RISD XYZ Winter 2018

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Feeling Fashion

Shifting Focus

When Mike Eckhaus 10 SC and Zoe Latta 10 TX rented a studio together in 2011, they inadvertently launched an exciting new fashion label with a bright future.

Always ready to try something new, Brian Selznick 88 IL rose to the challenge of writing the screenplay for Wonderstruck, the new film made from his novel.

DEPARTMENTS

// 09 // 03 comments online, incoming, ongoing

// 08 listen reflections, opinions, points of view

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Mutable Approach to Making

Stretching

In conjunction with a major exhibition, Joe Bradley 99 PT talks with fellow artist Carroll Dunham about the mysteries of studio practice.

pushes through creative ennui to create a monumental new diptych for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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• joyous exploration • liberty and justice for all • rethinking reusables • quirky combinations

// 42 reflect a message from the president

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Julie Mehretu MFA 97 PT/PR

// 66 unravel our major abbreviations

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// 44 two college street

// 56 impact

campus community newsbits

who’s giving to risd + why

// 52 six degrees connecting through the alumni association

// 60 moving forward class notes + profiles

// 96 sketchbook ideas in progress

// 81 facing page: Washer / Dryer / Dishwasher (Low Model) (2017, Lutindzi grass, lukhasi, sisal, aloe excelsa, bone, horn, 33 x 75 x  34") is among the wild pieces made by Misha Kahn 11 FD for his late fall solo show Midden Heap at Friedman Benda in NYC (see also page 84).

cover: courtesy of the artist and P•P•O•W, New York | above third from left: ©Joe Bradley • photography by Rob McKeever, courtesy of Gagosian | above far right: photo by Tom Powel Imaging, Inc., courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery ©Julie Mehretu facing page: photo by Dan Kukla

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