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Tiny Town: A Cabinet of Curiosities at the Rhode Island School of Design

Exploring a carefully curated and labeled collection of natural specimens at the Providence design school is like using an analog search engine that yields incredible real-life results.READ»

• Karin Fong's The In-Between Spaces blog

The Kids Are Alright: RISD Students Strut Their Stuff at the ICFF

Students at the Rhode Island School of Design will show off their work at this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, which convenes this Friday and runs through Tuesday. The exhibition, titled Immaterialize, ...READ»

John Maeda: Question Everything, But Nail Those Deliverables

He's just started as president of the Rhode Island School of Design, but we'd love to appoint designer John Maeda to another position we just invented: Official Ambassador Between Academia and Business. The man is firmly ...READ»

• Slideshow: The Vision of John Maeda
• Digital Thinking at Rhode Island School of Design

Crazy Ideas + Youth = Innovative Solutions

This past weekend, The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote a compelling op-ed piece which told the inspiring tale of two young students who started a national, youth movement for energy reform in India. It started out as a ...READ»

Design for a Difference at TED

TED Fellow Tino Chow blogging about his experience at the famous TED Talks.READ»

RISD Pride: Shepard Fairey's Show Opens in Boston

RISD alum Shepard Fairey's first solo show is opening this weekend at Boston's ICA and, as a RISD student, I can hardly wait to go. And not to simply see the Obama poster. (Although it would be fun to calculate just how many millions ...READ»

Dishing with the 2008 Masters of Design

Marcel Wanders talked about the fairy tale that informed the design of the new Mondrian Hotel in Miami, and the fear he has to face down every time he begins a new project. John Maeda spoke of design's hidden return on investment --  ...READ»

Digital Thinking at Rhode Island School of Design

John Maeda is a highly networked, Web-enabled thinker who also happens to be an artist, designer, and author -- probably the closest thing to a Renaissance man the digital world has produced. As the new president of the Rhode Island School of Design, can he help reconcile the design world's competing impulses: creativity and pragmatism, uniqueness and marketability?READ»

• 2008 Masters of Design
• The Vision of John Maeda
• The Global Portfolio of Architect Steven Holl
• Biomimicry: Design Inspirations from Nature
• The Port of Los Angeles is the Gateway to Ingenuity
• Maeda Data
• Intel Atom: Intel Makes Its Smallest Chip Ever
• Steven Holl's Global Architecture Footprint
• Five Top Design Firms Make the Gadgets We Love
• The Masters of Typography: House Industries
• Behind the Scenes Peek at "Typographreaks"
• Marcel Wanders Designs Miami's Mondrian
• Building a Sustainable Design Community
• Biomimicry: Nature-Inspired Designs
• Li Edelkoort: Famous Trendspotter