Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS

In the CCS CMD program, students explore the latest advances in color, material and finish applications, through research and experimentation.

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Y2 CMD MFA students and their instructor, Chelsea Chandler, journeyed to Kalamazoo, where they toured Newell Brands and presented their CMD Studio III concepts for their CCS x Newell Brands Sponsored Project 'The Cost of CMF: Suitability, Sustainability, and Supply Chain."

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Students participated in the Biodesign x Mars Wrigley Sprint. The final outcome was "Spice Bond," an organic and responsibly sourced spice blend tile that minimizes packaging waste while creating a culturally connective and healthful experience for our consumer.

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

"Nowhere in the world, it seems to us, is the autumn foliage as brilliant in color as in the United States." -Josef Albers

In the Color Lab class, students created color studies with fallen leaves based on Josef Albers' exercise from his book, "Interaction of Color."

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[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

We are excited to share that John Rizzo has his work "Vantage Perception" on display at the NCRC Gallery Ann Arbor! This showing will run through January 14, 2023. There will be an artist talk from John January 14th at 12pm. Learn more here: https://t.co/PsYUIa2jhB

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Don't wait, applications for the Color and Materials Design MA/MFA program at CCS are open!

Apply here: https://t.co/Ogywpghgo6

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[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Meet the Chair of MA/MFA Color and Materials Design, Melanie McClintock!
Before becoming the Chair of the Color and Materials Design (CMD) department, she spent two decades working in the fashion industry and academia in New York, San Francisco, Qatar, Indonesia, and Detroit.

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

The Ruderal Material Project looks at ruderal flora specifically colonizing Detroit’s historic Belle Isle’s Wet-mesic Flatwoods, currently disrupted by flooding, human disturbance, and deforestation.

Project by Chair of CMD Melanie McClintock, presented at @CumulusDet22

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Color and Materials Design student and alumni projects: Zebra Glass, Re-Form, and The Captured were presented at the Gallery opening at Cumulus Conference 2022 held in Detroit.

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[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Chair of Color and Materials Design Melanie McClintock will be presenting most recent material study, The Ruderal Material Project at @CumulusDet22

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Chair of Color and Materials Design, Melanie McClintock, will be representing CCS Graduate Studies at the San Francisco Graduate Portfolio Review!

Where and When
Portfolio reviews will take place from 10am - 2pm PT in CCA's Main Building at 1111 Eighth Street in San Francisco.

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Interested in a career in Color and Materials Design? Applications are open for the MA/MFA program for the Fall '23 semester.

Have questions? Schedule an appointment to speak with admissions or the Chair of the Color and Materials Design Department
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[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Sarah Craven, Y2 graduate student of the Color and Materials Design program, was selected to participate in the 3rd edition of PiCoDe - International Collective Design Project, alongside a team of international students from Turkey, Portugal, and Poland.

[Alice Rawsthorn @alicerawsthorn]

Façadism - 2. Some examples of façadism add insult to injury by not only reducing a historic building to its façade by demolishing everything else, but by extending the new structure above the height of the original in what is best described as toupéeism.
https://t.co/Fyvif2lQ88

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CCS Alumna & Founder of Knack Provides Valuable Advice to Designers
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[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Mobility design - moving things in a time of crisis

[Alice Rawsthorn @alicerawsthorn]

Design in a Pandemic | 33. Shipping blood, drugs and other medical supplies will be fraught with problems as Covid-19 escalates in fragile states with poor transport links. @Zipline’s drones are already delivering them efficiently in Rwanda and Ghana.
https://t.co/Mfxwfy0jj6

[Ellen Lupton @ellenLupton]

Bauhaus Typography in 15 minutes or less! Cooper Hewitt's Herbert Bayer exhibition is closed to the public, but I'm making house calls! If you're teaching design history this spring, DM me for a free class visit. @cooperhewitt

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Copy that and welcome the support @ianlambert

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In a meeting today discussing an annual clean up of Belle Isle, on the Detroit River, I was aghast to learn that the state of Michigan has a ban on banning plastic bags... I cannot comprehend this. https://t.co/UYgbyR43Ub

[Edinburgh College of Art @eca_edinburgh]

This brilliant resource on colour publications, created by @joyce_dixon_ a History of Art PhD student here at ECA, is now live! Delve into the online exhibition, take a closer look at a cross-section of books and explore these diverse and colourful collections.👏

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Perhaps of greater interest to our fossil fuel hungry society is that Flax plants trap massive amounts of CO2. The European Confederation of Flax and Hemp (CELC) state that one hectare of flax retains 3.7 tons of CO2 every year; that's equivalent to the emissions from the...car

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

Cities4Forests helps cities from around the world connect with and invest in inner forests (such as city trees and urban parks), nearby forests (such as green corridors and watersheds) and faraway forests (such as tropical and boreal forests).

[Color & Materials Design MA/MFA Program @ CCS @ccsgrad_cmd]

“The City of Detroit is excited to be a part of Cities4Forests to amplify our work to restore a vital tree canopy in our city to provide the safety, cooling, air quality, and stormwater benefits of trees to more Detroiters."
Brad Dick,Group Executive of Infrastructure of Detroit