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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

These solutions are indeed subjective – this isn’t solving a clear-cut math problem – and that proved to be the most difficult aspect of the project. The solutions, however, do address all the key elements, massaged by the student’s vision.”
Dennis Lee, Faculty, Advertising

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