Pulling on the Thread – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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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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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The directory launched earlier this year and highlights artists, historical movements captured in print and a contemporary listing of designers currently practicing. The Gráfica Latina website is beautiful and well worth a look! 

This is the end of our second season and we want to hear from you! Click here for a short survey  — your feedback will help us shape the upcoming episodes of our show. And remember, you can always reach us at alumni@risd.edu. 

Podcast Survey link 

Gráfica Latina

https://www.instagram.com/graficalatina_/

Jose and Tatiana are also working to open a printshop with a few other community members in Providence. Learn more about Counterform here.

José’s portfolio site

https://www.instagram.com/atomenendez/

Tatiana’s portfolio site

https://www.instagram.com/tatitag/

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We talked about Jeff’s journey from RISD to his current role including how he oversees and guides a team of creatives from idea inception to finished product.

Here’s a link to the Light Rods collection from West Elm

See the REI x West Elm collaboration here

@westelm

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We talked about Lucia’s long running project, Plantón Móvil, a walking parade of plants that ends in the creation of a living greenspace. We also discussed  Desbosque: desenterrando señales, a project using real time deforestation data and Unearthing Futures which sent potato seeds into space.

More of Lucia's work here on her website.

Plantón Móvil's homepage.

More about Unearthing Futures, Lucia's collaboration with Xin Liu that sent potato seeds to space.

Here's a link to the project we talked about using deforestation data.

Follow Lucia on Instagram.

Fibra Colectivo on Instagram, the collective that Lucia mentions in her episode.

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Yelista received the Emerging Leader Award earlier this year, which recognizes alumni who graduated within the past 10 years, who have made significant achievements and contributions to their profession and/or community, think boldly, mindfully and creatively, and have helped to create new fields of study or contributed to fundamental change in their area of practice.

https://healthyrootsdolls.com/

Healthy Roots Dolls on Instagram

Room of Silence

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She has a been a staple at the RISD Craft sales since participating in them as a student.  Find more information about the new spring sale at risdcraft.com. 

More of Priya’s work below. 

https://www.himatsingkacollection.com/

https://www.instagram.com/himatsingkajewelry/

http://phfactorstore.com/

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The RISD Limited Editions sale starts this Friday, October 8th. There are 300 of each print available so make sure you’ve got the link.  Visit alumni.risd.edu/limited-editions for more information. 

Find more of Shepard’s work below. 

https://www.instagram.com/obeygiant/

https://obeygiant.com/

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Becca is the founding partner at Sisal Creative and the studio creates artistic installations and design for clients of all sizes. I talked to Becca about her background in taxidermy which the studio also specializes in. In addition to murals and interiors, she and partner, Kaleigh Hastings, also work in exhibition design.

Becca's personal page

Sisal Create homepage

Making It homepage

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 Their first series of classes focused on “Black Design in America”, highlighting histories and voices that are often overlooked in traditional design education.

More about the BIPOC Design History series:

https://bipocdesignhistory.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bipocdesignhistory/

https://twitter.com/BipocDesign

More about Polymode:

https://www.polymode.studio/

https://www.instagram.com/polymodestudio/

Silas’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siborg81/

Brian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernjss/

This is our last episode of our season! We’ve been glad to share these conversations with you and hope you’ve enjoyed listening. Remember you can get in touch with us anytime at alumni@risd.edu, we look forward to hearing from you.

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