ASU hosts global forum on universities' urban influence Feb 9, 2008
Richard Koshalek, president of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. and David Perry, director of the Great Cities Institute in Chicago, also are among the scheduled speakers. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Jerome LeMaster Jr. Jan 26, 2008
Before becoming a laryngectomee in 1991, he was a self-employed artist and illustrator and a graduate of OSU and the Art Center College of Design in California. He spoke to thousands of students on tobacco awareness and served as a volunteer helping new laryngectomees and their families. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Reception will honor new arts director Jan 23, 2008
Metzger received his BFA work at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. Reader Comments. (Troy Messenger, AL)
NANY II: Norwegian Artists in New York Dec 2, 2007
In 1990, he graduated Cum Laude from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. In 1991, he moved to New York where he started to exhibit his paintings. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Painter, circus clown 'Putt' Putman dies Nov 24, 2007
Putman had been a professor at the Art Center College of Design in Southern California, and showed work in the Mullins Studio Gallery in Clovis. Mr. Putman painted Southwestern art "his whole life," Mullins said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Francine Parker, 81; directed Vietnam era anti-military documentary Nov 19, 2007
For the last 18 years, she taught film directing at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. She is survived by her daughter, Amanda, of West Los Angeles and two grandsons. (Los Angeles Times)
Photos illustrate the famous Rat Pack Nov 9, 2007
Lindblade, a graduate of Heelan High School, attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He lived in California and worked as a free-lance photographer in the 1960s. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
The simplest definition of design is how you treat your customer. Sep 24, 2007
" B?har didn't set out to be the agent provocateur of American design. A native of Lausanne, Switzerland, he is the oldest of three boys born to a Turkish father and an East German mother who had crawled through a Berlin subway tunnel to the West. As a child, he was a bit of a misfit, an artful dreamer who eventually discovered that he enjoyed inventing things (including a lethal-sounding skateboard-windsurfer for frozen lakes). At age 19, B?har shocked his family when, despite having passed his... (FastCompany)
RSM design moves closer to Renault Sep 16, 2007
A: Renault Design is always on the lookout for top talent worldwide, and maintains a close relationship with key international industrial design schools including Art Center College of Design and CCS in the USA, the Royal College of Art in Great Britain, Strate College in France, or Pforzheim in Germany. In Korea in particular, we have developed ties with Hongik University where we handed out a sponsored project last year. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Nevada Museum of Art Announces New Director Sep 7, 2007
Most recently, Walker served as Dean of Public Programs at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California ... Prior to his position at Art Center College of Design, Walker served as the director and founding partner of Walker and Walker Gallery in Santa Monica, California from 1989 to 1992 where he represented more than 20 artists, established the gallery's curatorial tone, and oversaw the construction of a new exhibition space. (KRNV.com, NV)
BET Networks Announces Key New Hires and Promotions in Its Entertainment Division Sep 5, 2007
Some of her film credits include SPRUNG, NO TURNING BACK, VERY MEAN MEN, DUTY DATING, TEQUILA BODY SHOTS, and MY BROTHER JACK. She holds a master's degree in film from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. and earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Washington. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Robert H. Ahmanson, 80; president of foundation that funded cultural projects Sep 4, 2007
His awards include honorary doctorates from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Pepperdine University, Art Center College of Design and Creighton University. In addition to his son William, he is survived by his wife of 52 years, Kathleen; another son, Robert Hayden Ahmanson; a daughter, Karen Ahmanson Hoffman; and seven grandchildren. (Los Angeles Times)
More of this story Aug 11, 2007
So Lyon made his way to California and entered film school at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He said he found that he enjoyed the producing side of making movies, while a lot of the students preferred writing or directing. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
World's largest photo memorializes former Marine base in Calif. Aug 7, 2007
The massive photograph will go on display Sept. 6 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and will remain there until Sept. 29. To make the image, a team of six artists used a tiny peephole in the hangar doors to project light from the outside onto a sheath of light-sensitive fabric hanging inside the darkened facility. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Winners Announced for 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Aug 4, 2007
