Advertising Design

Stevie Miller and Marissa Morrison will accept the Mosaic Award for their campaign case study “IKEA’s Coming Out” at the ADMERICA Conference on June 6.

Nine students from various academic disciplines have spent the past 15 weeks working on the project. They’ve created paintings, taken architectural photographs, recorded oral and visual histories and created short stories. A couple of students created an app that allows the user to impose himself or herself against a backdrop of historic buildings and street scenes.

In September, Brian Dooley, Senior Vice President/Director of Integrated Production at Leo Burnett, was a guest lecturer in the Advertising department.

In September, students in Senior Advertising Studio I visited 24G, the digital agency in Troy, Michigan.

Chair and Associate Professor Ryan Ansel presented the CCS Award at Courageous Persuaders, a national television PSA competition for high school students.

Associate Professor Mark Zapico participated in the Grosse Pointe Artists Association’s 80th Annual Members' Show.

Now working at Rauxa as a senior copywriter, CCS Alum Shaunah Margaret launched the first ever mentorship program for women of color, run by women of color, "Women Who Create."

CCS to host the CCS Advertising Experience (AdEx): A Multicultural Career Exploration Event. High school students are invited to learn more about careers in the world of Art, Design and Media.

A former Crafts student wins a $35,000 grant to level up her experimental design and manufacturing studio. An Advertising: Design alum taps a hot rock band to help a timeless brand inspire millennials. One Fine Arts alumna uses flashy symbols to explore the lives of real Detroiters, and another uses her pen to explore a 20th-century literary icon. An Illustration alumnus creates concept art for his favorite TV show.

Ndubisi Okoye, College for Creative Studies: Advertising Department alumnus, Art Director at Doner, muralist and art powerhouse, is featured in this video on HGTV, sponsored by moo.com!