The Next Wave: Know the Tsunami
Read MoreStudents address the vital need for coastal communities of Southern California to have a clear and engaging message about the risks and hazards of tsunamis.
Students address the vital need for coastal communities of Southern California to have a clear and engaging message about the risks and hazards of tsunamis.

The Healing Cloud Project created a global campaign to develop burn prevention messages and to increase support for child burn victims.



"These projects help every design student see what is on the other side, and opens the door to making the impossible a possibility of hope."
Armie Pasa and Gabriel La 'O, Product Design, Students

Students were given the challenge of designing and installing a large scale mural on the topic of youth unemployment.

A challenge to create a visually appealing, scientifically based and entertaining motion graphics film to disseminate tsunami early warning messages in Southern California.

Creative repurposing of parking meters was one solution to support the homeless community and mitigate panhandling.


“Innovation emerges out of a deep partnership between design students and community members.”
Penny Herscovitch and Dan Gottlieb, Associate Professors, Environmental Design
After field research in India, students built furniture prototypes for use in the high quality, low cost housing championed by the social entrepreneurship nonprofit Ashoka.

In response to a request for proposals, Art Center students submitted designs for an Armenian Genocide Memorial to be erected in Pasadena’s Memorial Park.

Phase two of this anti-gun violence campaign focused on the creation of illustrated children’s books to carry the message to elementary school kids.
