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Art Center College of Design | Pasadena, California | Leading By Design

Business Dialogue Series

Our Business Dialogue Series introduces students to the diversity of opportunities available in the art and design fields.

Each term, we invite leaders of design firms and studios to come to campus to create awareness of their businesses, showcase their work and engage in conversation with students.

The give-and-take in these one-hour sessions exposes students to details about a variety of fields, to opportunities they didn’t know existed and to the expectations of employers.
 

Business Dialogue Participants

Participants have included:  

  • 180; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Abercrombie & Fitch; Columbus, Ohio
  • Adidas; Portland, Oregon
  • Airstream; Jackson Center, Ohio
  • American Greetings; Cleveland, Ohio
  • Anshen + Allen Architects; San Francisco, California
  • Apple; Cupertino, California
  • Applied Minds; Glendale, California
  • Aquarium of the Pacific; Long Beach, California
  • Aria Group; Irvine, California
  • Arnold; Boston, Massachusetts & New York, New York
  • ASC; Southgate, Michigan
  • Astro; Palo Alto, California
  • Avery Dennison; Pasadena, California
  • Big Stage; South Pasadena, California
  • Blind; Santa Monica, California
  • Boombang; Los Angeles, California
  • Boyd Communications; Los Angeles, California
  • Bradshaw International; Rancho Cucamonga, California
  • BRC Imagination Arts; Burbank, California
  • Callison Architecture; Seattle, Washington
  • Careers for Social Impact; Adlai Wertman
  • Cartoon Network; Atlanta, Georgia
  • Clean Agency; Pasadena, California
  • Clif Bar; Berkeley, California
  • Colors Materials & Trends Exploration Laboratory (CMTEL); Panel Discussion
  • Colourmovie; Los Angeles, California
  • Communication Arts; Boulder, Colorado
  • Concept Design Productions; Monrovia, California
  • Continuum; Boston, Massachusetts
  • Country Music Television; Nashville, Tennessee
  • Curry Design; Los Angeles, California
  • Dave Muyres — Sustainable Mobility; Los Angeles, California
  • David Shannon — Illustrator; Los Angeles, California
  • designafairs USA; Mountain View, California
  • Designworks/USA — a BMW Company; Newbury Park, California
  • Disney Consumer Products; Burbank, California
  • Display Boys; Irvine, California
  • DNA Studios; Los Angeles, California
  • Doremus; New York, New York
  • DreamWorks Animation; Glendale, California
  • DreamWorks SKG; Glendale, California
  • Edgar Arceneaux — Artist; Pasadena, California
  • Electronic Arts; Los Angeles, California
  • Estylo; Los Angeles, California
  • Fisker Coachbuild; Irvine, California
  • Fitch; Ohio & California
  • Ford Motor Co.; Irvine, California
  • Fox Networks; Los Angeles, California
  • Fox Sports; Los Angeles, California
  • Friend & Johnson; San Francisco, California
  • frogdesign; San Francisco, California & Seattle, Washington
  • Gad Shaanan Design; Montreal, Canada & San Diego, California
  • Gee + Chung Design; San Francisco, California
  • Gensler; Santa Monica, California
  • George P. Johnson Company; Torrance, California
  • Globo TV Networks; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • GOOD; West Hollywood, California
  • Ground Zero; Los Angeles, California
  • Guest Informant; Woodland Hills, California
  • Hallmark Cards; Kansas City, Missouri
  • Harcourt Brace; San Diego, California
  • Herbst Lazar Bell; Lake Forest, California & Chicago, Illinois
  • Hunt Design Associates; Pasadena, California
  • Hyperion Books for Children; New York, New York
  • Idealab; Pasadena, California
  • IDEO Product Development; San Francisco, California
  • Imaginary Forces; Hollywood, California
  • Industrial Light & Magic; San Rafael, California
  • Intervisual Books; Santa Monica, California
  • J.D. Power & Associates; Westlake Village, California
  • Jakob Trollback & Company; New York, New York
  • Jennifer Steinkamp — Artist; Los Angeles, California
  • JKL Components; Pasadena, California
  • Johnson Controls; Holland, Michigan
  • Johnson & Johnson; New York, New York
  • Keck-Craig; Pasadena, California
