Designing for seniors, students use ‘human-centered’ approach
Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab project tackles social issues and global problems with for-profit endeavors; this year’s focus is seniors’ unique needs.
Iovine and Young Academy senior makes splash with Coachella trash cans
Jane Li’s entry in the competition, which promote awareness around global warming and sustainability, features coral-inspired art.
USC Roski School of Art and Design launches MFA in Design program
Two-year curriculum focusing on design and social practices will be housed in downtown Los Angeles’ vibrant At Mateo complex.
Mary Kelly appointed Judge Widney Professor at USC Roski School of Art and Design
The influential artist and educator uses her work to address some of society’s most complex challenges.
Elaborate jackets sewn with odd ‘fabrics’ go on display at USC
Architecture studio students show their painstaking apparel made with soap, pills, hair ties and much more.
Blind at 92, Barbara Beskind is not your typical product designer
The Silicon Valley celebrity, who develops goods for an aging population, shares her unique insight with USC Davis gerontology students.
USC Roski exhibition leaves visitors thinking about trees, ecology
Soil regeneration and green space are at the heart of Dirty Talk.
Fourth class of International Artist Fellows to pursue degrees at USC
The seven students with expertise in music, performance and multimedia are the latest members of a program that began in 2013.
A sense for style that never goes out of fashion
Alumna Lauren Santo Domingo connects fashion lovers with designer looks straight from the runway.
You made a jacket out of what? Architecture students use unlikely materials — and their wits
Designs put metal to work in unexpected — and colorful — ways.
Student-designers make spaces, products more accessible
USC Davis competition puts principles of Universal Design to work on everyday items and locations.
First-ever corset course a good fit at USC
Designing women sew up slots in a USC class that required long hours, attention to detail and knowledge of a new vocabulary.
USC Roski opens its studios to works of art
Seeking a ‘Celfie’? How about a project devoted to tarot cards? Spectators saw that and more at the school’s fine arts event.
Literature inspires artwork at USC’s Writing Center
Sculptures and paintings fill the space in a place where students wield words.
Performance artist Nao Bustamante joins USC Roski as vice dean of art
The work of the video and visual artist, filmmaker and writer demonstrates the importance of research in making art, says the school’s dean.
Local artist Edgar Arceneaux joins USC Roski as visiting professor
Co-founder of the Watts House Project aims to help students understand the link between art and culture.
Fashionista’s high-profile clients are always dressed to kill
Be it Berlin or Tokyo, the resourceful Petra Flannery will do whatever it takes to wrap well-known women in the most stylish attire available.
USC Roski artist takes a life-altering journey to Japan
His work on life after cataclysm and moving forward transforms the student.
Travel grant awardees receive support for proposed projects
Students discuss their works on bodily transformation, feminism and detention.
Exploring the art of rare illustrated Japanese books
Workshop organized by the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture offers insights to scholars, curators and collectors.
USC Roski professor to be honored for advancing the equality of women in the arts
Historian Amelia Jones will receive the Distinguished Feminist Award in New York.
Open Studios shows off student talent
USC Roski School of Art and Design event showcases work of undergraduate artists.
The terrors that haunt and hunt our very souls
Visions and Voices event attracts experts who trace monsters past and present.
Live from New York: Your digital future according to USC
Virtual reality. Humans wired for health. Digital sculptors crafting 3-D bodies with code, not clay. They’re all part of our high-tech future, shared by USC researchers at the Global Conversation in New York.