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West Michigan Graphic Design Archive Exhibit

Our Design Project Center has collaborated with the West Michigan Graphic Design Archives to produce this exhibit. Be inspired and delighted!

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Impromptu Trip to Toronto

The juniors hopped in the car and road tripped to Toronto for some design inspiration. While in Toronto they toured studios and stumbled upon a Nike Pop-up shop in an old abandoned house.

"Toronto provided a lot of different experiences unique to the city such as the Nike Pop-up for a new shoe release. When walking into the pop-up show you are immediately immersed in a world created around this one shoe. Whether it be the pulsing Nike logo, the pink walls, or the employee attire, everything was designed for this one experience. After the Nike Pop-up shop my class and I headed to Q30 for a studio tour. At Q30 they showed us the real world uses of the process we learn in school but in a much deeper way. The two case studies we looked at used many of the steps we learn about within our classes and validated to us that what we are doing is applicable for the real world. They also showed us the importance of teamwork with their very specialized team including UI/UX developer, a writer, two project managers, and a hand full of graphic designers."

Eddie Johnson, Junior, 2018

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Take a look at projects from all class levels ranging from packaging projects to user experience website interactions.

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"The Design Program at Ferris State provided the fundamental skills I needed to thrive in a fast-paced environment like the tech industry. Given that the Design Program is based out of the School of Business, I was able to deeply understand design from a business perspective, which stood out amongst many Fine Arts degrees."

Bethany Sonefeld, Senior Product Designer, Cloudflare, Austin, TX

how our program works

Throughout our program students are taught to use a 5 phase process. This guides the students to explore multiple ideas to find the best solution. The process includes multiple steps within each phase, however on a project to project basis, things can adjust, because we know in life not every project is the same.

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