• Vincent Brathwhite
    May 26 2025

    /’gīdens/ (pronounced guidance) is a new platform using AI to help small business owners with administrative tasks. An Industrial Design graduate from 2005, Vincent is also the Chair of the RISD Black Alumni affinity group which connects students and alumni on campus and beyond.

    /’gīdens/ (pronounced guidance) business website

    Vincent’s Instagram

    Vincent’s website

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  • Degen
    May 19 2025

    DEGEN incorporates artisanal knitted apparel, accessories, patterns, and an online knitting community KNIT CLUB. A Textiles graduate from 2010, Degen also opened a new brick and mortar yarn store and community space called in Providence this year.

    KNIT CLUB's website

    DEGEN’s Instagram

    DEGEN’s website

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    33 mins
  • Miguel Enrique Lastra
    May 12 2025

    He is the current Visiting Assistant Professor and AICAD Fellow at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and received a RISD x Hyundai Summer Research Fellowship in 2021.

    Miguel’s website

    Miguel’s Instagram


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    29 mins
  • JooHee Yoon
    May 5 2025

    The self-published book features illustrations of birds observed on walks and bike rides in the state. JooHee worked with fellow alumna, Marie Otsuka MFA 18 GD, on the design and layout of the book.

    JooHee’s website

    100 Birds

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    28 mins
  • Hanson Cheng
    Apr 28 2025

    The Tyre Collective is a London based clean tech organization which examines how the tiny particles released by tires are impacting our environment. Hanson is also the recipient of the 2024 Emerging Leader Award from the RISD Alumni Association. He graduated from RISD with a BFA in Architecture in 2016.

    The Tyre Collective

    Hanson’s website

    2024 Emerging Leader Award article

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  • Jo Sittenfeld
    Apr 21 2025

    Jo's work has been featured in The New Yorker and New York Times, including a series that recreated portraits of college classmates taken at their 15 year reunion. We talked about Jo’s new website, Middle Age Mixtape, that will house all of her works in one place.

    Middle Age Mixtape

    Jo’s website

    Jo on Instagram

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    23 mins
  • Season 4 Trailer
    Apr 15 2025

    Season 4 will feature interviews with Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH, Hanson Cheng BArch 16, Miguel Lastra MFA 22 CR, JooHee Yoon 11 IL, Lindsay Degen 10 TX, and Vincent Brathwaite 05 ID.

    Supported by the RISD Alumni Association.

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  • Huma Bhabha and Shahzia Sikander
    Feb 23 2023

    Huma mentioned her exhibition with the painter Michael Williams at David Kordasky in LA. The installation is a wonderful balance between the paintings and sculptural works.

    Shahzia has just finished a massive project called Havah…to breathe, air, life, in Madison Square Park and the nearby Courthouse of the Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The installation is on view for the next five months.

    Shahzia's Instagram page
    Huma’s gallery page

    More about RISD Limited Editions here. Click through to see the prints that Huma and Shazia worked on.

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