Alex D'Haeseleer
adhaese@risd.edu
Ashesh Gohil
agohil@risd.edu
Charlotte Clement
Charlotte is from both Rhode Island and Portland, Oregon. She graduated with a BA from Drew University, specializing in sculpture and environmental studies and sustainability. Before RISD, Charlotte primarily worked as a retail buyer, manager, and designer for a Portland based beekeeping company. She has developed her own freelance illustration practice and has worked as an artist assistant for gallerists, ceramicists, puppeteers, and the leather industry.
Charlotte brings a keen interest in agriculture, systems thinking, and material process to her studio practice. Charlotte has plans to run for President in 2024, but that's a big secret so don't tell anyone.
But vote for her.
cclement@risd.edu
Hyunseok An
Hyunseok is an audacious spirit, professional failure, endless iterator, social meddler, pragmatic non-conformist, mere part of nature, Buddhism and Design practitioner for human culture & mother nature.
From a science enthusiast awarded a silver medal at International Biology Olympiad, to a management consultant at Arthur D. Little, to a IT startup entrepreneur at I'mport;, and now, he is practicing design for ‘ulrim [울림]’; the experimental design practice for inner reverberation.
han@risd.edu
Irina Wang
Irina grew up Taiwanese-Floridian before moving to London for undergraduate studies and working as a graphic designer at Pentagram. In the past she’s combined a love of typography, language, and environmental theory by designing alongside linguists and native communities to revitalize endangered languages — and is currently applying this transdisciplinary approach to systems design around nuclear nonproliferation. She has a soft spot for leavened bread, 50mm lenses, longform journalism, her old Bianchi, campfire smell, and the printed word. As a generalism specialist, she is happiest dabbling in too many things but will skew cynical if she doesn’t climb a tree, pet a cat, or complete a crossword every once in a while.
iwang03@risd.edu
Jingwei Deng
jdeng01@risd.edu
John Beck
jbeck02@risd.edu
Joyce Chang
With a background in craft and material studies, Joyce has been focusing on design to enhance user experience through objects. She believes that utilizing form, texture and material in design process is essential in creating an engaging experience for the user. Her current practice continues to explore on making that is process driven, and researches on how to use physical senses to navigate the digital world.
tchang02@risd.edu
Mary Chavez
Mary has a B.A. in Creative Writing with Communication Arts minor, but her work background is mainly in after school care and summer camps. She has a passion for engaging with children and making things for them, including toys, stories, activities and games. She’s come to RISD with the hope of making a career out of that passion. She believes in the true beauty of handmade goods and hopes to pass on her beliefs to future generations. Other hobbies/interests include: travel, sewing, logic puzzles, animals and musical theater.
mchavez@risd.edu
Rebeca Gonzalez Morales
rgonza01@risd.edu
Rohit Sen
Rohit tries to exist between material exploration and critical design. He stresses on global craft, and pushing beyond the conventional one-dimensional sensory experience of aesthetics. With a background in Economics and management consulting, Rohit takes a keen interest in design entrepreneurship that positively impacts our global society.
rsen01@risd.edu
Shiyang Yao
syao02@risd.edu
Mengjiao (Vivien) Han
mhan@risd.edu
Zihan Zhou
Zihan is a student who despises unsustainable practices, technological restrictions and monotonous production. He believes in the necessity of diversity in our built environment. He believes in the possibility of new technologies and the beauty of traditional materials. He believes in using design to bring users an enlightening experience.
zzhou02@risd.edu
