In this guest blog, Collaborative Design senior Maggie Henderson shares her experience helping launch two new initiatives focused on giving the embattled city of Flint, Michigan a Read More…

In this guest blog, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) Collaborative Design student Elizabeth Bush recounts her experience working alongside Read More…

In this blog series, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) Associate Professor and Industrial Design Program Chair Jon Moroney chronicles his recent Read More…

In this guest blog, Collaborative Design student Ian Culver recounts his recent trip to Miami for the UNTITLED. Art Fair, where he and KCAD Furniture Design student Eric Schroeder Read More…

Most students wouldn’t think of taking on a massive outside project the week before their semester started, but then again it’s not every day the chance to create a Read More…

Collaborative Design Program Chair Gayle DeBruyn likens the talents of her students to those of an orchestra conductor. Unlike virtuosos of a specific instrument, these students Read More…

Alongside my Copy of a Chair case, the Chairmania exhibit held thirteen other cases containing everything from a detailed exhibition of furniture-specific textiles to a hands-on Read More…

After we finished researching exhibit design, my class decided how we would go about creating an exhibit. This took us a while to do, because we didn't exactly know where to Read More…

Design is all about process, and that's especially true of large, long-term projects. This semester, I took Collaborative Projects, and we worked with the Grand Rapids Public Read More…