stamps undergraduate viewbook 2015
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The undergraduate viewbook for the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design is designed to give prospective students an image-rich experience of the school, its open curriculum, its students, and its location within a major research university. The brochure showcases a broad range of creative work from undergraduates, featuring both traditional and new media. For more information, visit: stamps.umich.eduTRANSCRIPT
Undergraduate Viewbook
Differently
↓Your art and design education should be about
more than building skills. It should be about
transforming the way you see your world,
your creative practice, your future.
At Stamps, you learn to be an original thinker,
a problem solver, a global citizen, a leader.
That’s what universities do. That’s what we do.
S E E what an art and design education looks
like at the University of Michigan.
Cornelia Stiles
From an “altered head” assignment in the
photography course, Making Pictures.
Your Community/pg4
Your Curriculum /pg22
Your Career/pg44
Your Future /pg52
Creative Work /pg60
How To Apply/pg126
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Your Community
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“The people who you can meet here... the ideas... there’s just so much that
you can be exposed to. And it’s really only going to add to the experience
and how you develop. I came here because I knew I wasn’t going to be
trapped in some art school bubble, with everyone around me in the
same classes, doing the same type of work.” MAX COLLINS, BFA student
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“It was very important to me to get a solid academic education in addition
to art. A lot of the art schools I looked at wanted me to declare what my
focus would be when I entered. And I just wasn't ready to commit to one
media. The Stamps School fixed that problem for me by allowing me to
take literally every kind of class imaginable.” PARIS GLICKMAN, BFA studentHil
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“I plan on using the school’s plentiful resources to try
different mediums and styles and hopefully mold them
into new styles of my own. Being surrounded by clever
artists and wise professors... I’ve been inspired to leave
my comfort zone.” WAKE COULTER, BFA student
Small School
A close-knit Community of 600+ students, faculty & staff
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Big University
1,400 + student clubs and organizations
#1 public research university in the U.S.
A global network of 550,000 + alumni
Connect to the diversity and resources of a world-class university
The Big House (The largest football-only stadium in the world)
One of the Top 5 public universities in the U.S.
260 degreeprograms
Students fromevery state & 114 nations
19 schools& colleges
100+ studyabroad programs
18 residence halls where 97% of freshman live
Innovate Blue:Campus-wide innovation and
entrepreneurship initiative
83% of U-M undergradsare involved in community
service or outreach
“I came to Stamps because the resources here are vast.
I love art but I’m also really interested in Computer Science,
so I decided to pursue a dual degree in Art & Design and
Computer Science (LSA).” BEIATRIX PEDRASA, BFA student
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“Since coming to Stamps, I have designed a game
for the medical school, developed sets for student
productions, ‘performed’ in a life drawing class at
the Ross Business School, shown in the Engineering
Design Expo, traveled around the country coding with
Michigan Hackers, built Javanese musical instruments,
and learned to weld, slipcast, and pour bronze. Sure,
some other art schools have loose majors, but I don't
think any other schools could have provided such
a wealth of experience.” SAM OLIVER, BFA student
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and more… and more…
You
engineers
filmmakers
dancers
climatologists
architects
astrophysicists
playwrights
urban planners
musicians
art historians
public policy makers
journalists
microbiologists
nanotechnology researchers
anthropologists
curators
sound engineers
social workers
chemists
ecologists
neuroscientists
botanists
information architects
data analysts
cancer researchers
egyptologists
poets
forensic scientists
screenwriters
entrepreneurs
public health experts
3D modeling experts
world-class studios
2 Stamps School galleries
radiology lab
state-of-the-art digital media labs
multi-camera HD video studios
robotics institute
virtual reality cave
3D printers, routers, and scanners
physical computing studio
materials library
computer and video game archive
nanotechnology institute
industrial knitting machine
map libraries
7-axis robotic fabrication system
large format printers
electronic music studios
24-ft astro-tec dome planetarium
7 U-M museums
artificial intelligence lab
motion capture facility
MRI scanners
20+ U-M libraries
anatomy labs
professional audio recording studios
botanical gardens
entrepreneurship clinic
121 music practice rooms
dance studios
Gamelan ensemble
1.7 million plants in the Herbarium
marine hydrodynamics lab
Access to…
Collaborate with…
You'll have You'll
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“The diversity of the courses and faculty here have
helped me figure out what I'm really passionate about...
As an aspiring industrial designer, I strive to solve
environmental and social issues in intuitive, accessible
ways, allowing my work to be easily incorporated
into people’s lives.” ARWIN WANG, BFA student
100% of Stamps students participate in community-based creative work
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35% ofStamps students are dual degree
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“I’m learning so much. I’m meeting kind and talented artists
and designers who have made wonderful careers. I’m
working with professors who are engaging and challenging,
and I’m collaborating with other students who are uniquely
smart and wicked talented.” WILLIE FILKOWSKI, Interarts student
Students work with 60 +
internationally recognized faculty
Closely
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Pulitzer Prize Winner David Turnley Chosen as BestNew Filmmaker
“I initially thought I would get a very traditional art
education at Michigan, and I was planning to transfer
to a stand-alone art school. But after seeing the
investment by my professors in their work and
teaching, my view changed 180 degrees — they made
the experience really special.” ROSE JAFFE, BFA student
A Sampling of RecentFaculty Accomplishments:
David Chung’s Drawing Placed in Whitney Permanent Collection
Matt Kenyon Selected as TED Fellow
Phoebe Gloeckner’s Diary of a Teenage Girl Becomes Major Motion Picture
John Marshall’s Work Featured in Wired, FastCoand Dezeen
Heidi Kumao Wins Best Experimental Film at Female Eye Festival
Endi Poskovic Awarded U.S.Senior Fulbright Scholar Grant
Holly Hughes Wins Award for Performanceand Activism
Read more Stamps faculty news at: stamps.umich.edu/news
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You'll high profile innovators from around the world
“Each week during the academic year,
students have direct access to a wide array
of creative innovators who are part of the
Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
and the Witt Visitors Program. For all four
years, you’re part of a classroom of over 700
people where you’ll learn from the world's
most creative makers and thinkers.”
CHRISSTINA HAMILTON, Director of Visitors Programs
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Author Lemony Snicket - Daniel Handler
Nike Shoe Designer - Wilson Smith
Artist/Activist Collective - Pussy Riot
Dancer and Choreographer - Bill T. Jones
Filmmaker - Oliver Stone
Graphic Designer - Stefan Sagmeister
Performance Artist - Marina Abromovic
Architect - Bjarke Ingels
Filmmaker - Ken Burns
Cartoonist - Lynda Barry
Interaction Designer - Massimo Banzi
Fashion Designer - Zandra Rhodes
Perfumier - Sissel Tolaas
Installation Artist - Mary Sibande
Photographer - Mary Ellen Mark
Painter and Collagist - Wangechi Mutu
Creator of Fantastic Machines - Francois Delaroziere
Typographic Designers - Matthew Carter and Roger Black
Industrial Designer - Tim Brown
Outlaw Organist - Cameron Carpenter
Composer - Philip Glass
Director and Playwright - Robert Wilson
Designer - Michael Graves
Photographer - Sally Mann
Animator - PES
Cartoonist - Alison Bechdel
MOMA Senior Curator, - Paola Antonelli
Temple Grandin, Author and Designer
Ernesto Neto,Installation Artist
ANTHROPODINO
photo by JAMES EWING
Recent speakers:
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“The city has the flavor of Europe, the intellectual horsepower
of an Ivy League community and an honest Midwestern
spirit that is reflected in hyperactive volunteering and a
boundless local food movement as intense as California’s.”
MICHELLE KRELL KYDD, Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities
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Stamps students exhibit in the heart of Ann Arbor at Work Gallery, a space dedicated to their work.
