On Tuesday April 6th the Office of Annual Giving hosted an event for all RISD seniors at the Visual Resources Center, giving students the opportunity to visit the newly-launched Materials Library. It was a lovely event, with over 200 students visiting the VRC, and generous donations to the Senior Gift, which this year has been [...]
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Senior Event at the Visual Resources Center
Posted in General, Materials Library, tagged risd, Senior Gift on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
RISD Materials Library
Posted in Materials Library, tagged Materials Library, risd on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Visual Resources Center has started a new pilot project, the RISD Materials Library. The library is a collection of material samples contributed by several departments across the school, that RISD students and faculty can use as inspiration for their projects. For the initial pilot project we have over 200 samples, which can be borrowed [...]
RDID Additions: Classic Polish Posters
Posted in Online Resources, RISD Digital Image Database, tagged Archive of Graphic Design and Illustration, Polish posters, risd, RISD Digital Image Database on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The RISD Archive of Graphic Design and Illustration has a wonderful collection of posters from the classic era of Polish graphic design. Visual Resources Center staff are currently digitizing this fantastic collection, which includes film, theater, music and ballet posters by well-known Polish designers such as Franciszek Starowieyski, Eugeniusz Get-Stankiewicz and Jan Lenica. We would [...]
Historic Fashion files added to the Picture Collection
Posted in RISD Picture Collection, tagged designers, fashion, history, Lanvin, Paquin, PictureCollection, Redfern, risd, Schiaparelli, Worth on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Five new image files have been added to the Picture Collection: Fashion Historic 1900-1919, 1920-1925, 1926-1929, and 1930′s. These five fabulous fashion files contain images of the beginnings of couture and the first fashion designers and their houses, such as: Charles Frederick Worth, Maison Redfern, Jeanne Paquin, Jeanne Lanvin, Elsa Schiaparelli, and others. These can [...]
The DVD/Video collection at the RISD Library
Posted in General, tagged DVD, library, Rhode Island School of Design, risd, video on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many RISD faculty and students want to know about the new videos and DVDs that are arriving in the Library. For brief updates on new acquisitions, follow us on Twitter. Also, this is a list of all the video/DVD titles at the RISD Library Your comments and suggestions for new titles are very welcome!
Hello world!
Posted in General, tagged RDID, Rhode Island School of Design, risd, RISD Digital Image Database, RISD Picture Collection, vr on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the RISD Visual Resources blog. We are the team working in the Visual Resources Center at the Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design. We will be keeping you informed about everything new happening at the VR Center, including the clippings folders added to the Picture Collection, DVD titles added to the library [...]
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