On was an interdisciplinary graduate periodical established by RISD graduate students in 2006. It featured essays and student work that related to a general issue theme. On was intended as a quarterly publication, but it is unclear if further issues beyond the first were ever published.
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International Circus : A Reproduction of the Antique Pop-up Book
Lothar Meggendorfer, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
[10] p. : col. ill. Cover title. "This book unfolds to reveal six scenes featuring exciting circus acts from around the world"--p. [4] of cover. A reproduction of the antique pop-up book. 1st published: Esslingen, Germany : J.F. Schreiber, 1887.
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Dopin’ Dan, No. 1 (Revised Edition)
Ted Richards, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
3 numbers: chiefly illustrations. Publication Date: Began with: Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 1972); ceased with Vol. 1, no. 3 (October 1973). A sequel to Dopin' Dan was published in 1981 as: Today's Army with Dopin' Dan. Color cover illustrations, b&w interiors. Library has nos. 1-3. No. 1 is revised edition, published Jan. 1979. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
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The Checkered Demon III
S. Clay Wilson, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
3 volumes : illustrations. "Adults only." Nos. [1] and 3 in a wider than tall format, no. 2 in standard comic book format. Issues contain material collected from the Checkered Demon comic strip which ran in the L.A. Weekly. LOCAL NOTE Library has nos. [1], 2, 3The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
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Things Don't Always Fall Into Place
Janet Zweig, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
[16] pages : color illustrations. Cover title. "I separated the colors of these things directly onto black and white film by photographing each 4 times through the color filters that are the complements of process printing inks. Tom Sullivan recombined their colors on the Heidelberg Kord offset press at the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, N.Y."--Colophon. RISD Faculty. Offset, experimental, printing. Pamphlet stitch. Paper cover includes a color reproduction of a Nancy comic strip panel. 2nd copy gift of the RISD Photography Resource Center.
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Vito Acconci: Catalogue of Headlines and Image
Vito Acconci, Stedelijik Museum Amsterdam, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
[54] pages : illus. Catalog of the exhibition held at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Nov. 11, 1978-Jan. 14, 1979. Cover title.
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Positions in Architecture: Symposium, Rhode Island School of Design
RISD Archives
Poster for a symposioum organized by the RISD Architecture Dept. and sponsored by the Anne Boyd Lichtenstein Foundation and RISD.
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Bile : 64th Reunion of the Cabaret Voltair
Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Bradley Lastname
Cover for Bile : 64th Reunion of the Cabaret Voltair, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.
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Bile : I Will Not Be Responsible For Any Debts Contracted by Anyone But Myself - Marcel Duchamp
Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Bradley Lastname
Cover for Bile : I Will Not Be Responsible For Any Debts Contracted by Anyone But Myself - Marcel Duchamp, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.
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Mondo Snarfo
Denis Kitchen (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library
copyright credits: Front and back covers and "Major Arcana" copyright© 1978 by Denis Kitchen. "Major Arcana" splash panel © 1975 by Denis Kitchen. Inside front cover, Inside back cover, and centerfold art© 1975 and 1976 by Peter Pontiac. "Situation Comedy" © 1978 by Bill Griffith. "Life's Improper Number" and "More Iron"© 1978 by Steve Stiles. "Li'I Waymuth" © 1978 by Bob Armstrong. "Henry Foulbite" © 1978 by Art Spiegelman. "Tony Target" ©1978 by Mark Beyer. "Przetlety Ptak"© 1978 by Tom Budzinski. "Grim Grids"© 1977 by Robert Crumb. "zz!z!" © 1978 by Kim Deitch. "Dual/Duel"© 1978 by Larry Rippee. Fantasy drawing ©1978 by Joel Beck. "Chicken Fat"© 1978 by Peter Poplaski. Untitled flying whale story © 1978 by Mike Newhall. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
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Cube with 1/6 Tetrahedron 1/4 Octahedron Pieces
Fleet Library
Commissioned piece, made by student Jon Ehrmann, 1978. Assembles in 2 different ways, first as the tetrahedron with partial octahedron, and then as an anti-prism (a flattened octahedron) using all of the pieces together. The volume math is essentially 1+1 = 2, tetrahedron+(octahedron/4) = antiprism.
