Revisiting Radical Chic: Meet Art Director Mike Diehl ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Mike Diehl (BA Advertising 73) graphic designer/art director: A host of wonderful projects: a brand identity for a solar-power company in Hawaii, a logo for a nonprofit music organization, plus some ...
An all-women panel from GM's Advanced Design Studio, featuring many ArtCenter alumni, shared career device with transportation design students.
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...
ArtCenter students, instructors and alumni are busy imagining what's next for wearables, creating devices that are paving the way for the future, and questioning how a wearables-saturated world will change our behavior as human beings.
Climbing The Ladder: Meet Catalyst CCO Josh Wright AC: What inspired you to co-found Catalyst? Josh Wright (BS Product Design 03) Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Catalyst: The seed was planted when I was at ArtCenter. The College trains you to think about design, not just from the aesthetic ...
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...
Hear, Hear! Neeti Kailas (MS 13) Neeti Kailas has always been passionate about healthcare. While in the Industrial Design graduate program at ArtCenter, her pregnancy risk-assessment kit, Aadhya, was exhibited in the Student Gallery. Today, inspired by a childhood friend in India who was born deaf...
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...
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 ...
André Kim: Environmental Design Alum Glides From Cycling to Starbucks At an upscale Starbucks Reserve coffee bar just south of Los Angeles music venue the Greek Theatre, with zig-zagging wooden countertops and the caffeinated clickety-clack of customers on laptops, Environmental Design alumn...
Kristina Ortega: Intel from the Inside Intel made waves in the technology sector this week by announcing its new strategy to transform itself “from a PC company to a company that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices.” One major component of Intel’s ...
Serving the client and the muse, two creative minds thrive in advertising while finding an extra measure of freedom in their own work.
Since graduating from ArtCenter, Mariana Prieto (BS 12 Product Design) has worked at the forefront of social change, from addressing challenges facing underserved communities to designing solutions for wild animals.
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...
Man of a Thousand (Johnny) Faces: John Van Hamersveld on his 50-year Career Inside his hillside home in Rancho Palos Verdes, with huge glass windows overlooking the Pacific Ocean, where he surfed as a teenager, Advertising alumnus John Van Hamersveld smiles when waxing poetic on his more than 50-ye...
Product Design faculty member Krystina Castella on the serious business of designing for play If there is a fountain of youth, full-time faculty member Krystina Castella may have discovered it. Castella, whose youthful appearance and intense enthusiasm for everything she does belies her year...
Hiroshi Sugimoto inspires at ArtCenter with micro-exhibition and intimate conversation The alum, recipient of ArtCenter’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award, was in conversation on campus, timed to an ArtCenter micro-exhibition of his legendary work “It’s preexisting—th...
Supercharged: How two former classmates are shaping the future of Tesla As we go to press, more than 276,000 people have placed preorders for a Tesla Model 3, the highly anticipated, all-electric vehicle with a 215-mile range and an accessible $35,000 price tag—the car Tesla’s CEO ...
Let’s Play Toy design for a new generation “The way I explain toy design to students is, don’t think about the toy as an object,” says Krystina Castella. For the past 24 years Castella has taught in both the Graduate Industrial Design (Grad ID) and the Product Design depart...
ArtCenter students shine with recent awards and global recognitions, highlighting their exceptional talent and achievements in creativity and innovation.
Alumni with ArtCenter's BFA in Photography and Imaging degree have forged careers in advertising, editorial, fashion, sports, food, photojournalism and more.