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Hi! Welcome to RIT's Interior Design department
My name is Courtney Ter-Velde and I'm a third year student here as an interior design major
Here we have some of the junior level
model building that's happening
This is for a retail design space
The program that's given
is followed
you have half-inch scale that you're working with. This is a model that's in the process
this is a model that's almost done. The junior and senior areas
have these dedicated work spaces
you get your own desk and your own locker, we have a mini fridge and a coffee machine
so students can dedicate themselves to being here
doing their work fully and not having to move their materials back and forth, it's a really really
big plus
In here we have a resource library which is a wonderful asset
you have a lot of the junior and senior level lectures given here
Since the classes are small RIT has provided this much more intimate space
for these lectures to occur
you can do studying in here
as well as check out any of our magazines
articles
and there is just an abundance of textiles and finishes that students can
take for their projects get inspired by
and a lot of them are donated so it really helps eliminate some of the costs these
projects can have
There are eight working computers in here and it's open
pretty much any time you like
So if you come on in I'll show you
we also have the state of the art plotters here, there are two of them, as well as state of the art
printers
so this is great for
floor plans, presentation boards, architectural drawings,
anything that you could come into contact with, you can do in here
And our lovely
model making shop
Again, students can come in here, they can work
there's an abundance of materials available
there's a woodworking shop right next door where students can learn to use
power tools which again is a wonderful skill to have in the field as well as
our supply shop
run by our fantastic Rick, who I know is in there somewhere
and where students can buy materials so again it's a fully functional area
you can get your materials here you can get your resources you can
communicate with other students
the faculty offices are all on this floor
so there really is the sense of community in connection
for the students to have, which
I believe is one of the reasons that this program is so successful
My name is Joel Ogden, I'm a 3D Digital Graphics major
And I'm about to give you a tour of our
departments
So here we have our break room
which is, as you can see,
stocked with a
nice mini fridge
and a couch which we
do a lot of sleeping on during finals week and so on and so forth
Our game research studio
which is equipped with the big screen tv we also have video game systems which are able
to be checked out of the
cage upstairs and you could research numerous
game platforms and the newest games that are coming out and make sure that
we know
the newest products we're trying to keep up with
okay so this is our projection studio in through here. We also do digital theater
out here
As you see we have three
projection screens and projectors that are
high-resolution
We also have a green screen that we're able to set up in here so we can do digital compositing
and everything else
We're able to set up all the chairs
and everything, set it up as a stage, and we've actually had
full-scale productions in here
Okay, so
one of the biggest features of our major is the whole community element
We're still a pretty small major
so far we've
only had I think
four or five alumni
by they've gone on to places such as Dreamworks, to Bethesda,
game studios
So as you can see this is pretty much where we do all of our hanging out, all of our
relaxing and enjoyment
I'm doing a video tour
(laughs)
Yeah, so this is our main
our main lab in through here, we have a bunch of
box computers
which are
set up to do 3D
and they're all equipped with the
latest 3D software: Maya,
Aftereffects,
Mud Box
A couple of them are even equipped with
special programs like Filter Forge
View
things of that nature
So it's a really great lab
This is where we spend most of our time, this is where we hang out
It's really a great time
So as you can see our labs are also equipped with the
Wacom Cintiq
tablets, which are able to be
painted on directly using the Wacom pens, and we use them to
work with programs such as Mud Box and also Photoshop
so you can
manipulate your models directly
or you can also paint on the Photoshop layers directly
and do your concept paintings
and also make
you know really cool concept models
Okay, so this is our motion capture facility
It shoots motion capture data without the need for the whole
motion capture suit with all the little
dots and all that
It's actually a very cool system we have a class going on it right now
that captures all the data then you're able to
to put that into Maya which is our animation program and animate your characters
that you're also building in other classes
We really start using Maya and all those other programs
right off the bat in your freshman year
and then as you go on
once you hit the sophomore year
the junior and everything else
then you start using
programs like Motion Builder and you start getting into
motion graphics
and all the other specialized fields
and you start really choosing the direction you want to go with 3D Digital Graphics
Hey, everyone, I'm Vicki, I'm a junior in New Media Design here at RIT
I'm going to be showing you around the New Media Lab here behind me, and it's pretty much the place where all us New Media students gather