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Cube with 1/6 Tetrahedron 1/4 Octahedron Pieces
Fleet Library
Commissioned piece, made by student Jon Ehrmann, 1978. Assembles in 2 different ways, first as the tetrahedron with partial octahedron, and then as an anti-prism (a flattened octahedron) using all of the pieces together. The volume math is essentially 1+1 = 2, tetrahedron+(octahedron/4) = antiprism.
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The Checkered Demon II
S. Clay Wilson, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
3 volumes : illustrations. "Adults only." Nos. [1] and 3 in a wider than tall format, no. 2 in standard comic book format. Issues contain material collected from the Checkered Demon comic strip which ran in the L.A. Weekly. LOCAL NOTE Library has nos. [1], 2, 3The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
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Space Window*: an exhibition devoted to Man in Space and Space in Art
RISD Archives
Call for submissions to participate in a show in the Bell Gallery, List Art Building at Brown University. Co-sponsored by the RI State Council on the Arts and the Providence Inner City Arts Association.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Skeleton Crew
Alfred Hitchcock, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library
Gift of Richard N. Hurley.
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IV Polski Konfrontacje Teatraine Klasyka Polska 1978, Teatr im Jana Kochanowskiego w Opolu (IV Theater Confrontations - Polish Classics 1978, Kochanowski Theater in Opole)
Fleet Library, Visual + Material Resources, and Eugeniusz Get-Stankiewicz
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Ksiezniczka na Grochu. (Princess on the Pea)
Fleet Library, Visual + Material Resources, and Romuald Socha
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Barwy Ochronne Film Krzysztofa Zanussiego (Camouflage, a Film by Krzysztof Zanussi)
Fleet Library, Visual + Material Resources, and Franciszek Starowieyski
Poster for Krzysztoff Zanussi's 1977 film Camouflage, starring Zbiegniew Zapasiewicz, Piotr Garlicki and Christine Paul; Photography: E. Klosinski; Production: Prf. Zespol TOR.
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Barwy Ochronne (Protective Colors)
Fleet Library, Visual + Material Resources, and Franciszek Starowieyski
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Don Giovanni: Moliere & Pampiglione
Fleet Library, Visual + Material Resources, and Franciszek Starowieyski
Poster for Moliere's play Don Giovanni, directed by Giovanni Pampiglione and performed at the Theater Kochanowski in Opole (Poland)
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Signature V: A Collection of Fine Jewellery
Reed & Barton, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
[20] pages : illus., ports.. Includes the works of five designers: Glenda Arentzen, Ronald Hayes Pearson, Arline Fisch, Mary Ann Scherr, Lynda Watson. Includes prices. From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc.
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The Checkered Demon (No. 1)
S. Clay Wilson, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
3 volumes : illustrations. "Adults only." Nos. [1] and 3 in a wider than tall format, no. 2 in standard comic book format. Issues contain material collected from the Checkered Demon comic strip which ran in the L.A. Weekly. LOCAL NOTE Library has nos. [1], 2, 3The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
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Positions in Architecture: Symposium, Rhode Island School of Design, April 16, 17, 1976 / Tom Ockerse
RISD Archives and Tom Ockerse
Poster for a symposium held at the RISD Auditorium and supported by the Ann Boyd Lichtenstein Foundation.
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XXV CONGRESS OF THE CPSU PEACE AND CREATION (XXV СЪЕЗД КПСС МИР И СОЗИДАНИЕ)
Fleet Library and Visual + Material Resources
[top left:] WORKING AT YOUR MACHINES, PRESSES, CONVEYORS, YOU THEREBY PARTICIPATE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF OUR GREAT MOTHERLAND. / РАБОТАЯ У СВОИХ СТАНКОВ, ПРЕССОВ, КОНВЕЙЕРОВ, ВЫ ТЕМ САМЫМ УЧАСТВУЕТЕ И В ОСУЩЕСТВЛЕНИИ ВНЕШНЕЙ ПОЛИТИКИ НАШЕЙ ВЕЛИКОЙ РОДИНЫ.
