CCSxDET | Belle Isle Part I
99 Pleasure Dr, Detroit, MI 48207
Belle Isle is an island park located in the middle of the Detroit River, inspired by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted’s design in the 1880s.
The possibilities are endless on Belle Isle. You can sit on the beach overlooking the city skyline, feed deer at the Nature Center, stroll by the Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse(the only marble lighthouse in the United States) & so much more!
For $11/year Michigan-registered vehicles can gain access to over 100 state parks INCLUDING Belle Isle.
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Autorama High School Design Competition 2014
Eight students were awarded for their automotive designs at the second Autorama High School Design Competition, sponsored by Chrysler Group, the College for Creative Studies and the United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
Shinola: Welcome to Detroit
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Shinola opened their 30,000 square foot watch factory within the College for Creative Studies in Midtown, Detroit. This is the story of who they are and what they stand for. Narrated by Willie H., their Movement Assembly Line Leader, directed by David Black and featuring the music of Daws.
CCSxDET | Belle Isle Part II
This week we decided to go back to one of our favorite places in Detroit - the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle!
The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is an exotic & rare collection of plants from around the world.
It is the oldest continually-running conservatory in the United States & is divided into five distinct sections: the Palm House, the Tropical House, the Cactus House, a sunken Fernery, & the Show House.
The Conservatory is open year-round, making it a beautiful place to warm up in the Winter!
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Attention, designers: sitdown.move! The first global automotive seat-design competition by BASF
Car seats are complex systems but trigger a lot of astonishing and unique design ideas. This is the conclusion of sit down.move., the first global design competition for automotive seats. BASF is proud to announce the three winners:
Global winner:
• Song Wei Teo of the University of Coventry in Great Britain
Regional winners:
• Joonyoung Kim of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit,
Michigan, United States
• Pantila Debhakam of the design agency shakes bkk of Bangkok, Thailand
The automotive design competition sit down. move. is a joint project of BASF's Global Seat Competence Team together with the designfabrik® of BASF. When the international design contest was announced in September 2012, designers from all over the world were called upon to develop designs of automotive seats with an eye on such aspects as comfort, ergonomics, safety and weight.
The three winner design concepts were chosen by the industrial and automotive designers Konstantin Grcic, Ken Kiyoyuki Okuyama and Dave Lyon, together with three BASF automotive experts, when meeting at the designfabrik® located at the BASF headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany. They evaluated more than 170 entries from 33 countries. The three novel concepts relating to the clever utilization of BASF materials, e.g. plastics, polyurethanes, greatly impressed the experts. In view of the large number of creative and professional entries, the jury decided to additionally give three special mentions. BASF will manufacture prototypes of the three main winning car seats and present them at various events, e.g. at the K Trade Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany, 16 to 23 October 2013.
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‘Universities in the age of Sustainable Development’ | Prof Jeffrey Sachs (2016)
We have a “moral obligation” to help achieve UN sustainable development goals
Professor Jeffrey Sachs has been awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal for his global contribution. He is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on economic development, global macroeconomics, and the fight against poverty.
His work on ending poverty, overcoming macroeconomic instability, promoting economic growth, fighting hunger and disease, and promoting sustainable environmental practices, has taken him to more than 125 countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s population.
For over thirty years, Professor Sachs has advised dozens of heads of state and governments on economic strategy, in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Sustainable Development Goals, and previously advised both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals.
Time Magazine has twice named Professor Sachs among its 100 most influential world leaders. The New York Times has said he is “probably the most important economist in the world.” The Economist Magazine has ranked Professor Sachs among the world’s three most influential living economists of the past decade.
After receiving the UCD Ulysses Medal, Professor Sachs addressed the 1,000-strong audience who turned out to hear him speak.
“We are not spectators in an unfolding drama, we are the participants and the protagonists who are needed to help shape the kind of future that we want,” he said.
“There is nothing automatic about the success of these goals or automatic about their failure.”
“… I am a firm believer that these goals are realistic, that they are achievable, and that they are important, and that our job is to do whatever we can to make them be achieved,” he declared.
“This is something for human well-being, and because it’s within reach, it is our moral obligation to help it to be reached.”
The 17 UN sustainable development goals are:
- no poverty
- zero hunger
- good health and well-being
- quality education
- gender equality
- clean water and sanitation
- affordable and clean energy
- decent work and economic growth
- industry, innovation and infrastructure
- reduced inequalities
- sustainable cities and communities
- responsible production and consumption
- climate action
- life below water
- life on land
- peace, justice and strong institutions
- partnerships for the goals
Professor Sachs served as the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. Appointed University Professor at Columbia University in 2016, he also serves as Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University.
Prior to joining Columbia, Sachs spent over twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, most recently as the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Sachs received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard.
