Overview
Describes the world's leading approach to art and designtaught at Rhode Island School of Design
At Rhode Island School of Design students are immersed in aculture where making questions, ideas, and objects, using andinventing materials, and activating experience all serve to definea form of critical thinking—albeit with one'shands—i.e. "critical making." The Art of CriticalMaking, by RISD faculty and staff, describes fundamentalaspects of RISD's approach to "critical making" and how this canlead to innovation. The process of making taught at RISD is deeplyintrospective, passionate, and often provocative.
This book illuminates how RISD nurtures the creative process,from brief or prompt to outcome, along with guidance on thecritical questions and research that enable making great works ofart and design.
- Explores the conceptual process, idea research, criticalquestions, and iteration that RISD faculty employ to educatestudents to generate thoughtful work
- Authors are from the faculty and staff of the Rhode IslandSchool of Design, which consistently ranks as the number one finearts and design college in the United States
The Art of Critical Making shows you how context,materials, thought processes, and self-evaluation are applied inthis educational environment to prepare creative individuals toproduce dynamic, memorable, and meaningful works.
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