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RISD Animation Students Explore Stasis, Motion and the Illusion of Movement

“Despite the ever-changing forms of photographic and imaging technology, animation has always been about using static images to create the illusion of life,” says Film/Animation/Video faculty member Bryan Parcival. The ...

4 April 2024

Animation International Office

OPEN LECTURE: GWEN VAN DEN EIJNDE (RISD)

The Estonian Academy of Arts is inviting: an open lecture by Gwen van den Eijnde, an Associate Professor from the Rhode Island School of Design (USA). The lecture will be held on March 28th, in room A-501 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. All ...

25 March 2024

Faculty of Design

Lecture: Nineteenth-century Historicism and Historic Preservation: An Exceptional Case

On 25 March at 16.00, Associate Professor Richard Wittman (University of California, Santa Barbara) will give a public lecture “Nineteenth-century Historicism and Historic Preservation: An Exceptional Case” in room A403. Normative ...

25 March 2024

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

2024 year’s J. Holt scholarship for Diana Drobot

This year’s Jaan Holt Scholarship will be awarded to Diana Drobot, a student of architecture and urban planning, for her outstanding and active professional activities. Architecture students are encouraged already ...

20 March 2024

Architecture and Urban Design Faculty of Architecture

How to Reframe Monuments (Estonian Ministry of Culture grant, 2024–2026)

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered debates about the Russian and Soviet heritage both globally and in Estonia. This has been accompanied by the toppling of monuments, as well as social conflicts and polarisation. The aim of ...

19 March 2024

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Institute of Art History and Visual Culture Ongoing Research Projects

Transferring Upmade know-how to Kenya

Addressing the Challenge In Kenya, the textile industry faces a significant environmental challenge. The prevalent linear production model in textile manufacturing is a major contributor to climate change, marked by excessive ...

19 March 2024

Faculty of Design Fashion Design Ongoing Research Projects

Study and analysis of textile recycling technologies

The EU's Waste Framework Directive requires all Member States to introduce separate collection of textile waste from 1 January 2025. Separate collection will be the responsibility of local authorities, which will be able to choose the ...

19 March 2024

Faculty of Design Ongoing Research Projects

BA Interior Architecture students take part in a workshop in Belgium

The Interior Architecture Department has been collaborating with the Royal Academy of Arts in Ghent (KASK) since 2021, with the participation of students from the Social Pedagogy and Marketing departments of Hogeschool ...

18 March 2024

Making Space

MUUSA: Material research modelling and synthesis

MUUSA: Material research modelling and synthesis The project aims to develop a new artistic research methodology using material-based co-creation methods. Various models will be synthesised ...

12 March 2024

Faculty of Design Ongoing Research Projects

Andres Alver book “About Architecture”

The book “About Architecture” by architect and ...

29 February 2024

Architecture and Urban Design Faculty of Architecture