TheBest
College Town
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#1“The 10 Most Intelligent
College Towns in America”Z O O M T E N S . C O M • 2 0 1 4
#2“Best Cities forYoung Adults”
K I P L I N G E R • 2 0 1 3
#4“Most Walkable Cities”
G OV E R N I N G . CO M • 2 0 1 3
#5“Happiest Cities
in America”T H E DA I LY B E A S T • 2 0 1 2
#7“Best Cities forCollege Grads”
L I VA B I L I T Y • 2 0 1 4
#4“Most Creative Cities”
T H E DA I LY B E A S T • 2 0 1 2
#1“Most Educated Cities”
F O R B E S . CO M • 2 0 1 4
#6“Best Cities for
Well-Being”U S A T O DAY A N D G A L L U P • 2 0 1 4
Ann Arborby the
Ann Arbor and BeyondAnn Arbor is consistently ranked one of America’s best
college towns, offering a rich cultural and intellectual life, and
a vibrant sense of community. Students also benefit from the
urban energy and collaborative opportunities of a creative
corridor extending from Toronto, through Detroit, to Chicago.
Numbers
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#1“Most desirable city to live
and work for millenials” AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH • 2015
#15“Times Higher Education
World Rankings”T I M E M AG A Z I N E • 2 0 1 4
#2“Best Cities for New
GradsK I P L I N G E R • 2 0 1 3
#2“Most E-Literate
Cities in America”T H E AT L A N T I C . CO M • 2 0 1 2
#1“Best CollegeSports Town”
F O R B E S • 2 0 1 0
#7“Best Cities in America
to Find a Job”U S N E W S • 2 0 1 2
#1“Educational Attainment
in Communities with 100,000+ Residents”
B U S I N E S S J O U R N A L S “ O N N U M B E R S ” • 2 0 1 1
#13“Best Cities for
Millennials”F O R B E S • 2 0 1 5
#13“Top 100 Best Cities
to Live”L I VA B I L I T Y. C O M • 2 0 1 4
#4“Best College Towns for
Food and Drink”T H R I L L I S T • 2 0 1 5
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Your Curriculum
Wearable by BFA students Audrey Smith
and Kalli Kouf, based on a drawing made by
Witt visiting artist Pierre Gour.
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→ allows you to personalize your education
→ encourages social responsibility and global citizenship
→ gives you experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration
→ emphasizes critical thinking and creative problem-solving
Our OpenArt & Design Curriculum...
“The program was perfect for me. I loved not
just focusing on making alone but including
conceptual thinking as an important part of the
curriculum.” ELIZABETH REDMOND, BFA student
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4 Programs to from
Dual DegreesWITH
BFA in ART & DESIGNFor students interested in an intensive studio-focused program.
BA inART & DESIGNFor students interested in a broader exploration of academic resources.
StampsStudios
33%Academic
67%
StampsStudios
56%
Academic
44%
→ College of Engineering
→ School of Music, Theatre & Dance
→ School of Kinesiology
→ College of Literature,Science & the Arts
→ School of Nursing
→ School of Education
→ Taubman College of Architectureand Urban Planning
→ Ross School of Business
BFA inINTERARTSPERFORMANCE*For students with interests in both performance and art and design.
StampsStudios
25% Academic
50%Music, Theatre & Dance Studios
25%
*A joint program with the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.
BFA, BA, Dual Degree,or Interarts Performance
Choose
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How to get in: 50%: Your portfolio50% : Academic work
“I looked at other art schools, but they often
seemed narrow. There’s not much else you can
take besides art classes. I liked being at U-M and
being able to pursue my interests in literature and
the sciences as well.” BEN SCHNEIDER, BFA student
Kyle Oberleiter
Shell
wood, audio
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Average class size at Stamps: 15
“I can’t think of another school that asks you to come up
with your own responses to a problem, and then learn how
to defend it in front of a group. It’s not about a right answer—
there is no right answer. It’s a whole process of learning
how to embrace problems, think for yourself, justify your
thinking and verbally explain why you did what you did.”
MIKE WANG, Dual Degree - Engineering and Art & Design
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BFAThe
Begin study in critical thinking &creative inquiry
Exploremedia
2D, 3D, 4D
Foundation Study
YEAR 1
Take Stamps courses in art and design, history and contemporary practice
You’llnever have to declare a
major
Sophomore Studio & Review
Explore Electives
YEAR 2
Choose coursesthroughout the university
Begin exploring your unique areas of interest
InternationalExperience
Focus Your Interests
YEAR 3
Apply for summer internships
Build yourresearch skills
Continue to tailor your courses to meet your goals
MidyearSeniorReview
End of year Senior Thesis
Exhibition
Senior Integrative Project
YEAR 4
Independent research for Integrative Project
Take more advanced studios
Explore a minor
“Instead of being prepped to fit into a specific career path,
going to Stamps gave me the tools to figure out what I really
wanted to do, and the ambition to figure out how to get there.”
HEATHER ANNE LEAVITT, BFA student
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Design yourown program
“The best thing about being a student at Stamps is the fact that
we don't have to declare a specific major. I had the opportunity
to explore all forms of art that interested me. I didn't have to
restrict my curiosity to fulfill required classes. Since I had the
chance to explore, I was able to figure out — at my own pace —
the direction I wanted to take my art.” GRACE LUDMER, BFA student
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Travel the
“Travelling is this magical thing where you
learn more about yourself and others in a
matter of weeks than you could in a lifetime
staying at home.” ADRIANA ZARDUS, BFA student
Students in China at the Great Wall.
World
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“Stamps is one of the only schools I know of where
International Experience is required. Becoming an artist/
designer is about altering your perspective. It's also
about understanding the context of your creative work in
relation to the world around you. There's no better way to
learn this than immersing yourself in another culture.”
SANDRA WILEY, International Engagement Coordinator
100%of Stamps students
have an internationalexperience
Stamps students,
faculty and community
members in Tanzania.
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Travel with Stamps programs or with other U-M programs such as:
Literature, Science & Arts
Business
Engineering
Law
Kinesiology
Nursing
Music
Theatre & Dance
Medicine
Public Health
Social Work
The International Institute
Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Ford School of Public Policy
Become partof a global
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Students to:
ArgentinaAustraliaBoliviaBrazilCanadaChileChinaCosta RicaCuba
Czech RepublicDenmarkDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptFinlandFranceGermany
GhanaGreeceHong KongIndiaIndonesiaIrelandIsraelItalyJamaica
JapanKenyaLiberiaMalaysiaMexicoNetherlandsNew ZealandPeruPoland
RussiaSenegalSingaporeSlovakiaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSwitzerlandTaiwan
TanzaniaThailandTurkeyUgandaUnited KingdomVietnamZambiaand more....
Travel
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Make a difference
“Part of the curriculum here at Stamps is engaging with
communities, whether it be high school students in Detroit,
Alzheimer's patients, or a village in Tanzania. Students
go into these classes thinking they’re going to make a
difference and they do. But another profound change
is what happens inside, when their worlds expand.”
CHARLIE MICHAELS, Coordinator, Detroit Connections
Real Creating a mural
in the Brightmoor
neighborhood of Detroit
— part of an ongoing
Stamps revitalization
effort collaborating
with Brightmoor
schools and community
organizations began more
than five years ago.
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The Embrace is a large fabric panel that allows a hug between an
infected and non-infected person. The panel is made of dual layers
of protective material with four offset sleeves and a viewing window.
One team addressed the issues
of improved personal protective
equipment, designing a suit with
panels that stretch to accommodate
different sized wearers, and breathe
for more comfort in the heat.
Students in Tanzania work with community members to
build more efficient, environmentally friendly cookstoves —
reducing pollution and enhancing the lives of residents.
Tackling Ebola in a three-daymulti-disciplinary design workshop
Designing cook stoves in Tanzania
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Students in the Stamps course Experimental Architecture designed and built a
low-cost, 90-square-foot structure that addresses the challenges faced by a local homeless
community: space constraints, access to electricity, and lack of shelter and heat.
