Description
Book SynopsisDescribes the world's leading approach to art and design taught at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). This book illuminates how RISD nurtures the creative process, from brief or prompt to outcome, along with guidance on the critical questions and research that enable making great works of art and design.
Table of ContentsForeword 5
John Maeda
Preface 11
Frank R. Wilson
The Art of Critical Making: An Introduction 19
Rosanne Somerson
Groundwork 32
Leslie Hirst
Text and Context: Outward in All Directions 52
Daniel Cavicchi
Conversation: Drawing 74
Patricia C. Phillips
Thingking 94
John Dunnigan
Object Lessons 116
Sarah Ganz Blythe
Conversation: Materials 138
Kelly Dobson
Graphic Design, Storytelling, and the Making of Meaning 164
Lucinda Hitchcock
The Nature Imperative 190
Neal Overstrom
Conversation: Critique 210
Eva Sutton
Acting into the Unknown 230
Pradeep Sharma
Afterword 245
Mara L. Hermano
Acknowledgments 251
Contributors 253
Illustrations 261
Index 265
