Advertising & Graphic Design

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CCAD alum Derek Fansler (Fine Arts, 1995) is the winner of Columbus College of Art & Design’s 2016 Joseph V. Canzani Alumni Award for Excellence. He’ll be honored this spring, when he will also spend time with current CCAD students.

Lori Sayre (Advertising & Graphic Design, 1985) beams with pride in her praise for the team she leads as SVP Group Creative Director at GSW, a global advertising agency specializing in healthcare. “I'm really proud of this team,” she said from her office in Worthington, just north of Columbus. “We've got national Addy awards, we've got people winning Emmys.”

In his current role as executive creative director at the Chicago-based agency 88 Brands Partners, Joe Popa knows one thing the instant he sees a resume from a graduate of Columbus College of Art & Design. He knows that candidate has one trait that gives them “permanent relevance.”

James Browning Jr. — call him Jim — has long had big dreams about working with big brands in a big playground of ideas. His career path, from creative director at Interbrand to CEO and chief creative officer at Marsh Branding Partners, started at Columbus College of Art & Design.

Fifteen years ago, two friends — Nand Dussault and Andy Hayes (Advertising & Graphic Design, Class of 2001) — collaborated on a piece for the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts to promote a visiting speaker and graphic designer, Chip Kidd. Now, Nand and Andy have reunited to work on another project in honor of the designer that inspired them both.

We sat down with Nand and Andy to talk about the iconic designer that influenced them in their youth.

Go ahead — try to keep up with Nathan Thornton’s mind and mouth. (You can if you take his class at Columbus College of Art & Design.) He’s a creative who runs a mile a minute. We managed to slow him down long enough to get some insight about why CCAD grads are a hot commodity at Columbus’ own Ologie, the branding, marketing, and digital agency where he’s the executive creative director.