Storyboard: Frank Lanza Making sense of the gifts Ive been given There werent many distractions when I was a kid. There was no television, no internet. At the most, my friends and I would listen to serials on the radio. Of course, we had plenty of time on our hands. Invariably, I would end up ask...
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: Mike Shinoda Carving our own lane A few years ago, I discovered a book which has since become a favorite. Its called Category of One by Joe Calloway. To paraphrase, the theme is: dont be the best one in your lane. Be the only one in your lane. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with vid...
Storyboard: Jahee Kim Lee An Invisible Support System as a Way of Teaching I was born into an old-fashioned Korean family. My father was a pastor and my mother was a social worker. My mother wore traditional Korean clothing called and was determined to only wear grey and beige Hanbok, to honor th...
Storyboard: Pearlyn Lii What do people do in difficult times? They invent their way out of it. My parents grew up in a very rural, underdeveloped part of South China. In fact, they even met in the same village. They were young and in love, though there was always the question of where the next mea...
The Earth From Space: Josh Willis CuratorJay Belloli interviews Josh Willis, Oceanographer, NASA, JPL, Caltech. Jay Belloli: Josh, how did you become interested in studying oceanography?Josh Willis: Well I failed out of physics. I was planning to get a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Califor...
The Earth From Space: Derek Posselt CuratorJay Belloli interviewsDerek Posselt,Atmospheric Physics and Weather Group, Earth Sciences Section, NASA, JPL, Caltech. Jay Belloli: How did you become interested in atmospheric science?Derek Posselt: Ive always been interested in science from a very young...
What's the connection between the personal and the universal? Between art and science? In SKY Stories: Cosmologists Occupy an Art Space, three cosmologists immerse themselves in SKY, a virtual and physical exhibition in ArtCenter's Williamson Gallery. In the following series of three videos, the exh...
Storyboard: Tracy Wong Scared out of my wits The catalog scared me. The student gallery scared me. The lingering nightmare of not getting in and spending my entire career working a high-speed copier at Kinkos scared me. Being surrounded by the most gifted art and design students in the world that...
Storyboard: Peter Miller My strange relationship with structure I grew up enamored with science. I got my first surfboard when I was nine years old, and let it be known that marine biology became my favorite class in middle school. I was fascinated by the empirical nature of the sciences: the nuts...
Storyboard: Jo Ann Shimizu Stabile A reverie on becoming me I was born and raised in Tokyo. My work has brought me all over the globe, though I currently reside in Oakland, California. I suppose what you may be asking yourself is how I ended up at ArtCenter. When I was still in Tokyo, my dad wou...
Storyboard: Maria Rendn Why am I me? I used to ask my mother, Why am I me? Even as a child, this strange, existential question ate at me. Throughout my creative path, Ive continually asked myself, am I a craftswoman? An illustrator? An artist? I was born and raised in Mexico City. As a kid, my sc...
Storyboard: Patrick Nguyen Where I found my creative community My dad and I share a troublemaking spirit. Were both stubborn. Were both interested in the of life, as in: Why are we bound to this creative path? So, I was a creative kid. Oddly enough, I also happened to excel most in my math class...
Storyboard: Carla Figueroa Pushing beyond limits I cant imagine my life without ArtCenter. I started in Saturday High; earned an undergraduate degree in Graphics/Packaging at ArtCenter, including one semester at ArtCenter Europe; was awarded ninth-term honors; worked in the Colleges design office ...
Storyboard: Richard Holbrook How I went from being practically unemployable to being my business I would be the first to tell you that my path to ArtCenter wasnt exactly well-considered. I grew up in a blue-collar family in Orange County. True to my SoCal roots, surfing, motorcycles and cars were...
Storyboard: Shiro Nakamura Note Perfect: The Harmony of Car Design Though many know me as a man who designs cars, it is also true that I possess a deep and lifelong love for music. Music and design are more similar than many people may realize. The improvisational creation of jazz is akin to the ...
Storyboard: Frank Nuovo The Beat Goes On Some folks come to the creative path later in life. I knew that this path was the one for me as soon as I was old enough to draw a picture. I was born in Monterey, California: a place where all you needed to do to get inspired was take a walk to the neares...
Storyboard: Brad Kappel Creativity in motion When I was a kid, my dad was a commercial pilot for American Airlines. I was young and hyperactive with too many ideas bouncing around in my head. To keep me busy, my dad made sure that I knew the models of every airplane he ever flew. This was the firs...
Storyboard: Nolen Niu A jones for furniture I like to tell people that I furniture when I first visited Europe. Of course, theres a considerable divergence between American and European design. American furniture places a great deal of emphasis on comfort and practicality, whereas Europeans are ...
Storyboard: Clement Mok Junkie for change I have a confession to make. Im a junkie for change. In the forty years of my professional career, Ive changed career paths like a model changes outfits in a fashion show. Some people call this A.D.D. I like to think of it as making the most of my creativ...
Storyboard: Dave Marek The four-year old that caught the car I have a little thing I call the ten-second rule. I didnt invent this concept, but I try to adhere to it most of the time. The ten-second rule dictates that a customer generally knows within ten seconds whether or not they like somethin...
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 ...
Christina Yang I owe it all to my dad, the old-school ArtCenter grad When I was a kid, my dad worked in animation. He would bring home samples of art from his workplace and I couldnt get enough of what he was showing me. Among the things he shared with me were character animation tests, samples of...
Storyboard: Betsy Everitt Glimpsing Through the Keyhole As a child, I was constantly making things. I loved to sew, cook and draw. Growing up, creation was a constant presence in our house. My dad was a designer who attended ArtCenter back when it was still located on 3rd Street. He was one of th...
Storyboard: Chris Hacker Design Across Generations It took me a long time to realize that it was my destiny to become a teacher. As an adult designer, I realized one day there had been some basic things missing in my own education. I felt compelled to go back to the drawing board and help others ...