whether you're a freshman or a senior
in class or not in class to work on projects and collaborate on team work
Follow me, we'll head in
There's a lot of couches in the front for people to hang out so there's some people there
And farther in the lab you'll see
lots of our cool equipment
all of our computers are really new, they have lots of
top of the line software
and a wide variety to meet all the requirements for our projects
Some of our computers have these cool Cintiq monitors
you can actually draw right on the monitor with a pen
so your drawing goes right into the computer
We use all this different software to make anything from traditional websites to
mobile applications, to 3D models,
to interactive installations
and animations
we kind of do a little bit of everything
If you follow me through here
you'll see more of the computers
and you'll see a green screen in the back here behind me, and that's for doing any sort of video shoots
there's also a sound booth attached to the lab for recording any sounds that you might need to record
If you head over here you'll see a little bit more of the
customizable part of the New Media Lab
we have desks that can move around for students to work on team projects
Right now some of these students are working on projects for their senior team project
which is a two-quarter project where we add students from
our sister program in the Golisano College of Computer Science and Technology
to join in with our New Media students and make one big project over two quarters
So again that collaborative stuff, that's a lot of what we do in New Media
Hop back over here
and we'll see a little more of the space
Another nice thing we do in New Media Lab is host New Media Club events
our new club has mentor nights
as well as other events where we bring in alumni
guest speakers, all that sort of good stuff
The mentor nights are really cool because upperclassmen get to help underclassmen
so you get any sort of help that you need. Because of those we all end up being pretty close
pretty good friends, it's kind of a small program, pretty tight-knit. It's been only good
experiences here
So I hope you guys had a good time
and swing by RIT (laughs)
Hello. My name is Ben Hudson, I'm a fourth year Industrial Design student here at RIT
You're standing in the middle of our industrial design studio
Here juniors and seniors will spend time working on their individual projects
although it tends to get
fairly messy
and that's just
kind of a by-product of the way that we work
in addition to individual student desks we also have
collaborative tables that students can work on
in cross-disciplinary projects as well as
projects with multiple design students in them
The nice thing about our studio is it's an open-note air studio
all the desks are in one area, we've got juniors and seniors all sort of mixed in
together and so there's a lot of uh... there's a lot of social interaction that goes on
We'll pull late nights in the studio, get some tunes
going and
you know just have some fun
So this is what we call the sanding room
If you look up on the wall, we've got
covered
tons of uh...
just random materials
it sort of a general acceptance that we can find
pretty much anything in here depending on what you're looking for
springs, raw materials for wood,
We tend to make a lot of mock-ups out of a yellow foam
which is this stuff right here
It's really easily sculptable
And we just cover this in
plaster
and paint it and you can get a really nice photo finish model
This is our tool room
and it's managed by our shop technician Rick Auburn
In here you can find just about
any tooled imaginable
This is the 3D printer that we use in the industrial design program
Basically how it works is it's
a vat of
cornstarch
you got a print head that comes over right on top
and it
prints a specific layer of
epoxy resin on top
and then that hardens, and the vat moves down just a little bit
and it covers it with cornstarch again
and the next layer is printed
what that allows us to do is get extremely detailed
models
from computer
computer models that we make
upstairs
So this is the industrial design department. I hope you enjoyed this tour
and
we'd love to hear from you
please come in and we'd be happy to give you a real tour
Hi, my name's Nick
I'm a fourth year Graphic Design student at RIT
and where we're standing right now is one of the classroom spaces, there's actually a class going on right now
So on our left we have display cases of
student work within the graphic design program
These are Imagine RIT posters, which is
an event on campus in the Spring
which is this big festival every year at RIT
and one of the class projects for graphic designers is actually
making posters
The work is changing constantly in here between different classes and graphic
design
But yeah these are the posters right now
Further down the hallway we have
the graphic design studio
It's a nice meeting place for the graphic designers, it's our space
where we can come
any time of the day and we can
meet other classmates
meet faculty members if we wanted to
There's lots of equipment, we can actually head in now
there's a lot of space because a lot of times
you might feel confined to your computer at home, but there are other spaces
like the studio
where you can spread out and work
There's actually two people in here right now
Hey, Will (laughs)
So, some of the equipment we have in here --
cutting tables, other tables, there's some more comfortable chairs over there
We also have a
