College for Creative Studies, Detroit
PROJECTS 2022
ColeoPod
Merek Alam, Jyotsna Parthasarathy, Nassim Haghighi
The ColeoPod is a speculative option for vaccine distribution in 2063 that comes with an inoculated membrane organism which generates vaccine patches over time.
Instructors 2022
Melanie McClintock
Melanie McClintock is a multi-media artist, CMF designer, and educator. Before receiving her master's degree in Color, Material, and Finish Design (CMF) from the College of Creative Studies (CCS), she spent two decades working in the fashion industry. Her recent exhibition, Color Lab, focused on the materiality of color through self-cultivated, place-based pigments. Melanie's research interests include objects and experiences with a Sense of Place, the Materiality of Color, the Found Object as Art (Seeing), Interactive Environments, Creative Archiving, Making as Research, Re-Imagining Waste Materials (Scraps), Design Systems/Processes, and Trend Futures.
Matthew Strong
Matthew Strong is an adjunct professor in the MFA Color and Material Design Department at the College for Creative Studies. With a background in engineering, traditional craft, and architecture, Matthew's interests lie at the intersection of digital fabrication and craft with an emphasis on design thinking, narrative, and materiality.