In the Digital Illustration category the winner was Joerg Block of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and the finalists were Aaron Kapor, Ricardo Beltran, Yuri Chung and Kevin Wong of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif ... In the Digital Photography category the winner was Sean Teegarden of the Art Center College of Design, and the finalists were Julia Bruns of Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Michael Kai of Dortmund University of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Fiat's Retro Coup Jul 26, 2007
An American born in Casablanca, Morocco, he landed in Europe after studying at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. At BMW, which he joined in 1991, he also penned another hit, the sporty X5 SUV. In 2002, Fiat's management lured him to Ferrari where he became director of Ferrari-Maserati Concept Design & Development. (BusinessWeek)
Meet the IDEA Jury Jul 20, 2007
Moeslinger holds a Masters in interactive telecommunications from New York University and a BS in industrial design from Art Center College of Design. Richard Sapper After studying philosophy, anatomy, engineering and business at the University of Munich, Richard Sapper entered the styling department of Daimler-Benz. (BusinessWeek)
Broad Art Museum design to be chosen Jul 18, 2007
Richard Koshalek - A former director at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Koshalek now is the president of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif ... The building can't be one that only reflects the past, said juror Richard Koshalek, the president of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. (The State News, MI)
Influential Architect Noyes Is Subject of Litchfield Talk Jul 13, 2007
He is a former consulting vice president for Art Center College of Design in California and was sent to establish a design school in Kyoto, Japan, from 1991 to 1994. He is also a visiting professor in the U.S. and China and advises various schools in China and the Taipei Design Center. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Photo Release -- Tim Bradstreet and Cliff Nielsen At Comic-Con San Diego Jul 11, 2007
Cliff Nielsen studied traditional and digital illustration and graduated as valedictorian from Art Center College of Design in 1994. His illustrations have been recognized for their excellence by the Society of Illustrators, Print and Spectrum. (Primezone Releases)
The bigger the potential profits, the bigger the potential losses. Jul 9, 2007
At the same time, say automotive consultants such as Geoff Wardle, director of advance mobility research at California's Art Center College of Design, Pininfarina was "very privately" facing up to a knotty truth: Even when major car-makers did decide to outsource a niche model's design, they "no longer automatically assumed that they would get the best design by going to Pininfarina.". Around 2000, with the global economy deteriorating and the competition heating up, Pininfarina's fancy... (FastCompany)
Bovine intervention Jul 7, 2007
The 50-year-old artist, a graduate of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, portrays the iconic black-and-white cow as invader from outer space; in contemplative mode in the cover shot "Divine Bovine"; and as debonair "Secret Agent Cows," including Max Suede and white-jacketed casino card-shark Filippe Mignon. There is also an action-packed series of "Super Hero Cows," among them a caped crusader known as the Swatter; the Gristle Missile in a revealing red unitard; the mostly-metal Cowborg;... (Los Angeles Times)
Meet Alfa's New Male Jun 14, 2007
A graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Stephenson was appointed Director of Ferrari-Maserati Concept Design and Development in 2002. He penned the design of the Maserati MC12, Ferrari F430 and also oversaw the introduction of the Maserati Quattroporte and Ferrari Scaglietti. (BusinessWeek)
Chalk one up for 3D street art Jun 11, 2007
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wenner attended the Rhode Island School of Design and Art Center College of Design before working for NASA as an advanced scientific space illustrator. In 1982, he moved to Italy to pursue his love of classical art. (Xinhuanet, China)
/C O R R E C T I O N -- the_GROOP/ Jun 7, 2007
com, LATimes online Travel, ThisNext, The Thomas Keller Restaurante Group, Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai, Nike China, Virgin Atlantic, Art Center College of Design, and Workbook. com. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Rain could be a factor today at the Brickyard May 27, 2007
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League President Tony George has commissioned the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles to draft concepts of what the next generation IndyCar might look like with eyes toward a 2011 launch. Fenders are not out of the question. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Valedictorian May 24, 2007
