EPIC FAIL #2: Juliet Hinely learns an important lesson about site-specific installations...
Senior Neil Zemba wants to change the world, one shoe at a time.
EPIC FAIL #1: Sherri Smith learns an important lesson about prototyping...
MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli interviewed by MFA candidate Mia Cinelli
Stamps alum Yen Azarro offers senior Paula Schubatis advice on how to price student work.
Rite of Spring: Micro-Societies at Festifools
A&D students create giant puppets for the annual Festifools parade.
Stories from Abroad
MFA students report on their 2012 travels
Three Weeks in Ghana
Charlie Michaels leads a group of 10 students on a 3-week West African trip.
To Be Designed
A group of designers, makers and technologists gather in Detroit to collectively imagine and produce a catalog of products from the future.
Summer Time = Studio Time
A glimpse into faculty studios this summer
Listening Under the Stars
And still, it moves: Students in Stephanie Rowden's class create audio to experience under starry skies.
2012 Commencement: Chris Van Allsburg
In his 2012 commencement speech, celebrated illustrator, author and A&D alum Chris Van Allsburg talks with students about fate, serendipity, and transforming the imaginary into the real.
Interview: Matthew Carter
An Interview with Type Designer Matthew Carter
Interview: TJ O'Keefe
An Interview with Furniture Designer and A&D Alum TJ O'Keefe
Interview: Ernesto Neto
Reed Esslinger (MFA 2012) interviews internationally acclaimed artist Ernesto Neto.
Janie Paul: Prison Arts
A&D Professor Janie Paul on 17 years of curating the Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Interview: Ayse Birsel
A&D Senior Teshia Treuhaft interviews designer Ayse Birsel on designing products, and a life you love.
Interview: Robert Hammond
A&D senior Shaili Das talks to Robert Hammond, Co-Founder of New York City's High Line.
Jim Cogswell: Painting in Vinyl
Jim Cogswell creates the "World's Largest Vinyl Painting" for the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
Design Solutions: Power House
Students in SmartSurfaces team up to provide design solutions for an off-the-grid artist house in Detroit.
Stephen Schudlich: Dining in the D
Director of Work•Detroit Stephen Schudlich gives an illustrated, culinary tour of Detroit.
Detroit Connections
A&D students and faculty are bringing art back into the school day and learning some lessons from students about creativity and play .
Sounds of the State
Curators Stephanie Rowden and Kath Weider-Roos on the making of Sounds of the State.
Interview: Bob Mankoff
New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff: Why Art Should be Funnier
On Painting: Jim Cogswell
A&D Professor Jim Cogswell writes about the meaning, practice and study of painting.
Nick Tobier: Design Acts
A&D Associate Professor Nick Tobier on social design and his interest in Detroit.
The Art & Science of Making Bells
Art & Design, Engineering and Music studients learn how to cast carillon bells for a course called "Shaping the Sound of Bronze".
Linda Holliday: Making the Case for Creative Thinking
A&D Alum Linda Holliday (BFA '79) describes how an art and design education can pay off.
Designing Across Cultures
A&D Student Stephanie Starch reflects on her experience designing and building treadle pumps in Madagascar.
Joan Sugihara: The Power and Purpose of a Creative Life
A&D Alum Joan Sugihara (BFA '72) talks about how - and why - she has chosen a creative life.
Profile: Osman Khan
A "floating residency" in the arctic circle helped Osman Khan create work that responds to climate change.
2010 Integrative Projects
Profiles of four A&D Seniors, each with a different approach to the year-long Integrative Project.
Collaborations: SmartSurfaces
Can one course change the world? SmartSurfaces, an innovative, multi-disciplinary team-taught course channels the power of collaboration.
Visiting Artists: Tiny Circus
Visiting artist collective Tiny Circus creates public, engaging art with the magic of stop-motion animation.
Alumni Profile: Belal Hibri
Recent A&D graduate Belal Hibri talks about his work as a colorist in the film industry.
Visiting Artist: Andrea Loefke
Visiting artist Andrea Loefke helped A&D students create - and inhabit - a mysterious, three-tiered green world.