


Color and Material Design Graduate Students Find Inspiration from Light, Movement and Form with Leon Speakers
A 10-week sponsored project between Leon Speakers and College for Creative Studies Color and Materials Design graduate students highlighted the intersection of artistry and design in their effort Sound/Space/Spirits. Students were challenged to conceptualize a...
CCS Faculty Members Contribute to PiCoDe International Publication of ‘Collective for Design’
CCS faculty members contributed to a recent publication of “Collective for Design” — which addresses the need to re-evaluate current teachings and learning practices. The book aims to contribute to the preparation of art and design students for international labor...
Carhartt Looks to CCS Students to Uncover Design Opportunities Using Existing Materials
Graduate Color and Materials Design and Undergraduate Fashion Design students came together to discover design opportunities using materials from existing Carhartt designs in a sponsored studio course during the Fall 2022 semester. Over 12 weeks, students were...
CCS to Host International Art, Design and Research Conference in Detroit
Cumulus, the leading global association of art and design education and research, looks to CCS and Detroit to host its 2022 conference, “Design for Adaptation.” The College for Creative Studies (CCS), in partnership with the Association of Independent Colleges of Art...
CCS Graduate Studies Hosts Painter Elaine S. Wilson in Fall 2021 Lecture Series
CCS Graduate Studies is excited to host painter Elaine S. Wilson in our Fall 2021 lecture series. Wilson holds her MFA in painting from the Yale School of Art and her BFA from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Art. Wilson has over thirty years of...
College for Creative Studies Introduces Reinvisioned and Forward-Thinking Graduate Programs
New advanced, STEM-designated, studio-based degree programs look to the future of design, climate and education.

CCS Alumna Mastermind Behind the New Hummer EV Interior
The GMC Hummer got a brand-new wardrobe and Tara Ellis, CCS MFA Color and Materials Design alumna, is the queen of its cabin makeover.
Designing for a Post-Pandemic World
Material solutions leader 3M teamed up with CCS students on the “Detroit Spaces” project to re-envision public spaces and the next phase of working, and gathering, together. The most asked question during the pandemic has been, “When will life get back to...
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