Industrial Design Masters Theses
The Master of Industrial Design at RISD explores design as a vehicle for addressing social, cultural, environmental and other concerns, recognizing that design connects individual interests and values within a social framework. The program endorses the notion that the most valuable design opportunities today are those promoting the preservation of our environment and a better understanding of human behavior.
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Theses from 2020
Mimesis : human-centered digital profiling visual identity, Yangyang Ding
Voran Test Lab : An exploration of teaching collaborative problem solving and critical thinking through emergent gameplay, Taber Gifford
inVisible: a guide to understanding & designing for introverts, Ashesh Gohil
Through the labyrinth, Rebeca Gonzalez Morales
+ one : a new companionship, Vivien Mengjiao Han
Lift a life, Vidur Madhav
Night Knights: reminding children that their nighttime fear isn't something they have to face alone, Ji Hyung Moon
Fifty fifty: redefining domesticity, Ziying Qiao
The objects around us., Rohit Sen
Accessibility to possibilities : discover the unknown unknown worlds, Yutong Shen
Totem: An embodiment of human character and personality in footwear design, Sushant Shivaram
Togather: To gather together, Kyungah Sohn
Surviving in a gregarious world, Shiyang Yao
Ether: a social design, Zihan Zhou
Theses from 2019
Biomatters : future of biology as material source, Tareq Alzawawi
Mindful interactions, Shreyans Bhandari
Unimproved : land observation at the edge of progress, Adam Somers Bowen
Bitter son, Adam Chuong
Pekka : social software to improve in-game dynamics, Yu Mo
Theses from 2018
Autonomous vehicle futures : designing experiences that enable trust and adoption, Jeremy Bass
Foodways for earthlings : recipes and tools for eating in extreme environments, Maggie Coblentz
Curious things, Allison Davis
Idiosyncratic uniform, Erica Efstratoudakis
Really clean no problems at all, Christina Johnston
Letsqube, Biniam Assegid Kebede
For a better normal : fostering the informal sector in post-hurricane Puerto Rico, as a pathway for economic stabilization, Jonathan W. Melendez Davidson
Harmless Studio, David Thomas Pittman
Dispatches from planet nowhere, Aaron Field Simmons
Radically normal : the menstruation issue, Kathryn Smiley
Talking to computers, Jen Spatz
A place for plastics : bioplastics, bacteria and our thoughtless acts, Megan Valanidas
Memory.zip, Yu-Hsing Wu
Theses from 2017
Communicatronics, Adi Azulay
Balance speaker : efficient work and break, Jin Cao
Talistones : a handful of help for homecoming soldiers, Atulya Changanty
Magkasama, Christina Chen
Retooling : experiments in digital apprenticeship, Ryan Ferguson
Body (less) fitness, Dan Gioia
Love view, Wudi Hong
Connections : a new model to customizing everything, Shao-Hsuan Hou
Motivated motivation : a consulting tool to find new platforms for business, Xiaoxio Jin
Embracing traditional Chinese culture through design, Jiaxuan Li
P-Lax : toys for adults, to play & relax, Zhizi Liu
Empowerment of people of all abilities, Kasia Matlak
Jettison all stories : experimenting with our relationship to the physical, Alyssa R. Mayo
Transitions : designing acceptance in a world of change, Hanna McLaughlin
FLoop : improving eating habits, Namrata Phirke
Transforme : a look at sports beyond the gender binary, Courtney Skabelund
Good times, Tim Stoelting
Bodypart + object, Creama Wong
Impractical community, Zixin Xiong
The emotional intelligence of machines, Lokesh Zope
Theses from 2016
Context clues, Brynn Trusewicz
Obsessed with obsessions: design for obsession, Vara Yang
Interplayable surface: an exploration on augmented GUI that co-exists with physical environments, Hoon Yoon
Theses from 2015
Mealspace : beyond the table, Lauren Tedeschi
Theses from 2014
Material | adventure, Diana Wagner
Material Potential | Recontextualizing Material Libraries, Diana Wagner