[摘要] 美国罗德岛设计学院（Rhode Island School of Design 简称RISD），是一所集艺术与设计学科为一体的世界顶尖设计学院。建校于1877年，至今已有近140年的悠久历史。并在Business Insider的世界上最
美国罗德岛设计学院（Rhode Island School of Design 简称RISD），是一所集艺术与设计学科为一体的世界顶尖设计学院。建校于1877年，至今已有近140年的悠久历史。并在Business Insider[1] 的世界上最棒的25所设计学院中，RISD荣膺榜首，力压耶鲁、麻省理工、Pratt、SAIC等强校。位于美国罗德岛州（Rhode Island）的首府普罗维登斯市（Providence），座落于学院山（College Hill）山脚，与常春藤布朗大学（Brown University）校园相连，师生比为11：1，拥有13英亩校地，国际学生比例约为15%。罗德岛设计学院和布朗大学共同享有着社会、学术和社团等资源，并为两校学生提供互选课程和双学位的机会。罗德岛设计学院各专业都位于领域前端，工业设计（Industrial Design）、平面设计（Graphic Design）、插画（Illustration）、摄影（Photography）、建筑（Architecture），室内建筑（Interior Architecture）及景观建筑（Landscape Architecture）专业尤为突出。
罗德岛设计学
Providence就像一座小型的新英格兰城市，以其活跃的艺术学院、河滨公园、舒适的规模与多元文化的社区而自豪。这里的人文艺术兴盛，博物馆很多，皆可供罗德岛设计学院的学生免费参观。其中包括：罗德岛设计学院艺术博物馆、历史博物馆、自然历史博物馆、儿童博物馆、人类学博物馆、原始文化博物馆、艺廊博物馆等。
专业类别及学位
陶艺（Ceramics）—BFA，MFA
家具设计（FurnitureDesign）—BFA，MFA
玻璃（Glass）—BFA，MFA
平面设计（Graphic Design）—BFA，MFA
珠宝和金属（Jewelry/Metalsmithing）—BFA，MFA
油画（Painting）—BFA，MFA
版画（Printmaking）—BFA，MFA
插画（illustration）—BFA
摄影（Photography）—BFA，MFA
雕塑 （Sculpture）—BFA，MFA
纤维（Textiles）—BFA，MFA
数字媒体 （Digital + Media）—MFA
工业设计（Industrial Design）—BFA，BID，MID
艺术教育 （Teaching & Learning in Art & Design）—MFA
建筑 （Architecture）—BFA/BArch，MArch
景观建筑（Landscape Architecture）—MLA
室内建筑 （Interior Architecture）—MA ，MDes
艺术史（Art History）—BFA，MFA
授予的学位：艺术学士（BFA）、艺术硕士（MFA）、设计硕士（MDes)、建筑学士/硕士（BArch/MArch）、景观建筑硕士（MLA）
艺术类专业排名
（引据USNEWS Best Graduate Schools 2014[4] 信息和 DesignIntelligence 2014[5] ）
Graphic Design 平面设计 #1
Industrial Design 工业设计 #1
Printmaking 版画 #1
Painting / Drawing 绘画 #2
Ceramics 陶瓷 #3
Photography 摄影 #3
Sculpture 雕塑 #3
Multimedia / Visual Communications 多媒体/视觉传达 #4
Architecture（Undergraduate）建筑（本科）#7
Landscape Architecture（Master）景观建筑（研究生）#7
Business Insider[1] 的世界上最棒的25所设计学院中，RISD荣膺榜首，力压Yale，MIT，Pratt，SAIC等强校.
