Art Center in the News: December 2013 and January 2014

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NPR’s Sonari Glinton interviews Art Center’s Geoff Wardle. Photo: Teri Bond

Art Center students, faculty, staff and alumni have been making news while making their mark at on the art and design worlds. For those who may have missed a headline or two, we curated this handy highlight reel of our recent media clips:

NPR “What’s In Store For Commuting’s Future? (Hint: There’s Hope)”
Features Art Center’s Grad Transportation Design program.

KCRW Fast Train, Budget Drain”
Geoff Wardle featured on “Which Way LA” speaking about high-speed rail.

Los Angeles Times “Review: Lynn Aldrich retrospective channels inventive spirit”

GOOD “Best of 2013: The Top 10 Public Interest Design Videos”
Designmatters’ LEAP symposium video is number 8.

GOOD “Best of 2013: The Top Nine Public Interest Design Milestones”
Designmatters’ LEAP Symposium is number 9.

UNICEF Stories “UNICEF Innovation Unit Predictions for 2014”
Desingmatters’ LEAP Symposium outcomes and Media Design alumnus Mattew Manos’s verynice design consultancy cited.

Los Angeles Times “Developers see Pasadena as an inland version of Silicon Beach”
JPL, Caltech and Art Center mentioned.

Huffington Post “7 Millennials Who Are Too Busy Changing The World To Take Selfies”
Media Design alumnus Matthew Manos is number 3 on the list.

Huffington Post “Woody Allen Is Zhenya Gershman’s ‘Sunny Side Up’”
By Grad Art alumna Zhenya Gershman and featuring her bio; Art Center named.

Sunset Magazine “50 all-time best Sunset Test Kitchen recipesArt Center alums  Peden + Munk food photography featured in this very lengthy article. PDN online Dennis Keeley and Art Center named.

Vanity Fair “Surfing the Next Wave”
Product Design alumnus Yves Béhar profiled.

TODAY Show “’Mitt’ director: Romney was ‘uncomfortable’ watching the doc”
Film alumnus Greg Whiteley on TODAY.

TODAY Show CES (Consumer Electronic Show) coverage
Alumni-created URB-E electric scooter covered.

CNNMoney “Chevrolet Corvette Stingray wins Car of the Year honors”
Designed by alumnus Tom Peters.

HCD Connect “Clothing that Grabs Back”
Media Design student Barbara Natali talks about project in Uganda.

Tech News “Autodesk CEO Carl Bass Joins Panzura Advisory Board”
Art Center Board mentioned.

Motorway America ”GM Foundation announces $2.9 million in grants to higher education”
Art Center named as recipient.

Tech Gage Concepts from Art Center among favorites at LA Auto Show

Auto News “How Calty emerged as the West Coast design pioneer”
Mentions Art Center’s importance in bringing auto design to Southern California.

SFGate “Design Competition Incorporating Surface Finishing Rewards Students’ Passion and Curiosity in Manufacturing”
Art Center students win competition/scholarships.

The Dallas Weekly “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.”
Documentary program including Upaj: Improvise, a documentary by Film alumnus Hoku Uchiyama.

KCET “Emilie Halpern’s Phosphorescent Rock Art”

Pasadena Weekly ”The Year in Review”
Mentions Catherine Menard’s memorial design.

Style.com “The Soul of Design: Clive Piercy Talks Graphic Content”

Rappler “Teddy Lo, LED and lighting up art”
Article about Advertising alumnus Teddy Lo.

Wales Online “Artes Mundi 6: Shortlist revealed for the £40,000 prize”
Grad Art alumna Sharon Lockhart shortlisted for UK’s biggest contemporary art prize.

Control-Room.org Art Center Admission staffer and alumnus Ryan Perez showing work at alumni run Control-Room gallery in downtown L.A

Pasadena Independent Shop locally campaign features work by Art Center’s Agency.

Freep.com “Retiring Ford designer J Mays talks Mustang, Detroit Free Press”

Global Giving “Sponsor the Care of a Latin American Burned Child”
Material developed by Designmatters project.

Plastics News “Design Stories: Telling it like it is, Plastics News”
Chris Lefteri talks about Design Storm at Art Center.

Stark Insider “San Francisco Arts: 15 Incredibly Beautiful Heart Designs”
Graphic Design alumnus Michael Osborne included on the list.

Indian Television “Discovery turbo brings new car restoration series”
New Discovery channel show with alumnus Chip Foose.

Korea Times “Power of a lens”
Photo alumnus Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Shanghai Daily “Designer: Good branding crucial”
Interview with Graphics/Packaging alumnus Fumi Sasada.

Alumnus and Blue Dog Artist George Rodrigue’s passing was widely covered.

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