ShopScad
The University of Creative Careers (SCAD) has opened a shop, ShopSCAD, in Savannah, Georgia. The shop features the brilliant work of their students and other artists.¬† Now, they’ve opened their doors to the wide world and are taking it online.
Their shop features jewelry, clothing and lots of other great stuff. Let’s take a peek at some of their home d?©cor.
The Butler’s Flatware by artist Adam Smith is made from antique, solid sterling flatware, handmade bronze frames, and antique tintypes, presented in a wood case with magnets on back of pieces.
The Caracas Coffee Mug and bowl, by artist Vanessa Boulton, is ceramic. The mug depicts two girlfriends catching up on gossip on the front with a cute dog contemplating a cupcake on the back. The bowel features a girl on her bike. The designs are based on original illustrations by the artist.
Sweet and simple handthrown ceramic designs by artist Irene McCollam. Choose from bottle, egg, and stout. Available individually in Creme, Putty or Blue Glaze.
Pink Bumpy Teacups by artist Lisa Bradley. Cup 5 1/4″ diameter, 7″ wide including handle 4 1/2″ tall, saucer 7″ diameter.
The College for Creative Studies, the highly competitive art school here in Detroit, hosts its annual Spring Show that gets underway this Friday. Support student art by shopping at ShopSCAD and CCS.
I Am Not Afraid of Storms
An Interior Design Student’s Journey
“ I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my own ship” РLouisa May Alcott
First and foremost, I would like to say hello to all of the Design Hole enthusiasts who are faithfully appreciating the amazing site that Jennifer Mitchell has worked hard to develop. Before I launch into my contribution as a guest blogger, I feel it would only be appropriate to introduce myself. My name is Kara Samuels. I am currently a senior at The College for Creative Studies, majoring in Interior Design.
Kara’s design for Leo Burnett
I love to write, and I am very appreciative of the opportunity to share my thoughts and experiences with you. The following entry is a basic overview of my sentiments on my time spent as a design student at CCS. Hopefully, it will be inspirational, but I’m willing to settle for entertaining or even “pretty cool”. So here it goes:
At the age of 20, both impatient and na?Øve, I began my career as an official College for Creative Studies student. At the time, I knew that I had always had a knack for artistic and expressive endeavors and had definitely come to the right place. However, despite my elation over my acceptance, I had concerns regarding my own immature lack of passion and direction. Who was I? Who and what did I want to be? Would I make any money? Each one of these questions raced tirelessly through my mind day after day.
Kara’s entry in the Giordes Knot rug competition
Changing a major in mid-stream
In October of 2004 I had an epiphany that changed my goals,my way of thinking and my sense of purpose. The root of this burst of intuition was my budding interest in interior design. Notwithstanding the fact that pursuing this as a major would enable me to find a well-paying job, interior design spoke to my personal and inherent desire to be creative.
I was excited to realize that my thoughts, my visions and my analyses could serve as a mold for three-dimensional spaces – spaces that could be viewed from the outside and inhabited on the inside. The mundane tedium of sketching the same bowl of oranges and haphazardly arranged still-lifes would be happily replaced with realistic and intricate puzzles. Each puzzle would require unique insight and original solutions that would be refreshingly distinct and equally challenging.
To my utter dismay I discovered that changing my major would require sacrificing four and a half additional years of my life to education. In all honesty, I was devastated. I vividly remember telling myself, “This is ABSURD!! Do you know what this means? I’ll be TWENTY FIVE by the time I graduate! I’ll be ancient!!”
Thankfully, after many hours of intense thought and brooding, I decided to override my apprehensions and resign myself to a more productive mantra,“Four years are going to pass no matter what I choose to do with my time.”
Kara’s design for the Michigan Central Train Station
Congratulations to Kasia Lys
Kasia Lys, a senior at one of the best design schools in the country, The College for Creative Studies, has been named a winner in this year’s Angelo Donghia Foundation Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design. The scholarship is awarded to rising college seniors in a bachelor’s degree program in interior design. Kasia will receive a $30,000 scholarship to be applied to tuition, board, maintenance and books.
Kasia is one of 16 students who won the award. Winners were chosen by a panel of designers and journalists. The foundation, named for the late Angelo Donghia, is a nonprofit group that supports the advancement of education in interior design. The foundation also supports research into AIDS and its related diseases and treatments.
Let’s take a peek at 2 of her her award-winning projects.
They’re a bit hard to see these up close, but I think you still get a general idea of her talent, and of the high-caliber work that comes out of CCS – a school I’m (obviously) very proud to be associated with.
Kasia says, “I look at interior spaces like a painter looks at his/her blank canvases – ready to be painted with beautiful colors, textures and materials. Living in an industrial city I am exposed to a different field of Interior Design, which is Color and Materials. My future goal is to work in the automotive industry. I like to research materials and find creative ways to apply them into interior spaces.”
“Since I joined the CCS family I have grown a lot as an artist and designer. Last summer I had the opportunity to be a Color and Materials intern at USM Boats in Arlington, WA. During my stay I was responsible for material selection for two boats: Bayliner 285 and Maxum 3100, in which my proposed material options will be in production in 2009. USM is part of the Brunswick Group which is manufacturing not only Bayliner and Maxum, but also Meridian yachts and Trophy boats.”
Kasia also worked for Nike last year. Not too shabby, huh? And as if that weren’t enough, she’s also taking a minor in textiles. Why not leave her a note of congratulations in the comment section?
If you’re interested in finding out more about the Interior Design Department at CCS, go here.
Milk Crate Design by Naty Moskovich
Thanks to my friend, Dave for sending this my way. Naty Maskovich is a student product designer from the School of Industrial Design in Bezalel, Israel. He created this series of furniture and storage pieces from used milk crates. Pretty creative re-use.
Use this as inspiration to create some colorful accents in your own space.
These are a creative solution for someone on a student budget.
Naty Moskovich designed these in 2007.
I like this buffet table. I think it's my favorite.
His work isn’t available for sale because it was never produced. So you’ll have to use these as inspiration to create your own milk crate masterpieces. Buy the used crates from a dairy or grocery store. You’ll find legs at thrift shops and Home Depot. The rest is up to you.
White House Redux
The Storefront for Art and Architecture, in association with Control Group has announced the winners of this year’s White House Redux design competition. The mission statement was: What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today?
Participants were challenged to design a new residence for the world’s most powerful individual. The best ideas, designs, descriptions, images, and videos were selected. The top three winners, chosen by “some of the world’s most distinguished designers and critics” will have their designs featured in a month-long exhibition at Storefront for Art and Architecture in October 2008. All three winners will be flown to New York to collect their prizes at the opening party.
Revenge of the Lawn
This year’s winning entry was called Revenge of the Lawn, and was designed by J.P. Maruszczak, Ryan Manning (assistant), and Roger Connah. I can’t quite understand what they had in mind, except that it looks like something to do with killer bees. But it’s a lot of fun to look at and really creative.
Another winning entry by Jorge Rocha Antunes
If you’re a design student, or just love design, take a look at their site, which details all the entrants’ work. They’re a lot of fun.
