CCAD Stories

CCAD's Master of Design students collaborate with Cardinal Health to enhance surgical gowns. Exploring fashion trends and smart technologies, they aim to improve comfort and functionality while meeting industry standards. Partnerships like these offer real-world experience and innovative solutions.

MollyKate Cline (Fashion Design, 2020) will be competing in Phoenix Fashion Week 2018, with a collection of sustainable materials and plans to donate to mental health awareness.

CCAD students will redesign furniture for families in need in partnership with the Furniture Bank of Central Ohio.

Congratulations to Sugandh Agrawal (Industrial Design, 2005), winner of the Best Retail Handbag Award at the 2018 Independent Handbag Designer Awards. The award, presented by Macy’s, recognized a handbag “designed with the Macy’s customer in mind” and included 1,500 entries from around the world.

When he graduates from Columbus College of Art & Design in 2019, Josh Smukal (Film & Video) will be the first person in his family to earn a bachelor’s degree.

Angelo Thomas shares his battle with anorexia in "To a Life Worth Living." He aims to inspire recovery, backed by NEDA and ANAD. His journey unfolds in a deeply personal documentary, advocating for openness about mental health struggles.

Tony West, a Disney animator, influenced CCAD artists. His career spanned Disney's golden age, from "The Rescuers Down Under" to "Lilo and Stitch". He fosters talent, embraces change, and sees animation's limitless future in imagination.

A new special topics course at Columbus College of Art & Design is proving that student art is for the birds—or the lions or bunnies or other wild animals at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

During a visit to Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Chelsea Funk got a spark of inspiration that would ignite her senior fashion collection at Columbus College of Art & Design.

"Animation evolves with technology and access, creating opportunities for animators to tell diverse stories," says Animation Chair Charlotte Belland. CCAD's curriculum builds strong skills and encourages students to find their unique voice and story.

Before she found her calling as an artist and arts administrator, Linda Diec (MFA, 2013) thought she wanted to be a doctor. To that end, she started her undergraduate career as a pre-med biochemistry student. “But then I had a revelation,” she said. She changed her major first to architecture, then to art history, then to art

Elijah Funk (Fine Arts, 2012) embraces being "weird." At CCAD, he thrived with faculty support. Now, he co-owns Online Ceramics, designing sought-after T-shirts with Alix Ross.