FRFF Projects
The STUDIO administers the Frank-Ratchye Further Fund (FRFF): an endowment to encourage the creation of innovative artworks by the faculty, students and staff of Carnegie Mellon University. With this fund, the STUDIO seeks to develop a cache of groundbreaking projects created at CMU — works that can be described as “thinking at the edges” of the intersection of disciplines. Since the fund’s inception in 2012, the STUDIO has funded more than 600 projects by CMU faculty, staff, and students.
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Second Life: From Waste to Oasis
Vicky Achnani (2025)
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Recuperar-se
Jason Asiedu. Nataniella Essang, and Mikayla Gee Photos taken by Yujin Lee, Eunice Lai, and Annie Zhang (2025)
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Moon Rabbit (Diorama), Variation 2
Inbar Hagai (2025)
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Mapping the Black Belt
Morgan Newman (2025)
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I AM A PERFORMER!
Jolie Booth (2025)
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Dracula
Kate Myers (2025)
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Deleted Account
Afrooz Partovifar (2025)
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Advanced Comics Student Anthology
John Peña (2025)
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24/365
Sapna Tayal (2025)
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TWIN PROJECTORS
Devin Gaichas (2024)
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Tova: A Mass Extinction Play
Jeremy Pitzer, Jonas Harrison, Madeline Miller, Bunny Brand, Larsen Vincent, Nat Lawton, Aidan Winn, JJ Beck, Moire Del Carmen, Dede Williams, Janessa Minta (2024)
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The Voice of One Crying Out
Bradley Fletcher (2024)
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The LAST Phone
Deeya Parikh, Eldar Gilmanov, Audrea Guo (2024)
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Suspicious Auspicious Fishes
Anne Chen (2024)
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Strains
Heysu Oh (2024)
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Sprout: Designed to Last
Aimee Li (2024)
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Speak in Broken Language
Elise Chapman (2024)
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Sleep Sheep
Kelly Zheng (2024)
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Reclaiming Platform Futures – Alternative Models for cities and data
Koushik Srinath (2024)
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Pukhtunwali and Spatial Tolerances: A Cultural Resilience in Tirah Valley Through Land, Hash, and Textile
Graana Khan (2024)
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Paris Mosaïque
Cheryl Zhang (2024)
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Panoramic Views of Goryeo St
Jessica Lai (2024)
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Or to taste
Caleb Sun (2024)
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Nurra
(2024)
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Look Before You Leap
Anisha Baid (2024)
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Kyma
Pan-Pan Gou (2024)
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Intimate Stories of Typographic Activism
Jasmin Palermo (2024)
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Indicating Matter
Jil Berenblum (2024)
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Hundred Easy Questions (Drawing Table Installation)
Aleena Akbar (2024)
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How Would Adults Play?
Catherine Liu (2024)
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Hanbok Cowboy
(2024)
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Growing Confidence: Improving Flexure Strength of Mycelium-Bound Composites Through Digital Fabrication of Reinforcements
Anishwar Tirupathur (2024)
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Ghost Misadventures & Alien Peepshow
Vincent Wolfe (2024)
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Fate at Your Fingertips
Clarine Lee (2024)
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Emote: An Original Musical
Tim Carullo and June Spiegel (2024)
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Effortful Design
Ann Li (2024)
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DYING LIKE GODS
Rowan Acadia Dunlop, Pria Dahiya, Evan Vines (2024)
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Dragonfly Rug Sculpture
Max Stockdale (2024)
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Dead Things in Jars (2025 Maddy Varner Award Winner)
Lorie Chen (2024)
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Caim (Gaelic key-em: meaning Sanctuary)
Priyanka Acharya (2024)
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Building Facades as Passive Dehumidifiers: Integrating Isothermal Membrane Assisted Dehumidification (IMAD) for Enhanced Thermal Comfort
Nandan Bhusry (2024)
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Asspire
Jude Bissonette (2024)
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Anakálypsi: Hidden stories embedded in charmed artifacts
Daphne Peters (2024)
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AI Robot Girlfriend President
Zsofi Markus (2024)
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Agent-Body Retreival
Em Lugo (2024)
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A Million Questions
Laasya Bosukonda (2024)
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Minjin Batzorig (2024)
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Wearable Sensor Glove for Music Control
Janika Oh, Annika Wu (2023)
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Vegetable Paper Craft (2023 Maddy Varner Award Winner)
Jennifer Shin (2023)
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Tilt (2024 Maddy Varner Award Winner)
Hannah Lesser (2023)