Illustration alumnus and faculty member Bob Kato's Book, The Drawing Club, tells the story of this only-in-L.A. weekly gathering that brings together everything from master artists to students still learning the craft.
Bob Gurr proved himself an audacious futurist of uncommon ingenuity at the age of 20, authoring one of the first books on automotive design, How to Draw Cars of Tomorrow, shortly after graduating from ArtCenter in 1952.
Bob Gurr (BS 52 Transportation Design) has received the 2022 ArtCenter Alumni Award for Lifetime Achievement. The last original Disneyland Imagineer was instrumental in creating 100 magical Disney theme park attractions, worldwide, shaping the theme park experience and bringing joy to people of all ...
Board Chair Emeritus Bob Davidson on Rising Above Segregation through Persistence and Resistance
Advertising alum Bob Matsumoto’s journey from Manzanar to ArtCenter and a thriving career The first thing you see when entering Advertising alumnus Bob Matsumoto’s (BFA 1963) red brick house in Burbank is an enormous American flag pinned to an archway on the front porch. The flag was g...
This edition of the 4x4 Gallery features recent work by alumni whose contributions as design innovators span half a century. Yves Bhar Since forming San Francisco-based Fuseproject in 1999, Swiss-born multidisciplinary designer Yves Bhar (BFA 91 Product Design) has produced triumphs in efficiency...
Earths Mightiest Artists Meet the ArtCenter alumni at the center of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Over the past 11 years, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)the seemingly unstoppable series of 23 (and counting!) interconnected superhero films that began with 2008s Iron Manhave learned not ...
For novelist Aimee Bender, magic is not a limited resource.
Supercharged: How two former classmates are shaping the future of Tesla As we go to press, more than 276,000 people have placed preorders for a Tesla Model 3, the highly anticipated, all-electric vehicle with a 215-mile range and an accessible $35,000 price tag—the car Tesla’s CEO ...
For more than two decades, alum and Lucasfilm Concept Design Supervisor Christian Alzmann has created concept art for TV and films in the Star Wars universe.
In 1956, Japan invited ArtCenter to file a report on the state of the post-War nation's industrial design; shortly thereafter the country sent a handful of students to study at the College, including legendary designer Kenji Ekuan.
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2021+ 2022 Alumni Awards ArtCenter's Alummi Awards Ceremony "It's been about five years since we've had this ceremony, so this is an important evening to bring our community together, to unite us," said ArtCenter president Karen Hofmann in her opening remarks at ArtCenter’s Alumni Awards cer...
ARTCENTER’S THIRD ANNUAL DESIGN INVITATIONAL CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF THE COLLEGE'S WORLD-RENOWNED TRANSPORTATION DESIGN PROGRAM On Saturday, June 8, ArtCenter College of Design pulled out all the stops for "Beyond Supersonic," a celebration that marked the 20th anniversary of the College'...
Micah Williams is a video production professional who executes visual storytelling from conception to post-production, including editing, sound mixing and graphics animation.
Never Tell Her the Odds: Cinematographer and alumna Mego Lin excels in a male-dominated field Nobody ever seems to have told Graduate Film alumna Mego Lin the statistical chances of a woman’s making it as a cinematographer. In the 92-year history of the Academy Awards only one woman—Rac...
Hiroshi Sugimoto inspires at ArtCenter with micro-exhibition and intimate conversation The alum, recipient of ArtCenter’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award, was in conversation on campus, timed to an ArtCenter micro-exhibition of his legendary work “It’s preexisting—th...
How do we grasp David Bowie or Prince without their visual representations? Writer Scott Timberg explores the historical relationship between art, design and the music industry.
Graduate Art Chair Diana Thater's empathy for animals is on full display in LACMA's "Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination," an exhibition of video and film installations that dissects the knotty dynamic between humankind and wildlife.
"Beyond Supersonic" celebrated the 20th anniversary of South Campus by unveiling several new spaces, including the Mullin Transportation Design Center; a Design Invitational car show; an Art Market; panel discussions; and more.