Finding solutions for the homeless
“This wasn't simply a design class, it was a design and
build class. The students really got the concept of design
and reality of building it. We provided the purpose, but
they provided the possibility.” TATE WILLIAMS, co-founder of
the homeless community Camp Take Notice
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Led by socially-engagedand committed faculty,Stamps students...
Conduct ceramic workshops with visually-impaired kids
Provide art workshops for Michigan prisoners
Visit Michigan farms to learn how to design sustainable food solutions
Work with students in Flint on short videos
Travel to Madagascar to design and build water pumps
Create sustainable design solutions for an off-the-grid artist house in Detroit
Build a screenprinting business with Detroit high school students
Collaborate with elders with dementia in U-M hospitals
Work on public sculptures for the Michigan metropark system
Collaborate with the Maasai in Tanzania on environmentally-friendly cookstoves
Design a 90-square-foot house for a homeless community in Ann Arbor
Work with Iraq veterans to tell stories through video
Travel to Ghana to teach locals how to make charcoal from industrial waste
Transform an abandonded building into a community billboard
And more…
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Bring togetheryour experiences During senior year everyBFA student is given
1 individual studio
2 faculty members dedicated tohelping you realize your goals
1 year to complete a self-directedthesis project
= I.P. (Integrative Project)
“Toward the end of my junior year, I started
working on my Integrative Project (I.P.) . I
was given the opportunity to make whatever
I wanted. I just put all of my effort into it.
Now I realize what it takes to make the work
you want. Until my senior year I felt like
an art student. Now, as a senior in I.P., I feel
like an artist.” ADAM MORATH, BFA student
all
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“During my senior year,
I experienced a whole new level of
confidence about myself and my
work. I’ve switched from asking for
permission to saying, ‘this is really
what I want to do,’ and understanding
that it will ultimately be my choice.”
EMILY COLEMAN, BFA student
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Senior Studios
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Your Career
Stamps School alumna Candy Chang reimagines public spaces
to help us make sense of our lives. After losing someone she
loved, she created the Before I Die public art project inviting
people to share their personal aspirations in public space.
Since then, over 1000 Before I Die walls have been created by
people in over 70 countries. Chang has also completed public
projects in New Orleans, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, and New
York City. Her work has been exhibited in the Venice Biennale,
and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
and she is a TED Senior Fellow, a Tulane Urban Innovation
Fellow, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
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How prepare
“Networking and internships are going to be a
vital part of preparing for graduation. Career
counseling starts in your first year. It’s my job to
set you up and help you find your way.”
JOHN LUTHER, Career Development Coordinator
“My senior year I served as photo editor
for the student run magazine, Shei.
I worked as a designer for all three
U-M student newspapers. I’ve also had
internships with two firms as a designer
and a photographer. I wouldn't have
had these opportunities at a smaller
university.” ADAM MORATH, BFA student
to
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American Greetings
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Anna Sui Corp.
Anthropologie
Apple
Arnold Worldwide
ArtsAlliance
Band of Angels
Betsey Johnson
Biolumina
Campbell-Ewald
Coach
Conde Nast
Cranbrook Art Museum
Domestic Violence Project, Inc.
“Internships were critical.
My two design internships
provided me with the
experience of collaboratively
working on real projects for
real clients. I got insights
into how the industry
actually functions.”
ALYSSA ACKERMAN, BFA student
DETNY (shoe design)
Doner Advertising
Donghia Furniture & Textile
Duncan Fuller Interiors
Elle Magazine
Endgame Entertainment
Food Network Magazine
Foreign Policy Magazine
GE Medical Systems
General Motors Design Center
Giorgio Armani
Glacier National Park
Glamour Magazine
Graphis
Hearst Design Group
iDL Merchandising Solutions
Inner Concept Media Studio
Interlochen Arts Camp
J Walter Thompson
Liz Claiborne Inc.
Mad Magazine
Mars Advertising
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Moosejaw Mountaineering
MTS Seating
MTV Networks
MOCAD
NBC News
New Line Cinema
The New Museum
Pixel/Starcom MediaVest
Proteus Design
Publicis Hong Kong
Saatchi and Saatchi (Taiwan)
San Diego Union Tribune
Superfly Presents
Surface Magazine
Roger Brown Study Center
The Rockport Company
Toledo Museum of Art
U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Vogue
Warner Music Group
Whitney Museum of American Art
And more...
Our students have interned with...
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80% = Stamps students whose first jobs were related to art & design.
Hania Bigo
Apollo
Illustration
A series of interpretive illustrations
on the Overview Effect as
experienced by the astronauts
of the Apollo Space Missions.
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100% = CEOs* who cite creativity as a top hiring priority.
* a recent poll of Fortune 500 CEOs
“Studying at Stamps shaped
what I wanted to do and how I
wanted to do it. I learned that
ultimately, you are responsible
for your own ideas. And
whatever your constraints,
you learn to make something
happen. I know I can solve a
problem, match a vision, and
have creative confidence.”
TORI TERZAKIS, BFA 2006
Floral Designer
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Graduation... I’m now an account manager at Google
I’m a Senior Designer for Global Brand Design at Nike
I’m Global Director of Design at Team Detroit
I started my own business in color correction for feature films
I spent a year in the Peace Corps doing graphic design in Zambia
I’m Director of Marketing & Operations at CCS Architecture
I’m at National Geographic as an art director
I recently became VP of Operations at LUNAR
I’m now the founder & chief designer of Plae, a company that designs customizable children’s shoes.
I am currently a fashion photographer in New York, NY. My photos have been in Elle, Cosmo, Seventeen, Surface and Glitterati magazines.
I created my own “art cake” business in Ann Arbor
I opened a painting studio in Detroit and sell my work at national galleries
I am the arts coordinator at an afterschool youth program
My first job was with Dish Network, and recently I became a Project Manager at IPC Systems in New York
I’m now a lead designer at Synata in San Francisco
In school I was interested in environmental conservation and design. That led me to a position as Annual Giving Programs Manager for the Matthei Botanical Gardens
I now have a job as Product Designer for Mobile Ad Experiences at Twitter, San Francisco
I have a position as an Interaction Designer at Huge, which means I have a great job… and I get to live in San Francisco.
I’m now an Account Director at WIRED Media Network
Full Stack Engineer at Disqus, a web discussion system
I fell in love with motorcycles, so now I’m the lead creative for Electric Moto Industries
I’m in my final year of an MFA program at University of Iowa
I’m interested in photography, film and graphic design, and I’m now an art consultant with the Carrie Fell Gallery in Vail, Colorado where I also get to ski and snowboard.
After
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Your FutureAlumni stories
Cynthia Pachikara and Judy Bozone
Vertical Horizont(tal) variation 2
light, sound and shadow Installation
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I WAS INTERESTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES so I started at U-M in the PitE (Program in the Environment), but I realized I needed a formal art education to achieve my career goals.
AFTER MY FRESHMAN YEAR, I interned with the Student Conservation Association. This began a continuing series of grand western adventures, including summers at North Cascades National Park and cross-country road trips.
SOPHOMORE YEAR I ADDED Art and Design classes and became a dual degree student with Stamps and PitE.
RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION I took a job at North Cascades National Park, combining my position as an interpretive park guide with visual media.
THAT LED TO A JOB in a national park regional office in Philadelphia, providing 80 national parks with technical and creative support on publications, website, social media, and museum exhibits. SINCE LAST YEAR, I’ve worked at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Los Angeles, making the transition from sole designer to manager of other creative people.
“Combining the creative process with formal critiques was a huge part of my training at Stamps.I see myself as sort of an ambassador, bringing
that art school culture to my position with
the national parks. What I learned in school
about taking initiative and learning from
peers and professors definitely prepared me
for a leadership role that collaborates with
different groups of people, like law enforcement,
scientists, and communication specialists.”
Designer and illustrator working with the National Park Service.Michael Liang BFA ‘08
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“I really ended up finding the perfect job for me. It wasn’t a clear path, like when you go to medical
school and there’s a certain logic to your trajectory.
