CCA Fashion Design Program SF

01/20/2022

For the Spring 2022 Design Lecture Series we bring back over 15 CCA alumni (and one special guest – Andrew McLuhan) to share their design strategies and stories of success. Most of the events are structured as dialogues or conversations focused around the speaker’s lived experiences: being the first, or only, designer in an organization; pushing for sustainability as an interdisciplinary team at Nike; the reality of professional detours; building a new platform to grow digital connections and community; and designing for ambiguity, coziness and more.

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12/09/2021

🧵CCA Friends: you're invited to come check out two Fashion Design Reviews

🪡 Senior Thesis Review
Saturday, Dec. 11
10 - 4 PM

🪡 Junior Review
Monday, Dec. 13
2 - 7 PM

🪡Location:
Nave Building, Hallway, SF Campus

11/19/2021

When it comes to research, we always say "get off google". Senior Claire Mermelstein took it to the next level. Here she is in the storage archives of the California Academy of Sciences with curator Rachel Diaz-Bastin, learning about the exotic beetles which inspire her thesis collection.
We saw vintage jewelry made from beetle shells and butterfly wings as well as learned about the reasons why insects might have iridescent colors, vibrant patterns, or jewel tone bodies that look like a disco ball.
Fashion builds bridges between science and the arts. The shared enthusiasm for entomology is just one unique way that we can be reminded of our deep connection to the planet and how fashion needs to consider all life when designing new futures.🪲🌱

11/01/2021

This course examines a new creative domain, the intersection of design, fashion and biology. In the first part of the course you will explore the pattern-generating mechanisms that create much of what is commonly referred to as natural beauty. You will take a deep dive into these patterns, and come to understand them by playing with them, varying them, and adapting them. You will even use some of the very mechanisms life itself uses to make your own patterns.

In the second part of the course you will use living organisms to create novel patterns and textiles. You will work with these organisms to create something never before seen. These bio-patterns will then be deployed to create a form, textile or garment. The mode of deployment will be based on the mode of life of the organisms you have collaborated with.

Having built your skills, in the third part of the course you will set off on an independent path to create a unique piece that is evolved from living constituents, with an innovative work of design/fashion created with life itself. The course culminates with projects being submitted to the CCA Fashion BioDesign Challenge 2022. Previous Fashion Major Winner: 🪲

10/05/2021

🎉🤗🧸 Screening Partyyy!
Come to Nave Alcove and watch Sonia Martin Lecture together IN PERSON!!🪡

09/21/2021

09/18/2021

🌕 Sonia Martin, VP of will be holding a lecture on Oct. 14th as a part of Fall 2021 Design Lecture Series.

RSVP to reserve your spot!

This webinar will be held both online with in-person screening in Nave Alcove, SF Campus

🌕 Link in Bio - see you there!

05/19/2021

Credit: ‘Do You Miss Me?’ By Mooni Wang. Yes we do miss you Mooni. See: https://ccafashion.space/mooni.html

05/17/2021

Credit: ‘After Midnight’ by Robert Whitehurst....in the afternoon.

05/17/2021

Credit: Siti Li’s work: ‘Wild’ in Siti with Euphorbia. See more at CCAfashion.space to play and participate in this year’s CCA fashion experience.

05/17/2021

Photo credit: ‘She Wore a Paper Dress’ in our back yard. By Xiaomeng Li. CCA 2021 fashion experience at CCAfashion.space.

05/15/2021

Some of the VR rooms to explore on our website! Go to the link in our bio on desktop to interact and play with our spaces!

Our CCA 2021 FASHION EXPERIENCE: UN-SETTLED is live! Go to CCAfashion.space and remember to use the VR option on the bottom right corner. Desktop is ideal for viewing and playing with our 3d models and spaces. The pandemic has forced innovation we could not have imagined, we are so proud of everyone involved and their hard work.