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Cori Steele, senior footwear designer at Hoka One One and CCS Product Design alumna, recently had her footwear sketches featured on Coroflot.

In late May and June 2018, 10 students from the College for Creative Studies Fashion Accessories Design (FAD) program ventured to London, UK, and Florence, Tuscany — home to some of the most iconic and enduring brands in the world — to absorb and learn about the fashion industries there.

Brett Golliff, Product Design alumnus and Color and Trim Manager for Chevrolet, was recently featured in Reusser Design's blog series "Insider Influence."

Juxtapoz recently featured the vibrant illustrations of CCS Illustration alumnus Mark Sarmel.

Kim Harty, head of CCS Crafts Glass department, recently curated "StreetCraft" at Habitat Gallery and was interviewed by Urban Glass about her atypical exhibition.

The College for Creative Studies (CCS) has engaged Korn Ferry, the world’s largest executive search firm, and an internal search committee comprised of representatives from throughout the CCS community, including governance, faculty, staff, alumni and current students to assist in the search for the next CCS president.

This year's Wyandotte Fall Festival of the Arts has tapped Darcel Deneau, CCS alumna and chairman of the board at the Detroit Artist Market, as the sole juror to ensure only the best work is accepted.

“I didn’t realize the power of doing murals until a woman saw me up on a scaffold painting at Murals in the Market. She had taken a wrong turn and was with her daughter, whose name was also Sydney. When Sydney saw me up on the scaffold, her jaw hit the floor! She’s thinking, ‘You’re not supposed to be up there, but you’re up there.’ I think it’s really important that girls see me doing what I’m doing — the action of painting.”

What started as a CCS Product Design class assignment, the Empowerment Plan is a Detroit-based organization that manufacturers Veronika Scott's coat design and helps move single mothers from homeless shelters by hiring them to make the unique garments.

Doug Bacher, CCS alumnus and well-known Chicago artist and designer, returned to Detroit this fall for the annual "Murals in the Market," run by CCS alumnus Dan Armand. His contribution to this year's event is a series of 10 pothole mosaics.