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 ...
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...
In his ArtCenter for Teens class "The Wonder of Photography: A Photo Workshop for Teens with Special Needs and Abilities," international photographer Stefan Studer will take students on a 10-week journey of self-expression and exploration within a relaxed and creative setting.
ALUMNA AND ARTIST MARTHA RICHCHANNELS HER RIGHTEOUS ANGER FOR GOOD My mind wanders yet holds on to things, reads Philadelphia-based artist and Illustration alumna and former faculty Martha Richs (BFA 00 Illustration) artist statement. It picks out what it wants randomly and saves it for later. My m...
To honor the memory of longtime faculty member Leah Toby Hoffmitz Milken and her transcendent typography, ArtCenter has established the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography to advance the research, teaching and understanding of letterform design and typography.
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Change Lab Episode 10: Yves Behar on Designing Technology for the Social Good Swiss-born entrepreneur and ArtCenter alum Yves Behar is the design worlds reigning rock star. His virtuoso career was built on his passion for using technology to advance sustainability and improve lives around the world...
ONE FOR THE ARTIST BOOKS: TOMES EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE MEDIUM On view at ArtCenters Williamson Gallery through December 15, Tomesfeatures 25 artist books from the 1970s and 80s which challenge the conventional definition of a book. Curated by John David OBrien and Piero Varron...
The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography: Two Years, Two Paths, One Destiny I was supposed to be a lawyer. A product of perhaps the best quality of public education, I excelled in school and finished my last semester of high school working as the executive intern for the mayor of New York City. I...
Designing Cars Fit for Bond, James Bond: Meet Automotive Designer Alex Alexiev ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Alex Alexiev(BS 12 Transportation Design) Designer,McLaren: I was working on the interior for the McLarens brand new car the 720S, which launched in Geneva. Currently, Im w...
BLUEPRINT FOR INNER BEAUTY: MEET ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNER ELISSA GEE ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Elissa Gee (MS 16 Environmental Design), Designer, Skidmore, Owings Merrill LLP: I'm helping with an office tower for San Francisco, a university building and an office lobby renovatio...
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Face Book for Dummies If you’ve seen photographs of Oprah Winfrey or covers of Rolling Stone, it’s safe to say you’ve seen Photography and Imaging alumnus Matthew Rolston’s work. His 2007 shoot with Michael Jackson is known as the singer’s “last sitting.&rdq...
Change Lab Podcast Featuring Mari Nakano, Social Impact Designer with the New York City Mayors Office Mari Nakano (MFA 10 Media Design Practices) is a social impact designer and ArtCenter alum deploying design problem solving to improve the lives of at-risk populations around the world. She was rec...
Change Lab Episode 32 Jessica Helfand on Redefining Design Ethics for the Digital Age Its not an overstatement to say that Jessica Helfand is a renaissance woman of the design world. She co-founded Design Observer, an authoritative digital publication on the state of visual culture and an oracle o...
Autonomous for the people: cars of the future will need to balance new features with safety Last week, Chevrolet announced that more than a dozen of its 2016 cars and trucks would be compatible with Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto, the tech giants’ competing in-dash inte...
Sole resistance: alumnus Aarish Netarwala broke the mold with his grit concept for adidas A strategic designer at BCG Digital Ventures in Los Angeles, alumnus Aarish Netarwala (MS 17 Industrial Design) spent the summer of his final year at ArtCenter in an Adidas Sponsored Project, where he and his ...
ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN ALUMNA FINDS CAREER PATH THROUGH ARTCENTER FOR TEENS When recent alumna and VR animation concept artist Christina K. Yang (BS 2017 Entertainment Design) was 10 years old, she started taking ArtCenter for Kids Figure Drawing classes. Raised in the San Gabriel Valley, Yang follow...
ArtCenter’s Chief Diversity Officer Aaron Bruce paves the way for change Every morning, when ArtCenter’s Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Aaron Bruce gets ready for work, he puts on a crisp shirt and suit, and a bow tie. Striped yellow and blue, or orange with white polka-dot...
Let’s Play Toy design for a new generation “The way I explain toy design to students is, don’t think about the toy as an object,” says Krystina Castella. For the past 24 years Castella has taught in both the Graduate Industrial Design (Grad ID) and the Product Design depart...
ALUMS USHER IN A NEW SP[A]CE FOR ART IN PASADENA Step into sp[a]ce on Walnut St. between Fair Oaks Ave. and Raymond Ave. and you’d be hard-pressed to remember that a Samy’s Camera retail store stood there just a few years ago. This past May, the Ayzenberg Group—founded by ArtCent...
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Power in Partnership: Industry Collaboration Prepares Students for Success The day Max Knecht pulled a squid, a walrus, a deer and a bunny out of a bright green vintage suitcase is the day he landed his first big deal as a designer. “It was a formal meeting in [Knock Knock company founder and...
[YOUR AD HERE]: ARTCENTER AT NIGHT’S INTRO TO ADVERTISING PREPARES STUDENTS FOR MUCH MORE “Just do it.” “Think different.” “Because you’re worth it.” You know those famous marketing taglines. How about creating one of your own? ArtCenter at Night's I...