来自全世界超过50个国家的1800多名本科生和300多名研究生聚集在罗德岛设计学院的校园中，学院一共培养了16000多名的毕业生，分布于美国和全世界，不少人成为20世纪的杰出
罗德岛设计学院主要授予本科和研究生学历教育，其生源来自世界上50多个国家，是一个国际性的一流设计学院。学院的办学理念是：“致力于设计和艺术人才的培养。提升大众艺术教育、商业和产品的水平。”除了本科和研究生的教育之外，为年轻的艺术家和成人提供一个丰富多样的各类学习培训班，专业讲座、工作室、画廊等继续教育设计活动，满足了一个学习型社会的大众需求。
罗德岛设计学院博物馆是一个拥有八万多件藏品的大RISD博物馆
罗德岛设计学院提供19个系所让学生们选择适合自己的专业去攻读。热门的科系有：建筑Architecture、平面设计Graphic Design、插画Illustration等。学院十分注重学生的基本功，入学后第一年的基础课程 (first year foundation) 里，学校会要求学生修读设计课程，像是平面设计、立体设计、素描、手绘等等，罗德岛设计学院注重手工实作，以此来训练学生扎实的的基本功夫与反复推敲的思考方法。
学院的教授透过严谨的画室课程，着重创作过程;在过程中，他们会提出精湛的回馈，藉以激励学生创作出拥有强烈自我风格的创新作品。学生一旦精熟各种素材，就可发展自己的艺术观点，并且学得独立解决问题的技能。在美国很多人说道，于 RISD 就读等于拥有偌大的获得卓越资源、师资、设备及就业的机会。
优势专业介绍
工业设计系：罗德岛设计学院工业设计专业一直稳定在全美第一
摄影系：罗得岛设计学院摄影系在摄影教育界的名气相当大，其开设的摄影相关课程包括美术摄影，生物医学摄影，应用摄影，影像系统管理，影像 与摄影科技，广告摄影，现代新闻摄影等，学生可根据自己的兴趣选择主修科目，出了校门后各有不同的领域可以发挥。各相关科系的学生挑选条件不尽相同，像影像系统管理系，由于旨在培养影像工业之领导人才，如果修过实验室科学或商业统计学通常会优先考虑。
数字媒体系：从数位媒体系课程规划可以看出，RISD没有其它学校那种职业培训的计划。因此其目标是要培养设计师，而不是培训“设计从业人员”。在技术实作课程方面，积极与当代新媒体思潮谋合，采用了数字媒体设计惯用的操作方法如：快速原型。某些课程还与麻省理工学院（MIT）媒体实验室（Media Lab.），布朗大学（Brown），杜克大学（Duke），加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA），澳洲新南威尔斯（UNSW）等知名学院合作。
室内设计系：罗德岛的室内设计专业曾在2009年列为世界第一。同时罗德岛的室内设计专业近几年在USNEWS室内设计排名也是佼佼者。区别于传统的室内设计专业，更偏向于室内建筑结RISD 室内设计学生作品
建筑系：RISD的建筑系常被校友形容为拥有两种独立思维却又能互补的特质。第一，延伸务实化逻辑成为设计过程的重心；第二，运用经验去建立理论架构。此多元化架构下的建筑教育允许学生去发展自己兴趣，能做更进一步的探索。1946-1947年间，建筑系结合景观建筑与室内设计系合组计划学院，也因此加入都市计划的新课程，并开启院内的合作计划，建筑系在此时重新设计组织， 以求其专业教育可凌驾其他相关院校。1953年，该系建筑学程得到国家建筑认证委员全国建筑认可委员会（NAAB）的专业认证，既哈佛，耶鲁，与麻省理工学院之后，成为新英格兰区中获得专业认证的第四所独立学院。
Ricky Allman(M.F.A 2007) - Painter, Professor[3]
Preston Scott Cohen(B.Arch 1983) - Architect; Director of the Architecture degree program at theHarvard Graduate School of Design
Nader Tehrani(B.F.A. and a B.Arch from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985 and 1986 respectively) is Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at MIT
John Cebrowski- member of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives[3]
Romeo Alaeff(M.F.A. 1996) - Artist, Author, Animation/Film Editor[3]
Janine Antoni(M.F.A. 1989) - Artist
Nicole Bartelme(B.F.A. 1989) - Artist, Film Festival Creator
