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School of Design
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March 27, 2025
![Doomsday Clock display reading 'It is 90 seconds to midnight' at a Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists event in a modern glass atrium.]()
A Symbol Reimagined: Merging Tradition and Technology in the Doomsday Clock
An essay by Juan Noguera, assistant professor in the School of Design, and Tom Weis, associate department head at the Rhode Island School of Design, published by PRINT.
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March 27, 2025
![Angel Yang and Rylan Gaenko in suits, next to each other for a posed portrait.]()
RIT entrepreneurs spotlight artists with new social media site
Students developed Spotlight Creators, a startup meant to filter out ubiquitous, trend-chasing social media content in favor of original artwork. The goal of the site's co-founders is to create a welcoming online community for creatives to share more authentic work.
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March 20, 2025
![Woman in a navy blazer and headwrap works on a laptop at a modern, well-lit indoor space with large windows overlooking a campus.]()
Celebrating Women’s History Month through interdisciplinary research
The inaugural Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies symposium, hosted on March 28, will feature original work by individuals from across the RIT community.
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March 17, 2025
![A headshot of Chad Cooper.]()
Creative career remix: Alumnus shapes Spotify's user experience
Chad Cooper '19 MFA (visual communication design) is a senior product designer - design systems for Spotify, where he helps deliver the audio streaming platform’s visual look and feel for more than 600 million users.
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March 10, 2025
![A woman in a black dress sits on a geometric bench in an outdoor space with modern architecture featuring circular windows. She smiles at the camera, surrounded by sculptural blue bird-shaped seats and greenery.]()
Inequity and suffering bother me, says design pioneer who has changed lives
The New Straits Times speaks to Patricia Moore '74 (industrial design).
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March 3, 2025
![A snowshoer raises their arms in triumph as they cross the finish line.]()
RIT storytellers capture the heart and hustle of Special Olympics athletes
Students from various majors across RIT made a website providing wall-to-wall coverage of the 2025 Special Olympics New York Winter Games. This was the fourth year RIT partnered with Special Olympics to document the events.
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February 4, 2025
![The Doomsday Clock sits on a pedestal in front of an orange background]()
The redesigned Doomsday Clock finally has a look to match its message
Fast Company talks with Juan Noguera, assistant professor of industrial design, about redesigning the Doomsday Clock.
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January 31, 2025
![On the left is the front of the redesigned Doomsday Clock which was unveiled on Jan. 28. On the right, Juan Noguera holds the body of the clock, fresh off the 3D printer housed in the SHED, with the backside facing forward]()
Faculty member helps redesign ‘Doomsday Clock’
Juan Noguera, assistant professor in the School of Design, combined both traditional and modern techniques in the redesign of the infamous clock that made international headlines this week. The body of the clock was printed in RIT’s SHED.
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January 27, 2025
![Lorraine Justice signs a copy of her 2019 book The Future of Design.]()
Behavior meets brilliance: Dean emerita retires with enduring impact on design research
Lorraine Justice's career journey was filled with leading, learning, and designing what's next. True to her innovative spirit, she plans to remain busy in her retirement from RIT by exploring AI's role in design and creativity.
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January 23, 2025
![A collage of four design projects ranging from typography to advertising.]()
Celebrating creativity: MFA students capture international design honors
Five RIT visual communication design MFA students and recent alumni had design projects — from typographic works to event branding and advertising — recognized in the global Design Masterprize showcase.
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January 22, 2025
![Julia Tenney stands next to a digital display of UI/UX and product designs.]()
Design alumna makes smooth transition to industry
The experience Julia Tenney '24 had in RIT's new media design program set her up for success in her current role as a UI designer at Procter & Gamble.
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January 15, 2025
![Side-by-side designs of a salt and pepper mill set and a rice and paddle set.]()
Collaboration and creativity: Student duo shines in design competition
Aiden Spicer and Jaydon Thompson, second-year industrial design students, leaned on one another while designing their own dinner tabletop pieces for the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Collab Student Design Competition.
