Now based in Massachusetts, she’s a cofounder of Likemind Design and a muralist. She also founded Lucky Knot Arts, a nonprofit centering Asian Americans through creative arts programming. 

Lucky Knot Arts webage and  Instagram

See more of Amanda's work on her webpage and Instagram 

Likemind Design 

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Based in Providence, Shellf Life recycles mussels, oysters and other shells to create a unique building material for furniture, home goods and more. Shellf Life works with local restaurants and marine industries to reduce waste and create opportunity.  

Shellf Life

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Terra Carta Award 

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She is now based in Mumbai and Delhi and works at the India Art Fair to connect new collectors to emerging artists. Yukti has been working with RISD on its Strategic Planning process. 

See more of Yukti's work on her webpage and Instagram.

RISD Strategic Planning 

“ten days (give or take) v.1” at the RISD Museum 

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You might have noticed the podcast has a new look. This year, we’re working with Madison Tom 23 IL on our guest portraits. 

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/’gīdens/ (pronounced guidance) is a new platform using AI to help small business owners with administrative tasks. An Industrial Design graduate from 2005, Vincent is also the Chair of the RISD Black Alumni affinity group which connects students and alumni on campus and beyond.

/’gīdens/ (pronounced guidance) business website

Vincent’s Instagram

Vincent’s website

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DEGEN incorporates artisanal knitted apparel, accessories, patterns, and an online knitting community KNIT CLUB. A Textiles graduate from 2010, Degen also opened a new brick and mortar yarn store and community space called in Providence this year.

KNIT CLUB's website

DEGEN’s Instagram

DEGEN’s website

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He is the current Visiting Assistant Professor and AICAD Fellow at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and received a RISD x Hyundai Summer Research Fellowship in 2021. 
 

Miguel’s website   

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The self-published book features illustrations of birds observed on walks and bike rides in the state. JooHee worked with fellow alumna, Marie Otsuka MFA 18 GD, on the design and layout of the book. 

JooHee’s website   

100 Birds   

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The Tyre Collective is a London based clean tech organization which examines how the tiny particles released by tires are impacting our environment. Hanson is also the recipient of the 2024 Emerging Leader Award from the RISD Alumni Association. He graduated from RISD with a BFA in Architecture in 2016.

The Tyre Collective

Hanson’s website

2024 Emerging Leader Award article

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Jo's work has been featured in The New Yorker and New York Times, including a series that recreated portraits of college classmates taken at their 15 year reunion. We talked about Jo’s new website, Middle Age Mixtape, that will house all of her works in one place. 

Middle Age Mixtape

Jo’s website

Jo on Instagram

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Season 4 will feature interviews with Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH, Hanson Cheng BArch 16, Miguel Lastra MFA 22 CR, JooHee Yoon 11 IL, Lindsay Degen 10 TX, and Vincent Brathwaite 05 ID. 

Supported by the RISD Alumni Association.  

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