Exterior signage as seen from street level, on Weybosset St. Vinyl on glass. A curated vignette offers a peek into the exhibition.
Responsibilities: Project Manager, leading Graphic Design team
Gesamtkunstwerk, the 2026 RISD Interior Architecture graduate biennial was on show February 20 - March 08.
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"Interior architecture resists a simple definition because it operates across multiple dimensions. It engages structural intervention, spatial strategy, material expression, narrative, circulation, light, form, and social use, often through the adaptive transformation of existing buildings into spaces that are sustainable, meaningful, and culturally grounded. The designer’s challenge is to work through these factors, weaving personal considerations with interpersonal impact.
Framing this practice as a matter of gesamtkunstwerk—a total work of art—acknowledges the designer’s dedication and depth of work from concept to construction. When everything can have meaning, everything does. But gesamtkunstwerk does not equate to complete control. In balancing implicit bias, physical constraints, diverse perspectives, and the unpredictable agency of future users, the interior architect acts not as an author of absolutes, but as a negotiator operating through empathy. In order to challenge the perception of interior architecture as an objective final product, this show invites you to walk backward through the design process to discover INTAR’s interdisciplinary nature and find traces of the designer embedded in even the smallest details."
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Posters/flyers anchored the visual identity of the show. Flash photography offered the raw, authentic lens we aimed to exhibit the design process through. The series of four represents each of the curatorial sections (home, studio, critique, and presentation) and takes us through the design process. The mug serves as a main character, tying the narrative together.
Flyers were distributed around Providence, with focus on RISD campus.
Newsprint catalogs were available throughout the opening reception and duration of the show. Visitors could take home this double-sided memento that served as a mini poster and a featured designers index.
Section panels embodied the backwards progression through the design process, from public-facing presentation to the intimate home.
Varying levels of interaction were encouraged in each section, paralleling the narrative.
In the critique section, question cards were provided on a pedestal to prompt conversation or simply reflection.​
In the studio, "okay to touch" labels introduced the notion of flipping through works to better understand how they were made.
​In the bedroom, a chair and stool full of sketchbooks was provided for browsing at leisure.
The INTAR Biennial team
Pictured, left to right: Ayelet Blumovitz, Tatum Dodd, Beatriz Santos, Annatruus Bakker, Rabia Saleem, Hanaa Jiwa, Eliza Marris, Nawal Urooj
Not pictured: Eldoris Cai