C o l l a b o r a t e
S a v a n n a h C o l l e g e o f
A r t a n d D e s i g n
A F E W Y E A R S A G O , S A V A N N A H
C o ll e g e o f A r t a n d D e s i g n d i d
a s e l f - s t u d y t o d e t e r m i n e w h i c h
o f it s s t r e n g t h s d e s e r v e d m o r e
f o c u s . O v e r w h e l m i n g l y , t h e
s c h o o l c o m m u n i t y c h o s e c o l -
l a b o r a t i o n a s k e y t o i t s m i s s i o n
o f p r e p a r i n g s t u d e n t s f o r c r e -
a t i v e c a r e e r s . T h e r e s u l t , t h e
C o l l a b o r a t i v e L e a r n i n g C e n t e r ,
o p e n e d o n t h e G e o r g i a c a m p u s
ІП
2010.
T h r o u g h t h e c e n t e r , s t u -
d e n t s f r o m S C A D ’s 4 0 - p lu s
a r e a s o f s t u d y a r e t e a m e d u p
a n d p u t t o w o r k f o r a c o r p o r a -
t i o n - B e n e t t o n , V T e c h , a n d
K i d s I I a r e a m o n g t h o s e t h a t
h a v e t a k e n p a r t - t o d e s i g n a
p r o d u c t o r s t r a t e g y . A l o n g t h e
w a y , t h e y ’r e t r a i n e d i n t h e f in e
a r t o f w o r k i n g w i t h o t h e r s .
“ W e c a ll i t ‘c o o r d i n a t e d f r i c -
t i o n , ’ w h e r e w e b r i n g in p e o p l e
w i t h m u l t i p l e v i e w p o i n t s a n d
e n c o u r a g e t h e m t o e x p r e s s t h e i r
o p i n i o n s o n h o w t o s o l v e a
p r o b l e m , ” s a y s J o s h L i n d , t h e
B e n e t t o n t e a m
Above: SCAD students
from a variety of depart-
ments share ideas with
Benetton U SA president
Carlo Tunioli (far right).
c e n t e r ’s c r e a t i v e d i r e c t o r a n d
a S C A D g r a d h i m s e l f . “ I n t h a t
w a y , s p a r k s f ly f a s t e r . I d e a s
s t a r t t o f o r m i n a w a y t h a t ’s
o r g a n i c a n d c r e a t e s f o r w a r d
p r o g r e s s , t o w a r d a f u l l , c o h e -
s i v e , a n d i n n o v a t i v e c o n c e p t . ”
T o b e s u r e , a S C A D e d u c a -
t i o n is s til l a b o u t c u l t i v a t i n g
o n e ’s o w n a r t i s t i c v i s i o n .
“ T h e r e ’s a b a l a n c e o f b r i n g i n g
t h a t i n d i v i d u a l e x p r e s s i o n i n t o
T h e L i m i t e d t e a m
Above: Executives from
The Limited review
student designs, some
of which were released
in stores and online
in October.
J o s h L i n d
Left: Collaborative
Learning Center cre-
ative director Josh Lind
encourages students to
find their ideas every-
where, working across
disciplines on projects
in the community.
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