  • Kelton Research; Rochester, Minnesota
  • Klasky Csupo; Hollywood, California
  • Koplin Del Rio Gallery; Culver City, California
  • Landor Associates; Washington & California
  • LDM Technologies; Auburn Hills, Michigan
  • LeBasse Projects; Culver City, California
  • Lego Systems; Billund, Denmark
  • Los Angeles Magazine; Los Angeles, California
  • Louey/Rubino Design Group; Santa Monica, California
  • Lucasarts; San Francisco, California
  • Lucasfilm Animation; San Francisco, California
  • Lunar; Palo Alto, California
  • Mattel; El Segundo, California
  • MCG Architecture; Pasadena, California
  • Metadesign; San Francisco, California
  • Michael Osborne Design; San Francisco, California
  • Microsoft; Redmond, Washington
  • Movado Group; Paramus, New Jersey
  • MTV Networks; New York, New York
  • NBBJ; Marina del Rey, California
  • NBC Entertainment; Burbank, California
  • Nestle; Vevey, Switzerland
  • Net Impact; San Francisco, California
  • Neutrogena; Los Angeles, California
  • NFL Properties; New York, New York
  • Nike; Beaverton, Oregon
  • nonobject; Palo Alto, California
  • NSA; Fort Meade, Maryland
  • 02 Studios; Thousand Oaks, California
  • Oddworld Inhabitants; San Francisco, California
  • Patagonia; Ventura, California
  • Paul Keye & Partners; Los Angeles, California
  • PDI; Palo Alto, California
  • Pentagram; San Francisco, California
  • P&G (Procter & Gamble); Marysville, Ohio 
  • Pixar; Emeryville, California
  • Phuuz Entertainment; Universal City, California
  • Polaris industries; Medina, Minnesota
  • Professional Organizations (AIGA, APDA, IDSA, SEGD, SILA)
  • Razorfish; Los Angeles, California
  • Reebok; Stoughton, Massachusetts
  • Rhythm & Hues Studios; Los Angeles, California
  • RKS Design; Thousand Oaks, California
  • Roz Goldfarb Associates; New York, New York
  • RTKL Associates; Los Angeles, California
  • Saatchi & Saatchi LA; Los Angeles, California
  • Salomon Huerta — Artist; Los Angeles, California
  • Sherpa Technologies — Compulsion; Pacific Palisades, California
  • SHR Perceptual Management; Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Sid Lee; Montreal, Quebec
  • Smart Design; New York, New York
  • Social Entrepreneurship;  Mateo Neri & Bobby Chang
  • Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles
  • Sony Design Center; San Francisco, California
  • Sotto Studios; Los Angeles, California
  • Source; Chicago, Illinois
  • Storyboards; Venice, California
  • Target Corporation; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Target Stores; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • TBWA/Chiat/Day; Playa del Rey, California
  • Teague; Seattle, Washington
  • Teague Product Studio; Redmond, Washington
  • The Franklin Mint; Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
  • The_Groop; Los Angeles, California
  • The Hettema Group; Pasadena, California
  • The Phelps Group; Santa Monica, California
  • The Richards Group; Dallas, Texas
  • The Understanding Business; San Francisco, California
  • The Understanding Lab; New York, New York
  • Thomson Consumer Electronics; Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Tokyopop; Los Angeles, California
  • Tool of North America; Los Angeles, California
  • Troika Design Group; Hollywood, California
  • Turner Duckworth; San Francisco, California
  • Twisthink; Holland, Michigan
  • Universal Studios; Universal City, California
  • Virgin Records; Beverly Hills, California
  • VIVmag; Westlake Village, California
  • Vode; Sonoma, California
  • Volkswagen of America; Simi Valley, California
  • Walt Disney Feature Animation; California/Florida
  • Walt Disney Imagineering; Glendale, California
  • WEST: Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine; Los Angeles, California
  • West Office Exhibition Design; Oakland, California
  • WET Design; Sun Valley, California
  • Whiskytree; San Rafael, California
  • Wieden & Kennedy; Oregon & Japan
  • WongDoody; Culver City, California
  • Working in the Digital Space — The Insider's View; Panel Discussion
  • Young & Rubicam; New York, New York
  • Ziba Design; Portland Oregon

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