Darcy's future plans include majoring in Illustration at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. in September. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Anything but conservative May 19, 2007
"Conservative is what happens when you are trying to get broad appeal," said Stewart Reed, head of the transportation design program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. "I've heard it called the 'filter factor,' because every group inside the company has a say in how the vehicle should look and the design is filtered through all that," he said. (Los Angeles Times)
3-D printers take aim at the home market May 7, 2007
"When laser printers cost more than $5,000, nobody knew they needed desktop publishing," said A. Michael Berman, chief technology officer for the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, which has a half-dozen 3-D printers for its students to use. "The market for 3-D printing isn't as big as for laser printers, but I do believe it is huge.". (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Those outsized imaginations Apr 26, 2007
Students from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena created six economic but inventive plastic chairs with 3-D scanning, mold-making and laser-cutting processes. Many of the innovative designs shown at the fair are likely to be imitated. (Los Angeles Times)
An early look at First Look Film Festival Apr 19, 2007
Media Credit: Art Center College of Design. Media Credit: CCNY. (UCD Advocate, CO)
India's Car Design Guru Wants to Pass It On Apr 18, 2007
So Chhabria wants to give students an opportunity to design a car from scratch an opportunity he never had when he joined GM after graduating from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. From the beginning of his career, Chhabria exhibited a burning desire to make his mark in automotive design. (BusinessWeek)
Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living Apr 16, 2007
Jointly organized by Art Center College of Design and the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, Open House will offer diverse and captivating glimpses of the house of the future as a place for new spatial experiences, new systems of sustainability, and new sensory enhancements made possible through recent technologies and material developments ... In exhibiting Open House, the goal of Art Center College of Design is to bring new energy to a global agenda for new forms of housing, said Art Center... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Read Indepth Article Apr 16, 2007
Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living - Art Center College of Design - absolutearts ... Art Center College of Design announced today that it will host the international exhibition and research initiative Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living from Saturday, April 14, through Sunday, July 1, 2007, at its landmark South Campus in Pasadena, California ... Jointly organized by Art Center College of Design and the Vitra Design Museum in Germany,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Good Education Apr 10, 2007
The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, is one school at the forefront of change, and Nik Hafermaas, its chair of graphic design, has been a key player in kicking up some academic dust. Before coming to Art Center in 2005, Hafermaas, 41, was running Triad, an exhibition design firm in his native Berlin, and teaching environmental design at the University of Arts Bremen. (BusinessWeek)
ATAS fetes college tries Apr 2, 2007
Winners came from Brigham Young U., CalArts, USC, Northwestern U., Art Center College of Design, City College of New York, UCLA, U. of Florida, Robert Morris U. and St. Cloud State U.. "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett received the foundation's first Innovation in Television Award. (Variety)
$1 million isn't what it used to be ---- but it's still an awfully nice nest egg Mar 25, 2007
Two baby boomers who recently hit the 1 million mark are Liz Pulliam Weston, 44, a personal finance expert, and her husband Will, 53, a professor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. As she put it in a recent column on MSN.com, "the day my husband and I became millionaires was a lot like any other day.". (North County Times)
$1 million isn't what it used to be Mar 21, 2007
Two baby boomers who recently hit the $1 million mark are Liz Pulliam Weston, 44, a personal finance expert, and her husband Will, 53, a professor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. As she put it in a recent column on MSN.com, "the day my husband and I became millionaires was a lot like any other day.". (Herald-Tribune)
Foose's First Mar 21, 2007
The Foose Coupe was conceived back in 1990 when Chip Foose was still a student at the Art Center College of Design, long before his designs became famous ... "I originally designed it in 1990 when I was a student at Art Center College of Design, as a project to respond to a niche market; instead, it created a market of its own. People often ask me to describe my dream car, and the Foose Coupe is my answer. It's a 16-year dream that has become a reality." The winning bidder will receive a... (BusinessWeek)
