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DESIGNxRI provides seed grants to 8 design firms

Art & Culture 03/17/2022

PROVIDENCE – Eight local design businesses have received seed grants through DESIGNxRI’s 2022 Providence Design Catalyst program, the organization announced Thursday. DESIGNxRI said it is...

Providence, DesignxRI open 6th annual design business grant program

Art & Culture 11/09/2021

PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence is once again teaming up with DesignxRI to offer grants and other resources to Providence design-focused small businesses. Major...

GROWING STAFF: Scott J. Pacheco, left, owner and president of Scott James Furniture & Design in Tiverton, with his father, Rob Pacheco, head bed builder. Although the company shut down for two months at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, it has done well since then, Scott Pacheco said, especially “doing a lot more work in the wealthier coastal neighborhoods for people leaving New York,” which has resulted in more full-time employees now than before COVID-19 hit. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

New model for collaboration

Art & Culture 10/01/2021

Rhode Island has a long, rich and diverse history of design, which arguably started with Samuel Slater. In 1789, the 21-year-old textile mill apprentice...

Q&A Vuthy Lay

Art & Culture 10/01/2021

Vuthy Lay | KITE Architects Inc. architectural designer Vuthy Lay in 2019 completed the DESIGNxRI Emerge Program, then earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from...

Q&A: Libby Slader

Art & Culture 10/01/2021

Libby Slader | Interior Design Inc. owner Libby Slader in 2010 founded her Providence-based interior design firm, which offers full-service design for the corporate office,...

DESIGN WEEK RI begins this weekend

Art & Culture 09/23/2021

PROVIDENCE – The eighth-annual DESIGN WEEK RI begins Friday and runs through Oct. 1, showcasing Rhode Island designers in a series of in-person and...

DESIGNxRI names 2021 R.I. Design Hall of Fame honorees

Art & Culture 09/14/2021

PROVIDENCE – DESIGNxRI recently announced that three designers will be inducted as part of the Rhode Island Design Hall of Fame’s 2021 class on...

DESIGNxRI announces 2021 Design Catalyst cohort

Art & Culture 03/19/2021

PROVIDENCE – DESIGNxRI announced its 2021 cohort for the Providence Design Catalyst program Friday. The 10 local design businesses will receive a combined $140,000 in...

DESIGNxRI and Providence announced the launch of the fifth Providence Design Catalyst program on Thursday.

DESIGNxRI, city launch 5th Providence Design Catalyst program

Art & Culture 01/28/2021

PROVIDENCE – DESIGNxRI and Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced the launch of the fifth Providence Design Catalyst competitive grant program on Thursday. The program will...