Introduction
This is the final studio for the MADE Master’s Program — students worked in teams or individually to go from concept to displaying in the annual RISD Grad Show (hosted at the Rhode Island Convention Center), that is open to the public for a week and thus demand production quality work.
Student Projects
Final Student Projects: listed here at
Design Engineering | RISD / Museum PublicationsSamples:
TacTiles: Sensory Murals for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care — this team explores how people with memory challenges can recall the memorable outdoors that they enjoyed. Started as an outdoor garden concept but quickly realized an indoor version that brings the outdoor “inside” can bring higher satisfaction in New England (cold) areas for daily consumption. The tiles are smartly designed to form different shapes as a big mural piece. The vision is one can visit a place (e.g., a National Park) and be able to buy / bring back a tile to add to their collection.
Octago: an open-source portable texture scanner — most existing texture scanners cost tens of thousands of dollars and only sit on one’s desk (like a scanner) — Octago can scan real-world objects (e.g., for building material archives, etc.) much more easily and at a fraction of the cost. The parts are all 3D-printable and it works by having 8 cameras (that take different pictures to form the 3D texture) together inside the “canopy.”
Coro: this project aims to help deaf/blind community in integrating into group exercises and health classes, etc. Instructors will wear controller bands to provide high-level cues / signals to the deaf/blind participants, who will feel different pulses to direct them (e.g., next part; move fast; etc.). Think of it like a simplified alternative to “braille” language but for exercises.
