Transportation Design

What if a car consumer could experience the beauty and joy of precious natural materials in a sustainable way? That’s the question Sung Kim’s MFA thesis project set out to answer.

Mike Wang, CCS alumnus and CEO of Quadrobot, is featured on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters discussing their Quadrobot U1 four-wheel-drive delivery van that will begin service with the Chinese postal service later this year

Jose Casas, CCS Transporatation Design alumnus, senior designer at BMW and only the second Mexican to design a BMW, was recently featured by El Diario de Chihuahua.

The College for Creative Studies has appointed Ian Lambert, PhD, as dean of Graduate Studies. Lambert comes to CCS from Edinburgh Napier University where he was the head of Design, Photography and Advertising, as well as director of the Art & Design Research Centre.

Whether it’s packages, mail, medical supplies or information, BFA Transportation Design alumnus Mike Wang thinks it’s time to reinvent delivery — with an autonomous, all-electric system called Quadrobot.

Students from the graduate Transportation Design program and undergraduate Interaction/Communication Design program collaborated in small teams to develop system-focused narratives and prototypes that highlight 3M products through a series of “day-in-the-life” scenarios.

Mikael Shevelkin, a graduate student in CCS's MFA Transportation Design program, has come up with a lightweight two-wheel ride named Virgin Scooter which was recently featured in arch2o.

Attaining your graduate degree in design is an investment in your future - a launching point. Salon.com recently reported on "Why designers have arrived in corporate boardrooms" stating "Make no mistake — these are not typical designers, they are armed with graduate degrees in business, strategy and design."

"Driven" features CCS MFA & BFA Transportation Design programs in an article about emerging mobility skills in Detroit.

MFA Transportation Design Associate Professor and Chair Raphael Zammit was an invited judge for the 2018 Eyes on Design Automotive Design Exhibition and Classic Car Show on June 17 at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford Estate in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.