Investigative Studios are required studios within the Industrial Design Program that are also open to students in other majors. Investigative studios are taken in any order. Content, structure, and focus of these studios varies from semester to semester. Students can sign up for the studios that best fit their schedules and interests.Section Description:Students wishing to register for this course need to first obtain instructor approval by emailing the instructor (instructor emails are listed with a more detailed program description in portal: cca.edu/abroad). Once a student is approved, registration must be done in person at the Student Records Office on either campus. Open to undergraduate and graduate design students, this summer studio forms a team to research and design the transportation “experience” for a diverse set of stakeholders, while exploring the European design capital of Amsterdam. Investigating the fascinating history of this charming city, we delve into how residents have created a unique and symbiotic transportation system that meets the daily needs of almost a million people. We also.
 
Numerous studio visits and opportunities to interact with the local Dutch design community are scheduled, including Lily Kolle (Raft Collective, CCA alumna), Scott Summit (3D Systems, Scott Summit Design), Gray Holland (UX-Flo, Frog Design, Alchemy, former CCA faculty), William Myers (Guest curator at RISD and author of Bioart and Biodesign), and Mark Fonds (Infomatt).
 
Students have access to 200 museums in Amsterdam including the Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, Staedelijk Museum (modern design collection), The Amsterdam Museum, Teylors Museum (Haarlem), and many others. As yet unconfirmed are visits to Studio Drift, MX3D, Van Moof, Mokumono, and Raft Collective. 

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