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MFA Design launches the Design Futures Lab

Media coverage / Dec. 19, 2022
Undergraduate Interior Design student receives 2022 Lighting Design Award
Celebrating lighting designers for their creativity and innovation, the LIT Lighting Design Awards recognizes CCA undergraduate Owen Fernando Patia (Interior Design) as Emerging Lighting Designer of the Year.

Media coverage / July 18, 2022
CCA graphic design students invigorate San Francisco BART stations with colorful designs
Through TBD*, CCA’s in-house student design studio, Hyunsoo Kang's and Walker Lambert's quintessentially San Francisco designs offer transit riders "a slice of joy and color" with an AR twist.

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MFA in Design: Alumni Q+A with Shihan Zhang

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MFA in Design: Alumni Q+A with Beth Abrahamson, senior designer at Emotive Brand

Media coverage / July 1, 2019
Tish Evangelista, Graphic Design alum, on the moral responsibilities of branding and design agencies

Media coverage / Nov. 24, 2019
Erik Carter, CCA graphic design faculty member, discusses teaching and his independent design practice

Media coverage / May 25, 2019
CCA's Dean of Design considers the career landscape for industrial designers in IDSA round table

Media coverage / Sept. 13, 2019
California Home + Design profiles alum Gary Hutton and his four decades in the interior design field

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VP of Design at Fitbit and graduate of CCA's Industrial Design program talks about his career journey

Media coverage / Aug. 26, 2019
Rachel Berger, chair of Graphic Design, explores how designers in tech are changing their approach to professional portfolios

Media coverage / July 29, 2020
Alum Miriam Hillawi Abraham (MFA Interaction Design 2019) wins prestigious Graham Foundation Grant to develop her MFA Design thesis

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Decolonizing design
CCA’s Decolonial School focuses on how to relate diversity, inclusion, and equity to artistic and design practice.

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Designing the future of commerce
The Visa sponsored Experience Design Studio challenged students to solve complex problems around the digital payment systems of the future.

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Can graphic design be political?
Postcards to the President, a project that encouraged attendees to write messages to POTUS, Vice President Pence, state reps, and local leaders.

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Founders Hall student-housing designs

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Design pedagogy for collective work

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The game designer as artist
As a game arts major, you can combine your passions for art and gaming to shape the future of play.

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Designing the future of everything
In three fall 2022 sponsored studios, students envisioned designs to support future human needs in partnerships with Samsung, Lenovo, and Google.

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10 skills every interaction designer should have
