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WHY DESIGNMATTERS MATTERS: ARTCENTER’S PIONEERING PROGRAM CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF SOCIAL INNOVATION

Living History: ArtCenter Off-Campus #workingit trip to the California African American Museum

Celeste Guarneri, Associate Director, Leadership Programs, ArtCenter / March 2019

This Alhambra, California–based illustrator exercises his voice in his artwork

Communication Arts / February 2019

ArtCenter to Consider What Designers Should Know About Kids

Pasadena Now / February 2019

Designing for Kids Book Launch and Panel Discussion

January 2019

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Newsletter - Fall 2020

Civil Servant + Civic Design Workshop with Mari Nakano | February 5

January 2019

"The students were able to grasp the need and the reality of vulnerable communities and translate that information into creative yet realistic ideas. This was a great example of how design can contribute to furthering a cause."
Bianca Lomell, Regional Director for North America, Project Concern International (PCI)

The assignment: Design a poster that dispels America’s myths about immigrants

Los Angeles Times / January 2019

Happy Holidays from the Designmatters Team

December 2018

Homeless crisis in L.A. inspires some purposefully small ideas: tiny houses

Los Angeles Times / December 2018