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DesignxRI Design Week plans textile-manufacturing panel

Manufacturing 09/19/2018

PROVIDENCE – During DesignxRI Design Week, Polaris MEP and the Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network will host a free panel discussion for manufacturers, designers...

2018 Hall of Fame inductees announced by DesignxRI

Art & Culture 09/06/2018

PROVIDENCE - One week prior to the commencement of the 2018 DesignxRI Design Week RI, the capital city-based economic development nonprofit announced four inductees...

DESIGN WEEK RI begins on Sept. 13 and runs through Sept. 22, featuring over 35 events. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Design Week begins Sept. 13

Art & Culture 08/22/2018

PROVIDENCE – The fifth annual Design Week RI begins Sept. 13 and will run through Sept. 22. In a communique, DESIGNxRI, the sponsor of...

SUCCESS STORY: Lisa J. Raiola is the founder of Hope & Main, a Warren-based food-startup incubator that has worked with more than 350 businesses. Three of the 51 initial PBN Something New small businesses are either graduates or current members of Hope & Main.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

From ‘Something New,’ the strong survive

Cover Story 08/17/2018

“To some people, small sounds like a limitation,” said Travis Webster-Booth, owner of TWB Creative, a copywriting and business-services firm launched in October 2014...

In regulation, the small things add up fast

Hot Topic 07/27/2018

The pervasiveness of state-imposed regulations has been a topic of contention for years among the business community in Rhode Island. “Manufacturing employers there are...

MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA speaks at the DESIGNxRI Providence Design Catalyst. / COURTESY DESIGNXRI

DESIGNxRI graduates Providence Design Catalyst cohort

Art & Culture 06/01/2018

PROVIDENCE – DESIGNxRI celebrated the culmination of the Providence Design Catalyst program Thursday evening, graduating 13 Providence-based design business owners. The 2018 program brought $120,000...

AWARD-WINNING DESIGNERS: Gordon and Laura Moss are the married co-owners of Functional Aesthetic Design±Build, a design and build company in Providence that was recently awarded a DESIGNxRI Providence Design Catalyst award. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Building on their passion

Entrepreneurship 04/27/2018

Long before they’d met, Laura and Gordon Moss both had a passion for architecture. The married co-owners of Providence-based Functional Aesthetic Design±Build LLC pursued their...

TALENTED DESIGNERS: Gordon and Laura Moss, co-owners of Function Aesthetic Design+Build, a full-service design and build studio in Providence specializing in small- to midsized design and construction projects, successfully applied for a DESIGNxRI award last fall. / COURTESY FUNCTION AESTHETIC DESIGN+BUILD/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

RISD grads dominate grant program

Entrepreneurship 03/16/2018

A full-service design and build studio in Providence, Functional Aesthetic Design±Build does everything – at least when it comes to “small- to midsized design...