Howard Ben Tre(M.F.A. 1980) - Artist
Dan Colen(B.F.A. 2001) - Artist
Cheryl_Donegan(B.F.A. painting),contemporary artist
Rico Eastman(B.F.A. 1974) - Sculptor
Benjamin Edwards(M.F.A. 1997) - Artist
Adrian Giuliani (B.F.A. 1987) - Artist
Jenny Holzer(M.F.A. 1977) - Installation Artist
Roni Horn(B.F.A. 1975) - Artist
Elliott Hundley(B.F.A. 1997) - Artist
James Jaxxa(attended 199?) - Multimedia Artist
Mike Libby(B.F.A. 1999) - Artist
Julie Mehretu(M.F.A. 1997) - Artist
Marcus Reichert(B.F.A. 1970) - Artist
Mark Shasha(B.F.A. 1983) - Artist
Shahzia Sikander(M.F.A. 1995) - Artist
Scott Snibbe(1991) - Media Artist
Andrew Stevovich(B.F.A. 1970) - Artist
Ryan Trecartin(B.F.A. 2004)-Artist
Kara Walker(M.F.A. 1994) - Artist
Andrea Zittel(M.F.A. 1990) - Artist
Kevin Zucker(B.F.A. 2000) - Artist
Alexander Zaklynsky(B.F.A. 2000) - Artist
Do-Ho Suh(B.F.A. 1994) - Artist
Mary Boone(B.F.A. 1973) - Mary Boone Gallery[3]
John Cheim (B.F.A. 1977) - Cheim & Read
Howard Read (B.F.A. 1976) - Cheim & Read
Seth MacFarlane(B.F.A. 1995) - Animator, Voice Actor, and Creator ofFamily Guy,American Dad!, andThe Cleveland Show.[3]
Lance Wilder (B.F.A. 1990) - Animator, known for his work inThe SimpsonsandThe Critic
Bryan Konietzko(B.F.A. 1998) - Animator, known for his work onAvatar the Last AirbenderandFamily Guy
Michael Dante DiMartino(B.F.A. 1996) - Animator, known for his work onAvatar the Last Airbender
Dan Golden(B.F.A. 1994) - Film Maker, Composer of Oscar-nominated filmFeral
Daniel Sousa(B.F.A. 1994) - Animator, Director of Oscar-nominated filmFeral
Preston Scott Cohen(B.Arch 1983) - Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). Principal of Preston Scott Cohen, Inc.[3]
Michael Gabellini(B.Arch 1981) - Architect & Interior Designer, Teacher at theParsons School of Design
Glenn Gissler(B.Arch 1984) - Architect
Richard Levine(B.Arch 1962) - Professor, Green Architect & Sustainability Pioneer.
Michael Maltzan(B.Arch) - Principal and Founder of Michael Maltzan Architecture.
Nader Tehrani(B.Arch 1986) - Professor and head of the Department of Architecture, MIT. Principal and Founder of NADAAA.
