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Chelsea Bay Dennis: Designing for Good
February 21, 2018 • Living a Creative Life: Alumni Stories, Making a Difference, Alumni
When Chelsea Bay Dennis (BFA ’04) was studying art and design at the University of Michigan in the early 2000s, she says there was no readymade client list of socially conscious companies to call on. Read More >
Being Well and Staying Well: Stamps Design Charrette Focus on Geriatric Care
December 5, 2017 • Social Engagement, Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, Making a Difference
Holding up a brightly colored plastic pill box, Grace Jenq called out its flawed design as she addressed a recent charrette hosted by the Stamps School of Art & Design focused on better serving geriatric populations. Read More >
Student Spotlight: Cole Stabnick
December 5, 2017 • Making a Difference, Student Voices, Undergraduate Student
Detroit Connections: In the Classroom has a way of really sticking with Stamps students. Taught by Melanie Manos, the course charges Stamps students with the responsibility of leading weekly art and design projects with fourth grade students at Bennett… Read More >
Student Spotlight: Ian Crowley on Water Filtration in Gabon
October 30, 2017 • Social Engagement, Cool Classes & Assignments, Going Global: Stories from Abroad
During the 2016-2017 academic year, a group of students from the Stamps School teamed up to prototype a water filtration system made from sawdust and clay in the Stamps ceramics studio under the guidance of studio coordinator John Leyland and professor Joe Trumpey. Read More >
Caring by Design: Stamps MDes in Integrative Design Thesis Projects
June 27, 2017 • Research & Leadership, Making a Difference, Graduate Student
If you've ever spent time in a hospital, you can probably relate to this scenario: your procedure is done, you're rested, and it's time to go home. Or is it? And what still needs to happen first? Read More >
The 1983 School of Art Protests: How A Visual Community Fights Back
June 5, 2017 • Making a Difference, Alumni, Faculty
“Budget cuts to the arts, protests in the streets.” While this could be a headline ripped from 2017, it also describes a moment in the Stamps School history when the university’s Budget Priorities Committee proposed to cut the school’s budget by 25%. It took… Read More >
Visualizing Science: Pinar Yoldas’ Silent Spring
May 10, 2017 • Research & Leadership, Making a Difference, Faculty
During the March for Science rallies in Washington DC and around the nation in April 2017, conversations swirled around the need for scientists and communicators to align to create accessible stories about scientific progress for the general public. The Stamps… Read More >
Skateboard Building in Brightmoor
February 2, 2017 • Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, Cool Classes & Assignments, Making a Difference
On a chilly Saturday in December, in the art room at Detroit Community High School (DCH), Jesse Wilson, New York Director of the Chill Foundation, led a free skateboard-building workshop. Read More >
What’s Your SuperYOUpower?
December 2, 2016 • Social Engagement, Cool Classes & Assignments, Making a Difference
How do you get a fourth grade student to engage in conceptual, inquiry-led creative work? Ask them about their “superYOUpowers.” Read More >
Kelsi Franzino (BFA 2017): Creative Lead on New Brightmoor Maker Space Visual Identity
November 14, 2016 • Cool Classes & Assignments, Making a Difference, Student Voices
During the Winter 2016 term, Stamps students in Hannah Smotrich's visual identity design course created multi-faceted visual identity systems, branding concepts, and style guides for the Brightmoor Maker Space. Read More >
