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CCA Interior Design student reimagines food systems in winning project at 2025 WANTED Schools Workshop

July 14, 2025

Gabriela Mierkalne (BFA Interior Design 2026) and her teammates won the Workshop with their project, Re-compost, which reimagines New York's composting system to make it truly circular.

Re-compost, the ICFF WANTED Design Schools Workshop's winning project.

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Alum Lily Chinn redefines mobility at the 2024 WANTED Schools Workshop

Industrial Design alum Lily Chinn and her teammates won the Workshop with their project SYMBIONE, which explores the concept of migration as a form of mobility.

In the oval dining room nests a Julian Chichester table, custom Black Label Home chairs in Schumacher velvet and a custom rug by Ombre. The walls are painted Farrow and Ball’s Hague Blue, while the chandelier by Galerie Philia descends from a gold leaf painted ceiling by David Bonk.

CCA alum Elena Calabrese reaches new heights with interior design

Elena Calabrese (BFA Jewelry & Metal Arts 1995) pivoted creative lanes from accessory design to interior design, and founded her successful studio Elena Calabrese Design & Decor based in Sausalito, CA.

Photograph of MFA in Design student Sarah Bonnickson as she demonstrates her drawing machine.

MFA Design launches the Design Futures Lab

Led by Assistant Chair Sara Dean, the Design Futures Lab provides students with the resources they need to practice speculative design and propose alternate futures.