Matt Clayson
Executive Director
Detroit Creative Corridor Center
Matt Clayson is the Executive Director of the Detroit Creative Corridor Center at the College for Creative Studies and Business Leaders for Michigan. He is one of the drafters of the Detroit Declaration, the former founding Chair of United Way Leadership Next and a founding member of Michigan Children’s Leadership Council. He has served on various advisory boards and taskforces, including the 2009 Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Mackinac Advisory Committee, the Detroit Renaissance “Road to Renaissance” creative economy work group, The “Michigan’s Defining Moment” campaign of the Center for Michigan, the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit Synergy and the Detroit Yacht Club. A licensed attorney, Clayson managed promotion/marketing/privacy legal compliance for a portfolio of Fortune 500 clients while at Michigan-based ePrize.
Cities of Design: Global Perspectives
Cities are beginning to embrace the role designers play in improving civic identity, delivery of service systems and quality of life. International models abound, and are beginning to make tangible impact. US cities are beginning to take note, and are launching initiatives to better engage designers in civic decisions and planning. Through a survey of tested international best practices and emerging US-based models, this session will explore how designers are leading processes and driving solutions that result in human-centered cities with strong senses of identities and resilient economies.
