MBA, Cleveland State University; BA in Industrial Design, Central St. Martins, London, UK
Carla Blackman is a designer, artist and adjunct faculty at CIA. She is the founder and principal partner of Design Interface Inc., an award-winning design consultancy specializing in industrial, graphic, package and web design.
Carla has been a faculty member in the Industrial Design program at CIA since 1985. She graduated with a degree in Industrial Design from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London, England. She also holds an MBA in Marketing from Cleveland State University.
She received CIA's Dan Tranberg Excellence in Teaching Award in 2024.
Carla formerly led Urban Sketchers Cleveland, part of the worldwide Urban Sketchers. They hold sketch crawls once a month in different locations around Cleveland. She is also organizing the Regional Ohio Sketch Summit at CIA in 2026.
Work:
Areas of Specialization & Technical Knowledge: Ergonomics, Graphic Design, User Interface, Industrial Design, Drawing
Exhibitions:
- Part of exhibitions at Thrive Art Gallery
- Westlake Arts Council
- BayArts Juried Show
- CIA’s Faculty Show
- Judged the IDSA IDEA Awards, Reston,Virginia
Awards & Recognition: Dan Tranberg Excellence in Teaching Award in 2024