I had to trust that it was out there. I had to make it
myself and pave the road, but eventually I found it.
It’s all about talking to people, networking and
having a passion for what you do. When I found out
about this field, I sought out people whose work I
loved to ask them: how can I do this? More often
than not, this led to an actual job.”
Graphic Designer for Film and TelevisionMegan Greydanus BFA ‘07
MY DREAM was always to be a creative director at an advertising agency. I didn't even know there was such a thing as “graphic designer for film and tv.”
AFTER GRADUATION I worked for advertising firms, but advertising wasn’t what I had expected. Eventually I became a freelancer so I could choose my own projects.
THEN A FRIEND SUGGESTED I could work as a graphic designer for films. I got connected with the Production Designer on the movie, Flipped, in Ann Arbor. He hired me, and I loved my first experience working in film.
THAT LED TO MORE WORK for art directors and production designers, producing graphics and brands and logos for films being shot in Michigan. I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM L.A. And, as my connections grew and filming in Michigan slowed down I realized I needed to make the move to L.A. It was a great decision.
IN 2011 I WAS NOMINATED for an award from the Directors Guild for my production design work on the film, Drive.
LOOKING BACK, I learned how to think conceptually at Stamps and to look at the big picture. I’ve built up a lot of trust around my work because art directors see that I’m thoughtful about my choices.
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I CAME TO U-M BECAUSE I wanted a big college experience: a beautiful campus, football games, a sorority. Growing up in Los Angeles, I also wanted to experience all four seasons.
I USED U-M’S RESOURCES to expand my worldview. I took classes in quantum physics, alternate realities—subjects I knew would open my eyes and expand my understanding. While art was always my priority, I took the opportunity to learn from all of U-M’s faculty.
ONE OF THE PIVOTAL EXPERIENCES OF MY SENIOR YEAR
was creating my thesis show with friends, including Erica Fink, Evan McLaughlin, and Kelsey Shultis (who is now a featured artist of Tappan Collective.) Everyone in the group was willing to get dirty, from throwing walls up in the space to making food. That collaborative spirit was something I valued and wanted to have as part of my professional life.
RETURNING TO LA AFTER GRADUATION, I got a job with an interior designer. This allowed me to paint on the side, and I began selling my work to clients all over the world. I became a project manager for the firm, negotiating contracts with international architects and contractors. I went on buying trips to Paris, London, and Russia. I was learning a lot and was still able to create, but I needed art to be more of a professional focus.
I MISSED THE COLLABORATION I HAD AT STAMPS. I missed the critiques, the whole environment of input and interest, and I missed working with the like-minded creatives I had built relationships with.
I STARTED THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER CAREER PATH, something that could really change the way people approach and collect art. At U-M I studied art history with fellow Angeleno, Jordan Klein. Jordan and I began hatching ideas. We figured art was the last thing to go online, part of that untouched market in e-commerce. SO WE FORMED THE TAPPAN COLLECTIVE, an online platform that connects emerging artists to aspiring art collectors. The name came from the long hours Jordan and I spent studying in U-M’s art history library, Tappan Hall. Tappan Collective services artists and collectors in a different way than the art scenes in major cities. Particularly for younger artists, exhibition opportunities are limited. We envisioned a new exhibition space, a community for bringing together emerging artists and their collectors.
WE LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2012 WITH A HUGE PARTY, followed by a series of pop-up events. Now we’re more focused on our online presence and business outreach. We want to keep both art direction and internal operations aligned with our mission: promoting young, emerging artists and providing them a place to connect with their collectors.
WE’VE BEEN FEATURED IN GLAMOUR, VOGUE, and the Huffington Post, which is great. We feel like we’re filling a real need for both artists and collectors. And I’ve been able to create that exciting, collaborative working community that I loved at Stamps.
“We really hit the ground in the beginning, networking and attending art fairs and conventions everywhere.
Now we’re more focused on our online
presence and business outreach,
collaborating with companies like
MasterCard, Intermix and Sweetgreen.
As the company enters its adolescence,
we want to be sure that we keep aligned
with our mission: promoting young,
emerging artists and providing them a
place to connect with their collectors.”
Co-founder Tappan CollectiveChelsea Neman BFA ‘10
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WHILE I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED in fashion design, I knew I didn’t want to be a product designer. I was much more interested in the historical, social and conceptual questions around why people wear what they wear, and how their environment and aspirations shape these decisions.
WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR, I spent a semester in Rome. It was such an incredible place; one where Italy’s rich art and architectural history came together with current street wear and public life. I loved the people watching, the architecture and the food!
WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE THE U.S. , I interned for Polo Ralph Lauren in the trim production department. The team coordinated the production of zippers, belts, buckles and buttons in collaboration with the apparel design team and the factories overseas.
BUT I ALSO GOT TO SIT IN ON DESIGN MEETINGS
held in one of the company’s concept rooms. This space was essentially the concept designer’s sanctuary. Through visual research and shopping she would select mood images from magazines as well as vintage clothing samples. Then she would hang them on a wall and through meeting with the designers, she would help them tell stories behind their products. It was like a three-dimensional mood board!
WHEN THE JOB POSTING for a position at Converse came up, I was on a paid internship at Coach in NYC where I was interning in the handbag design department.
THE INTERVIEWERS AT CONVERSE were impressed with my well-crafted resume. I knew that doing a project was part of the application process so I came to the first interview with one already finished. This included a trend board and seasonal color palette.
NOW I’M WORKING AS A TREND ANALYST at The Doneger Group, where I focus on menswear trend research. As a fashion trend analyst, I research and predict how the industry is changing by collecting observations and interpreting fashion trends. I analyze high fashion, retail, ecommerce, magazine editorials, blogs, interior design and art to predict what colors and products will be key for coming seasons. I also pay attention to socio-cultural trends and how they relate to product design. I create trend reports and publications that are utilized by our clients as a way to help them strategize their product design business as well as stay current in the market. Often, I work with them one-on-one to cater this comprehensive information to their specific brand/consumer and give them forward-thinking insight. This aspect of my job is called concept design.
“As a student, I was always fascinated by visual culture and art history.
I loved analyzing art and photography
to interpret how they related to history
socio-culturally. The BA program was
a perfect fit for my range of interests.
Along with Stamps studio courses
in photography and book-making, or
photography and collage, I took history
of art courses, and LS&A courses such
as the History of American Magazines.
Then I rounded it all out with lots of
theater production classes, art direction
for film, and costume design.”
Associate Trend AnalystSara Radin BFA ‘11
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WHEN I CAME TO SCHOOL I appreciated
being able to take the studios I wanted and not
being fenced in by a major. I was encouraged to
pursue my interests, no matter what they were.
MY SENIOR THESIS PROJECT fused writing,
painting and music.
AFTER GRADUATION, I found a job in New York
City as an artist’s assistant, but it wasn't for me.
I MOVED TO LA, and became an Art Director,
writing commercials and radio spots. I was still
messing around with music, but nothing serious.
THEN I WENT BACK to Michigan for a vacation
and ended up recording an album there.
SHORTLY AFTER the album was finished, it
started to get noticed. At some point, I realized
I had to go for it.
I DECIDED TO QUIT MY JOB and I began to
develop the music and the band.
NOW, AS THE LEAD of Lord Huron, it really
is a multidiscipinary project—the paintings, the
graphics, the sounds all work in tandem and I
work on them concurrently. For me, it’s not just
music and it’s not just visuals. It’s both of them
being created and influencing each other.
“I think you need to really stick with what you’re interested in.
Chances are what you’re interested in is
going to lead you somewhere, even if you
can’t always see where in the moment.
Then, learn how to promote yourself.
You’re your own brand.”
Lead Singer, graphic designerand writer forthe music project,Lord Huron Ben Schneider BFA ‘05
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I CAME TO STAMPS because It was very important to me to get a solid academic education in addition to art. Also, a lot of the art schools I looked at wanted me to declare my focus when I entered. And I wasn't ready to commit to just one media.