pretty large personal library of design manuals
books on illustration, webdesign
graphic design obviously
and all sorts of things really that you could pull inspiration from that
that you could work into other projects. We also have a great library on campus
in general but within the studio there's one that's more confined to
graphic design theory and practice, so it's pretty nice to have it in there
There's all sorts of other paper swatch books, pantone books
in here as well
That's the graphic design studio, it's a nice place to meet and just hang out
You can work on projects or just like
you can be here any time of the day and there's always people in here
It's pretty nice
Over here we have
we have a lot of lectures actually that are great for the design school in general
graphic design included obviously
This is a place where you'll see a lot of
the events happening on campus related to graphic design
So this is just the design lecture series, and those happen all throughout the year
There's very prominent designers that are doing some very exciting things
and they're coming to RIT and talking about it so that's a great thing for us
and the students and the faculty get to benefit from it, so that's pretty nice
But we can head out now and take a look at some of the other spaces
Right now we're in the Vignelli Center, which is
one of the
great things for students in the design program
To my right
there's some of the industrial design
work
from abroad -- furniture designed in Scandinavia
And it's a beautiful gallery space
There's always very exciting things happening here
When you're a senior, when you graduate, for the past couple years
there's actually been
the senior walkthrough
at the end of your four years at RIT and the graphic design program
It's all set up and this is where you display your work
It's a great experience as a senior
If we head this way we can actually take a look at some of the Vignelli's' work.
The researches that students have to some of
graphic designs artifacts throughout
time is really
some of the best in the country, it really sets our school apart
Our collections are
as good as any museums
or
gallery in general
just the research that we have as students in graphic design
we have some really nice
some really nice things here
To my left is some of the
collections of
the Vignelli's' work that RIT has, this is where it'll be, it's available to
students
And this is really what
to me, I passionately
think is one of the things that sets our design school apart
our graphic design
school apart is the collections that we have
of designers
some the greatest designers
in graphic design. We have such an extensive collection
of these individuals and it's really --
I know I really enjoy looking at their work first hand and not seeing it in a textbook
or seeing it in a presentation, the work is really here
and it's a great thing to really look at
And it's worked into the curriculum, too, which is nice, the professors make a point to
get the students to see some
of the greatest work in their field
and it's a great thing, no other school has the kind of collections that
they have here, especially for
graphic design
It really sets them apart, which is something that I think is really great for our school
Thanks for watching. I hope the virtual tour was help for you in some way
If you ever want to see the facilities in person
feel free to stop by, there's always
someone willing to help you out
Welcome
to the computer graphic design
digital studio
This is where you live as a graphics design major
The computers are stocked with all the latest software
and that we have access to assistance if we have any problems with the computers
literally right across the hall, those guys are here all the time and they're awesome
We have a sofa, which is free for people to use, because a lot of people do spend the night here
And we have our little kitchenette in the corner with our little microwave
where we can eat all our meals and talk about projects while we're eating, or run and grab a bite and get back to our work. We also have lockers we can use pretty much 24-7, bring your own lock, so if you have little projects or
stocks of paper
you want to keep here you can
And we have access to the printer here so that we can print out print jobs
It's only black and white
We usually us the Hub or the ISL upstairs
to do our final projects. Over here we have four PCs, also updated with
the latest and greatest equipment and software
and you can see two students working on final projects, I believe
The girl in the red is working on part of her thesis
So these four are PCs, everything else is a Mac
and we do have
Wacom tablets
and iPads that we do have access to if we're ever working on that technology, we're looking
to do mobile apps and I believe they're going to expand the number of iPads and
other devices that we have to work with
So we have three screens
I think the green screen that's in here right now is for a particular
projection project that is coming I believe next fall
But normally we just use the three screens, the one behind that, and all the equipment through this, and it looks
more scary than it is
A lot of the final project that gets projected, you've already done up in our CGD lab, you don't have to be down here
but this is where you do the mixing of the lights
and
the coordinating of all the panels and which panels you want, which ones you don't. We have an extensive sound system here
And this again is
accessible twenty four seven
with a key card to grad students