ArtCenter's top 10 wins and biggest accomplishments of 2023, including ArtCenter the No. 1 art and design college in the country for ROI.
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 ...
Celebrate the Top 10 Wins of 2024 at ArtCenter. Highlighting award-winning projects, innovative initiatives, and community milestones, this recap showcases the creativity and impact of our students, faculty, and alumni.
Lynda Weinman on Building Lynda.com and the Future of Online Learning 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 means t...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 17 Charlie Hodges on Pirouetting from Dance to Design For twenty years, Charlie Hodges heeded his creative calling to dance at the highest level. With roles in acclaimed Broadway productions and as part of Twyla Tharps legendary repertory company, his trek to the peak of...
Through trial by fire, students in Advertising Department Chair Gary Goldsmith's "Crashvertising" course learn that today's creatives have little time to luxuriate over their concepts before a client reviews them.
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.
A fast talker with a boisterous laugh (and tidy beard), Interaction Design alumnus Nicholas Jayanty (BS 2016) has never fit into a rigid box. His career path has shifted from working in film and television in New York City, Austin and Los Angeles for a decade to studying Interaction Design at ArtCen...
From ArtCenter to Nike: Meet Environmental Design Alum Therese Swanepoel Curating experiences and a love of immersive design brought South African native Therese Swanepoel to ArtCenter's Environmental Design program. Now at Nike, she's responsible for researching and developing the innovative workp...
In the ArtCenter Extension (ACX) course Introduction to Filmmaking, students learn the fundamental concepts of filmmaking while making three short films.
Alpha Betterer: Meet Illustrator, Writer Stefan G. Bucher ArtCenter: How would you define your personal brand or graphic identity?Stefan G. Bucher (BFA Advertising 96) designer, illustrator, writer: Im a landscape architect of graphic design and illustration. I create delightful places for your min...
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...
From ArtCenter to NASA/JPL: Meet Visual Strategist Lois Kim The Studio at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a collection of designers, artists, makers, strategists and thinkers who collaborate with scientists to illuminate the darkest corners of the universe. Alum Lois Kim was hired directly upon...
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 ...
From ArtCenter to Nissan: Meet Senior Exterior Designer Daniel Jimenez Two days after graduating from ArtCenter with a degree in Transportation Design, Daniel Jimenez started a full-time job designing exteriors at Nissan. The work, he says, requires him to be a "professional dreamer" who predicts t...
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...
Way to Logo: Meet Brand Identity Expert Lindon Leader ArtCenter: What have been some of the most memorable twists and turns in your professional/creative journey after graduating ArtCenter?Lindon Leader (BFA Advertising 78): I have served a wide variety of clients large and small, local, national...
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...
From ArtCenter to Hulu: Meet Interaction Designer Ting Wu Ting Wu's worldview as a Tibetan Buddhist, and her work as an Associate User Experience Designer at Hulu, is grounded in empathy and understanding of others. Studying Interaction Design at ArtCenter helped her develop the skills necessary to...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Transportation Design alum, adjunct professor and Acura Executive Creative Director Dave Marek (BS 1987) heads a team of designers at the Acura Design Studio.
Animation to Gaming: See ArtCenter alumni artists at first annual LightBox Expo With the flick of a wrist (plus developed skills and a lot of effort), artists create colorful characters and worlds that suck in audiences all over the world. Lucky for us, more than 250 of these top artists—inc...