Award-winning Graphic Design alumnus Mike Abbink, creator of the FF Kievit typeface featured on Dot magazine's spring 2015 cover, talks about his love for typography.
The educational innovators behind lynda.com and The Skool, and the booming business of online learning Were in the infancy of this industry, and theres a lot of room for a lot of different angles on how to attack the problem of teaching online. Lynda Weinman The pioneers Forbes magazine ...
ArtCenter president Lorne Buchman speaks with musician/artist alum Mike Shinoda.
Revisiting Radical Chic: Meet Art Director Mike Diehl ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Mike Diehl (BA Advertising 73) graphic designer/art director: A host of wonderful projects: a brand identity for a solar-power company in Hawaii, a logo for a nonprofit music organization, plus some ...
Zen And The Art of Handcrafted Notebooks: Meet Product Designer Mike Abelson ArtCenter: How do you define success? Mike Abelson(BS 97 Product Design),Postalco: Aligning what you say you are doing, and what you are actually doing. AC: Of all the items youve designed, what is your favorite? MA:The...
Postalco: Mike Abelson + Yuri Abelson Shimizu The alumni-founded Tokyo-based design brand creates products that include clothes that mirror the skin’s natural flexibility What if our clothes could move with us, and not against us? That question led alumni couple Mike Ab...
DREAM DEFERRED: FINE ART ALUM MIKE SAIJO'S WORK FEATURED IN EXHIBITION ON INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WWII What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore—And then run? On a recent day, Fine Art alum Mike Saijo stands and reads out-lo...
4x4 Gallery: Alumni who make art into ritual, ritual into art Lisa Park Her own brainwaves serve as creative muse and medium for Lisa Park (BFA 09 Fine Art). Splitting her time between Seoul and New York City, the artist works with biofeedback technology to create performance art pieces involving...
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...
Special Guests Perhaps even more impressive than the one-of-a-kind vehicles on display at Car Classic is our s who of special guests, which include some of the most well-known designers, influencers and collectors in the world of transportation. Guest Speakers Chip Foose, Co-founder Foose Desig...
Sharon Lockhart and Frances Stark Solidarity forever: Renowned MFA alums revisit an iconic portrait In 1997, when Sharon Lockhart, Frances Stark and Laura Owens posed in sack-dresses that collectively spelled out the California Republic state flag, the artists main intention was to present a unite...
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 ...
BRAVE AND THE BOLD: SURVIOS AND HEARTSMINDS LEADERS TO DISCUSS SECRETS OF CONNECTING In an increasingly noisy world of advertising and marketingfull of hashtags, sponsored lenses and, yes, good old-fashioned word of mouthhow do creatives find the audiences they need to build their brand? Thats one ...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 1: Lynda Weinman on Taking Arts Education Online In the debut episode of ArtCenter’s Change Lab podcast, President Lorne Buchman interviews Lynda Weinman, who partnered with her husband, ArtCenter alum Bruce Heavin, to found Lynda.com in 1995. What began as a m...
The third issue of ArtCenter On features stories on Fuseproject founder and CEO Yves Behar; Latina/e/o/x entrepreneurs in Southern California; a roundtable discussion on entrepreneurship with members of the ArtCenter community; and more.
Shooting for the Sky: Williamson Gallery Exhibition Focuses on Humanity's Shifting Understanding of the Heavens NOTE: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, SKY is not currently available for viewing. We hope, however, that you enjoy this essaywith accompanying imageryby the exhibitions curator. An i...
This 4x4 gallery features work by ArtCenter alumni in which vivid fashion is inspiration, an abandoned house oozes the blues, music and lights blend into a higher plane of existence and drawings set the stage for paintings both modernist and abstract.
2021 Alumni Awards Bruce Heavin, Outstanding Service Award "Giving to ArtCenter is the gift that keeps on giving," says Bruce Heavin (BFA 93 Illustration). "Generosity is not just about money. You could be generous with your time, your empathy." Heavin and his wife Lynda Weinm...
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.
ARTCENTER’S CHANGE LAB PODCAST HOSTED BY PRESIDENT EMERITUS LORNE BUCHMAN EXPLORES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CREATIVITY How do artists and designers look at the world starting in childhood? What did they do creatively? How did they feel? Where did those experiences take them in their career...
Alum Don Burgess, whose film credits include Forrest Gump and Spider-Man, wins American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award
About Dot Magazine ArtCenter is a community of bold imagination and innovative spirit, and the creative contributions of our alumni, faculty, students and supporters inspire pride and energize our growth. As the College’s flagship publication, Dot magazine explores and celebrates their far-re...
Outsider Art Esther Pearl Watson (BFA 95) “This is going to be the best summer ever…I know my hot guy is sitting on a couch or mat and wondering if some fine lady is dreaming about him,” muses Tammy Pierce, the unlucky underdog of Unlovable, a graphic novel series by Illustratio...
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.
Dan Brodnitz on democratizing education at LinkedIn Learning