PARTNERS
Bryant University
Brown University
Business Innovation Factory
Department of Energy
DuPont
Intel
Massachusetts General Hospital
Maytag
MIT: Sloan School of Management
NASA
P'kolino
Sikorsky
RISD
SWAROVSKI
General Mills
RISD: City-State
Babson College
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FEATURED PARTNERS
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Bryant University
Bryant University founded the Center for Design and Business with RISD in 1996. Its faculty, students, and alumni have been instrumental in launching the CDB’s programs and its “Success by Design” conference series with speakers such as Sam Farber, James Dyson, and Martha Stewart.
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Brown University
More than a century old, the RISD-Brown affiliation has resulted in many innovative and collaborative programs. Recent projects include Interdisciplinary Scientific Visualization, Emotive Transportation for Emerging Countries, The Urban Design Lab, Sonic Emphasis in Digital Media, and Tools for Pediatric Rehabilitation.
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Business Innovation Factory
The Business Innovation Factory is a community of innovators collaborating to explore and test better ways to deliver value. BIF Members and Partners explore business model innovation through a series of experiences designed to get ideas off of the white board and onto the ground as quickly and cost effectively as possible.
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MIT: Sloan School of Management
Since 1992, RISD has partnered with the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Projects from this partnership were awarded patents and are commercially available today, such as the Sherwin Williams Twist and Pour paint container, which received numerous accolades including The Good Housekeeping Institute Award.
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NASA
The RISD-NASA Study of Extreme Environments began in the Industrial Design Department in 1994. Conducted as an advanced studio course, this extensive, extraterrestrial exploration has uncovered many solutions with immediate terrestrial applications. Projects have included on-site work at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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