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Finding the Perfect Fit: Stamps Undergrads Win DKNY Shoe Design Competition
March 19, 2019 • Advice for Emerging Artists, Student Voices, Undergraduate Student
In April 2019, the design team at DKNY will be flying out two Stamps School of Art & Design undergraduates for a review of the student’s shoe prototypes. Read More >
Reality Re-envisioned: Tamiko Thiel Visits Stamps
February 21, 2019 •
In early February, 2019, the Stamps School hosted Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality artist Tamiko Thiel for a campus visit to give a public talk and demo her VR artwork, Land of Cloud, at the Duderstadt Center. Read More >
Change by Design: The Birds of Ann Arbor
February 12, 2019 • Cool Classes & Assignments, Undergraduate Student
During the 2018-2019 academic year, students in Stamps Professor Nick Tobier’s Change by Design (ART 314) course addressed the new arrival of Bird scooters to Ann Arbor. Read More >
Shoe Design at Stamps
February 12, 2019 • Visiting Artist, Advice for Emerging Artists, Cool Classes & Assignments
In January 2019, Shane Ward (BFA ‘96), Creative Director of Footwear at DKNY and GHBASS (G-III Apparel Group), led a shoe-design workshop for Stamps students. Read More >
Stamps School at 2019 College Art Association Conference
February 4, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Focus on Faculty, Faculty
This February 12-16, the Stamps School of Art & Design joins over 2000 creative practitioners and educators from across the nation for the College Art Association’s 107th annual conference in New York City. Read More >
John Marshall: DIA Plaza/Midtown Cultural Connections International Design Competition Presentation
January 29, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Focus on Faculty, Faculty
On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, the three teams selected as finalists in the DIA Plaza and Midtown Cultural Connections design competition — including the Agence Ter team, featuring Stamps Professor and MDes in Integrative Design program director, John… Read More >
Student Spotlight: Maite Iribarren (BA ‘19)
January 24, 2019 • Student Voices, Undergraduate Student
A Miami native, Stamps School senior Maite Iribarren (BA ‘19) has been very intentional in how she leverages the University of Michigan’s tier-one research university resources in her creative practice as a metal worker and sculptor. Read More >
The Heart of the Story: Narrative Forms at Stamps
January 9, 2019 • Cool Classes & Assignments, Undergraduate Student
During the Fall 2018 semester, professors Heidi Kumao and Holly Hughes co-taught Narrative Forms, a Stamps School of Art and Design course dedicated to fostering an informed exploration of visual storytelling. Read More >
Emanuel Papageorgiou at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
January 9, 2019 • Student Voices, Undergraduate Student
Stamps student Emanuel Papageorgiou (BFA '19) is a finalist in the 2018 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s Call for Student Entries. The theme for this year's competition was "mobility." Read More >
Philanthropist, Arts Advocate Penny W. Stamps Dies at 74
December 13, 2018 • Living a Creative Life: Alumni Stories, Other Stories, Faculty
Penny W. Stamps — a University of Michigan alumna, fierce advocate for the arts, community leader, philanthropist, design professional and former teacher — died Thursday at her home after a battle with leukemia. She was 74. Read More >
