Q&A with Interior Photographer Christopher Dibble (Photography '05)
Change Lab Podcast Episode 30 Documentary Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol on the Active Pursuit of Empathy Ivy Meeropol is a documentary filmmaker whose emotionally and politically charged films explore social and cultural injustice from the inside out. Her work in TV and film ranges from an exploration of...
Furniture designer and Product Design alumnus Nolen Niu on his stint as a judge for Spike TV's reality competition, Framework.
The ACX Teens course Spatial Experience Design draws from disciplines including architecture, interior design and branding.
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.
Environmental Design alumna Ariel Johnson never tells the same story twice The staff at Ariel Fox Design are as diverse as the environments they create. My office has been called the United Nations of designers, says owner Ariel Johnson (BS 08 Environmental Design), who launched the Sherman Oaks-ba...
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...
Change Lab Episode 12: Chris Kraus on Writing Through a Mask Chris Kraus is the rare writer to capture both the literary imagination and the pop culture zeitgeist. When her 1998 novel, I Love Dick, was re-issued in 2006, it was embraced as a feminist classic by a new generation. Among her admirers ...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 19 Fiat Chrysler Design Head Ralph Gilles on Vehicles that Move Us Emotionally Three years ago, Ralph Gilles was named Global Head of Design at Fiat Chrysler, a post responsible for steering design across the companys entire brand portfolio. In practical terms, Gilles h...
ACX COURSE BRANDED ENVIRONMENTS TEACHES STUDENTS TO CREATE SPACES WITH EMOTIONAL IMPACT A branded environment is one of the most powerful ways to engage people in a true brand experience. By understanding the brand and its message, its possible to create a space that combines powerful methods of in...
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...
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...
Illustrate This! Illustration Alumni Forge Many Career Paths Decades ago, illustration meant creating artwork to illustrate stories in magazines, newspapers and books. Today, ArtCenter Illustration alumni encompass a broad swath of professions. Twenty-first century illustrators are conceptualizers...
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...
King Of The Jungle Book: Meet Entertainment Designer And Illustrator Shae Shatz ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Shae Shatz (BS 07 Product Design) Designer, Illustrator: Disneys The Lion King with director Jonathan Favreau. Im world building with the production designer and team, help...
Lou Danziger: Shaping Culture A pillar of West Coast design, Advertising alumnus Lou Danziger (BFA 48) has worked as a designer, art director and consultant since 1949, bringing his talents to a diverse list of institutions, from Microsoft to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Trademark for Su...
Forging New Cinematic Frontiers: Meet Filmmaker Michael Reisinger ArtCenter : What are you working on right now? Michael Reisinger(MA 09 Film),Filmmaker: A script for my short film. Ive been making these 3- to 5-minute shorts, and my next project is going to be more ambitious 40 to 60 minutes, wi...
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 ...
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...
Designing Cars Fit for Bond, James Bond: Meet Automotive Designer Alex Alexiev ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Alex Alexiev(BS 12 Transportation Design) Designer,McLaren: I was working on the interior for the McLarens brand new car the 720S, which launched in Geneva. Currently, Im w...
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...
This edition of the 4x4 Gallery features recent work by alumni whose contributions as design innovators span half a century. Yves Bhar Since forming San Francisco-based Fuseproject in 1999, Swiss-born multidisciplinary designer Yves Bhar (BFA 91 Product Design) has produced triumphs in efficiency...
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...
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...