Professor Patrick Paul Walsh from the UCD School of Politics and International Relations, College of Social Sciences and Law, University College Dublin, delivered the official citation at the award ceremony.
The UCD Ulysses Medal is the highest honour that University College Dublin can bestow. It was inaugurated in 2005, as part of the University’s sesquicentennial celebrations, to highlight the ‘creative brilliance’ of UCD alumnus James Joyce. It is awarded to individuals whose work has made an outstanding global contribution. Previous recipients include: former US President, Bill Clinton; world-leading intellectual and linguist, MIT Professor Noam Chomsky; and world's most influential philosopher, Professor Jürgen Habermas.
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After 15 Years...How Could I Ask For More
Larissa offers a performance installation honoring marriage at Siren Studio Subud Hall in Sebastopol, CA for the July 2015 Beaucoup de Bellies.
On July 22, 2000 Larissa and Omar Dahroug were married. This piece titled: How Could I Ask for More,includes a musical sample from When Thyself with Shining Foot Shall Pass from the album, I, Omar by J. Donald Walters; a musical movement based on the Rubaiyat of poetic mystic, Omar Khayyam. How Could I Ask for More also includes new original music by Larissa inspired by her marriage.
Larissa fabricated her garment from remnants she has collected at scrap depots and rummage sales. She designed and fabricated her earrings and garland. The garland is from her wedding.
The Dahrougs congratulate all those who have had their right to marry finally recognized by the United States. To Omar - Larissa wishes a very happy 15 year wedding Anniversary.
Larissa is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist. Her media includes visual, performance, writing and healing arts. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Larissa has lived all over the United States. She graduated from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan in 2001.
Larissa’s creative sensibility is eclectic, drawing from her personal life, and relationship with Christ, as well as various mediums, inspirations, philosophies, cultures, artistic and political movements. She is an advocate for single payer health care, women’s reproductive rights, cannabis law reform, International and American civil, human, and labor rights. She self-affiliates her life’s work to the Slow Movement. Learn more at clocktoweroakland.com.
Recorded July 19, 2015 by Omar Dahroug at Subud Hall in Sebastopol, CA. All rights reserved Larissa & Omar Dahroug 2015.
Detroit built Shinola uncorporate watch box gift packaging and Book of Craft unboxing
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Shinola
Tom Kartsotis, Steve Bock
Website shinola.com
Shinola LLC is an American lifestyle brand which specializes in watches, bicycles, and leather. Founded in 2011, its name is a nod to the defunct Shinola shoe polish company that operated in the early- and mid-20th century. Shinola is owned and operated by Bedrock Brands, a privately owned Texas investment group, and was launched by Tom Kartsotis,[1] one of the founders of the Fossil Group retail conglomerate.[2]
Today, every Shinola product is, technically speaking, assembled in the United States.[6][8][9] However, many parts used in Shinola watches are manufactured in China and Thailand. These factories are owned by companies based in Switzerland.[6][10][11] At the time of the company's founding in 2011, no American watchmaker had produced watches at scale since the late 1960s, with U.S.-based watchmaking relegated to select specialty companies such as RGM in Lancaster, PA.[12][13] Shinola's current tagline is Where American is Made,[A] and the company has actively utilized Detroit's reputation as a worldwide manufacturing hub in its marketing of the brand.[15]
The company's headquarters and watch factory are housed within the College for Creative Studies (CCS) on the fifth floor of the Alfred A. Taubman Building in Detroit, a former automotive research lab.[16] Shinola's occupation of the CCS space at first occurred by accident when Bedrock officials, seeking a manufacturing site after resolving to rebuild Shinola, visited the College and the elevator unexpectedly opened on the fifth floor, which was vacant at the time. They decided to transform the 30,000 square feet of vacant space into their watch factory and company headquarters.[6][8] To build out the watch factory, the company partnered with Ronda, which also brought in expert watchmaking veterans to train Shinola's watch assemblers, all of whom had no prior experience in watchmaking. Currently, the factory has the capacity to finish the assembly of 500,000 watches a year.[17]
Most of the workers assembling watches are local Detroiters, and many of them come from the auto business.[18] Since the company's founding in 2011, it has grown to over 400 people.[19]
Detroit Artists Market CCS Scholarship Exhibition
Detroit Artists Market CCS Scholarship Exhibition
Tyree Guyton, Jenenne Whitfield - Heidelberg Project: Art as a Social Practice
Lecture date: 2012-03-12
Tyree Guyton and Jenenne Whitfield
Heidelberg Project: Art as a Social Practice
Enabling Lecture Series organised by Theo Spyropoulos
Enabling, Guest Lecturer Series
The lecture will present a 25-year journey of how art and creativity have become a catalyst for revitalization in an urban community. It will further illustrate how the Heidelberg Project has become the driver of a new art movement in Detroit as our city struggles to find its new industry/identity.
