We are proud to have this stellar collection of companies located at 42 Rice Street!
“College Unbound is a program for students where they can achieve bachelor’s degrees in a successful and truly unique and tailored manner.” – www.collegeunbound.org
They develop experience inspired by their own interests and goals. Students enrolled in College Unbound’s program learn through real-world experience, building expertise and growth by taking on internships and additional work roles. They are a Big Picture Learning initiative. To learn more, contact them via www.collegeunbound.org/contact!
“R.K. PROJECTS is an artist-run gallery that conducts curatorial projects, exhibitions, and events in vacant properties.” – www.rkprojects.com
Their work can be seen at www.rkprojects.com. They can also be contacted at rk.projects.editions@gmail.com
“Ecolect provides recourses to achieve sustainable design. They have a proprietary database of thousands of materials, manufacturing and technology sources.” – www.ecolect.net
They offer a 3rd party certification and teach ecological design through workshops and interactive events. Their ongoing mission is to make sustainability possible for designers, architects, engineers, and manufacturers. Ecolect is driven to uncover and expand the tools and resources available to companies to encourage and inspire responsible design practices. They is dedicated to finding material sources, technologies, and manufacturing methods that are not only more efficient than existing alternatives, but also more ecological.
“Seung Chan Lim (aka Slim) classifies himself as an “aspiring culture worker”. After a 9-year career in Computer Science and Interaction Design, he has spent the last 3 years learning how to make things with physical materials.” – www.linkedin.com
Through the practice of acting, dancing, writing, and working with charcoal, paper, clay, gouache, glass, wood, metal, plastic, plaster, light and type, he came to the realization that making things with physical materials—including the human body—is analogous to engaging in an empathic conversation with another person. In this next chapter of his life, he is dedicating his time to the act of design that embodies a core philosophy of “empathic conversation.” For more on his thesis research that has lead him to this conclusion visit www.realizingempathy.com!
“Studio Dunn is a small furniture company that creates original, hand worked hardwood designs.” – www.studiodunn.com
They are inspired by the richness of American heritage and by the ingenuity that can only be found in a hand involved design process. Studio Dunn was founded in 2010 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. They have since moved 3 miles south to 42 Rice!