<p>Moderators, please make this a sticky post at the top of the forum. I can't imagine that future prospective students wouldn't want to see what is here.</p>
<p>I think this new "center" will add a lot to the RISD campus and provide a center in more than one sense -- not to mention, anyone who visits RISD knows about the hills and will appreciate the escalators!</p>
<p><a href="http://risd.edu/campus_initiatives_risd.htm%5B/url%5D">http://risd.edu/campus_initiatives_risd.htm</a></p>
<p>Mackinaw, earlier you wrote, "(My daughter tried out illustration, and liked it, but was advised by the instructor as follows: You get this major. You dont have to major in it. She wanted to work in 3-D but more in an applied area rather than sculpture. And she liked the ID facilities and this is a strong field at RISD.)"</p>
<p>Can you explain her instructor's comment a bit? Was s/he basically saying, 'you get this naturally, so you don't have to major in it; why not explore something else'?</p>
<p>I think the instructor was telling her to try something that is harder (for her). Both illustration and ID are popular majors at RISD. The instructor seemed to think that my daughter could later decide to do illustration, but that it would be more of a challenge for her to take up ID now.</p>
<p>In retrospect, I think this was good advice and my daughter has never regretted her choice of major. I can't say for sure, but I have a sense also that the skills required to do ID well are somewhat rarer than those to do illustration well. But someone who is really driven to do illustration and really good at it ought to pursue that hard -- until or unless something more interesting comes along.</p>
<p>Hmm, that's some food for thought. Industrial design does seem to be a bit of a challenge. I'll have to do some research on it.</p>
<p>My daughter has amazing 3-D perception, and while this can be valuable in fine arts as well as design, I think ID has given her a chance to work more in 3D some other design fields would have allowed.</p>