Storyboard: Bob Dirig It's the greatest job in the world Think of all the stuff you throw away each day. Almost all of it has no inherent value, right? Try telling that to an archivist. For instance, several years ago, the Library at ArtCenter College of Design received a substantial donation fr...
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
Entrepreneur Robert C. Davidson is a current member and Chair Emeritus of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
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...
Storyboard: Julian Ryder Coming full circle Ive heard that in life people can have one of three things: they can have a job, they can have a career or they can have a calling. Im very fortunate to have had all three. The journey has been long. The calling came late. It all started in high school ...
Storyboard: Tom Cordner The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection It may seem strange for an ArtCenter grad to admit that they havent always been a great student. In my case, though, it would be true. As a kid growing up in Baltimore, I found it damn near impossible to sit still and focus in a classro...
Storyboard: Tom Knechtel Life as a Theater Though Ive been a painter for most of my life, Ive long considered my body of work to be something akin to a theater company. Let me explain. When I was nine years old, my favorite thing in the world was to make stuffed animals. I made them for my friend...
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...
Storyboard: Jack Telnack A Ford Man When I was a kid, Dad used to take me to the Ford Rotunda in our hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. Being an autoholic from an early age, I remember when I first saw the 1941 Lincoln Continental on display. I was five at the time. The car was designed by Bob Gregor...
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 ...
Degree:BS 90Advertising Got milk? Nearly as ubiquitous as milk itself, this advertising slogan sparked countless parodies and imitations as well as a variety of licensing deals. Its not surprising that an ArtCenter grad was one of the key creators behind the Got Milk? campaigndirector, writer and cr...
Meet ArtCenter's multi-faceted, multi-talented Creative Direction alumni community of successful professionals ranging from copywriters to creative directors to commercial directors.
ArtCenter Alums Bob Gurr, De Liu and Azeez Alli-Balogun to Receive Alumni Awards for Their Transcendent Impact on Our Society on Multiple Fronts ArtCenter College of Design is pleased to announce the 16th Annual Alumni Award recipients, who will be honored on June 8th for their meaningful contribut...
Meet ArtCenter Trustee and Alum Steve Hitter (BS 69 Product Design)
ArtCenter College of Design is proud to present a one-day-only pop-up exhibition featuring the work of emerging artists and designers. Join one of the largest, most diverse pop-up exhibitions on the West Coast. For one day only, enjoy work in the fields of animation, art, film, furniture design, ga...
ArtCenter College of Design Students Push Creative Boundaries in Transportation Design Going beyond the tangible, beyond the logistics of the shape of sheet metal, the feel of fabrics and even the elegance of technology, transportation design students from ArtCenter College of Design in Southern C...
For novelist Aimee Bender, magic is not a limited resource.
Robert C. Davidson Appointed Chair Emeritus Recognizing 10 Years of Leadership Inclusion & Diversity Leader Michelle Gadsden-Williams and Google Executive Ivy Ross Join as New Board Members As part of a commitment to diversify and strengthen its governing leadership, ArtCenter College of...
A Collision of Image, Body, Art, Object, Fashion and Costume GARB, an art and sculpture exhibition featuring the collision of image, body, art, object, fashion and costume opened February 15, 2019 at ArtCenter College of Design’s Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery in Pasadena and continues ...
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 ...
Meet photography alum Amanda Greene (BFA 97 Photography)