Charles Corda(B.Arch 1975) - Architect
Jim Drain(B.F.A 1998) - Artist[3]
Matt Brinkman(B.F.A 1997) - Artist
Leif Goldberg(B.F.A. 1997) - Artist
Mary Boone(B.F.A. 1973) - Gallery Owner
David Whitney(B.Int. Arch. 1963) - Art Collector and Curator, longtime companion of influential American ArchitectPhilip Johnson
Jason Lutes(B.F.A. 1991) - Cartoonist[3]
Katie Gallagher(B.F.A. 2009) - Fashion Designer[3]
Diana Eng(B.F.A. 2005) - Fashion Designer and Contestant onProject Runway
Robert Geller(B.F.A. 2001) - Fashion Designer, Recipient of theGQ/CFDABest New Menswear Designer Award 2009
Mary Katrantzou- Fashion Designer
Jennifer Kellogg(B.F.A. 1993) - Jewelry Designer
Nicole Miller(B.F.A. 1973) - Fashion Designer
Martha Coolidge(B.F.A. 1968) - Film Director:Valley Girl(1983),Real Genius(1985),The Prince and Me(2004),Material Girls(2006)[3]
Ben Coccio(B.F.A. 1997) - Film Director ofZero Day
Michael Dante DiMartino(B.F.A. 1998) Co-creator and Executive Producer,Avatar: The Last Airbender
JuliAnne DeChaine(B.F.A. 1979) - Costume Designer, Artist
James Franco(M.F.A. 2012) - Actor, Artist
Jemima Kirke(B.F.A. 2008) - Artist, Actor:Girls (TV series)
Bryan Konietzko(B.F.A. 1998) Co-Creator and Executive Producer,Avatar: The Last Airbender
Ellen Kurascinematographer
Mary Lambert(B.F.A 1974) - Film Director:Pet Sematary(1989),The In Crowd(2000)
Seth MacFarlane(B.F.A. 1995) - Animator, Voice Actor, and Creator ofFamily Guy,American Dad!, andThe Cleveland Show
Martin Mull(B.F.A. 1965, M.F.A. 1967) - Actor, Comedian, Painter
Joanna Priestley(attended 1972-1973) - Animator
Robert Richardson- (B.F.A. 1979)Academy AwardwinningCinematographer
Charles Rocket(196?) - formerSaturday Night LiveCast Member, Actor
Mark Shasha(B.F.A. 1983) - Artist, Author, Illustrator, Actor
Helen Stickler(B.F.A. 1991) - Film Director
Charles Stone III(B.F.A. 1988) - Film Director:Drumline(2002), Creator ofWhassup?Anheuser-Busch Budweisercommercial campaign
Gus Van Sant(B.F.A. 1975) - Film Director:My Own Private Idaho(1991),Good Will Hunting(1997),Finding Forrester(2000),Elephant(2003)Last Days(2006),Milk(2008)
Todd Verow(B.F.A. 1989) - Film Director
Gigi Gatewood (M.F.A. 2009)
Michael Hahn (B.F.A. 2008)
Sloan Kulper (M.I.D. 2006)
Lindsey Meyer (M.Arch. 2006)
Matthew Perez (M.F.A. 2010)
Louie Rigano (B.F.A. 2010)
Monica Ogrodowski (B.F.A. 2009)
Brodie Neill(M.F.A. FD 2004) - Furniture Designer[3]
Josh Owen(M.F.A. FD 1998) - Furniture Designer
Matthias Pliessnig(B.F.A. FD 2003) - Furniture Designer
Rosanne Somerson(B.F.A. ID 1976) - Furniture Designer, RISD FD Department Head + Professor
Dale Chihuly(M.F.A. 1968) - glass artist, co-founder ofPilchuck Glass School[3]
Martin Blank(B.F.A. 1984) - glass artist
Paul Housberg(B.F.A. 1975, M.F.A 1979) - fused and kilnformed glass artist
Therman Statom(B.F.A. 1974) - American Studio glass artist
Richard Furneau Remsen(B.F.A. 1974) - glass artist
Toots Zynsky(B.F.A. 1973) - glass artist
Tobias Frere-Jones(B.F.A. 1992) - famous American type designer[3]
Tom Geismar(B.F.A.) - Renowned identity designer and corporate identity pioneer. Designed marks for NBC, Mobil, Chase, Xerox, and MoMA amongst others.
Justin Lo(B.F.A. 1999) -Hong Kongsinger, composer andrecord producer.
Michael McPherson (M.F.A. 1979) - Graphic Designer, principal of CMN.
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland(Carl Philip Edmund Bertil) (2007-2008) - Graphic Design studies
Michael Riley (B.F.A. 1991) - Hollywood film and television title designer, Founder of Shine, D&AD Gold Medal Award recipient.
Michael Rock(M.F.A. 1984) - Founder and Partner of2x4[disambiguation needed], Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award recipient.
Jessica Walsh - Partner at Sagmeister & Walsh studio, Art Directors Club "Young Gun".