AS A FRESHMAN I took pottery, paper sculpture, small metal sculpture, wood sculpture, metal welding, found object sculpture and more. I decided to start focusing in on animation because of a final project in a digital class freshman year. I had literally no idea what I was doing technically, but I just went with it and ended up loving creating all of those moving images.
I ENROLLED IN AN AFTER EFFECTS CLASS for sophomore year and I found I was really good at it. I understood timing— what made something funny or boring or too fast. Animation also combines so many different media. It was a place where I could bring a lot of different elements together.
I H A D T WO S U M M E R I N T E R N S H I P S before I graduated. The first was working as a computer helper for a comic and animation artist. The second was working for a New York animation studio. I learned so much about After Effects and I got a feel for what it would be like to become a professional animator.
AFTER I F INISHED MY SENIOR THESIS PROJECT I started applying for animation jobs and internships all over the country. I got mostly no responses back or the occasional no thanks. When I graduated, I returned to New York. I went on a lot of interviews at a lot of studios. Finally, I made the decision to take an unpaid internship.
THE FIRST INTERNSHIP was with a large, prestigious studio where I worked for about two weeks, doing not very much. The second internship was for Trollback, the company I still work for almost two years later. Trollback is a very small studio where, even as an unpaid intern, I was being given actual jobs. I definitely learned more technical skills working as an unpaid intern for two months and as a freelancer for another two months than I did during college.
WHEN I WAS FIRST LOOKING FOR WORK in New York, I realized what I did get from Stamps, that other schools put less emphasis on, was a very solid understanding of creative thinking and creative problem solving. So while I may not have been as technically savvy as some of the peers I was competing with for jobs, I had a different set of skills that are more difficult to learn on the job.
AFTER THOSE FOUR MONTHS working both as an intern and a freelancer, Trollback offered me a full time position as a junior animator/designer. I have since been promoted to animator/designer. I do mostly motion graphics, creating commercials and title sequences. It is very challenging, but I definitely enjoy and am proud of the work that I do.
“During junior yearI worked as a intern for Nathan Love, a very cool and fun Manhattan animation studio.In those two months I saw what my
life would be like if I chose to go into
the industry. I learned that it is male
dominated, and the hours can be long
and unpredictable. But it’s a fast paced,
fun environment where everyone
cares very much about the work they
are doing and producing something
that they are ultimately proud of.”
Animator/Designer, Trollback & AssociatesParis London Glickman BFA ‘13
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Creative Work
Hania Bigo
Apollo
illustration
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Man Kuan Lei
Tanzania - Market
digital photography
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Students in Osman Khan’s
Contemporary Sculpture class spent
over one hundred hours exploring
scale and building techniques,
creating a giant troll that was
installed in the Nichols Arboretum.
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Alana Hoey
How We Sit
plywood, paracord
“How We Sit is an experiment to find out
how unconventional materials transform our
experience with everyday furniture. Sitting in
silence, strangers and close friends alike feel
even the smallest shifts in weight, balance,
and curiosity from one section to another.”
Emily Thomas
veg out
ink, digital, and
plantable seed paper
“A collection of
illustrated recipe
postcards which aim
to de-stigmatize
vegan and gluten-free
dietary lifestyles.”
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Jaclyn Caris
Let’s Cross Over
“A book and an app that
was inspired by my study
abroad in Florence, Italy. The
book is a travel guide and
journal meant for other study
abroad students to use while
traveling in Florence. The app
is for travellers anywhere in
the world and allows users to
document all their trips through
journal entries and pictures.”
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Caili Dalian
What do you Clutch
fabric / clutch purses
“I have created a series of clutch
purses inspired by conversations
with women of different ages.
Each pattern and form is inspired
by their responses to the question,
‘At this age, what do you clutch?’ ”
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Allison Carron
Impact
“An exploration of the body, focused on themes
of sin, guilt, punishment, and atonement. For this
performance I was blindfolded, wearing all white
in an all white space. I offered a bag of black chalk
to members of the audience who threw the bag
at me leaving black residue on my clothes, the
floor, and the wall, mimicking bruises. After the
bag hit and fell I would then search for it (still
blindfolded). Once the bag was found I would
return it to an audience member and the exchange
would be repeated over and over again.”
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Danielle Battaglia
Quintessence: Visualizing a Torodial Universe
“An attempt to discover the great order of all
things. Studying the theories of Plato, Stephen
Hawking, Einstein and others on subjects such
as black holes, white holes, wormholes, sacred
geometry, Klein surfaces, physics, higher dimensions
and space-time, I have come up with a form that
could be the basic design of our universe: a torus.
To visualize this concept I installed this 3D model
in the MIDEN, a 3D virtual space where one can
experience the model on a new level, by moving
through the space in three dimensions.”
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Ariana Wescott
Dear Diary, I love you.
“The prompt for this assignment was time-based. Five days a week,
for 13 weeks, we spent five to ten minutes daily doing something
of our choice. I chose to keep a visual diary of single panel comics
to explore both personal journaling and self-portraiture.”
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Ian McGreevy
Ghostly Host
Margot Robert
Tier Tower
Video Games
In this Stamps course
students design, build and
publish their first video
game for iOS, creatively
interpreting the theme of a
labyrinth. Each student has
two weeks to design, build,
test and publish to the Apple
app store, and each student
was individually responsible
for the art, code and
soundtrack of his/her game.
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Alison Blomstrom
Studio photography assignment exploring projection.
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Stephanie Casing
Finding beauty in an ugly situation:
A series of works assuaging my
fear of illness in loved ones
paper and photography
“Brain scans and transmission electron micrograph images lend
themselves to beautiful possibilities. These works are my attempt to
come to terms with the possibility of illness in my family and friends.”
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Kevin Dunnell
CAD skills were used to design and cut
parts for this laminated plywood table.
Tarah Douglas
Jahyne
screenprint on fabric
Large-scale prints inspired by a character created
during my time studying abroad in India.
Ellen Rutt
A Wicked Problem
“A collection of digital collages that illustrate the
complexity of sustainability and over-consumption.”
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Carisa Bledsoe - Can I Get In Your Head?
Part of a site-specific mini series looking at
intersections of identities and perspectives.
Anastasia Skekloff
Created in a Stamps foundation
course. The assignment: to make
a lamp out of plastic sheets.
Joshua Kochis - Tree Story
wood, plaster, steel, acrylic and oil paint on canvas
Hannah Hillier - Everything Will Be Okay
“When my father died two years ago, many people didn't seem to know
what to say to me. I had the urge to show them what I wanted to hear.”
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Cornelia Stiles
Nature By Numbers
“The Fibonacci sequence is a series of
numbers found in nature. Each drawing
uses the sequence to celebrate the
beauty of these natural patterns.”
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Claire Jones
The Wake/Please Don't Feed the Animals
“I was eight years old when I hopped out
of a car in Northern Michigan and met the
glazed, empty eyes of a deer bound to a
truck. This is an abstract interpretation of
the grotesque style of taxidermy, exploring
animals as natural or as objects.”
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Hye In Jung - A&D/Abroad
A redesigned identity and visual communication system for the Stamps
international program including printed booklets and student travelers’ kit.
Anica Presley - Impetus
digital and photolithographic prints
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Samantha Levy - Biophilia
“A series of screenprinted
zines and prints to gratify
human beings’ fascination
with the strange, humorous,
unbelievable, or grotesque.
The project emulates feelings
surrounding the Age of
Exploration—everyone
rushing to expose the next
great species, to reveal
something to the public
that they had never seen.”
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Making It Move
Using electronic sensors, electrical actuators, and
computers/microcontrollers, students in this course create
works that combine traditional and electronic media to
create kinetic sculptures, lightworks, functioning electrical
prototypes, and interactive environments.