Tyree Guyton is an artist born in Detroit in 1955. Primarily a painter and sculptor, Guyton has also been described as an urban environmental artist. He has waged a personal war on urban blight on Detroit's East Side, transforming his neighbourhood into a living indoor/outdoor art gallery. Through his art, Guyton has drawn attention to the plight of Detroit’s forgotten neighbourhoods and spurred discussion and action.
'When you come to the Heidelberg Project, I want you to think – really think! My art is a medicine for the community. You can’t heal the land until you heal the minds of the people', says Guyton.
This iconic colourfully painted polka-dotted neighbourhood, which symbolises society’s diversity, has played a vital role in transforming the visual indignities of poverty and has placed an international spotlight on the area, resulting in dramatic reductions in drug-trafficking, gang violence and crime. Guyton’s vision for Heidelberg is to transform the two-block area into a state-of-the-art cultural village
Guyton exhibits his work extensively throughout the United States and the world. He studied at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and in 2009 was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts. His work is featured in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Studio Museum of Harlem, among many others. He has received more than 15 local and national awards.
His work has been featured in major publications, books and television (including the Oprah Winfrey Show) and was the subject of the Emmy award-winning documentary, Come Unto Me, the Faces of Tyree Guyton. More recently, it was the subject of Connecting the Dots, Tyree Guyton’s Heidelberg Project—a 2008 Michigan Notable Book (WSU Press 2007).
Jenenne Whitfield has served as the Executive Director of the critically acclaimed Heidelberg Project for the last 18 years. Under her direction, The Heidelberg Project has expanded its goals to include acquisition and restoration of property in the Heidelberg area, development of an artist-in-residence program and implementation of community art and education programmes. Her leadership and commitment have enabled the project to extend its reach by participating in joint projects with museums, universities and other educational organisations. Her work has been rewarded by a growing worldwide interest in the message she embraced on that summer 18 years ago when she made a wrong turn on to Heidelberg Street and unknowingly asked the artist, 'What is all this?' The answer still resonates. She left a successful banking career to join the project.
Organizational Awards and achievements received under her leadership include:Michigan Notable Book Award, Connecting the Dots, Tyree Guyton’s Heidelberg Project (2007)Outstanding Community Achievement (2006)Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (2005)Environmental Design Research Association (2004)Emmy Award Winning Documentary, Come Unto Me, the faces of Tyree Guyton (2000)
In addition to her role as executive director for the Heidelberg Project, Whitfield lectures regularly with Guyton and also served as Vice Chair, for Create Detroit, an organization inspired by Gov Jennifer Granholm’s Cool Cities Initiative, that connects and supports ideas, events and opportunities to drive cultural and economic vitality in Detroit. Recently, Whitfield worked with Matt Clayson and the Creative Corridor on the Rust Belt to Artist Belt III Conference in Detroit especially to connect young local artists to the programme. She also served as a panellist and interviewer at the April 2011 event.
Kanye West tells Detroit art students to leave Elon Musk alone
Kanye West visited the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, on October 2 and pleaded with students to leave Tesla CEO Elon Musk alone.
In this video, West can be seen standing on a table passionately addressing the students. “Kanye really came to our little art school and told us to leave Elon Musk alone,” the person who tweeted the video wrote. West had tweeted footage of his tour around the school earlier that day.
West recently ended his appearance on Saturday Night Live with a speech expressing his support for President Donald Trump. He later tweeted a photo of himself donning a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat and suggesting that the 13th Amendment, which outlaws slavery, be abolished.
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Roosevelt & Rockwell: Re-imagining the Four Freedoms | John Dempsey | TEDxPresqueIsleDistrictLibrary
Painter John Dempsey discusses the history behind Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms illustrations, inspired by FDR's speech of the same name, given January 6th, 1941. Dempsey's own work, Sunday Night/Monday Morning, re-imagines Rockwell's paintings and was selected out of over 1,000 submissions to be included in the featured exhibition, Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & The Four Freedoms. John Dempsey was born in Detroit and currently lives and works in Flint, Michigan, where he has maintained a studio for over 25 years and where he taught painting, drawing, and design at Mott Community College. He currently teaches at the College for Creative Studies, in Detroit, MI. His work is included in the collection of the Flint Institute of Art and the South Bend Museum of Art. His work is represented in various public art commissions including the Pfizer Co., Groton, Connecticut, and the General Motors SPO Headquarters, Grand Blanc, Michigan.
John's work entitled, Sunday Night/Monday Morning was selected out of over 1,000 submissions to be included in the featured exhibition, Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & The Four Freedoms. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Innovation: Leading the Way Through Global Product Design
The automotive industry has gone through an amazing transition in the last three years. This session will feature a discussion on how product innovation and design were critical elements in the global turnaround and how companies who kept new product designs in the pipeline were able to lead the recovery.
