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Mar 03, 2015

MCAD offers free, open course on Biomimicry

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) is proud to announce that we are partnering with Canvas.net to offer a FREE, open online course for the first time entitled, Biomimicry: A Sustainable Design Methodology. This course will be a fun introduction to biomimicry, a sustainability framework where we learn from nature’s best design ideas to help us solve human design challenges. SIGN UP FOR FREE! Course dates The course will run for 4 weeks from March 23-April 20,...


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Feb 03, 2015

Otis Recognized for Community Engagement by Carnegie Foundation

Congratulations to Otis College of Art and Design for being recognized in their efforts in community engagement! The following excerpt comes from the school website: "Otis College of Art and Design is honored to be among the select group of colleges and universities in the United States designated this year to receive the Carnegie Foundation’s prestigious 2015 Community Engagement Classification. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 240 U.S....


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Dec 04, 2014

Why Typography Matters to our Culture of Visual Learners

Why Typography Matters to our Culture of Visual Learners Communicating through language, images, type and graphic design is critical to our shared visual literacy, making the study of typography more relevant than ever before. Recognizing typography as a vital component of our visual culture, Art Center College of Design has been developing plans to become a dominant force in this field’s incipient expansion. A $2 million gift to the College from the Lowell Milken Family...