Course General Description

Combine design and business to solve today's most pressing problems. From healthcare to retail, technology to transportation, social issues to issues of economy — any complex thing is bound to be, well, complicated. But no matter what industry or inequity the problem stems from, design thinking gives us a place to start uncovering answers. The way design methodologies creatively frame and solve problems is the key to dismantling and decoding them. Integrative Design blends many new ways of thinking — design thinking, systems thinking, future thinking, to name a few — with new ways of designing — experience design, strategic design, service design, business design — while keeping holistic, human values front and center.

School General Description

CCAD teaches undergraduate and graduate students in the midst of a thriving artistic community in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1879, CCAD is one of the oldest private, nonprofit art and design colleges in the United States and, in 2019, the college is celebrating 140 years of creative excellence. CCAD offers 12 BFA programs and two master’s programs in art and design that produce graduates equipped to shape culture and business at the highest level. CCAD fosters a community that educates diverse students so they can unleash their creative power to shape culture and commerce.