Rachael Cross
ArtBot
From the course Making It Move, a motion and light-
activated robot that creates charcoal drawings.
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Stephanie O'Neil - Discover the Epigenome: An Illustrative Display of Molecular Epigenetics
3D printed sculptures, plastic, scientific illustration
A visualization of the tissue environment altering due to the growth of cancer cells.
Holly Prouty - Tink
A series of playful objects that are designed to be integrated into the
living space as functional sculptures that encourage users to “tinker.”
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Penn Greene
Negotiating Balance
“The design and construction of a small,
versatile kayak intended for a user
wanting to travel as light as possible for
long periods of time. It is a negotiation
of two highly dynamic elements – the
human body and moving water.”
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Paul DiStefano
Whirling Dynamics
“The goal of these works is to show a
different rhythm in each piece, while
being aware of the harmony that the
drawings create as a series. When
people view my drawings I want them
to see how rhythm can be created in
the world other than through a song.”
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Sam Oliver
Quantified Self Portrait
software, hardware, ink, water
Exploring the relationship between our identity and the data we produce,
the work juxtaposes a slowly degrading bust of the artist’s likeness,
sculpted from ink, with a growing collection of his printed internet history.
Each time the artist makes a search, clicks a link, or loads a page, the bust
is sprayed with water, melting it further. The printer, fed by the resulting
pool of ink, prints the search results.
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Mary Sterling Rountree
False Facades and Adulteress
sterling silver, fine silver, enamel
Hanna Sakakibara
Trust Me
stainless steel, carbon steel, wood
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Emerson Schreiner
Just Before
oil on canvas
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Ian Matchett
From the Continuity of Revolution I.P. Project
oil on canvas
“My project focuses on continuity and connection
between revolutionary movements by looking at
how organizers and radicals of the past relate to
those of the present. When the past is forgotten,
or remembered only as a distorted caricature, our
ability to unify and act in the present is crippled.”
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Grace Ludmer
The Girls I Draw
mixed media
Nicholas Tilma
Light Objects
steel tubing, concrete, light bulbs, wire
A series of light objects inspired by urban landscapes.
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Kit Parks
Direct Connection
multimedia installation
A series of photography, video, sculpture,
and performative works by one
suburbanite in an attempt to establish
a connection with the natural world.
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Carlo Lorenzetti - Chair
From the course Furniture Making.
Diane Thach
Dress
paper receipts, shoe laces, ribbon
An assignment for the course A Stitch
in Time. “I was working at a cafe where
we were required to print out receipts
for the customers, who then threw them
away. I hated how wasteful that was and
decided to use them to make a dress,
turning the waste into something both
useful/functional, and beautiful.”
Alice Bouvier McCarthy - The Definitive Guide to Typotopia
“This book serves as a travelogue to the fictional country of
Typotopia, an island populated entirely by letters but with
some of the societal quirks and blemishes of the real world.”
Anastassia Fulmer - An Exodus of Sorts
woodblock print
“Exploring the theme of water, the fish also
appear to be birds flying through clouds.”
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Sydney Markus
From a Stamps foundation course. The assignment:
to camouflage a cube. The project was preceded by a
color study project where students learned to mix color,
identify hues, tints, and shades, and match color—
skills that helped them to create the camouflage.
Ian Klipa - Project Ultima (community fabrication)
workshop / video / 3D work
An extracurricular welding workshop in Detroit,
inspired by my experiences with the “making”
culture of Zanzibar, led to my I.P. project.
Sonia Tagari
Part of a Stamps foundation course. The assignment:
create a map of a place, idea or set of information.
Jean Lin - From a Stamps Drawing 1 course. The assignment: to design a game
based on Pexeso, a Czech matching game. All games had the same grid.
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Alicia Kolvacheck
Anatomy
wood
“Anatomy is a puzzle and learning tool for
all ages. For children, it offers the chance to
develop hands-on understanding of how our
bodies work. For adults, it makes a fun gift.”
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Levester Williams
Space of Whiteness
porcelain, Arduino, wire, and wood
“An installation deconstructing the notion
of a post-racial and equal American society
through the exploration of whiteness in
its physical and psychological forms.”
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Cole Montgomery
laser cut poster
Assignment: To consider the use of
words in public spaces and their power
to inform, motivate and persuade.
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Hannah Dow
Temp Tools
“A set of biodegradable camping
tools that can be fitted onto
sticks found in the woods. They
are made using an all-natural
composite material and regional
flower seeds, encouraging an
active re-contribution to nature.”
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Sarah RenkenA Story for a Strangerbook of illustrated stories and quotes
Joshua Kochis
Treestory
installation
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Grace Ludmer
The Girls I Draw
mixed media
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Margaret Hitch
prints, comics, paintings, doodles
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Margaret Hitch
poster design
TEDx U of M 2014
Posters to promote the
2014 TEDx U of M conference.
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Sophia Greenbaum
Spilt Milk!
“Package and product design for
a milk container with reusable
udder cup. These environmentally-
friendly products incorporate both
wit and humor to promote the
brand, Spilt Milk. The udder-shaped
cup is 3D printed in ABS plastic.
Mootrition Facts and creative
copy are included on the back
of the organic milk package.”
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Melania Plasko
Infinity Cloak
From the I.P. Project: Embody
“A series of five fantastical sculptural garments that
utilize technology such as LED lights, phosphorescent
wire, and Arduino micro-controllers to extend both
the functionality and appearance of clothing. I have
also created a narration (including short stories,
poems, and collaged images) that further develops
each individual garment’s character, personality, time
period, and scene. In these photographs, I am the
clothing designer, the photographer and the model.”
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Richard Liverance
The Hatbox
3D animation
“From storyboarding to finished animation, my
goal was to learn every part of the 3D animation
pipeline and simultaneously tell a story that is
entertaining and visually exciting.”
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Zoe Allen-Wickler, Ashley Marie Allis,
J'Vion Armstrong, Ashley Boudrie,
Stephanie Boxold, Anna Jonetta Brown,
Jaclyn Caris, Emily Cedar, Annie Cheng,
John Foley, Paris London Glickman,
Molly Lester, Rich Liverance,
Lonny Marino, Olivia Meadows,
Thabiso O Mhlaba, Maggie Miller,
Kaisa Ryding and Sarah Schwendeman.
Teleporter Travel Tale
3D animation
Animation stills from a 2-semester
collaboration with the staff of the U-M
3D lab that took students through the
3D animation production pipeline to produce
the animated short, Teleporter Travel Tale.
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Erin Murray
Face Necklace
ceramic and silver
Erin Murray
Baby Teapot
porcelain
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Zack Moscot
5G Individualized Eyewear
“The project uses handcrafted and digital fabrication techniques
to generate ergonomically designed frames using consumers’
individual facial and head measurements. With a balance of hand and
digital craft, 5G Individualized Eyewear uses Individual Parametric
Measurements (IPM) to create frames designed to fit each person.”
Samantha Machover - Apes
acrylic, brayer, on paper
A series of acrylic paintings illustrating the primates at Virunga National Park in Congo.
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Justin Hein
Self Portrait
pen and ink on paper
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Shaili Das
Cement cast components combine
with wood to create gardens.
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FIGURE 3 TRANSITIONALIn typographical terms, the word "transitional" refers to the transition from Garalde to Didone typefaces, and thus these faces incorporate characteristics of each. Transitionals appeared in the 18th
high contrast between thick and thin strokes, and generous counters. Serifs are generally sharp and bracketed, and the serifs of lowercase ascenders are slightly oblique. The cross bar on the lowercase “e” is horizontal. FIGURE 3 was designed using Baskerville and Bell Bold.
FIGURE 4DIDONEFormally known as Modern, Didone typefaces emerged during late 18th and early 19th centuries. Such typefaces
abrupt contrast between thick and thin strokes. Ascenders and foot serifs on
Letters are set in narrow width. FIGURE 4 was designed using Didot, Modern, and Bodoni.
