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Big Lessons from the Big Apple: The LA i-team reflects on the NYC’s Service Design Studio

In February, we welcomed NYC Service Designer and ArtCenter Alumna Mari Nakano for a mini-residency in which she visited with Designmatters students & faculty, sat in...

ArtCenter to Consider What Designers Should Know About Kids

Pasadena Now / February 2019

Designing for Kids Book Launch and Panel Discussion

January 2019

Civil Servant + Civic Design Workshop with Mari Nakano | February 5

January 2019

The assignment: Design a poster that dispels America’s myths about immigrants

Los Angeles Times / January 2019

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Newsletter - Spring 2019

Happy Holidays from the Designmatters Team

December 2018

"The students confronted important issues from personal vantage points, ultimately ensuring that others would care about them, too."
Sherry Hoffman, Humanities & Sciences, Faculty

Homeless crisis in L.A. inspires some purposefully small ideas: tiny houses

Los Angeles Times / December 2018

Pasadena students create art piece to spark dialogue and engagement on immigration policies

KABC-TV / December 2018

‘Dispelling Myths’, a project that seeks to destroy false beliefs about immigrants

Univision Los Angeles / December 2018