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How a CCA Pre-College student found his calling
Alum Matthew Lew’s Pre-College experience launched him toward a successful graphic design career.
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CCA Faculty Receive the 2018 IDEC Community Service Award
The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) recognize CCA faculty and students for their work with a homeless community in the Mission District.
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CCA faculty Steve Jones and Martin Venezky receive AIGA SF Continuum Fellow awards
AIGA, the professional association for design, focuses on design as a profession and as a cultural asset that serves practitioners across design disciplines, as well as teachers and students with national and local chapters.
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Sustainable architecture: The greenest solution?
Professors from California College of the Arts explain why they advocate for resilient design to meet the challenges of a warming planet.
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Curious courses at California College of the Arts
Make magic with your art, design the footwear of the future, and capture photos of your favorite ghosts in these curious courses offered only at CCA.
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Five reasons a STEM-designated program at an art school might be right for you
Combine art and design with technology and science to impact change and grow your career in CCA’s STEM-designated graduate programs.
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Cultivating a human-centered approach to problem-solving
If you've ever ordered a poke bowl from UberEats, you've benefited from a human-centered approach to design. Learn how this design-based problem-solving process is revolutionizing business creativity.
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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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Hoang and Anh Nguyen: Creative Session
Brothers Hoang and Anh Nguyen started a club for students to help each other and improve their skills.
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Students research at Autodesk Technology Centers in tranSTUDIO
During an Interior Design course lab called tranSTUDIO, students explore new frontiers in advanced manufacturing and design at Autodesk.
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Student spotlight: Design Strategy’s Mickie Lau
Mickie Lau shares how the MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts is catalyzing her dream career.
Press release / April 13, 2021
CCA honors legendary designer Sir Jony Ive during the 2021 virtual gala celebration on May 14
CCA will also recognize Sir Jony’s extraordinary contributions to design with an honorary doctorate during the college’s virtual commencement celebration on May 10, 2021.
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SFMOMA Visual Identity Has CCA Roots: Some Faces Behind the Rebrand
Learn about how graduate design alumna Jennifer Sonderby led a stellar team of designers—including several CCA alumni—in the visual rebranding of SFMOMA.
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Lynda Grose on re-imagining fashion at CCA
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Student Spotlight: Sarah Herlugson
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Jeremy Mende & Desirae Rivera: Students Find Their Mentors at CCA
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Steven Miller: Designing Tomorrow at The NWBLK
Steven Miller (BFA Interior Design 1992) shares what initially drew him to interior design and what it's like to start your own studio.
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Alum spotlight: Reimagining health care with social impact designer Megan Moyer
Press release / June 26, 2019
CCA celebrates the opening of Alma Mater: Methods
This second biennial exhibition features almost 200 CCA alumni and is on view June 15–July 26, 2019 at CCA Hubbell Street Galleries.