Director's approach: no guts, no glory Mar 11, 2007
He studied painting at Heatherlies School in London and came to Pasadena in 1986 to study film at Art Center College of Design. When Snyder started looking for movies to make, he visited producer Gianni Nunnari, for whom he had done an Italian industrial-lighting commercial starring Robert De Niro. (Boston Globe)
Sustainable Mobility Mar 9, 2007
For the designers in the room, a bright light was shone from BMW's Chris Bangle. A lively speaker with an optimistic speech giving us terms like "Industrial Humanism" and "design with meaning". (BusinessWeek)
Innovation Case Study: GE Mar 7, 2007
For insight and inspiration, GE Healthcare recently turned to the undergraduate students of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. one of the world's top design schools. (BusinessWeek)
Chip Foose overhaulin' mainstream designs Mar 4, 2007
" From birth, in fact. Foose's road to the pinnacle of automotive artistry began in his father's Santa Barbara garage. Sam Foose started out fixing cars for insurance companies, but his love of sheet metal eventually led to work on custom hot rods cars that owed their genesis to speed-loving World War II veterans who took rickety hulks like the 1932 Ford coupe (inspiration for the Beach Boys' Little DeuceCoupe) and souped them up. As the '60s rolled into the '70s, young Chip went from father-led... (USA Today -- Life)
Volkswagen Showcases Clean TDI, Biodiesel, and Hydrogen at Sustainability Summit Feb 9, 2007
Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. is giving a high profile to vehicles with lower environmental impact at the Designing Sustainable Mobility Summit, being held at Art Center College of Design in Southern California. Here, designers and other transportation experts from many countries are sharing ideas on ways to make future mobility more environmentally compatible. (PR Newswire)
Talking Business: Mother's business idea close to home Jan 11, 2007
Jumping Eagle grew up in Southern California and attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. But it was in Seattle that he made a name for himself as a tattoo artist. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Los Angeles Auto Show Announces General Motor's Hummer 02 as the Design Challenge Winner Dec 1, 2006
Being that Los Angeles is home to a majority of the design studios representing automakers in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as the Art Center College of Design, one of the world's leading transportation design centers, Design Los Angeles has become an integral component in designers' ongoing development. The world's automobile companies will be stepping forward with a number of production and concept vehicle world debuts to help usher in "A New Beginning" for the Los Angeles Auto Show. (PR Newswire)
Mike Shinoda Hosts Art Show, Says Linkin Park LP Gets Rick Rubin Excited Nov 17, 2006
Before Linkin Park broke big, Shinoda graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, with a degree in illustration, a medium he's focused on since he was a fourth grader obsessed with drawing Garfield. He was so consumed with sketching the cartoon cat, creator Jim Davis complimented his work once after 0000365F Shinoda sent it in. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Pontus Hulten, 82; former MOCA head had global influence on major art venues Oct 31, 2006
"He was an original with a truly international perspective," said Richard Koshalek, Hulten's successor at MOCA and now president of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. "He was a special person who caused change.". (Los Angeles Times)
Automotive DNA Oct 24, 2006
Either way, Buick's holes are a prime example of automotive DNA, the enduring, often quirky flourishes that present "a strong statement of what the brand is," says Stewart Reed, chairman of transportation design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. All brands have their own DNA. Some of the places it shows up. (USA Today -- Money)
Fashion's X-Factors Oct 14, 2006
As a 26-year-old graduate of the Art Center College of Design beginning a career as a commercial photographer, he envisioned the photo studio he wanted to create a haven where artists could be comfortable, be happy and have access to whatever they needed equipment and props, sure, but also intangibles such as a sense of community. "Before we opened," he says, "a photographer would rent a studio in L.A. and basically get a key, and that was it. You never saw anybody. If you needed anything, you... (Los Angeles Times)
Plus: BMW by Design Oct 7, 2006
BMW bought Designworks in 1995 at the behest of chief designer Chris Bangle, who wanted a design post in California conveniently near the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (which he attended), and a full-service design studio that gets at least half of its business from clients other than the German carmaker. FIRST CLASS. While hatching designs for BMW as important as the current 7 Series sedan, 1 Series sedan and hatchback, and X3 sport activity vehicle, it's still the only studio of its... (BusinessWeek)
Designed in China Sep 29, 2006
