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Rosanne Somerson
Rosanne Somerson (born June 21, 1954) is an American-born woodworker, furniture designer/maker, educator, and current President of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). An artist connected with the early years of the Studio Furniture, her work and career have been influential to the field.
Education and early career.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she began her undergraduate degree at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in photography, but switched her focus, and received her
External links.
- Cultured: "The RISD Connection"
- Surface: "Design Dialogues No. 32"
- Metropolis: "We Need More Boredom in Our Lives" op-ed
- Aesthetica: "Mapping the Invisible at RISD"
- American Craft: "Crafted Lives"
- Providence Journal: "As President, Rosanne Somerson if Crafting a Vision for RISD"
- WIRED: "Famed Designer Rosanne Somerson on Innovation and Failure"
- Rhode Island Monthly: "Inside