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California Institute of the Arts
by Monica Racic
CalArts is an
entirely immersive experience, with
each class of 12 to 18 design students staying together during all four years of study. The students “become this weird kind...
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Cranbrook Academy of Art
by Monica Racic
Elliott Earls, the head of the graphic design program, describes Cranbrook as a “studio-based experience,” without formal teachers or classes, with artists-in-residence...
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Cooper Union
by Monica Racic
“We de-emphasize the profession,” Mike Essl, a professor at Cooper Union, says. “Rather than concentrating on the vocation, our program places the focus on artistic motive. Cooper Union remains one...
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Portfolio Class, School of Visual Arts
by Monica Racic
“Why spend that last year on getting a portfolio together for
a job, when you could spend that year getting you ready for 10 years from now?”
asks Paul Sahre. At the...
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Maryland Institute College of Art
by Monica Racic
“It’s really a real-world program,” explains Ellen Lupton, the director of MICA’s MFA program. She says that students can create, think, research,
and write in ways that are “relevant to the public.”...
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Design Corps, Pratt Institute
by Monica Racic
“I felt like I was on American Idol, because we had to keep whittling it down,” says Anthony Butler,
the executive director of the nonprofit St. John’s Bread and Life, about choosing a...
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D.School, Stanford University
by Monica Racic
“The process is as important or more important than the solution,” says George Kembel, the executive director of D.School. He explains that the program is about using...
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