Film alumnus and director John X. Carey drew from social impact documentaries and Jane Austen to create the "Real Beauty Sketches" commercial for Dove, which has become the most watched Internet commercial of all time.
Graphic Design alum Whitney Lowe shifts from designing campaigns for Fortune 500 companies to sculpting by hand A few minutes away from Portland, Oregon culinary mainstay The Woodsman Tavern stands the midcentury residence of Graphic Design alumnus Whitney Lowe (BFA 82). On this gray summer day, th...
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...
NIKE’S MARTIN LOTTI: DESIGN IS PART OF THE COMPANY’S DNA “Though beautiful, Oregon struck some people as the kind of place where nothing big happened, or was ever likely to,” writes Nike’s Portland-born co-founder and chairman Phil Knight in his newly released memoir S...
Rafael Esquer of Alfalfa Studio jumped at the chance to create a mural to improve the cafeteria of the LIFE Family Shelter in Lower Manhattan, inviting the shelter's clients to workshop their ideas and shape the design of the piece.
ArtCenter and INSEAD, one of the world's leading business schools, marked the tenth anniversary of their partnership, which blends design innovation with business strategy, with a celebration at Airbnb's headquarters in San Francisco.
Finding Your Repurpose: Meet Ecocentric Artist S.P. Harper ArtCenter: What inspires your art? S. P. Harper (BA 79 Illustration, Advertising) ecocentric artist: Painting gemstones on reclaimed materials is my inspiration. My grandfather was a diamantaire, a diamond cutter, before becoming a conduct...
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...
ArtCenter's top 10 wins and biggest accomplishments of 2023, including ArtCenter the No. 1 art and design college in the country for ROI.
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...
On Spain's Costa Brava, a Pavilion Rises Cloud 9, an award-winning Barcelona-based firm known for its dynamic, cutting-edge architecture, has collaborated with ArtCenter’s Environmental Design Department to design and fabricate a work/play pavilion for a residential site located on Spain&rsqu...
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...
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 ...
To prepare photography students for a rapidly changing profession, Photography and Imaging developed a pilot course that embeds students in local nonprofits like CicLAvia and the Japanese American Cultural Community Center.
Razzle Dazzle’s Aftermath Erik Mark Sandberg (BFA 02) For Los Angeles-based artist Erik Mark Sandberg, the world’s supersaturation of alluring imagery presents contradictions ripe for exploration. “I was on my way to the Sierra Nevada mountains recently and thought, Gosh, look at...
Kicking againstthe digital takeover: Noah Minuskin's hand-drawnJohn Wick poster When Los Angeles-based artist and Illustration alumnus Noah Minuskin (BFA 15) isn't busy inking scenes of spiritual agony on his clients' limbs or torsos, the internationally recognized artist lends his considerable tal...
On the occasion of Designmatters' 20th anniversary, Dot speaks with 20 students, alumni, faculty, staff and partners who helped turned the pioneering program into a force for change.
PSYCHIC LIBERATION: FINE ART’S SOUND LAB MAKES WAVES OF NOISE On a recent Friday night in July, Fine Art student Mehregan Meysami stands behind two tables heaped with music equipment—a turntable, mixer, black audio cables, effects pedals and more—on the spacious second floor of th...
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...
PATH OF TOTALITY: ARTCENTER'S ECLIPSE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES ART AND WONDER “I want to hire the person who does the publicity for the eclipse,” comedian Steve Martin joked recently in a tweet gone viral. He was referring, of course, to the much-anticipated Great American Eclipse...
NASA's Jessie Kawata: Sending Design Across the Universe Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena recently unveiled their findings that liquid methane rains down on the surface of Titan, filling the seas and lakes of Saturn’s frigid moon. "It's a marvelous feat ...
Media Design Practices students created "video sketches" that explored what the car experience might look like in 2025, with concepts ranging from intelligent A.I. companions to claustrophobia-inducing augmented realities.
Graduate Art MFA alum Edgar Ramirez's gritty, colorful paintings focus on industrialized spaces like those found in his home of Wilmington
Photography alum Camillo Longo’s images ooze mystery and beauty Raised and based in Southern California’s Antelope Valley, photographer and graphic designer Camillo Longo (BFA 12 Photography and Imaging) finds inspiration for his striking photos everywhere, from sprawling national parks...
Icon Worship Photographer and alum Matthew Rolston Leads Tour through the Getty Museums Icons of Style Exhibition This past September, Matthew Rolstona photographer and director who has created countless iconic portraits of celebrities including Madonna, Jay Z, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift for publi...