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 ...
HQ:NY — Meet Three Recent Alums Based in NYC Long known as “the city that never sleeps,” New York City can feel chaotic with its cacophony of skyscrapers, subways and noise. But within creative corners of the Big Apple, from a photo studio in Brooklyn to design firms in Manhattan, ...
CREATIVE RESILIENCE: ALUM ELYSE MARKS CONCEPTUALIZES NATURE-BASED HEALING SPACES DURING THE PANDEMIC ArtCenter alumni have adapted to change during the COVID-19 pandemic in a wide variety of ways. Some turned inward, while others turned outward. They slowed down or sped up. This story is part of a ...
Graphic Design alumna and UX designer Petra Wennberg (BFA 94), co-founder of Pasadena-based Interactivism, designs brands and digital products based on research, data and intuition.
Edgar Arceneaux is an LA-based contemporary artist and ArtCenter alum whose creative practice dwells in the awe and mystery in life.
Profile of Los Angeles-based and French-born abstract painter and printmaker Christie Macdonald (BFA 18 Illustration).
Media Design Practices alumnus David Schwarz, creative partner at Hush, the New York-based design agency, shares with us the thinking behind The Under Armour Experience, a 270-degree immersive architectural and film experience bringing the sights, sounds and adrenaline rush of competitive sports t...
Meet Designmatters Faculty and Brand Strategist Sherry Hoffman Whether Designmatters faculty member Sherry Hoffman is working on Vice's cutting edge offices or a cozy daycare facility as brand strategist for March Studio, her Santa Monica-based branded architecture firm celebrating its 20th anniver...
Altogether now! Transdisciplinary Studio courses allow students to collaborate across different majors On a grey cloudy day in a second-floor classroom at the 870 building on ArtCenters South Campus, students from a wide range of departmentsIllustration, Fine Art, Product Design, Graphic Design and...
Alumnus and Concept Artist Nick Pugh's Xeno 3 is a Custom Car from the Future What if the ultimate custom car was based not on a vehicle from the past but rather on a futuristic design? That was the idea behind Xeno 3, a Personal Concept Car built by alumnus and former faculty Nick Pugh (BS 90 Tran...
ALUMNA AND ARTIST MARTHA RICHCHANNELS HER RIGHTEOUS ANGER FOR GOOD My mind wanders yet holds on to things, reads Philadelphia-based artist and Illustration alumna and former faculty Martha Richs (BFA 00 Illustration) artist statement. It picks out what it wants randomly and saves it for later. My m...
4x4 Gallery: Alumnae work in which a yarn installation anda still life feast meet mouth jewelry and llamas wearing sweatbands Pae White Last year, world-renowned mixed media artist and Graduate Art alumna Pae White (MFA 91) installed Spacemanship, a 45-foot-tall site-specific work for the expanded ...
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...
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...
ACX KIDS CLASS INVENTORS WORKSHOP TEACHES STUDENTS PROBLEM SOLVING Think of three ways to brush your teeth without using your hands, sketch those ideas, and then turn them into products. Thats a prompt alumnus Nas Oh (BFA 11 Illustration), a production designer for movies, music videos and commerc...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 25 RISD President Rosanne Somerson on Redefining Arts Education Rosanne Somerson is an internationally exhibited furniture designer and President of Rhode Island School of Design. Somerson, a RISD alum, sees her parallel roles as a leader and practitioner as complementar...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 18 Lisa Kron on Turning Memory into Meaning on Broadway Best known for her Tony Award-winning work on the Broadway hit musical Fun Home (based on Alison Bechdels eponymous graphic novel about coming of age and coming out) Lisa Kron is a singularly talented playwright and...
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...
ACX KIDS CLASSES PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK WORKSHOP SPARK CREATIVITY AT HOME Alumna Gail Howland (BFA 04 Photography and Imagining) teaches ACX Kids classes Photography and Photography Book Workshop with an eye toward exploration, imagination and discovering the incredible possibilities of m...
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...
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...
Sole resistance: alumnus Aarish Netarwala broke the mold with his grit concept for adidas A strategic designer at BCG Digital Ventures in Los Angeles, alumnus Aarish Netarwala (MS 17 Industrial Design) spent the summer of his final year at ArtCenter in an Adidas Sponsored Project, where he and his ...
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 ...
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...
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...