Designer April Greiman joins USC Roski School of Art and Design
The accomplished artist will teach as a member of the school’s growing design program.
USC’s Makerspaces Give Creative Students a Home
USC’s maker culture is thriving as working spaces for creators pop up across campus.
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.
Trojans to Reshape a Los Angeles Art Landmark
USC architecture students reimagine ways to make the Museum of Contemporary Art even more accessible to visitors.
The USC Viterbi Engineer Behind the World’s Fastest Wheelchairs
Reimagined wheelchairs revolutionize a Paralympic sport.
USC Village Rooms Make Residential Colleges Feel Like Home
Functional and stylish furniture are just some of the comforts for students.
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.
USC Students Create Prosthetics with 3-D Printers
USC students create hand prosthetics for children in war-torn areas.
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.
Art, Industry and Entrepreneurship: A Landmark USC Moment
We will prepare stellar artists to be effective entrepreneurs and singular businesspersons to be great artists.
Designs on Social Change
Creativity can combine with business principles to solve societal challenges—and turn a profit.
A Degree in Disruption
Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young (Dr. Dre) invest $70 million to prepare USC students who’ll shape the future.
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.