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.



“The two-week experience on the ground in Chile was instrumental. We all felt the same thing; we all saw and experienced the same realities together. We all lived the same moments. And that really helped us later as a design team, as we related our ideas and concepts back to our shared experience.”
Andres Zavala, Student, Environmental Design

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.


"It’s not just about the product, it’s about the person, it’s about making real impact.”
Margaux Reynolds, Student, Product 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.
