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To recognize The Columbus College of Art and Design during National Design Week, October 15 to October 21, 2006.
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WHEREAS, National Design Week provides the community with an opportunity to honor the projects and people who demonstrate the power of design to shape communities and affect positive change for our world, and to encourage future generations to think more critically about their world and how they can use design to improve it; and
WHEREAS, The Columbus College of Art and Design is one of the largest and oldest private art colleges in the United States, and is recognized as a leader in visual arts and design education and as a resource for artists and the Central Ohio community; and
WHEREAS, Industrial Designers use innovation, imagination and technical skills to make many things in our world better; and
WHEREAS, Interior Designers create the environments where we work, live and play; and
WHEREAS, Fashion Designers work to achieve a balance of trend setting innovation and an intelligent sense of style; and
WHEREAS, Advertising & Graphic Designers are sensitive to contemporary images, alert to design history, and able to create work that is clear, aesthetically appealing and persuasive; and
WHEREAS, More than 1300 students from 40 states and 30 foreign countries are enrolled in CCAD's four-year programs of study that includes majors in Industrial Design, Interior Design, Fashion Design and Advertising and Graphic Design.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize Columbus College of Art and Design - a creative force in Central Ohio and the world - as CCAD, and its faculty, staff and students celebrate National Design Week 2006 and continue to make Columbus one of the most beautiful places in the world to live.