For more than two decades, alum and Lucasfilm Concept Design Supervisor Christian Alzmann has created concept art for TV and films in the Star Wars universe.
Shooting Star Star Foreman (BFA 08) Los Angeles photographer Star Foreman’s vibrant, campy tableaux have defined publications such as LA Weekly and Pasadena Magazine. Her family history proved pivotal in getting her very first gig with LA Weekly. Creative director Darrick Rainer liked Forem...
RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS) ALUMNA NATALIE CANDRIAN SPRINTS TO THE TOP AS HEAD OF PRODUCT DESIGN FOR SAYSH, OLYMPIC TRACK STAR ALLYSON FELIX'S WOMAN-CENTRIC LIFESTYLE BRAND In the two decades during which alumna Natalie Candrian (BS 98 Product Design) has designed athletic footwear, apparel and accessor...
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 ...
REPRESENT: Powerin Color Many artists and designers grapple with questions of identity. For artists and designers of color, these questions often take on additional layers of complexity. Last term, more than 20 ArtCenter students and alumni contributed work to Represent: Power in Color, a one-day e...
American Godsproduction designer Patti Podesta on bone orchards, doors of heaven, andteaching at ArtCenter She styled the Ambassador Hotel setting where Robert F. Kennedy was shot for bio-pic Bobby, designed CIA offices for Emmy-winning Homeland and most recently built a full-sized Viking ship in T...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 31 Ini Archibong on designing to spark wonder Ini Archibong is a luxury goods designer. He is also a furniture and immersive experience designer as well as an ArtCenter alum. He is all these things and yet this description remains inadequate. So heres how to explains wha...
Alpha Betterer: Meet Illustrator, Writer Stefan G. Bucher ArtCenter: How would you define your personal brand or graphic identity?Stefan G. Bucher (BFA Advertising 96) designer, illustrator, writer: Im a landscape architect of graphic design and illustration. I create delightful places for your min...
Shooting for the Sky: Williamson Gallery Exhibition Focuses on Humanity's Shifting Understanding of the Heavens NOTE: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, SKY is not currently available for viewing. We hope, however, that you enjoy this essaywith accompanying imageryby the exhibitions curator. An i...
Change Lab Episode 10: Yves Behar on Designing Technology for the Social Good Swiss-born entrepreneur and ArtCenter alum Yves Behar is the design worlds reigning rock star. His virtuoso career was built on his passion for using technology to advance sustainability and improve lives around the world...
It All Ads Up: Meet Creative Director/Artist Robert Birkenes ArtCenter: What was it like attending ArtCenter in the 1960s?Robert Birkenes (Advertising 67) painter/art director: While I was attending ArtCenter, Saul Bass was one of the most respected graphic designers in L.A. Every designer or art d...
Get Ready for the Next Wave Korea’s Minister of Culture Kim Jongdeok (BFA 87; MFA 89) Whether it’s K-pop star Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video blowing up YouTube records or the global popularity of television dramas like Boys Over Flowers, these days Korean culture i...
Alumna Loris Lora: Safe and Sound andnot slowing down An artist whose work has appeared in numerous publications, includingThe Boston Globe,Los Angeles Times,The New Yorker and the The Wall Street Journal, Illustration alumna Loris Lora (BFA 14) spent countless childhood hours drawing. But it wasn...
Way to Logo: Meet Brand Identity Expert Lindon Leader ArtCenter: What have been some of the most memorable twists and turns in your professional/creative journey after graduating ArtCenter?Lindon Leader (BFA Advertising 78): I have served a wide variety of clients large and small, local, national...
Going the Distance at Under Armour Two ArtCenter alums share a history and a mission The city of Portland, Oregon is famously home to such cultural institutions as Powells Books, Stumptown Coffee and the International Rose Test Garden. But when it comes to the design world, Portland is perhaps bes...
Do What Scares You: Meet Illustrator Nol Ill ArtCenter: Tell us about what inspired your current creative project?Nol ILL (BFA 05 Illustration): When I was asked if Id like to illustrate a childrens book about Halloween, my initial thought was, Yes! Some of my fondest childhood memories were attend...
ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN ALUMNA FINDS CAREER PATH THROUGH ARTCENTER FOR TEENS When recent alumna and VR animation concept artist Christina K. Yang (BS 2017 Entertainment Design) was 10 years old, she started taking ArtCenter for Kids Figure Drawing classes. Raised in the San Gabriel Valley, Yang follow...
Concept Designer Neville Page on Critiques, Directors and Gaboon Vipers “What we hoped to achieve was to meet our makers,” says a character in director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film Prometheus, describing the lofty goals of their mission. “To get answers. Why they even made us ...
WHERE CODING AND COMPUTATION MEETS CREATIVITY Creative Tech Week Returns With a Focus on Design Research, Advanced Digital Creation, Web3 In 2021, ArtCenter held its innaugural Creative Tech Week, an event which convened thought leaders who operate at the intersection of creativity ...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 1: Lynda Weinman on Taking Arts Education Online In the debut episode of ArtCenter’s Change Lab podcast, President Lorne Buchman interviews Lynda Weinman, who partnered with her husband, ArtCenter alum Bruce Heavin, to found Lynda.com in 1995. What began as a m...
ArtCenter president Lorne Buchman speaks with musician/artist alum Mike Shinoda.
Turn of Events: Reimagining Gatherings for the Post-Pandemic Era Many years ago, Erick Weiss pitched an idea for a unique and futuristic musical experience that would place attendees in the middle of the action. Imagine James Cameron’s Avatar meets Electric Zoo.“If you purchased a certa...
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AN OBJECT OF AWE: GRAPHIC DESIGN ALUM AND NASA JPL VISUAL STRATEGIST DAN GOODS BRINGS PASSION TO THE ORBIT PAVILION When Graphic Design alumnus Dan Goods (BFA 2002) was 17, in his hometown of Salem, Oregon, he used to volunteer at a copy center, creating logos and printing out a newsletter. He wa...
ACTOR ALDIS HODGE REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF ARTCENTER'S TEENS PROGRAM ON HIM AS A WATCH DESIGNER It’s a bright day in New York City, and Aldis Hodge—actor and co-founder of the new Black-owned concept art studio 9B Collective—is on the move. During the course of this Zoom intervie...