Navigating Google DesignStorm: A Journey of Creativity and Collaboration At ArtCenter, we embrace the remarkable power of industry partnership to prepare students for success. Vaish Prabhakaran (Grad ID) recapped a Google DesignStorm that was a journey of creativity and collaboration. In jus...
SNAP! ARTCENTER’S FORMULA-E RACE CAR COMPETITION USES RUBBER BANDS TO PROPEL TEAMWORK FORWARD Imagine taking a 16-foot rubber band, stretching it taut and then twisting it and stuffing it into a carbon tube or another contraption—with wheels attached—created to look like a foot-lo...
Sara Khoury is an accomplished design leader in Silicon Valley who currently serves as director of user experience design at Google
Change Lab Episode 53 Google’s Ivy Ross on reimagining the life you’re meant to live As Google’s vice president of hardware design, Ivy Ross is breaking new ground in the physical world for a trillion-dollar company synonymous with building tools for navigating the virtual one. S...
The Show Must Go On: In The Face of the Pandemic, ArtCenter's Exhibitions March Forward Currently installed at the Williamson Gallery at ArtCenter’s Hillside Campus, the exhibition SKY explores how scientific discoveries have altered our understanding of reality. Objects on view include a rar...
It seems like the experts all agree that a future of autonomous cars is inevitable, but what kind of services will automakers have to provide to convince the public to hand over the keys of their cars to Apple, Google or Uber?
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 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...
Media/Press ArtCenter looks forward to hosting all qualified journalists at Car Classic. As you plan your coverage, were pleased to offer a simplified media registration system. We no longer require reporters to complete a request form prior to the event. This year, media participants park for fre...
Space Exploration: Meet Designer Sean Chen AC: What are you working on right now?Sean Chen (BS 15 Environmental Design) architectural designer, Gensler: Mixed-use projects, including waterfront park design in Wuhan, China. AC: How do you define success?SC: Being able to find balance between work a...
Pieces of Resistance: Meet Artist Ellen November ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Ellen November (BFA 73 Illustration) fiber artist, curator of the upcoming exhibition Mapping Out: Im doing work around Gun Sense using an aerial view of Virginia City Municipal Center overlaid with a gu...
It's About the Journey: Meet Artist Phil Lachapelle ArtCenter: You attended ArtCenter from 1965 to 1967, what was transportation design like at the time?Phil Lachapelle (Transportation): There was a recession and very few jobs at GM, Ford, Chrysler and American Motors. I was told that it would be t...
TRANSPORTATION DESIGN ALUM WEI CHENG CHOU CONCEPTUALIZES EMORA BRACELET How does a transportation designer go from conceptualizing cars to conceptualizing a high tech fashion bracelet that taps into users emotions? For alumnus Wei Cheng Chou (BS 2015 Transportation Design), both involve thinking a...
BLUEPRINT FOR INNER BEAUTY: MEET ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNER ELISSA GEE ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Elissa Gee (MS 16 Environmental Design), Designer, Skidmore, Owings Merrill LLP: I'm helping with an office tower for San Francisco, a university building and an office lobby renovatio...
The Power of Intuition: Meet Industrial Designer Terry Carr ArtCenter: What are you working on right now?Terry Carr (BS 13 Product Design) industrial designer, Plantronics: Wearable technology that helps users stay active, like earphones with a coach or guide in whatever exercise youre doing that c...
Wild Thoughts: Meet Interaction Designer Karl Walker ArtCenter: Whats the most unique thing youve designed? Karl Walker (BS 15 Interaction Design) Product Designer Tradesy: My senior project at ArtCenter, which was a solution for people who are dealing with Alzheimers and the entire support system ...
The Science of Fiction: Meet Concept Artist Haimeng Cao ArtCenter: How would you describe your work? Haimeng Cao (BFA 18 Illustration), Concept Artist, Framestore: I create highly detailed science fictional city landscapes for clients like Blizzard Entertainment, NetEase Games and Framestore. My de...
A good story well told: Faculty, former astronaut to receive honorary doctorate If Dos Equis were truly interested in casting a real-life individual as "The Most Interesting Man in the World" for its popular advertising campaign, they'd be hard-pressed to find anybody more qualifiedon this planet (...
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‘HEALING OUR INNER CHILD’: STUDENTS UNVEIL A BRIGHT, BOLD MURAL AT ARTCENTER’S SOUTH CAMPUS Featuring the words “our” and “home” painted in large vertical type, the new mural in the lobby of ArtCenter’s 1111 building (South Campus) is a bold declarati...
Artificial Knowing: Media Design alumnaefight discrimination, onealgorithm at a time In an airy, white loft space, in a fantastical art deco factory building in downtown Los Angeles, Media Design Practices (MDP) alumnae Christine Meinders (MFA 2017) and Selwa Sweidan (MFA 2016) are working to gathe...
Alumni Panels at Car Classic Celebrate Iconic Design: 70 Years of ArtCenter Influence An event that capped a weekend-long alumni celebration thatattracted 600 alumni back to ArtCenter, last months Car Classicdubbed Iconic Design: 70 Years of ArtCenter Influencebrought together several generations o...
A New Coat: Meet Besame Cosmetics Founder Gabriela Hernandez ArtCenter: Whats the most unique thing youve created? Gabriela Hernandez (BFA 99 Photography) President, Besame Cosmetics: All of our products are historically based. We research makeup and formulas manufactured from different eras and br...
Female Leaders from Google, NASA, Fiat, Sony and More Share Survival Tools and Strategies at ArtCenter for Success in Tech and Design At ArtCenter’s Women in Industrial Design Forum on Saturday, July 15, 2017, design leaders from companies including Nike, Airbnb, Sony, Mattel, MIT Media Lab, ...
The Future Looks Bright: Meet Propelland Founder Hugo Giralt ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Hugo Giralt (GradID 12) founding partner/CEO of propelland: As a multidisciplinary team of designers, engineers and strategists, were working on projects that merge digital and the physical e...