I had an alum visitor suggested to me by Colonel Dean Esserman of the Providence Police. JR Songwe collaborated with the Providence Police department on an innovative approach to vehicle design that he developed while a student in Industrial Design. Here is a 15-minute excerpt of our conversation.

Today I met with Prof. Leslie Fontana, head of the Industrial Design (ID) Department, and recent ID graduate Mr. Mark Drew to talk about his winning entry in the 2008 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition. A 15-minute podcast of an interview I did with them is available here.

For this podcast (8Mb) I had the chance to watch Prof. Henry Ferreira (Printmaking) talk about the “ultimate screen,” Prof. Susan Doyle (Illustration) teaching us about life in the RISD fast lane, Claudia Ford on a vision for RISD’s international interactions, and the head of the RISD Student Alliance talking about leadership.

This podcast (4Mb) includes a quick interview with Prof. Larry Bush (Ceramics), a couple of students talking about what makes for great teaching and also the Silk Road collaboration, and closes with an interview with a wandering grad student at the recent RISD Grad show.

Today I walked around RISD campus and just now quickly edited together a little podcast (9 mins). I hope you enjoy the walk around RISD campus within your own mind. All that came to my mouth really was the word “amazing.” RISD is truly amazing as I hope you will discover yourself on this little e-journey.

Catch this bonus clip of the students blowing glass at RISD today.