Cyrus Highsmith - (Graphic designer) Senior designer at Font Bureau.
Scott Stowell - (B.F.A. 1990) Proprietor of Open, 2008 National Design Award recipient.
David Mazzucchelli- Comic Artist and Author ofAsterios Polyp[3]
Roz Chast(B.F.A. 1977) - Cartoonist
Christopher Denise(B.F.A. 1990) - Illustrator of children's books, including many in theRedwallseries
Shepard Fairey(B.F.A. 1992) - Street Artist, Graphic Designer
Jon Foster(1989) - Illustrator
Steven Kellogg(B.F.A 1963) - Children's book Illustrator
Bryan Konietzko(B.F.A. 1998) - Co-creator and executive producer,Avatar: The Last Airbenderanimated series
Jarrett J. Krosoczka(B.F.A. 1999) - Writer, Illustrator
Sonny Liew(B.F.A. 2001) - Comic Book Writer, Artist
Grace Lin(B.F.A. 1996) - Writer, Illustrator
David Macaulay(B.Arch. 1969) - Writer, Illustrator, 2006MacArthur Fellow
Kelly Murphy(B.F.A. 1999) - Writer, Illustrator
Ryan Jude Novelline(B.F.A. 2012) - Contemporary artist and Fashion Designer
Paolo Rivera(B.F.A. 2003) - Comic Book Artist
Brian Selznick(B.F.A. 1988) - Writer, Illustrator
Mark Shasha(B.F.A Ill. 1983) - Writer, Illustrator
Walt Simonson(B.F.A. 1972) - Comic Book Writer, Artist
David Wiesner(B.F.A. 1977) - Illustrator, Caldecott Winner
Chris Van Allsberg(B.F.A. ) - Children's book Illustrator, Caldecott Winner
David Hanson(B.F.A. 1997) - Robotics Designer[3]
Stuart Karten(B.F.A. 1979) - Industrial Designer
Jonathan Ive(D.F.A. 2009) - Industrial Designer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman(attended 1878) - author of "The Yellow Wallpaper" and feminist[3]
Kenneth Goldsmith(B.F.A. 1984) - poet,WFMUDJ, founding editor ofUbuWeb
Manjushree Thapa(B.F.A 1989) - Writer, "Forget Kathmandu", "Tilled Earth", "Tutor Of History"
Janine Antoni(B.F.A. 1989) - Artist, 1998MacArthur Fellow
James Carpenter(B.F.A. 1972) - Glass Sculptor, Designer, 2004MacArthur Fellow
Josiah McElheny(B.F.A. 1988) - Artist, Sculptor, 2006MacArthur Fellow
David Macaulay(B.F.A. 1969) - Writer, Illustrator, 2006MacArthur Fellow
Julie Mehretu(M.F.A. 1997) - Artist, 2005MacArthur Fellow
Shazia Sikander(M.F.A. 1995) - Artist,MacArthur Fellow
Anna Schuleit(B.F.A. 1998) - Artist, 2006MacArthur Fellow
Kara Walker(M.F.A. 1994) - Artist, 1997MacArthur Fellow
Paul Curreri(B.F.A. 1998) - songwriter / guitarist / producer[3]
Hisham Bharoocha(B.F.A. 1998) - artist and musician, former member ofBlack DiceandLightning Bolt
Marissa Nadler(M.F.A. 2003. M.A.T. 2004)- singer/songwriter
Heather Nova(B.F.A. 1989) - singer/songwriter
Jesse Sykes(B.F.A. 199?) - singer/songwriter
