Natural Light International Design Competition Studio
Read MoreSpring 2015 - Host Department: Environmental Design
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Illustrated Journalism Studio
Read MoreA studio in which students reimagine how illustration is used on all of today’s evolving multimedia journalism platforms.
"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)
CITES Project for the U.S. Department of the Interior
Read MoreA collaboration with the U.S. Department of Interior to raise awareness and effect policy change regarding illegal trafficking of endangered species in Chile.
Arthritis Foundation Studio
Read MoreDesignmatters students worked with the Arthritis Foundation to contemporize the Foundation’s brand strategy and create a multi-platform communication program.
SHE (Sustainable Health Enterprises) DesignStorm
Read MoreA three-day facilitated workshop at Art Center for Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) investigating potential product development in line with the revolutionary SHE brand.
The Homeboy Project
Read MoreA Graphic Design-led studio designed to elevate the Homeboy brand and amplifying its presence in Los Angeles.
"A designer’s desire to change the world can be incompatible with empathy, which necessitates relinquishing the impulse to remake the world as it should be in favor of grasping the world as it is for others."
Arden Stern, Faculty, Humanities & Sciences
Real Change Movement
Read MoreA real-world outreach to create long-term, self-sustaining design solutions to harness the community’s compassion and reduce homelessness in Pasadena.
The Aquarium of the Pacific: Open Ocean Project
Read MoreIn the Open Ocean studio, Designmatters students created a public awareness campaign for the Aquarium of the Pacific centered on the topic of ocean exploration.