Graphic Design News
On December 15th, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and Let's Save Michigan issued an open call to artists, illustrators, and graphic designers for original posters to inspire Michiganders to revive their state. CCS students, faculty, and alumni answered that call with 13 selected out of over 300 entries as finalists.
The Alumni Scholarship Fund was established in 1983 with a gift from married alumni who met while taking the same class at CCS. Throughout the years the fund has been maintained by gifts from many CCS alumni. CCS freshman, sophomore and junior students enrolled full-time are annually invited to enter the competition, which asks for 3 images of recent work and a statement of intent. This year the competition received 50 entries.
CCS Graphic Design faculty, students and alumni captured 19 awards at the AIGA Detroit Re:View biannual juried exhibition, including the prestigious "Best in Category" and "Judges Selection."
In conjunction with the NCAA 2009 Men’s Final Four tournament weekend, The Boll Family YMCA will host its second annual multi-media basketball exhibit, called The Sneaker Project. The four-day event, which begins with an opening reception on Friday, April 3 at 6 p.m., and runs through Monday, April 6, celebrates the influence of the sneaker in basketball, design, and as a major cultural influence with today’s youth.
The CCS Graphic Design Department and AIGA Detroit will co-host a presentation by the judges of the AIGA Re:View – Eric Cruz, Cheryl Towler Weese, and Michael Hendrix - on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
CCS and AIGA Detroit present the Toyota Lecture on Design: Celebrate Michigan Design; celebrating the past, present and future of graphic design in Michigan on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 from 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.). The event features Edward Fella, Nelson Greer and Ron Rae, prominent design-illustrators who will share their experiences of working in the 60’s Detroit commercial art industry.
Please join the CCS Graphic Design department for a presentation by John Pobojewski.
Doug Kisor, Graphic Design, chair, was honored with the AIGA Fellow award, at the AIGA Design Legend Gala in New York City on September 18.
AIGA Detroit and CCS’s Graphic Design department are teaming to present the premier of “Beautiful Losers”, a documentary about artists and designers who have affected the art world. The viewing will take place on Wednesday, September 17 at 7:00 pm. in the Wendell Anderson, Jr. Auditorium of the W.B. Ford II Building on the CCS campus.
Fourteen College for Creative Studies Graphic Design students have been named finalists in the 2008 Imagine Cup Interface Design: Microsoft Silverlight Challenge.
