{"id":12820,"date":"2021-07-11T16:20:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T12:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=12820"},"modified":"2021-07-11T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T12:21:02","slug":"hyundai-motor-group-and-rhode-island-school-of-design-announce-collaboration-to-research-future-of-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2021\/07\/11\/hyundai-motor-group-and-rhode-island-school-of-design-announce-collaboration-to-research-future-of-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyundai Motor Group And Rhode Island School Of Design Announce Collaboration To Research Future Of Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hyundai Motor Group (Hyundai) and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) today announced a research collaboration exploring new relationships between advanced technologies, public environments and personal experiences.<\/p>

These interactions are defined as \u201cadaptive ecologies\u201d: the technological interfaces that exist between beings (such as living organisms and machines) and their surroundings (the vast spatial and material structures of nature). The joint study examines how artists and designers can use technology to build connections and shared experiences, covering topics ranging from community design and biomimicry, cellular life and biosensing to natural resource systems and infrastructures.<\/p>

Within each of these topics, nature is conceived of as a complex and technologically mediated point of departure for new ways of viewing and making the world. Through RISD\u2019s Research & Strategic Partnerships program, the partnership with Hyundai elevates the expertise of faculty and the experimental creativity of students to conceive of future realities.<\/p>

\u201cThis collaboration aligns with Hyundai Motor Group\u2019s vision of becoming a future-shaping innovator via open innovation. Last year, we collaborated with RISD to apply the school\u2019s biomimicry solutions to the question of future mobility, and this year, we expanded our scope to the future city and pursued Group-wide collaboration with the participation of both Hyundai Motor and Kia\u2019s global design centers. Our plan is to explore solutions developed from the outcomes of this partnership and apply them to tangible opportunities such as innovative vehicle design and smart city development,\u201d said Dr. Youngcho Chi, President and Chief Innovation Officer of Hyundai Motor Group.<\/p>

\u201cIt is exciting to see the results of RISD\u2019s commitment to contributing to new knowledge through innovative curricula and increasing our overall research capacity to support interdisciplinary inquiry and exchange, as set forth in RISD\u2019s strategic plan,\u2018NEXT: RISD 2020\u20132027<\/a>.\u2019 We are grateful for Hyundai\u2019s continued commitment and support in embracing the role of artists and designers in using technology to build connections and shared experiences,\u201d said RISD Interim President Mr. Dave Proulx.<\/p>

\u201cOur partnership with Hyundai has developed an ideal dynamic in which massively complex problems spin off concrete proposals, while seemingly simple propositions are deconstructed to expose underlying assumptions and unintended consequences. Problematizing answers and responding iteratively to urgent, near-future challenges has become a common and fertile ground for this special relationship. We are enormously grateful to have found a partner in Hyundai who shares our values and methods,\u201d said RISD Provost Mr. Kent Kleinman.<\/p>

This joint research project builds upon the new collaborative research platform created by RISD solely for Hyundai in 2020. In this second year of partnership, five faculty members at the world-renowned design school leveraged their expertise to explore study areas supported by 32 students. Students were selected through a highly competitive process involving 16 departments at RISD. The 10 departments ultimately represented in the cohort include Architecture, Global Arts and Cultures, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Liberal Arts, Painting and Textiles. This year, a Hyundai task force created to support the students\u2019 research included designers from both Hyundai Motor and Kia\u2019s global design centers.<\/p>

\u201cStudying sustainability and taking responsibility for future generations is now a universal task. To keep a fundamentally new approach from the ground up through the Collaborative Research with RISD, the process of studying nature adapting and surviving changes allows us to draw a new optimal blueprint for our future,\u201d said Mr. Sangyup Lee, Senior Vice President and Head of Hyundai & Genesis Global Design Center.<\/p>

\u201cCooperating and working with the brilliant staff and students at RISD is not only a mutual inspiration but we hope it can be the beginning of a new way of looking at design in general and integrating the lessons learned from nature in our industrial processes,\u201d said Mr. Karim A. Habib, Senior Vice President and Head of Kia Global Design Center.<\/p>

Offering different perspectives and technological tools, four distinct areas of \u201cadaptive ecologies\u201d were examined: surfaces, societies, futures and textile research.<\/p>