Automotive strategist, design consultant, Gravity Sketch certified expert.Graduated from ArtCenter College of Design in Fall 2021 with a degree in Transportation Design. Co-founder and COO at Azur Global Automotive Consulting Co-founder at NYTOP.
Mateo is an award winning design entrepreneur; Co-founded 8hz (www.8-hz.com), Co-Founded URB-E (www.urb-e.com); Partner - Large scale climate change/innovation projects; Sustainability focus; Solar technology background; Edison award recipient for best new lifestyle and social impact product; Multip...
Daniel Gottlieb is the co-owner of PadLab, a lighting/new materials/architectural glass/fine art studio. He is lecturer/guest critic at Materials Applications Gallery, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Woodbury University, and SCI-Arc.
Penny Herscovitch is the co-owner of PadLab, a lighting/new materials/architectural glass/fine art studio. She is lecturer/guest critic at Materials Applications Gallery, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Woodbury University, and SCI-Arc.
Emil co-founded Lookinglass Architecture and Design in 2001, a collaborative design practice focused primarily on architecture while engaged in a wide range of design research, writing, speculations and realizations. He has a BS from MIT and an M. Arch from Southern California Institute of Architect...
Claire L. Evans is a writer and musician. Evans is the singer and co-author of the Grammy-nominated pop group YACHT, the author of Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet (Penguin Random House, 2018) and the co-editor of the speculative fiction anthology Terraform (MCD Books,...
Tommy Honton is a Los Angeles-based designer who creates immersive experiences blending storytelling, game mechanics, and innovation across escape rooms, theme parks, theater, museums, and video games. Born in Wichita, Kansas, Honton graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a double ma...
Errol Gerson has been teaching Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Business Management at Art Center for the past 45 years. In that time he has taught over 6100 students and has personally mentored well over 3000 students. Gerson received a BS in Accounting from USC in 1970, and after receiving his MBA...
Roman Jaster is a graphic designer working in Los Angeles. He is the co-founder of the design studio Yay Brigade. His work is focused on web design and development, as well as book design, often for cultural organizations and artists. Roman graduated from the CalArts graphic design program in 2007 w...
Ewa Slapa is an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture, installation and photography. She was born in Poland, where she studied Polish Philology as well as Fine Art at the University of Krakow. She holds a BFA in Fine Art from ArtCenter College of Design, with an emphasis in photography and s...
Corrina Peipon is an independent art worker with a plural practice encompassing artmaking, writing, curatorial work, and teaching. She founded Continuous Project in 2018 as a platform for helping creative people navigate the opportunities and challenges they face in their careers; teaching art stude...
Douglas J. Eboch is a professional screenwriter and director who wrote the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama starring Reese Witherspoon, which set a box office record for a September opening. Mr. Eboch also wrote the game Nightmare Cove and the children's play Sleepover at the Sta...
Born in Hong Kong and raised in the United States, Alan Wan has built an accomplished career in animation, beginning as a storyboard artist in 1999. Since then, he has worked across major studios, including Warner Bros., Disney, Nickelodeon, and Netflix, taking on roles as both director and producer...
Dawn Yamazi is the Assistant Chair, Illustration, Entertainment Arts, ArtCenter College of Design. An advocate for artists, Dawn has supported the development of various aspects of entertainment arts including film and media, themed entertainment, consumer and social expression products and design. ...
Matt is a contemporary artist, cartoonist, and teacher whose ongoing graphic narrative Dark Pants follows a mysterious pair of pants through Los Angeles as they impact the lives of whomever wears them. MacFarland has also compiled his 15+ years of teaching experience into a self-published comic, The...
Ann Elliott Cutting graduated from University of California San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Photography from ArtCenter College of Design. Specializing in conceptual advertising and editorial photography, Cutting has won aw...
Dave Marek is the executive creative director for Acura. He began his career at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. in 1987 and served as design project leader for a number of milestone products such as the 1997 Acura CL, 2003 Honda Element, and 2016 ACURA NSX. As Acura's executive creative director, he is res...
Jack Bankowsky is a critic, curator, and Editor-at-Large at Artforum. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Artforum from 1992 to 2003, and is the founding editor of Artforums sister publication, Bookforum, where he was editor from 1996 to 1998. His contemporary survey, Pop Life (co-curated with Alison Gi...
Ken Aguado is an Emmy-winning producer, screenwriter, playwright and author. His most recent films are the acclaimed theatrical filmAn Interview with God, which he wrote and produced, and the award-winning PBS documentary Miracle on 42nd Street. His previous producer credits include Standing Up, The...
Matia Karrell wrote, directed, and produced the 1989 Academy Award Nominated short film, "Cadillac Dreams." In 2001, she directed, co-wrote and produced her first feature length film, "Behind The Red Door, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kyra Sedgwick and Stockard Channing. "Red Door" took first prize f...
Conaway is a live-action costume designer and fashion historian that also specializes in 3D garment construction for gaming and feature animation. She mainly works in historical, conceptual, and post-apocalyptic drama. Conaway is a proud member of IATE Local 892, the Costume Designers Guild. She wr...
Randy Hild is a Southern California-based creative with a storied career in the action sports industry that spans more than 30 years. As the Global Creative Director at Quiksilver, Inc., Hild was instrumental in building the Roxy brand to over $700 million globally, making it one of the largest with...
Gary Goldsmith is the former chair of the undergraduate Advertising Department at ArtCenter and co-founder of Underhead, a network of global talent in every discipline, including advertising, digital and social media, package design and film. With over three decades of experience as a top creative ...
Jean Rasenberger works in video, photography and performance. Her work has been exhibited at such museums as The Museum of Modern Art, NY, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the Renaissance Society, Chicago and the Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, Ca. Her films have screened in such festivals as the Atla...