Out-Of-This-World Design by Emilia Mann (BRDD 2022)
Emilia Mann (BRDD 2022, Engineering, Apparel Design) was able to build on skills from her summer 2020 internship in NASA’s Softgoods Lab during an Apparel Design studio focused on space flight. After interviewing retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, the students designed gender-neutral garments to meet the needs of astronauts for a moon landing scheduled for 2025. Mann's design for a padded microgravity sock is featured in coverage of the studio.
Brown, RISD team wins ‘Most Creative Concept’ at NASA Challenge Forum
Hannah Skye Dunnigan (BRDD 2023, Economics, Industrial Design) is a member of the team of students from Brown and RISD that won the "Most Creative Concept" award at NASA’s 2021 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. The team was awarded $90,000 to develop concepts and technologies to address the problem of moon dust during space missions.
Javier Syquia (BRDD 2021)'s Contribution at 2021 AIGA Design Conference Highlighted
Each year, the Conference of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) convenes design leaders to "push the design profession forward by asking provocative questions and challenging designers to think about the future." In a presentation titled "A Rejection of the Term ‘Vernacular,’" Javier Syquia (BRDD 2021, Chemistry, Graphic Design) "challenged the design canon and its academies." Javier's presentation is one of a handful highlighted in Eye on Design, the AIGA blog.
American Craft Council Maker Spotlight on Jorge Palacios (BRDD 2020)
Jorge Palacios' (BRDD 2020, Astrophysics, Glass) "multimedia art that sits at the intersection of physics, ancestry, and legacy" is celebrated in a Maker Spotlight in American Craft, the magazine of the American Craft Council.