FIGURE 5 SCRIPTScript typefaces imitate cursive writing
-sual scripts. FIGURE 5 was designed using Snell Roundhand.
FIGURE 6SLAB SERIFAlso known as Egyptian, Slab-Serifs became popular in the 19th century when many pre-existing fonts were redone with wider serifs for display and advertising purposes. These typefaces evolved from Didone, but are often bolder, having large, square, bracket-less serifs. FIGURE 6 was designed using Rockwell.
FIGURE 3 TRANSITIONALIn typographical terms, the word "transitional" refers to the transition from Garalde to Didone typefaces, and thus these faces incorporate characteristics of each. Transitionals appeared in the 18th
high contrast between thick and thin strokes, and generous counters. Serifs are generally sharp and bracketed, and the serifs of lowercase ascenders are slightly oblique. The cross bar on the lowercase “e” is horizontal. FIGURE 3 was designed using Baskerville and Bell Bold.
FIGURE 4DIDONEFormally known as Modern, Didone typefaces emerged during late 18th and early 19th centuries. Such typefaces
abrupt contrast between thick and thin strokes. Ascenders and foot serifs on
Letters are set in narrow width. FIGURE 4 was designed using Didot, Modern, and Bodoni.
FIGURE 5 SCRIPTScript typefaces imitate cursive writing
-sual scripts. FIGURE 5 was designed using Snell Roundhand.
FIGURE 6SLAB SERIFAlso known as Egyptian, Slab-Serifs became popular in the 19th century when many pre-existing fonts were redone with wider serifs for display and advertising purposes. These typefaces evolved from Didone, but are often bolder, having large, square, bracket-less serifs. FIGURE 6 was designed using Rockwell.
Sexual Dimorphism
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Female and male sexual dimorphismsin chicken and deer
Typefaces that are heavy and bold, with jagged or hard edges are often understood as masculine. Delicate, whimsical and curly typefaces are often considered feminine. Male typefaces are rooted and implacable, while female typefaces are charm-ing and elegant. While wildly bright and adorned male animals more readily attract a particular group of females, certain typefaces attract certain types of people, based on cultural associations with the type’s form.
Sexual Dimorphism
17
Female and male sexual dimorphismsin chicken and deer
Typefaces that are heavy and bold, with jagged or hard edges are often understood as masculine. Delicate, whimsical and curly typefaces are often considered feminine. Male typefaces are rooted and implacable, while female typefaces are charm-ing and elegant. While wildly bright and adorned male animals more readily attract a particular group of females, certain typefaces attract certain types of people, based on cultural associations with the type’s form.
FIGURE 3 TRANSITIONALIn typographical terms, the word "transitional" refers to the transition from Garalde to Didone typefaces, and thus these faces incorporate characteristics of each. Transitionals appeared in the 18th
high contrast between thick and thin strokes, and generous counters. Serifs are generally sharp and bracketed, and the serifs of lowercase ascenders are slightly oblique. The cross bar on the lowercase “e” is horizontal. FIGURE 3 was designed using Baskerville and Bell Bold.
FIGURE 4DIDONEFormally known as Modern, Didone typefaces emerged during late 18th and early 19th centuries. Such typefaces
abrupt contrast between thick and thin strokes. Ascenders and foot serifs on
Letters are set in narrow width. FIGURE 4 was designed using Didot, Modern, and Bodoni.
FIGURE 5 SCRIPTScript typefaces imitate cursive writing
-sual scripts. FIGURE 5 was designed using Snell Roundhand.
FIGURE 6SLAB SERIFAlso known as Egyptian, Slab-Serifs became popular in the 19th century when many pre-existing fonts were redone with wider serifs for display and advertising purposes. These typefaces evolved from Didone, but are often bolder, having large, square, bracket-less serifs. FIGURE 6 was designed using Rockwell.
FIGURE 3 TRANSITIONALIn typographical terms, the word "transitional" refers to the transition from Garalde to Didone typefaces, and thus these faces incorporate characteristics of each. Transitionals appeared in the 18th
high contrast between thick and thin strokes, and generous counters. Serifs are generally sharp and bracketed, and the serifs of lowercase ascenders are slightly oblique. The cross bar on the lowercase “e” is horizontal. FIGURE 3 was designed using Baskerville and Bell Bold.
FIGURE 4DIDONEFormally known as Modern, Didone typefaces emerged during late 18th and early 19th centuries. Such typefaces
abrupt contrast between thick and thin strokes. Ascenders and foot serifs on
Letters are set in narrow width. FIGURE 4 was designed using Didot, Modern, and Bodoni.
FIGURE 5 SCRIPTScript typefaces imitate cursive writing
-sual scripts. FIGURE 5 was designed using Snell Roundhand.
FIGURE 6SLAB SERIFAlso known as Egyptian, Slab-Serifs became popular in the 19th century when many pre-existing fonts were redone with wider serifs for display and advertising purposes. These typefaces evolved from Didone, but are often bolder, having large, square, bracket-less serifs. FIGURE 6 was designed using Rockwell.
Erica Neumann
Evolutionary Type
“A history of typography through the
lens of biological evolution presented
in a 10"x15" handmade book illustrated
with typographic imagery.”
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Sexual Dimorphism
17
Female and male sexual dimorphismsin chicken and deer
Typefaces that are heavy and bold, with jagged or hard edges are often understood as masculine. Delicate, whimsical and curly typefaces are often considered feminine. Male typefaces are rooted and implacable, while female typefaces are charm-ing and elegant. While wildly bright and adorned male animals more readily attract a particular group of females, certain typefaces attract certain types of people, based on cultural associations with the type’s form.
Daryl Alexsy
Domestic Tourist
“The first project I created
after moving back from
Berlin, this series was
intended to reacquaint
me with Detroit and
to show the rest of the
world its beauty. But the
images revealed more
about my true feelings
of being home again.”
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Shadowland
Students in a Stamps foundation course
design a shadow theater in the video studio
that uses three stages with interactive
lens-based materials, color and form.
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A performance in the Duderstadt Center
which has professional audio and video
studios, a virtual reality den, motion capture
facilities, 3D modeling and more.
Colin Fulton
video studio performance
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Collin Fulton
video studio performance
Dressing Up and Down
Each student in this course received
a Snuggie. The assignment: to draw/
come up with 10 ideas for how to alter
the Snuggie into a wearable sculpture.
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Angel Shen
Katie King Ji Yoon Lee
Bianca Ng
Letter Forming – from a Stamps foundation course.
The assignment: to recreate a specific letter ten
different ways using found materials and objects.
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Ronan Lynam
Duck & Friends
digital prints
“A series of personified animal portraits
satirizing our narcissistic fascination
with human portraiture.”
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Zoe Widmer
Blurred Lines
A project exploring how
society views gender, the
importance of the visual to
gender identity, and how
gender affects how we
treat one another.
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Nichole Homfeld
digital media
The assignment: make an expressive or metaphorical portrait of
someone you know, using collage, without showing the person’s face.
Woodblock type in the Letterpress Studio
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Alexander Schlosser
From the course Electronic Books.
Students produce a complete “multitouch”
(interactive) book, consider possible
futures of the book (printed and
digital) and the impact of technology
on artists/authors and readers.
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Gabrielle FitzGerald
Talisman Project
From a Stamps foundation course. The
assignment: each student is asked to create
a wearable talisman for a classmate.
Beiatrix Pedrasa
Talisman Project
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Emma Berger
Drop the Needle
intaglio, woodblock, ink & watercolor
“These etchings expand on the existing culture of screen-printed
gig posters. The prints are signed by the bands and auctioned off to
support Brandi Carlile’s Looking Out Foundation and Charity: Water.”
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Christopher Boomer
Adrift
film
“My project deals with my thoughts and perceptions
surrounding the notion of isolation among individuals — how
little we truly know about so many of the characters that we
encounter, however intimately or briefly, in our everyday lives.”
