On the Fence
Read MoreStudents were given the challenge of designing and installing a large scale mural on the topic of youth unemployment.
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The Next Wave
Read MoreA challenge to create a visually appealing, scientifically based and entertaining motion graphics film to disseminate tsunami early warning messages in Southern California.
“Innovation is deliberate. It’s about solving problems without creating new ones. To innovate is to enable one to share our natural empathy and be able to allow others a new means for expression. Innovation is something humans and other creatures have been doing forever, be it by instinct or experimentation. We innovate to survive and to create positive solutions to simplify and better our lives.”
Mari Nakano, Grad Media Design '09, Visual Design Lead, UNICEF Innovation Unit
Living Home: India, Creating New Furnishing Solutions for the Living Environment
Read MoreAfter field research in India, students built furniture prototypes for use in the high quality, low cost housing championed by the social entrepreneurship nonprofit Ashoka.
Armenian Genocide Memorial: Design in the Public Space for Reflection and Remembrance
Read MoreIn response to a request for proposals, Art Center students submitted designs for an Armenian Genocide Memorial to be erected in Pasadena’s Memorial Park.
Uncool 2: The Anti-Gun Violence Project
Read MorePhase two of this anti-gun violence campaign focused on the creation of illustrated children’s books to carry the message to elementary school kids.
Supporting the Programme of Action of the ICPD: A Campaign to Promote Young People’s Voices and Choices
Read MoreThe United Nations Population Fund asked Designmatters to partner in creating a call to action in support of their goals in advancing human rights for young people.
"The practical foundation that underlies this program is that even the most amazing design solutions need to be supported by a strong business model in order to be implemented and sustainable."
Adlai Wertman, Professor, Marshall School of Business, USC
Uncool
Read MoreIn this iteration of the UNCOOL studio set, Advertising students created an anti-gun violence campaign to serve a diverse population of at-risk youth.
Friends of the Bad Weather Shelter Campaign
Read MoreA collaboration to art direct a series of compelling bus shelter posters to help raise awareness for the Pasadena Bad Weather Shelter.
Safe Agua Peru
Read MoreDesignmatters partnered with NGO Un Techo para mi Pais and the community to co-create design solutions to overcome water poverty in Cerro Verde, a slum outside Lima, Peru.