Co-Works Courses
Co-Works typically develops and supports 3-5 interdisciplinary courses per semester. These include research initiatives and sponsored studios in collaboration with industry partners—recently Microsoft and Hyundai.
Please see the RISD course catalog for current offerings.
Past Co-Works Courses
Fall 2020-21 Courses
Digital Materiality
Microsoft VR Research Initiative
Joy Ko
Apparel Fabrics
Microsoft VR Research Initiative
Anna Gitelson-Kahn
Alchemy Research Studio
Rachel Berwick
3D Illustration
Jean Blackburn
Apparel Studio: Intersectional Identities
Brynn Trusewicz
& Gwen van den Eijnde
Fall 2019-20
Computer Utopias
Chris Novello
3D Illustration
Jean Blackburn
Apparel Design Studio & Identity Construction
Brynn Trusewicz & Gwen van den Eijnde
Winter 2019-20
Playing With Purpose:
Toys For Social Justice
Jess Brown
And/Neither: Non-Binary Objects
Winslow Funaki & Emma Fague
Spring 2019-20
Interspecies Collaboration
David Kim & Anastasiia Raina
Digital Materiality
Joy Ko
Apparel Design Studio & Identity Construction
Brynn Trusewicz & Gwen van den Eijnde
Fall 2018-19
Making Meaning
Rachel Berwick & Tara Nummedal
Apparel Design Studio & Identity Construction
Brynn Trusewicz & Gwen van den Eijnde
3D Illustration
Jean Blackburn
Programming Workshop
Chris Novello
Winter 2018-19
From Memory
Eli Backer & Nasser Alzayani
Queer Sculptural Phototopias
Shterna Goldbloom & Isabel Mattia
(re)Designing Self-Care
Adam Chuong & Rebecca Erde
Spring 2018-19
Digital Jewelry
José Menendez
Digital Sense
Joy Ko & Evelyn Eastmond
Computer Utopias
Chris Novello
Apparel Design Studio & Identity Construction
Brynn Trusewicz & Gwen van den Eijnde
Fall 2017-18
Sculptural Fabric Structures
Christina Gast
Formwork
Keetra Dixon
Programming Workshop
Chris Novello
3D Illustration
Jean Blackburn
Winter 2017-18
Luminous Structures
Corwyn Lund & Ipek Kosova
Whereables
Molly Palacek & Eli Backer
Sustainable Futures
Megan Valanidas & Yu-Hsing Wu
Nothing But Flowers
Austin Bamford & Gavin Zeitz
Hot Printing
Tatiana Gómez Gaggero & Angela Lorenzo
Spring 2017-18
Biomimicry & Puppetry
Erik Sanko & Ed Brown
Intro To Digital Making
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson
Digital Print
Angela Torchio
Computer Utopias
Chris Novello
Digital Sense
Joy Ko & Evelyn Eastmond
Experiments in Optics
Jocelyne Prince
Nano Meso Micro Macro
Peter Yeadon
Fall 2016-17
Sculptural Fabric Structures
Lee Boroson
Intro to Digital Making
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson
3D Illustration
Jean Blackburn
Winter 2016-17
Modular Constraint
Jared Akerstrom
Intersecting Dimensions
Makia Sharp & Ellie Tomlinson
Digital Embroidery
Brynn Trusewicz
Intro to Digital Making
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson
Spring 2016-17
Experiments in Optics
Jocelyne Prince
Digital Print
José Menendez
Computer Utopias
Chris Novello
Digital Sense
Joy Ko & Evelyn Eastmond
Digital Design & Fabrication
Ben Jurgensen
Digital Embroidery
Brynn Trusewicz
Intro to Digital Making
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson
Fall 2015-16
Synthesis of Light
Stefanie Pender
Digital Fab for Sculpture
David Kim
Nano Meso Micro Macro
Peter Yeadon
Fab Lab
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson
Winter 2015-16
Fiber Composites
Mayela Mujica & Emre Bagdatoglu
Lookatme Lookatme
Brynn Trusewicz
The Uncanny Valley
Devra Freelander & William Udel
Eyewear Design
Daniel Morgan
& Rodrigo Guadarrama Murrieta
Digital Embroidery
Michael Savoia
Fab Lab
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson
Spring 2015-16
Digital Sense
Joy Ko & Brooks Hagan
Sculptural Fabric Structures
Lee Boroson
Digital Embroidery
Michael Savoia
Digital Printing Techniques
José Menendez
Intro to Digital Making
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson
2014-15
Intermittency
Michael Beaman
Conviviality of Tools
Greg Nemes & Bayne Peterson