Graduate Program in Design at California College of the Arts
The mission of CCA's Graduate Program in Design is to prepare students to engage and shape the evolving field of design in meaningful and satisfying ways. The program offers concentrations in communication design, industrial design and interactive design within a broader context of transdisciplinary vision and practice. The program is distinguished by its emphasis on research, strategy, entrepreneurship and futurism as tools for designers to enter the professional world at the highest levels.
Program
Students
class of 2011:
- Phil Balagtas
- Julie Barron
- Konina Biswas
- Mike Caroselli
- Jia Wei (Alice) Chang
- Lynn-Kai Chao
- Paulina Cioce
- Ian Cooley
- Charlotte Cooper
- A. Ammo Eisu Wong
- Rashin Fatemi
- Hannah Fenves
- Ryan Fitzgibbon
- Zachary Gibson
- Che-Jui Hsu
- Hsin-Wei Hsu
- Catherine Isaacs
- Xi (Kinsey) Jin
- Eugene Kang
- Anne Kenady
- Caryn Kesler
- Nicole Knox
Curriculum
Spring 2010
| Contemporary Issues, Sec. 1 | Karen Fiss |
| Thesis: Studio, Sec. 1 | Maria McVarish & Aura Oslapas |
| Thesis: Studio, Sec. 2 | Martin Venezky & Jon Sueda |
| Thesis: Studio, Sec. 3 | Paul Montgomery & Wendy Ju |
| Sound, Music and Technology | Guillermo Gallindo |
| Cinema for Design Research | Rachel Strickland |
| Thinking Objects | Jon Meyer |
| Advanced Typography | Scott Thorpe & Brett MacFadden |
| Strategy, Etntrepreneurship, & Ethics, Sec 1 | Christopher Ireland & Maria Giudice |
| Contemporary Issues, Sec. 2 | Karen Fiss |
| Contemporary Issues, Sec. 3 | Peggy Weil |
| Media Matters, Sec 1 | Geoff Kaplan & Ignacio Valero |
| Faraway, So Close | Wendy Ju & Scott Minneman |
| Dislocation, Relocation | Colin Owen & Paul Montgomery |
| Thesis: Writing, Sec. 1 | Leslie Roberts |
| Thesis: Writing, Sec. 2 | Barry Katz |
| Thesis: Presentation | Brenda Laurel & Jeremy Mende |
| Strategy, Etntrepreneurship, & Ethics, Sec 2 | Christopher Ireland & Maria Giudice |
| Media Matters, Sec 2 | Geoff Kaplan & Ignacio Valero |
Faculty
- David Asari
- Raul Cabra
- Valerie Casey
- Brian Conley
- Nick de la Mare
- Karen Fiss
- Emily Ford
- Lee Friedman
- Guillermo Gallindo
- Camellia George
- Maria Giudice
- Maria Giudice
- Barney Haynes
- Mara Skov Holt
- Steven Skov Holt
- Christopher Ireland
- Wendy Ju
News
- Tim Brown Lecture at CCA on YouTube CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series. Recorded on January 14, 2010. Timken...
- 2009 ALUMNI NEWS: Lindsay Bazos began doing commissioned work with Johnson & Johnson's Global Strategic...
- 2009 ALUMNI NEWS: Dana Ragouzeos has taken a position as a designer and researcher with SPARC...
- COMPETITION: 2010 METROPOLIS Next Generation Design Competition CALL FOR ENTRIES Good design determines how well products, spaces and...
- COMPETITION: Discarded Dreams Mattress Competition DEADLINE: December 5, 2009 (Submission) Discarded Dreams Mattress...
- COMPETITION: Copenhagen Bike-Share DEADLINE: November 18, 2009 (Submission) Copenhagen Bike-Share Competition...
- COMPETITION; Mark of Dreams (UNESCO) DEADLINE: November 17, 2009 (Submission) Mark of Dreams Supporting...
- COMPETITION: Vision Design Awards 2010 DEADLINE: November 17, 2009 (Submission) Re:Vision Design Awards 2010...
- CALL FOR PAPERS: PERSUASIVE 2010 - Design for Change The 5th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, June 7-10, 2010,...
- 2008 ALUMNI NEWS: Caroline Lu named one to watch by Business Week Grad Design Alum Caroline Lu one of Business Week's "21 People Who Will...