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Corinn Lewis
Camp Take Notice
visual identity system
“Camp Take Notice (CTN) is a democratically
self-governing community of homeless people
in Ann Arbor, MI. It was important to me to
create a visual language that Camp Take
Notice could use to tell its story. I was inspired
by Ghanaian Adinkra symbols and Hobo
symbols from the early 1900s.”
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STAMPS SchoolUndergraduate Program Details
Elective Studio CoursesDuring your second year, you'll begin taking the Elective Studio courses that allow them to explore and develop specific areas of interest.
BFA students take 14 elective studios courses (42 credits). BA students take 8 elective studio courses (24 credits). All students are required to take an Engagement Studio, in which they interact with a community outside U-M.
Stamps Academic CoursesStamps requirements are designed to engage students in both the history of art and design and the current practice of emergingartists and designers.
Students must take five required Stamps Academic courses(16 - 18 credits).
• 3 courses focused on non-studioapproaches to art and design
• 2 art or design history/theory/ criticism courses of your choice
University Academic CoursesStudents in the Stamps School participate in the rich intellectual and academic life of a top-tier university. The Stamps School requires liberal arts coursework, but also allows for elective choices.
BFA students are required to complete a total of 30 - 32academic credits.BA students are required to complete a total of 60 - 62academic credits.
Requirements:• First Year Writing• Upper Level Writing• Social Science• Natural Science• Analytical Reasoning• Environmental Studies• Race and Ethnicity• Academic Electives
Penny Stamps Speaker SeriesThe Penny Stamps Speaker Series brings respected emerging and established creative innovators to the School to conduct a public lecture and engage with students. Students must enroll in the 1-credit/semester Speaker Series and attend the weekly lecture each semester through all four years of the program.
Integrative ProjectIn the 12-credit Integrative Project, over the course of the final year BFA seniors use the techniques, concepts and skills they’ve learned to plan, conceptualize, and build a single project of their choosing. With the help of faculty advisors, they manage their own creative process and schedules, and work in their own dedicated studio spaces. Each project culminates in a final presentation that engages the public through exhibition, publication or performance, and is supported and documented through a written thesis, website, and digital portfolio.
International ExperienceThe international experience prepares Stamps graduates to enter the globalized economy; makes them more competitive for graduate study, fellowship opportunities, and employment; and helps them to become informed global citizens.
MinorsThe flexibility of the Stamps curriculum allows students to pursue any minor offered at U-M. Most minors require the completion of15 - 18 credits (5 - 6 courses).
The First YearAs a freshman, all of your courses (except one) are required foundation courses,both studio and academic.
Drawing IIDrawing I
Studio: 4DStudio: 2D
Methods of InquiryStudio: 3D
Art & Design HistoryArt & Design in Context
IntersectionsUniversity Academic Elective
Penny Stamps Speaker SeriesPenny Stamps Speaker Series
FALL WINTER
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STAMPS SchoolUndergraduate Admission Information
The Stamps School of Art & Design offers four undergraduate programs:
• BFA in Art & Design• BA in Art & Design• Dual Degree programs with eight
other U-M schools and colleges• Interarts Performance BFA
For questions, call theStamps School at 734 764 0397 or [email protected]
How to Apply1) Submit a completed Common Application:• Common Application• U-M Member Questions• Counselor Recommendation• Academic Teacher
Recommendation• Art Teacher Recommendation• Common Application Essay• $75 application fee
(or fee waiver request)• Common Application Art Portfolio:
Upload a portfolio of your work using the Stamps School of Art & Design SlideRoom link provided in the Common Application under “Portfolio.” Applicants should upload a total of 12 - 15 items.
2) Request an official copy of your transcript from your high school.
3) Send test scores directly to the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor:• ACT (U-M code is 2062) and/or
SAT (U-M code is 1839)• MELAB, IELTS or TOEFL (U-M
code is 1839) test scores are required of all speakers of English as a second language.
For detailed application information — including additional requirements for Interarts Performance, Dual Degree, Transfer and International applicants — go to:stamps.umich.edu/apply
Submitting Your PortfolioApplicants register and submit their portfolio on the SlideRoom website as part of the Common Application Art Portfolio.
Your portfolio must include 12 - 15 pieces of creative work in a variety of media to indicate your range of experiences. Every portfolio must include a minimum of 3 drawings or paintings from direct observation. Each piece in a portfolio should be there for a reason — for example, to show a particular skill, or to highlight creativity or concept. Use the SlideRoom description fields to help us understand your work.
After starting the Common Application and choosing the University of Michigan as your college, submit your portfoliousing the following steps:
1) Stamps applicants must answer “Yes” to the question below:Do you intend to submit a portfolio so that your special talent in one or more of the arts will be considered as part of the admission process to the University of Michigan?This will turn on a section called “Portfolio” at the bottom of theleft sidebar.
2) In the Portfolio Instructions section, click the “University of Michigan Portfolio Site” link to open the Stamps School’s SlideRoom portal.
3) After the Stamps School’s SlideRoom portal opens, you'll be prompted to login to an existing SlideRoom account or create a new account.
4) After logging into the Stamps School’s SlideRoom portal, you'll see a list of the School’s programs. Undergraduate applicants should choose the program labeled U-M Stamps School of Art & DesignBFA/BA Portfolio and click “begin.”
5) Answer questions and add your creative content to complete your portfolio.
6) SlideRoom checks to see if your Common Application has been submitted. Once you have submitted your Common Application, you can proceed with submitting your portfolio in SlideRoom.
SlideRoom charges applicants a $10 transaction fee to submit a portfolio. Students who receive a fee waiver for their Common Application will also receive a fee waiver for their SlideRoom submission.
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“Women of Color Portraits,” a stunning series by senior Meghal Janardan, is hanging in the west hall of our building!
This is “Angela,” from the Women of Color Portraits by Meghal Janardan @meghaljanardan. Read the stories of these women as they navigate the complex yet rarely addressed narrative of being a minority on a seemingly liberal campus. –ani
Fresh figure collages made by senior Anica Presley (anicajp)!
She wheat pasted her life size photomontages straight onto the gallery wall!
We are so impressed with the creative work that explored all media, including installations, film screenings, performances, and more!
Kit Trowbridge’s oil painting took inspiration from her dreams, architecture and favorite films.
Grace Ludmer’s senior thesis project was featured on Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls blog!
Stamps senior Grace Ludmer is making 500 hand-drawn stickers as part of her senior thesis titled The Girls I Draw. From ladies with strawberries for nipples, to intricate collage work, Grace never fails to make these women beautiful inside and out.
If there were an option to start over
from scratch, this is the program that would be
built. The Stamps School of Art & Design and
the University of Michigan have created an
opportunity to lead the academic conversation
in art and design in this country.
A re-accreditation review of the Stamps School by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), elicited this response from the review team.
University of Michigan RegentsMark J. Bernstein, Ann Arbor
Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor
Laurence B. Deitch, Bloomfield Hills
Shauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse Pointe
Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms
Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor
Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park
Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor
Mark S. Schlissel, ex officio
Nondiscrimination Policy StatementThe University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/
affirmative action employer, complies with all
applicable federal and state laws regarding
nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The
University of Michigan is committed to a policy
of equal opportunity for all persons and does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national
origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, gender expression, disability,
religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment,
educational programs and activities, and admissions.
Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior
Director for Institutional Equity, and Title IX/Section
504/ADA Coordinator, Office
of Institutional Equity, 2072
Administrative Services Building,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1432,
734-763-0235, TTY 734-647-1388.
For other University of Michigan
information call 734-764-1817.
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Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design • 2000 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069
734 764 0397 • [email protected] • stamps.umich.edu
Photography
James Rotz
Carl Greene
Nicholas Williams
Editor
Kate West
Art Direction
Kate West
Carl Greene
Katherine Weider-Roos
Design
Carl Greene
Andrew Cohen
Katherine Weider-Roos
John Baird
Stamps Design Team
Marissa McClain
Colin Fulton
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