An Eclectic Mind: Meet Writer, Photographer Jerry Vass AC: What's an important lesson you learned from ArtCenter?Jerry Vass (62 Photography): In my photography career, I converted words to images. I learned the basics of those skills at ArtCenter, which gave me a knowledge platform to learn the oth...
At TEDGlobal, Media Design Practices alumna An Xiao Mina shared how people around the world are transforming memes into a 21st century equivalent of street art to speak out on controversial issues ranging from Ai Weiwei to Trayvon Martin.
Its An Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World: Meet Art Director Debbie Pan ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Debbie Pan(BFA 16 Advertising),Junior Art Director, Droga5: Personally, Ive been getting back into 35MM film, shooting more photos of people and places around New York. Ive also been working on ...
An Entertainment Design Student's Guided Tour of the Emotions and Experiences Animating his Sketchbook I was always drawing as a kid. I mean, what child wasn't? It was mostly stick figures, cards for my family and doodles that got far more praise than they deserved. I was afraid to really express m...
Through trial by fire, students in Advertising Department Chair Gary Goldsmith's "Crashvertising" course learn that today's creatives have little time to luxuriate over their concepts before a client reviews them.
ArtCenter alumnus Jeremiah Baker (08 Product Design) has designed products for leading consumer electronics brands like Logitech, Samsung and Google, as well as for his own company, Normal Objects, a company dedicated to small-batch production of limited objects for a minimalist lifestyle. Yet, as a...
Sharon Lockhart and Frances Stark Solidarity forever: Renowned MFA alums revisit an iconic portrait In 1997, when Sharon Lockhart, Frances Stark and Laura Owens posed in sack-dresses that collectively spelled out the California Republic state flag, the artists main intention was to present a unite...
Down to a Science: Charles Mauro's expertise in neuroscience-based design research dates back to his ArtCenter education In the not too distant future, neuroscience and design patent law will completely transform the world of design, says alumnus Charles Mauro (BS 71 Product Design), president and ...
ArtCenter President Lorne Buchman in conversation with ArtCenter Provost and President-elect, Karen Hofmann. Tune in!
For his second career, alum Wing Chan weaves an urban tapestry After graduating from ArtCenter, Hong Kong-born Wing Chan (BFA 85 Graphic Design) ran a design firm in New York’s West Village for more than 15 years, with clients including American Express Private Bank and Standard Chartered Pri...
Why AxS Episode 1 Rosetta Mission: How an illustrator helped NASA-JPL land on a comet Welcome to the Why AxS, ArtCenter’s podcast featuring brilliant scientific and artistic minds ponder the big why's that come with being a tiny part of this universe. Our first episode, How to Land on a Com...
On Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14, The Antiracist Classroom, a student-led organization at ArtCenter College of Design, will host the two-day convening Reconstructing Practice. Participants will explore the ways artists, designers and technologists approach and enact anti-racist practices in ...
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Alumnus Joe Doucet's Sotera Advanced Helmet uses an LED lighting panel and accelerometers to make motorcyclists more visible to drivers.
Edgar Arceneaux is an LA-based contemporary artist and ArtCenter alum whose creative practice dwells in the awe and mystery in life.
Spring 2023 Student Leadership Award winner Keerthana Menon created an inclusive and collaborative environment at ArtCenter for other graduate students.
Tyrone Drake is a design educator, graphic design professional and an associate professor at ArtCenter.
Entertainment Design alum Lizzie Nichols helped The Mitchells vs. The Machines become the first animated film with an openly gay lead character.
Occidental College President Harry Elam on being an outsider changing the system from the inside
Meet Modern Love Illustrator and ArtCenter Faculty Brian Rea How does an illustrator make our internal experiences of love and loss visible? It's a riddle that Illustration faculty member grapples with every week in his playful drawings featured within each installation of the New York Times' popul...
How did Film alumnus Saman Kesh turn an assignment in Taiwan to create a video promoting a fantasy MMO into an action-packed, anime-inspired science fiction short which he'll soon be expanding and directing for 21st Century Fox?
Serving the client and the muse, two creative minds thrive in advertising while finding an extra measure of freedom in their own work.
In the ArtCenter Extension course Head and Hands, students ground their observational powers through an understanding of the planes of the head and anatomy.
Meet IllustrationCristina Wilson Cristina channels her quirky sense of humor, idiosyncratic approach to creativity and passionate positivity into the unique voice she's developing as an ArtCenter Illustration student. You could do a lot with the knowledge you get here. Cristina Wilson
From ArtCenter to Nissan: Meet Senior Exterior Designer Daniel Jimenez Two days after graduating from ArtCenter with a degree in Transportation Design, Daniel Jimenez started a full-time job designing exteriors at Nissan. The work, he says, requires him to be a "professional dreamer" who predicts t...