ArtCenter's tightly-knit community of Spatial Experience Designers encompasses leaders the fields of spatial design, store design, interior design, vehicle interiors and furniture design, among many others.
The challenges facing the transportation and automotive industries present tremendous opportunities for our students.
Surface Design Track Hone your skills in textile design and graphic illustrated imagery as applied to a range of products — from soft goods, to interior design, to the fashion and gift markets. Methods and materials center on our responsibility to design for sustainability, including using n...
Embedded Interactions is a four-week intensive studio, where students design and build prototypes that utilize a mix of working systems, wizard-of-ozing, and video simulations.
Notable Transportation Design Alumni from around the world.
ArtCenter’s emphasis on spatial experiences produces leaders in the area of interior/exterior living component design. We look at spatial experience as scenography—the staging of spaces. ArtCenter’s faculty provide a rich and diverse educational experience that elevates students t...
Students who complete the course of study in Transportation Design at ArtCenter graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree.
ArtCenter’s emphasis on sensorial experiences equips our alumni to become leaders in the areas of spatial design and interior/exterior living component design. A major reason young designers seek a graduate education is that the world is changing at an alarming pace, as are the creative...
ArtCenter offers six Illustration tracks: Entertainment Arts, Entertainment Arts Consumer Product, Fine Art Painting, Illustration Design, Motion Design, Surface Design.
In this senior level studio course, students will continue to build upon the skills and concepts developed in earlier studio courses.
Every space you enter is a scene—an opportunity to tell stories, engage emotions, and establish dynamics of the environment. By studying scenography, “the staging of spaces,” you will enhance your ability to make meaningful connections in all that you design. ArtCenter’s spat...
Students who complete the course of study in Spatial Experience Design at ArtCenter graduate with a top rated Bachelor of Science degree.
Learn to apply user experience-based design toward creating spaces that engage and delight the senses.
Not since the birth of the automobile has the transportation industry seen such rapid change—and with these changes come great opportunities for designers. As a student in ArtCenter's transportation design program, you’ll study the history and technologies that got us where we are today ...
Create immersive worlds as a visual storyteller through the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration program at ArtCenter. Modern imagery involves problem-solving, conceptualizing, and multifunctional artistic capabilities—all skills you’ll grow and develop alongside your ideas and philosop...
Earn your Master of Science in Spatial Experience Design at ArtCenter. Explore story-driven, inclusive, and innovative spatial design to create meaningful and transformative environments. Specialize in empathy-driven design leadership.
ArtCenter Transportation Systems and Design graduates go on to exciting, disruptive careers in public transit, urban planning, automotive concept design and transportation product strategy.
In this project-driven Illustration course, students communicated and connected directly with luxury brand Neiman Marcus to design store window displays.
Program Learning Outcomes Mission Statement The undergrad program in Spatial Experience Design (BS) prepares students to design impactful environments across a range of scales: from objects and furniture to immersive spaces and urban experiences. We approach spatial design as a holistic practice, ...
Shape the future of mobility with a Master of Science in Transportation Systems and Design at ArtCenter. Explore sustainable, innovative, and user-focused solutions in automotive design, urban planning, and transit systems. Join a program at the forefront of global transportation challenges.
Elevate your career in design with the ArtCenter MS in Furniture, Lighting & Fixtures Design. Gain expertise in manufacturing, sustainability, market strategy, and innovative design to shape the spaces where we live, work, and play.