october - CCS - College for Creative Studies

Graphic Design continued
strategy and product line management; Doug Willoughby, director
of Cloud Computing; Larry Parrott, vice president of innovation;
Pete Czarnick, executive vice president and chief technology
officer; and Keri Knedgen (GD ‘02), senior designer. On Sept. 30,
students visited Compuware to meet with directors and team
members to discuss the culture inside and out of enterprise
monitoring. Students also met with Paul Czarnick to discuss
design and how it influences the company culture.
Illustration
Illustration Chair Don Kilpatrick was interviewed by WXYZ-TV
Channel 7 News as part of their feature on Signal Return, a new
Letterpress Print Shop opening in Detroit’s Eastern Market in
November; Kilpatrick is on the Board of Directors of Signal Return.
Kilpatrick, Andrew Davis (IL ’07), Ray Domzalski (IL ’11), Anna Lisa
Schneider (IL ’11) and Illustration senior Elena Adams are collaborating
on a large mural “Recycle Here,” which is part of the Lincoln
Street Sculpture Garden. The majority of the art for “Recycle Here,”
which is in the former Lincoln car factory, is being made with
repurposed and recycled materials.
Adjunct Faculty Joseph Hickey, a.k.a. Joe Foo, will be giving a
lecture on Nov. 6, 1 – 3 p.m., at the Ann Arbor Downtown Library.
He’ll answer the question, “What makes a good character?” In
the process, Hickey will discuss classic comic characters and draw
parallels to his own characters like Desmond of “Desmond’s Comic.”
Hickey, who teaches Perspective, and Michael Roll (IL ’98)
were exhibitors at the Detroit Fanfare event held at Cobo Hall in
September. Hickey also was an exhibitor at SPX (Small Press Expo)
in Bethesda, Md. The event featured more than 400 artists from
around the country; most of the items they exhibited were small
press or self-published. Roll is the lead graphic designer for Greko
Printing of Livonia and is also a freelance illustrator.
Adjunct Faculty Dave Chow, who teaches Illustration Senior Studio
and Intro to Storyboarding, and Illustration students Zachary Ares,
Hannah Stockdale, Karli Cooper, Danni Wu, Kelleigh Swaim and
recent grad Courtney Bernard (IL ’11) represented CCS at Detroit
Fanfare. The event featured more than 200 artists exhibiting work
and participating in panel discussions. Ares demonstrated his skills
as he painted an illustration right at the booth.
Chow has been busy working on television commercials for
WeBuyAutos.com for Graham Advertising in Colorado Springs,
Colo.; Health Alliance Plan for RedOragne, Birmingham, Mich.;
Organic in San Francisco, Calif.; and Chevrolet’s Centennial
Celebration for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. He also began
his third season of being a panelist on the University of Detroit
Mercy’s “Ask the Professor” program, one of the longest running
radio shows in the United States.
Chair Don Kilpatrick, department administrator Terry Neubacher,
and adjunct Joseph Hickey met with a joint session of two of the
First Year Experience (FYE) classes. Chow met with the 3rd First Year
Experience class. Hickey presented his “21 Survival Tips for First-Year
CCS Illustration Students.” Kilpatrick gave a Powerpoint presentation
in which he showed some of his professional work as well as the work
of illustrators from around the country. Neubacher gave students
their mentor information and also reminded them to always put their
name and contact information on the back of all of their work. More
facuty/staff visits to the FYE classes are forthcoming.
A department meeting for all Illustration students and faculty
was held in the latter part of September. Students viewed the work
of many of the faculty, listened to tips on how to present their
work professionally, and were given a brief rundown of upcoming
departmental activities. Department faculty and staff in attendance
included Kilpatrick, Associate Professor Erik Olson, Associate
Professor Casey Wise, Adjunct Faculty Lisa Lewandowski, Associate
Professor Chuck Gillies, Associate Professor Gil Ashby Adjunct
Faculty Eugene Clark, and Department Administrator Terry
Neubacher. After the meeting, students were treated to pizza,
soda and cookies while they mingled with faculty and one another.
Adjunct Faculty Liz Kerner, who teaches Intermediate Illustration
and Design, facilitated the “Get Your Hands Dirty With Letterpress
Workshop,” a Detroit Design Festival Happening at the Carriage
House Press. Attendees were invited to try their hand at pulling
a print, learned about hand typesetting and enjoyed work by
local printers, designers and artists. About 150 people were in
attendance, including current CCS students and alumni.
Adjunct Faculty Chuck Gillies, who is teaching Figure Illustration I
and The Costumed Figure this semester, exhibited work in the 26th
Our Town Art Show and Sale at Birmingham’s Community House,
Oct. 13 – 15. He’s also working on a children’s book cover for a book
that the author has yet to title.
Illustration Adjuncts Patricia Underdown, who teaches Figure
Illustration I, Gillies and Ashby are exhibiting work in “Scholarly
Perspectives” at the Brown and Juanita C. Ford Gallery of Wayne
County Community College District’s School of Continuing
Education. The exhibition, which runs through Nov. 15, is at
the Downriver Campus, 21000 Northline in Taylor, Mich.
In September, Illustration Adjunct Faculty Lora Parlove,
who teaches Beyond the Portfolio, attended the TEDxDetroit
Conference at Detroit’s Orchestra Hall. A series of speakers
shared what they are most passionate about in technology,
entertainment and design.
Illustration professor Casey Wise has taken his Creative
Perspective students on a series of local field trips for sketching
various structures. The “Hill” shopping district in Grosse Pointe
Farms, the “Village” in Grosse Pointe, Belle Isle and Wayne State
University were among the sites visited.
Illustration senior Yessica Pena organized a CCS Team for the
Michigan Humane Society’s Mega March for Animals, a fundraiser
for the society, which took place in early October.
Kassandra Keller (IL ’10) is now working as an animation artist
at Oddbot Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. Oddbot specializes in top-notch
animation, visual development and storytelling.
Interior Design
The Junior Interior Design studio will be designing an exhibit that
will present the BASF 2012 Color Research palette. This palette was
presented to the class by the current CCS color research intern.
CCS students in the sophomore, junior and senior Interior Design
studios will work with Doodle Home to research and develop
concepts to be utilized in the Design DNA development for Doodle
Home. Doodle Home technology tools can bolster Interior Design
and create awareness for the general public of the Interior Design
industry. As identified by Doodle Home, the Design DNA technology
tool will encourage the development of faster processes within the
Interior Design industry and will allow designers more time to focus
on applying their expertise to the creative process. CCS students in
the sophomore, junior and senior Interior Design studios will work
with Doodle Home to research and develop concepts to be utilized
in the Design DNA development for Doodle Home.
DIFFA is a design industry event to support AIDS. Interior Design
students created a one-of-a-kind dining experience and will recreate
the installation on the 9th floor as an exhibition for the department.
Photography
Professor John Ganis is having a one-person show titled
“Ruptures and Reclamations, Photographs of the BP and Enbridge
Oil Spills” at the Bobbitt Visual Arts Center of Albion College that
will run until Dec. 3, 2011. Ganis also is having a one-person
exhibition titled “Consuming the American Landscape” at Ohio
Wesleyan University that will run until Dec. 16, 2011. Images from
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