Yukti Agarwal (BRDD 2024) Receives SPUR Funding to Research Kashmiri Shawls
Yukti Agarwal (BRDD 2024, Contemplative Studies, Textiles) has received a Student Provisional Ubiquity Research (SPUR) grant from RISD Research to deepen understanding of the materials and processes behind RISD Museum’s collection of traditional Kashmiri shawls. "My research worldview ... prioritizes the women who created these pieces and are usually placed in the shadows,” says Agarwal.
Jiaju Ma (BRDD 2021.5) Named a Finalist for Computing Research Association Award
Jiaju Ma (BRDD 2021.5, Industrial Design, Computer Science) was named a finalist for the Computing Research Association (CRA)'s 2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, which "recognizes undergraduate students ... who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research."
Naya Lee Chang (BRDD 2024) Earns Honorable Mention in Artists' Book Contest
Naya Lee Chang (BRDD 2024, History, Furniture Design) has earned an Honorable Mention for her artists' book Zone: Apollinaire, Simpson, Chang, which was exhibited in the annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists’ Book Contest & Exhibition at RISD's Fleet Library. From over 350 entries into the contest, juror Lois Harada (RISD 2010) "fell hard for Chang’s accordion book and the beautiful box that contains it."
Costume Collection by Allison Morgan (BRDD 2016) Highlighted in The Drift
Allison Morgan (BRDD 2016, French, History of Art and Architecture, Apparel Design)'s new collection of costumes, Cose Morbide Gratuite, debuted at NYC's West End Theater in October 2021. Allison's "acerbic vision of Venetian Renaissance fashion" was highlighted in Issue 6 of The Drift magazine.
An interview with Kate Reed (BRDD 2021, Independent Concentration in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Industrial Design) in Make: Magazine spotlights her "wearable technology that interfaces humans, computers, and the natural world."
