Olivia Newton-John won’t be among the guests at “Get Physical,” Petrula Vrontikis’s fall semester 3×3 on Thursday, September 29th. But Joachim Sauter, Christian Moeller, and Rebeca Méndez will. Come to the Ahmanson at 7 p.m. if you’re interested in exploring the fusion of digital media with our built environment providing post-virtual experiences. Moderated by Nik [...]
My latest post to Print magazine’s imPrint is an interview with Trina Robbins, the first female underground comix artist. She talks about a variety of subjects, including fashion, feminism, and her new book, Tarpé Mills & Miss Fury. That’s Miss Fury up above, circa mid-1940s. Fury’s name and image also decorated WWII bomber nosecones; see [...]
Claytons in their Wishy Washy room. Photo by Joan Dooley.
Rob and Christian Clayton received their B.F.A.s with honors at Art Center about 20 years ago. And they now teach painting and illustration at the school. And their “Inside Out” exhibition opened at the Pasadena Museum of California Art a few weeks ago. But you probably [...]
The card above tells the story. Here’s the quick version: “Confronting Pop Culture’s Addiction to its Own Past” with Bruce Sterling and Simon Reynolds. Free on Thursday in the Media Center.
Thank you for the love, Graphic Design department.
ACCD MFA grad Rebeca Méndez and 25 other artists and designers have each interpreted an alphabet letter for an exhibition that recently opened at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. You can now read my interview with Rebeca at Print magazine’s online venue.
And yes, that is Art Center Orange on the outer edges of her [...]
Last month I wrote a four part series about AIGA San Diego’s annual Y conference for Print magazine’s Imprint, before this year’s event at the end of March.
Y16’s main stage participants included moderators Petrula Vrontikis and Nik Hafermaas and featured presenters Brian Boyl and Chris Dooley (Art Center alumnus, graphic design, class of 2000). And [...]
Hello Design (with David Lai, CEO and Creative Director)
This Saturday, 04/02, is the first session of my six week UCLA Extension field trip classes, “Exploring L.A. Design.” We’ll visit the work places of our city’s top professionals who handle print, web, motion, corporate, interactive, illustration, typography, photography, packaging, etc. Students will have the opportunity to [...]
Tomorrow (Friday, April 1) in the late morning (11am) Brumby Boylston* will speak at my Loyola Marymount University design history class (Burns Fine Art Complex, room 211**).
* Brumby has participated in motion design’s revolution and evolution since its inception in the late 1990s. Come join him as he shares his personal experiences and perspectives on [...]
If you don’t know Matter, then you don’t really know Modernism. It’s as simple as that. He’s not just a Paula Scher reference point. He’s among graphic design’s most significant, and pivotal, figures over the past century.
“The Visual Language of Herbert Matter” screens tomorrow, Thursday, at 7pm in the LAT Media Center, as part of [...]
Archie Boston is considered one of the nation’s leading design instructors and a highly respected graphic designer. And he’s unafraid of being confrontational and offensive. With a 50-year career that began with his acceptance to Chouinard in 1961, he developed a solid reputation for his irreverent and provocative work. He’s also produced a classic series [...]