Oliver Ackermann(B.F.A. Industrial Design) - musician,A Place to Bury Strangers
Chris Keating - musician,Yeasayer
在校期间就形成的乐队：
Black Dice- formed in 1997
Les Savy Fav- formed in 1995
Lightning Bolt- formed in 1994
Brian Chippendale(B.F.A 1997) - artist, foundedFort Thunder
Brian Gibson(B.F.A. 1998) - artist
Rubber Rodeo- formed in 1980
Talking Heads- formed in 1974
David Byrne(dropped out)
Chris Frantz(B.F.A. 1974)
Tina Weymouth(B.F.A. 1974)
Fang Island- formed in 2005
Arthur S. Douglas(Attended 1878) - First year student of RISD[3]
Håvard Homstvedt(B.F.A. 2000) - Painter
Sonya Sklaroff(B.F.A. 1992) - artist/painter
Anne Morgan Spalter(M.F.A. 1992) -new mediaartist
Daniel Arango(M.F.A. 2010) - painter, visual artist
Kurt Wenner(Attended 19??) -anamorphicstreet painter
Richard Merkin(M.F.A. 1963) - Painter, New Yorker contributor, Prof. Emeritus RISD
Linda Connor(B.F.A. 19??) - large-format photographer, currently teaches at theSan Francisco Art Institute[3]
Henry Horenstein(B.F.A. 1971, M.F.A. 1973) - photographer, author, currently teaches atRhode Island School of Design
Emmet Gowin(M.F.A. 1967) - photographer
Francesca Woodman(B.F.A. 1978) - photographer
Jill Greenberg(B.F.A 1989) - photographer
C E Morse(B.F.A 1974) - fine art photographer
Andrew Xenios(M.F.A. 1973) - photographer, teacher, currently photographing and conducting workshops inYucatan, Mexico
John Maeda
罗德岛设计学RISD 冬季课程 winter sessions[7]
冬季班也可提供到海外学习的机会，可以让参与此课程的学生到欧洲巴黎、意大利 Matera 和爱丁堡等地学习观摩。[7]
布朗大学/罗德岛设计学院的双学位课程（Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program, 简称DDP），成立于2007年，是全美国第一个建立在不同但互补的两个世界顶级学院的跨学院课Brown/ RISD Dual Degree Program
罗德岛设计学院提供专业教育在艺术，视觉媒体，架构，设计和文科。布朗提供全面的物理、生物科学、社会科学、数学和科学的教育。课程的目的是为了培养高素质的人才和锻炼学生整合不同领域的学科的能力，在这个过程中他们获得来自两个学院的，更广泛的知识和资源。学生必须申请两个学院，并被同时被录取，然后才可以被批准加入双学位课程DDP。[8]
申请费：60美元[9]
本科生入学要求
初步申请截止时间：每年11月1日[10]
常规申请截止时间：每年2月1日
IBT：93 IELTS: 6.5
SAT:需要
往年录取新生数据参考：[11]
成绩单及学位证明
2篇规定具体内容的Writing Example ，200-400字/篇
推荐信非必须，但是建议提供。最好3封。
作品：
A：绘画 3页
要求用石墨铅笔及1000pxx 1250px纸张，有具体题目和内容限制。表达手法不限，但是要突出自己的技巧熟练度及作品的意义。
每幅作品需要用限定规格的纸条注明姓名及地址。
B：任何三维或者二维作品集(12-20份)(非必须，建议提供)。
可选择CD、DVD、照片印刷等格式。不接受网络提交。电子作品每份大小不得超过3MB，格式要求为JPG。另外需打印一份作品清单。
注：务必在每份提交的DVD、CD、纸张等作品上标注姓名及地址。
研究生入学要求
申请截止时间：每年1月10号[10]
IBT：93 IELTS：6.5
GRE：不需要，但是理论研究类专业如MA、MAT、MLA强烈建议提供
成绩单及学位证明
3封推荐信
作品集：10-20份。DVD、CD、35mm 幻灯片格式均可。电子作品每份不得超过3MB，格式要求为JPG。扫描件或者演示部分的DVD、CD需要提交的格式为视频或者QuickTime files 。
作品建议通过AIVA国际视觉艺术教育先进行预检，得到老师建议修改之后再提交可提高申请几率。
务必在每份提交的DVD、CD、纸张等所有作品上标注姓名及地址。
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