Introduction:
David Breen, North American Automotive Leader; Greater Michigan Managing Partner, PwC
Speaker:
Ralph Gilles, President and CEO, SRT Brand and Motorsports; Senior Vice President, Design, Chrysler Group, LLC
Panelist:
Imre Molnar, Dean, College of Creative Studies
Moderator:
John McElroy, Host, Autoline
Sponsored by:
PwC
Lecture: Milton Curry, Urban Thought in the Films of Anri Sala
Milton S. F. Curry is associate dean and associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Professor Curry's teaching and current research explores urbanization in the United States, Latin/South America within the theoretical context of modernity. Recent travel to Cuba, Mexico City and Brazil forms the basis of comparative scholarship that explores the implications of architectural modernity on the American inner-cities and urban spatial geographies of the Global South. His affiliation with allied disciplines such as Afro-American studies, cultural geography, urban design and real estate, underscore his interest in connecting architecture to the everyday. Professor Curry's creative work and writings cut across disciplinary areas of race and cultural studies, architecture and urbanism, and contemporary art.
Eastern Market Part II | Detroit Performs Full Episode
Air Date: 10/15/13. On this episode of Detroit Performs: The Atwater Brewery pours their Detroit pride into their beer; College for Creative Studies student Alijah Dillard adds a meaningful mural to Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood; CriticCar Detroit shares a review on the Magenta Giraffe; Letterpress studio Salt and Cedar mixes their love of food with their art of printing; And a chef reveals the art of making sushi at Uchi. Plus, host DJ Oliver takes us around Detroit's Eastern Market during the Market's Third Thursday event. Episode 116.
Chinese American Miss Michigan called Ugly By Mainland Chinese
Miss Michigan 2016 is Arianna Quan, a 23-year-old Chinese American. Quan was born in Beijing, China. She immigrated to the United States when she was six years old, and became a citizen when she turned 14. She now attends Detroit's College for Creative Studies, where she studies transportation design. During the pageant, she talked about embracing her Asian-American background and called on America to embrace its diversity. Quan also showcased her excellent skills in classical piano.
Rather than focusing on her achievements, however, many Chinese netizens criticized Quan's looks, claiming that she is ugly.
Now that Quan has won the title of Miss Michigan, she can represent her state in the Miss America pageant this September. She is the only Chinese-American to compete in Miss America this year.
Humanity, Technology & the Future | Mr Jelani Aliyu, MFR | TEDxArgungu
Jelani share a talk on the future of work and how innovation will lead Nigeria and other countries to a more peaceful and advanced world Jelani Aliyu, MFR is an International Automotive Designer and currently the Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, Nigeria.
A graduate of Architecture from the Birnin Kebbi Polytechnic, where he was awarded the best all round student. He also studied at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, United States and worked with General Motors in both the United States and Germany. Jelani is an accomplished Automotive/Industrial Designer, Architectural Conceptualist, Technology Proponent, and designer of the Chevrolet Volt Electric Car Concept. He is strongly committed to the development of Nigeria and people. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Detroit Students: College and Career Ready | 2016 Mackinac Policy Conference
Panel of education experts discuss the necessary steps to take to ensure Detroit students are prepared for college and the workforce. Panelists include John Carter, Michigan Market Leader, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Tonya Allen, President and CEO, The Skillman Foundation; Mike Duggan, Mayor, City of Detroit; Herman Gray, President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan; Dave Meador, Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer, DTE Energy; Alycia Meriweather, Interim Superintendent, Detroit Public Schools; and Chauncey Lennon, Head of Workforce Initiatives, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
A Conversation with President M. Roy Wilson - Wayne State University
A Conversation with President M. Roy Wilson took place on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Wayne State University's Bernath Auditorium. Irvin D. Reid Honors College Dean John Corvino interviewed President Wilson about the state of the university.
Students, faculty, staff, friends and supporters of Wayne State submitted questions in advance through an RSVP form.
The conversation also was webcast in real time at wayne.edu/live.
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Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering nearly 350 programs to more than 27,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Wayne State University is Michigan's third-largest university, one of the 100 largest universities in the United States, and ranked in the top 50 American public universities for research expenditures. The WSU main campus encompasses 203 acres linking more than 100 education and research buildings in the heart of Detroit.
Wayne State University, in alliance with Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, is part of Michigan’s University Research Corridor, responsible for $2.15 billion in research and development spending in fiscal year 2015. The URC is one of the nation’s top research clusters and the engine for innovation in Michigan and the Great Lakes region, increasing economic prosperity and connecting Michigan to the world.
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