CCA Architecture by Manual

The Architecture Division of the California College of the Arts (CCA) is an internationally recognised leader in architecture and interior design education. Its programs, which focus on digital technologies and material systems, design research and urban agency, were developed to prepare students for creative practice where material innovation and formal experimentation meet social engagement and cultural collaboration. CCA Architecture strives to develop the next generation of architects and designers, those who will go on to shape the future of the built environment.

American studio Manual worked with the college to develop a unifying graphic identity for the division, to differentiate it within an art college, and strengthen its wide ranging communication materials, those that are aimed at prospective international students, faculty members and visiting lecturers. Using a simple / motif, and employing a variety in its implementation, Manual find an interesting balance between the structural, the material and the digital across brochures, posters and wayfinding.