The educational innovators behind lynda.com and The Skool, and the booming business of online learning Were in the infancy of this industry, and theres a lot of room for a lot of different angles on how to attack the problem of teaching online. Lynda Weinman The pioneers Forbes magazine ...
4x4 Gallery: Alumni who make art into ritual, ritual into art Lisa Park Her own brainwaves serve as creative muse and medium for Lisa Park (BFA 09 Fine Art). Splitting her time between Seoul and New York City, the artist works with biofeedback technology to create performance art pieces involving...
The Los Angeles Unified School District joins forces with the College's social impact department, Designmatters, to implement "Where's Daryl?," a cutting-edge health curriculum designed to get tweens and teens to talk about gun violence.
Change Lab Podcast Episode 31 Ini Archibong on designing to spark wonder Ini Archibong is a luxury goods designer. He is also a furniture and immersive experience designer as well as an ArtCenter alum. He is all these things and yet this description remains inadequate. So heres how to explains wha...
GO BOLD: FOUNDERS OF URB-E AND MAKE IT IN LA DISCUSS NEW ERA OF MANUFACTURING On a cool spring day, Environmental Design alumnus Grant Delgatty (BS 1995)—cofounder of the Pasadena-based foldable electric scooter company URB-E—saunters into the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) in d...
How do we grasp David Bowie or Prince without their visual representations? Writer Scott Timberg explores the historical relationship between art, design and the music industry.
Change Lab Episode 10: Yves Behar on Designing Technology for the Social Good Swiss-born entrepreneur and ArtCenter alum Yves Behar is the design worlds reigning rock star. His virtuoso career was built on his passion for using technology to advance sustainability and improve lives around the world...
Change Lab Podcast Featuring Mari Nakano, Social Impact Designer with the New York City Mayors Office Mari Nakano (MFA 10 Media Design Practices) is a social impact designer and ArtCenter alum deploying design problem solving to improve the lives of at-risk populations around the world. She was rec...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 20 Dr. James Hollis on Hearing (and Answering) the Call to Create Dr. James Hollis is a celebrated Jungian analyst and prolific author whose work examines the internal and external forces driving the need to lead a meaningful and creative life. Hollis has published fifte...
Redesigning the Movies: How ArtCenter is Uniquely Educating the Next Generation of Filmmakers Jack Foley (photo by Alex Aristei) At ArtCenter I would become an artist. At any other school, I would become a guy who makes movies. During a break on the set of Man of Steel, the up...
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 ...
ACX TEENS COURSE DESIGN 360 SHOWS HOW ART AND DESIGN ARE CONNECTED In the ACX Teens course Design 360, students explore the wide world of ArtCenters degree programs, including Advertising, Environmental Design, Film, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography and Imaging, Product Design an...
Change Lab Podcast: Niklas Gustafsson on Tacklingthe Pepsi Challenge ArtCenter alum Niklas Gustafsson is the Global Director for PepsiCos Design and Innovation team. His wide-ranging duties at PepsiCo embody a uniquely modern corporate dilemma for brands striving to remain relevant to Millennials: ...
The debut issue of ArtCenter On features stories on generative AI; sustainable personal transportation; an excerpt from Kevin Bethune's "Reimagining Design"; illustrations by Keiji Ishida; and more.
Dan Brodnitz on democratizing education at LinkedIn Learning
The Key to Critical Transformation To Dismantle What’s Not Working, Organizations Must Embrace Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Adapted from Reimagining Design: Unlocking Strategic Innovation, by Kevin Bethune. Copyright 2022. Reprinted with permission from The MIT Press. From Chapter 1:...
From Risk To Rihanna: Meet Fashion Illustrator Alum Bijou Karman ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Bijou Karman (BFA 14 Illustration), Artist and illustrator: Im working on paintings for an upcoming solo show at Nucleus Portland. Dont worry about finding your style while in sch...
The second issue of ArtCenter On features stories on immersive experiences; the recruitment of diverse students post-affirmative action; a conversation between chef Justin Pichetrungsi and Coola founder Chris Birchby; and more.
Change Lab Episode 32 Jessica Helfand on Redefining Design Ethics for the Digital Age Its not an overstatement to say that Jessica Helfand is a renaissance woman of the design world. She co-founded Design Observer, an authoritative digital publication on the state of visual culture and an oracle o...
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...
Fine Art faculty Nicola Vruwink is teaching a newly created ceramics class, creating whimsical works and her sculptural jewelry has caught the attention of Hollywood.
BRAVE AND THE BOLD: SURVIOS AND HEARTSMINDS LEADERS TO DISCUSS SECRETS OF CONNECTING In an increasingly noisy world of advertising and marketingfull of hashtags, sponsored lenses and, yes, good old-fashioned word of mouthhow do creatives find the audiences they need to build their brand? Thats one ...
Transportation Design Alum Tisha Johnson on design as a growth mindset
A Chicano icon in full color: How alum Ignacio Gomez brought Zoot Suit's El Pachuco to life As part of Center Theatre Group’s 50th Anniversary celebration, playwright and theater director Luis Valdez is bringing his groundbreaking Zoot Suit back to the Mark Taper Forum, the ven...
From Steve Jobs to ArtCenter: Meet Designer Victor Zaud ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Victor Zaud (BFA 91 Graphic Design), Head of Marketing, IMVU: IMVU is a 3D, immersive social platform where users tap avatars to meet new people and build deeper friendships with those know. Its al...