CCS provides students a rigorous and innovative education aligned with industry requirements. Our graduates are innovators, problem solvers and futurists who are prepared for a career, not just a job.
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Kristine LipinskiKristine Lipinski (’03 Product Design) shares her professional journey from Detroit to Paris -
“CCS helped me define who I wanted to be and gave me the confidence to go out and become that person”Jason Mayden '02 Industrial Design Nike Inc.
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Kresge Arts in DetroitApplication Now Open for $50,000 Kresge Artist Fellowships -
Seasons of Kinship: Cyrah Dardas & Mother CyborgSeasons of Kinship: Cyrah Dardas & Mother Cyborg Exhibition - Opens January 17 -
CCS x DETExplore Detroit with our Students in this New Tik Tok Series -
doodle-admissionsCheck out the Admissions Blog - Learn more about the application process, financial aid and careers in art and design -
CCS Launches the Practicing Design CenterCCS Launches the Practicing Design Center -
Passage of Knowledge: A History of the CCS Foundry-254Passage of Knowledge: A History of the CCS Foundry - Opens January 10 -
“Everyone around me was so dedicated to what they were doing that it pushed me. You established that work ethic.”Dave Hardin Entertainment Arts ’04 Sr. Character Animator—Dreamworks
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1549989082_detroitCARES Act (HEERF I), CRRSAA (HEERF II), and ARP (HEERF III)Information -
Ilana Portney Complex Cover ShootIlana Portney ('21 Advertising Design) Shares Recent Project with Eminem -
PTK Honor Society Transfer Honor Roll sealsCCS Celebrates 6th Consecutive Year on the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Transfer Honor Roll
What’s Happening at CCS
City Walls Artists Selected for the New Detroit Artists Apprentice Program (DAAP) includes Three CCS Alums
City Walls Artists Selected for the New Detroit Artists Apprentice Program (DAAP) includes Three CCS Alums.Read More
CCS Students Named GD USA Students to Watch
"'Humans bring empathy, intuition, taste, and cultural understanding to the design process… These qualities require human insight, which no algorithm can replicate.' This piercing insight from self-described “seasoned” creative leader Wade Devers summarizes beautifully and comprehensively the message of our 2025 ‘People To Watch’ honorees." –Graphic Design USARead More
Camille Guellec (’22 Craft & Material Studies)
Camille Guellec fell in love with the art of rug design during her time at CCS. Drawn to the hands-on creativity of tufting, she built her own tufting frame with help from faculty and friends in the Fiber & Textiles program creating a tool for not just herself, but future students to use to explore the craft. Through her minor in Fashion Accessories Design, she gained the skills to land herself a job crafting bags for an iconic design house before finding her way back to where it all began.Read More
Earl Lucas (’97 Industrial Design – Transportation) & Ralph Gilles (’92 Industrial Design – Transportation) Featured in PhillyTrib Article on Inventions in Physics, Auto and Aerospace Technology
"Inventions by African Americans into the 21st century include everything from toys to physics to aerospace technology." –The Philadelphia TribuneRead More
