Product Design News
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23
Jan
2012
CCS student designs wrench put into production by Black & Decker
During a 2009 internship, current CCS senior Jonathan Salerno designed the Ready Wrench under the direction of Black & Decker’s design group. The company’s designers liked Salerno’s creation so much that they quickly patented the design and put it into production.
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08
Oct
2011
Medical think tank to open in Detroit and CCS students are playing a major role in it
http://www.detnews.com/article/20111008/BIZ/110080329/1040/LIFESTYLE03/Medical-think-tank-to-open-in-Detroit
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11
Sep
2011
CCS's Product Design student, Veronika Scott and her Element S(urvival) coat are featured in the San Francisco Chronicle
"Kelvin Quinnine has shivered through more San Francisco nights than he can count, fog biting through whatever worn-out sleeping bag he pitched onto the sidewalk. He stood last week on Ellis Street with his latest bag wrapped around him. When a young woman wearing a bizarrely baggy coat walked up to him, he cocked his gray-bearded head sideways."
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02
Aug
2011
Anthony Reale, CCS Product Design May graduate, is in the running for the prestigious World Design Impact Prize
Anthony Reale, CCS Product Design May graduate, is in the running for the prestigious World Design Impact Prize
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24
Jul
2011
CCS Product Design student, Veronika Scott, interviewed and featured in MAKE magazine's blog
CCS Product Design student, Veronika Scott, interviewed and featured in MAKE magazine's blog
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30
Jun
2011
CCS student projects are finalists for the World Design Impact Prize.
CCS Product Design students Anthony Reale and Veronika Scott are finalists for the World Design Impact Prize. Reale's project "Strait Power" is a hydro kinetic turbine solution that takes an ancient technology of harnessing power from the water, and turns it into a evolutionary design that harnesses power with nature. View his project at http://worlddesignimpact.org/projects/project/32/ "The Empowerment Plan" created by Scott, is a humanitarian project that centers around the Element S Coat. It is self heated, waterproof, and transforms into a sleeping bag at night. http://worlddesignimpact.org/projects/project/38/ The online gallery of nominated socially responsible design projects is now open for the public to view, critique, rate and share through August 30.
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07
Jun
2011
CCS students prescribe better medical gear
Fifteen students of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit spent 14 weeks as volunteers at Henry Ford Hospital last winter and fall, visiting doctors and nurses and hanging around waiting rooms and operating rooms, looking for medical devices and products that could be improved.
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12
Apr
2011
Shades Optical Eye Glass Case Design Competition winners announced
Congratulations to the winners of the Shades Optical Eye Glass Case Design Competition: 1st Place: Derek Bennion, Product Design Senior 2nd Place: David Nickless, Product Design Senior 3rd Place: Ivan Jaddou, Product Design Sophomore The first place winner will have their eye glass case manufactured by Shades Optical, located in downtown Birmingham. For more information about Shades Optical, visit http://www.shadesoptical.com Congratulations again, and thanks to everyone who participated!
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05
Apr
2011
New CCS alumni videos featured on insideccs.com
Since last fall, Team Detroit has been working in conjunction with CCS’s Marketing and Public Relations office as CCS’s agency of record. Together, they have been working on a series of projects including radio spots, a guerilla poster campaign, brand marketing strategy and 40 videos featuring students, alumni and faculty.
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21
Jan
2011
Product design student Veronika Scott's Element S(urvival) coat featured on CNN
Product design student Veronika Scott's Element S(urvival) coat is featured on CNN.
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