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Graduate: Color & Materials Design: Images & Videos

This guide is designed to steer Color & Materials Design students to Library resources that pertain specifically to their concentrations.

CCS Image Collection

Luna is the image database for CCS; below are links for image groups that highlight the use of color and form (CCS credentials required). 

Color 
Color Theory
Josef Albers
Foundation: 2D Design
Texture

Training & Software

LinkedIn Creative Library - This site offers educational videos covering a range of topics including graphic design, UX, video, photography, 3D, audio and music, architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and more (CCS credentials required).

Gnomon Workshop - This resource offers training videos from over sixty instructors on a diverse range of tools, software, and media including design, drawing, sculpture, painting, modeling, texturing, animation, effects, and compositing (CCS credentials required).

AutoDesk - CCS community members can create a free account and gain access to software programs such as Inventor, Autocad, Maya, 3D Max, Tinkercad, and more. Go to Login at the top and follow the directions (CCS credentials required).

Library DVD Collection

CCS Woodward Lecture Series - Since 1998, this lecture series has brought artists, critics, and scholars to CCS; recordings may be viewed in the Library (ask at the desk).

CCS Toyota Lecture Series - This lecture series brings prominent designers and scholars in all fields of design to CCS; recordings may be viewed in the Library (ask at the desk).

College for Creative Studies website