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CCA alumni form design foundation of Townsquared startup
Creating an online community for local businesses core values they learned as students in CCA’s Graduate Program in Design.

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Alum spotlight: Scarlett Zhang
Interior Design alum Scarlett Zhang shares her thoughts on studying in San Francisco and how she stays creative.

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CANVAS + DesignCreate support students’ aspirations, agency, and activism
Two initiatives champion BIPOC student talent and contributions while building their skills for leadership and success.

Press release / Dec. 2, 2020
Interior Design program awarded $50,000 Angelo Donghia Foundation Grant

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Which graduate Design degree is right for me?

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Profiles in design: Isaac Buwembo and Balqis Indriyani
From the intellectual work of design thinking to the physical work of active making, two alumni carry their CCA education into the world.

Media coverage / May 26, 2018
Professor Owen Smith designs controversial New Yorker covers
The Daily Beast profiles Smith and his works for the magazine.

Media coverage / Oct. 1, 2018
Professor Martin Venezky creates new worlds through design

Media coverage / Feb. 16, 2023
CCA leads the charge with teaching inclusive design
Schools and teachers are thinking ahead when it comes to inclusive design; CCA is leading the charge by exploring the intersection of human experience and constructed environments in its Interaction Design (IxD) program.

Press release / June 27, 2017
Helen Maria Nugent appointed dean of Design at CCA

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Traditional MBA vs Design Strategy MBA: Which is better?

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How to prototype a career change, design strategy-style

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Alum Matthew Jervis believes everyone can be a designer

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Alumni Spotlight: Video game designer and animator Babak Saadat

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Can game design be a tool for social justice?
Building interactive new worlds as a game designer is a powerful way to share your vision for a more just future.

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Where to put your graphic design degree to work
With a graphic design degree, job opportunities are abundant and varied. Across industries, businesses and organizations rely on graphic designers to create visual concepts that communicate ideas and information.

Media coverage / Oct. 22, 2021
The Climify podcast helps design educators “climify” their syllabi

Media coverage / April 4, 2023
LoveFrom launches scholarship program, making design education more accessible
LoveFrom, a creative collective led by Jony Ive, selected three renowned art schools to receive permanent annual funding, including CCA, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Royal College of Art.
Press release / Sept. 28, 2017
Exhibition "Designing Material Innovation" opens on CCA's back lot
Outdoor show features five original site-specific architecture structure and pavilions using material and form in ways that have rarely been seen before.

Press release / Oct. 16, 2016
CCA announces finalists for design of expanded San Francisco campus
Allied Works, Michael Maltzan Architecture, and Studio Gang are selected as finalists to design a new unified institution for CCA.