-based Art Center College of Design has partnerships with Tama Art University in Tokyo as well as INSEAD in Singapore. Smart U.S. schools will follow suit. (BusinessWeek)
LA Auto Show's Design Challenge Asks Studios to Transform the Future of Driving Into an Environmental Experience Sep 26, 2006
Judging the entries this year are Bill Van Amburg of Calstart, Tom Matano of San Francisco's Academy of Art University, Imre Molner of Detroit's College for Creative Studies and Stewart Reed of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design. "The environmental theme is very appropriate in creating awareness with consumers on automotive issues that are prevalent today," says Chuck Pelly, director of Design Los Angeles and partner in The Design Academy, Inc. "We are happy to see that the LA-area studios... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
‘Willoughby's West' opens at Desert Caballeros Museum Sep 21, 2006
Willoughby studied painting at Los Angeles' Art Center College of Design, but was so discouraged by color blindness he turned to black and white drawing. While working at the Chrysler Corporation in an engineering capacity, he was asked to create drawings for presentations and the company newspaper, which led to his first big break as a cartoonist. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
Lessons On Designing Innovation Sep 19, 2006
INSIDE INNOVATION -- IN FOCUS. "I think one of the things we are good at as a team is gently moving these fragile ideas along a bit so they become just a little more robust and you can actually start to see what they are. So we go from those sorts of discussions and then we just make lots and lots of prototypes. Then we spend a lot of time at the manufacturing sites. We'll be there right to the end when we're in production.". (BusinessWeek)
Who Is Jonathan Ive? Sep 19, 2006
Last spring, an eclectic mix of designers thrilled an auditorium full of their peers at a conference called Radical Craft, put on by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi told inspiring stories of his rise to fame. (BusinessWeek)
• Scholars give honors Sep 17, 2006
He attended the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design and graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. He lived most his life in North Dakota. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Photographer James Fee dead at 56 Sep 10, 2006
Fee taught photography at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He is survived by his son, Illya, of San Francisco, from his first and only marriage which ended in divorce; two sisters, Kate Fee Fulkerson of Timberlake, North Carolina, and Mary Fee Steed of Melchior, Iowa; and Keiko Nobe, his companion of many years. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
James Fee, 56; His Bleak Photos Depicted U.S. Culture in Decline Sep 9, 2006
He taught photography at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for eight years until 2003 and earlier at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles for one year in 1993. He was married once and had one son before the marriage ended in divorce. (Los Angeles Times)
Capturing denali on canvas Sep 9, 2006
Havens left Wasilla for the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. where he pursued a career in visual arts. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
A Big Beautiful Empty Aug 31, 2006
A third-generation Californian and Los Angeles house builder, Weston attended what is now called the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena before becoming one of the many post-World War II industrial design graduates of the school who achieved distinction as an architect. His materials, aesthetics and siting exemplify the contemporary design of the postwar era, says Keith York, an architectural historian and authority on Southern California modernism. (Los Angeles Times)
Art: Martin Creed's Work Delivers a Shock Aug 25, 2006
An instructor at Art Center College of Design, and before that at CalArts, Williams has a well-skilled hand and a roving, hungry eye. He paints with compelling intensity and theatricality, even when overreaching. (Los Angeles Times)
The Best Product Designs of 2006 Jun 30, 2006
Both the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. and Pratt Institute in New York won two awards apiece. (BusinessWeek)
Dodger Dog Creator Dies At 84 Jun 28, 2006
" Arthur was born in Los Angeles but grew up in New York City. His father owned theaters, including the Roxy in New York City. After serving as a B-24 navigator during World War II, Arthur returned to Los Angeles to become a cartoonist or illustrator, studying briefly at the Art Center College of Design and the University of Southern California School of Architecture. He earned money supplying vending machines to theaters and aircraft plants and later gave up on art and concentrated on business.... (CBS2.com, CA)
Kevin Christman, sculptor and painter Jun 2, 2006
Christman studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and apprenticed with master artists in the Los Angeles area. He supplemented his apprenticeship income by working as a mold maker and enlarger for other artists bronze sculptures. (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
