Campaign". RIRRC. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-10-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  29. ^ "Exotica in Omaha". Our RISD. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  30. ^ "Printmaking". Our RISD. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  31. ^ "News: Protecting Endangered Species". Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  32. ^ "Valentined". Our RISD. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  33. ^ "The Art of Stone Carving" (PDF). Building Stone Institute (BSI). 30 (3): 14. 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  34. ^ "Artist: Howard Ben Tré". Habatat Galleries. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  35. ^ "The Benson Craftsmen". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  36. ^ "Huma Bhabha". American Academy in Berlin. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  37. ^ "Ruth Adler Schnee Bio". Michigan Modern. Retrieved 2017-09-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  38. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1 June 2006). Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators. Applause Books. pp. 283–284. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
  39. ^ "George William Whitaker". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  40. ^ Siclen, Bill (2 October 1992). "Woodward is back in the limelight". Providence, RI: The Providence Journal. p. D16. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  41. ^ Taylor, Robert (10 October 1972). "Paintings of Mabel Woodward: Art: Providence impressionist". Boston, Mass: The Boston Globe. p. 18. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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  43. ^ "RI Art Archive Project: In The Studio: Brian Shure". Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  44. ^ "Tage Frid the Great Dane". Rainforest Restorations. 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  45. ^ "Celebrating ID Mentors @RbD". Our RISD. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  46. ^ Gillespie, Thom. "An Interview with Mihai Nadin". indiana.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  47. ^ "Marc Harrison". Industrial Designers Society of America - IDSA. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
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