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 ...
From ArtCenter to Adidas: Meet Computational Designer Jacques Perrault Jacques Perrault (BS 17 Product) discovered his passion for sports design during an ArtCenter DesignStorm whose goal was to develop a better running blade for Paralympic athletes. Perraults innovative ideas for that project yiel...
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 ...
This Just Got Personal: Meet Sports Brand Designer Dominic Marchese ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Dominic Marchese (BFA 13 Graphic Design) Global Brand Designer, Adidas: Setting the creative direction for NFL and baseball. We have concepts and campaigns that have been going on the ...
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...
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...
This 4x4 gallery features work by ArtCenter alumni in which vivid fashion is inspiration, an abandoned house oozes the blues, music and lights blend into a higher plane of existence and drawings set the stage for paintings both modernist and abstract.
A Fine Art Fairytale: Meet Artist, Costume Designer John Coulter ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? John Coulter (BFA 93 Illustration) Disney fine artist costume designer: Im costuming a Phantom of the Opera musical to be performed in Italy this summer. And at the same time, Im always w...
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...
Avant Gardner: Meet Graphic/Motion Designer Tammy Szu ArtCenter: What do you like most about your job? Tammy Szu (BA 16 Graphic Design) freelance graphic designer/motion designer: I like that as a freelancer, I can take time off when I need it and turn inward and grow not only as a designer, but as...
Internships Give ArtCenter Students a Leg Up on the Job Market Near bohemian boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and zippy electric scooters on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice, minutes from the Pacific Ocean, Graphic Design student Ricardo Imperial gives a tour of...
RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS) ALUMNA NATALIE CANDRIAN SPRINTS TO THE TOP AS HEAD OF PRODUCT DESIGN FOR SAYSH, OLYMPIC TRACK STAR ALLYSON FELIX'S WOMAN-CENTRIC LIFESTYLE BRAND In the two decades during which alumna Natalie Candrian (BS 98 Product Design) has designed athletic footwear, apparel and accessor...
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 Podcast Episode 1: Lynda Weinman on Taking Arts Education Online In the debut episode of ArtCenter’s Change Lab podcast, President Lorne Buchman interviews Lynda Weinman, who partnered with her husband, ArtCenter alum Bruce Heavin, to found Lynda.com in 1995. What began as a m...
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...
In Practice: Reiten Cheng The alum’s 3D-printed, open-source machine Polyformer recycles clear PET plastic bottles into filaments for 3D printers A 3D-printed, open-source machine that recycles clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles into filaments for 3D printer...
2021 Alumni Awards Bruce Heavin, Outstanding Service Award "Giving to ArtCenter is the gift that keeps on giving," says Bruce Heavin (BFA 93 Illustration). "Generosity is not just about money. You could be generous with your time, your empathy." Heavin and his wife Lynda Weinm...
NY TIMES FILM CRITIC MANOHLA DARGIS TEACHES STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT MOVIES In her recent review of Marvel blockbuster Black Panther, centered on the fictional African nation of Wakanda, with its green hills, dazzling technology and strong, nuanced black characters, New York Times co-chie...
ARTCENTER’S CHANGE LAB PODCAST HOSTED BY PRESIDENT EMERITUS LORNE BUCHMAN EXPLORES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CREATIVITY How do artists and designers look at the world starting in childhood? What did they do creatively? How did they feel? Where did those experiences take them in their career...
HQ:SF – Creatives in the Bay Area / Part 1 / Product Design Alumna Katie Dill San Francisco has changed a lot since 1967’s Summer of Love. Flanked by water and fog, the Northern California city now brims with technology companies and creatives. Meet three very different alums who work a...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 21 Ari Montanez on Realizing his NBA Dreams through Design Fall 2018 Product Design graduate Ari Montanez has spent much of his relatively short life equipping himself with the skills and stamina necessary to succeed in a highly competitive arena – ideally Madison ...
Outsider Art Esther Pearl Watson (BFA 95) “This is going to be the best summer ever…I know my hot guy is sitting on a couch or mat and wondering if some fine lady is dreaming about him,” muses Tammy Pierce, the unlucky underdog of Unlovable, a graphic novel series by Illustratio...
Product Design alumnus and Professor Roosevelt Brown empowers students to succeed “The glorious gift of education is empowerment,” Product Design alumnus and Associate Professor Roosevelt “Rose” Brown (BS 95) likes to tell his students. “How much power do you want, and...
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...
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.