BY LARA WARREN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, fenced-off lots and new construction sites have been popping up all over Los Angeles. Bulldozers raze empty buildings, and mixing trucks are hard at work pouring concrete beneath large signs touting new public schools. Perhaps somewhere else, in another city, this wouldn’t be so significant. […]
By Lara Warren EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS AND VOICE-OVER ARTIST NANCY CARTWRIGHT ’81 LOVES HER JOB. “I’m still amazed that they’re paying me to be funny — to burp and fart, and do the things that I got punished for when I was a kid,” she says. Nancy is best known as the voice of Bart […]
Alumni Faculty Reflect on the Past and Look to the Future BY LARA WARREN IT ALL BEGAN WITH A SINGLE VISION. Eighty years ago, Edward “Tink” Adams had a revolutionary idea for a school that would teach real-world skills to artists and designers. Even more radical: classes would be taught by working professionals, at the […]
Eric Barba Envisions the World of Tron BY LARA WARREN FOR ALUMNUS ERIC BARBA, THINGS DIDN’T SEEM LIKE THEY COULD GET ANY BETTER AFTER WINNING AN OSCAR for his groundbreaking special effects work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. That is, until he got the gig overseeing the special effects for Tron: Legacy, opening this weekend. […]
BY LARA WARREN AS WENDY MACNAUGHTON SEES IT, DESIGNERS CAN USE THEIR SKILLS FOR TWO THINGS: to encourage people to want things they don’t need, or to improve people’s lives. “I have yet to meet a designer who has done the latter and then returned back to the former,” MacNaughton says. “Once you realize that […]
By Lara Warren LIKE MANY OF THE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES HE CAPTURES ON FILM, Photography and Imaging alumnus Andrew Bernstein is recognized as an all-star in his respective field. As NBA Senior Official Photographer and NBA Photos Senior Director, Bernstein’s photography has appeared on thousands of magazine covers around the world. What’s different about Bernstein’s work is […]
BY LARA WARREN AT 100 YEARS OLD, the Rev. O.D. Thomas has no plans for slowing down. “I’m looking forward to the next hundred years,” laughs Thomas, who celebrated his 100th birthday in December. The University of Alabama alumnus and Tuscaloosa resident has been the center of a flurry of media attention since reaching this […]
BY LARA WARREN IN THE 1970s, Doug Wilson was part of the team that designed the first Chrysler minivan. Now assistant director of design at Nissan Design America, where he has spent the past 27 years, Wilson served as chief designer for the Infiniti J30. His list of design credits includes the first-generation Nissan Xterra, […]
BY LARA WARREN ALTHOUGH IT IS SPRING IN LOS ANGELES, it’s still chilly out as Billie Tsien M.Arch. ’77 speaks to full lecture hall on the UCLA campus. She’s beautifully dressed in rich orange and chartreuse fabrics. Her choice in clothing reflects her architectural mentality: tactile stimulation and material exploration, fine art and functionality. Billie […]