Exchange and Study Away at ArtCenter College of Design

Digital Product Design and Management – INSEAD Collaboration

Virtual, Synchronous – Fall 2021
Host Department: Product Design

Credit:                    
3 units of ArtCenter H&S credit, Business minor eligible

Info Sessions:        
Wednesday, July 21 from 2-3pm PDT (Week 10)
Monday, July 26 from 2-3pm PDT (Week 11)

App Deadline:        
Friday, July 30 at 1pm PDT (Week 11)  

Class Meets:         
ArtCenter, Tuesdays Weeks 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9
INSEAD, Tentative Wed-Fri evenings, Weeks 10-12

**check the link in our bio for more details**

Open to undergrad Graphic, Interaction, & Product majors 5th term and up, other majors on a case-by-case basis 
 
This course will provide students with the opportunity to collaborate with INSEAD MBA students and be taught by ArtCenter and INSEAD faculty as well as industry experts while they work on the development, testing, and management of a digital product.
 
A five session (held online over five weeks) ArtCenter Interaction Design mini course will start the term to prepare for the INSEAD portion of the course. During the INSEAD segment, each designer will work with 4-5 MBA students, developing and testing a digital product concept. MBAs are expected to have a hands-on role in all stages of the project and the designers will be both coaches and active participants. ArtCenter participants will be collaborating with INSEAD students in various time zones.   

We like you, but go away!

Spend Spring or Summer 2021 studying at some of the world’s most respected art and design schools. All aid can be applied!

APP DEADLINE: Thursday, October 1 (Week 3) at 1pm PST

Open to most majors, 5th term and up
CREDIT: 12+ units ArtCenter credit
PROGRAM FEE: Exchange opportunities cost the same as ArtCenter tuition for the term plus the cost of housing

As of now, we tentatively hope to resume our outgoing exchange programs in spring semester. We will be sure to keep you posted as we solidify plans for spring and beyond.

Marketing International Experiences to Employers | Wednesday, July 22 (Week 10) from 1-2pm

Co-hosted by Exchange and Study Away, Career and Professional Development, and Center for the Student Experience at Art Center

Have you studied away? Interned or volunteered abroad? Are you an international student at ArtCenter? If you can answer YES to any of these questions, this workshop is for you! Join us to learn how to turn your global experiences into your unique narrative. You’ll get the inside scoop on how to highlight your experiences on your resume and cover letter and tips for communicating with employers. All types of international experiences are welcome.

Zoom info available on master calendar on Inside. See you there!

Think you can't afford study away? Think again. Learn how finances work for programs, educate yourself on scholarship opportunities, and get application advice.Join us for an info session this Wednesday, July 1 (Week 7) from 1-2pm

Exchange and Study Away and .cpd are teaming up to host a Fulbright info session THIS THURSDAY. We will be reviewing details of the program, how to develop a strong application, and how participating can impact your personal and creative career.

If you are unfamiliar with the Fulbright program at ArtCenter more information can be found on the study away website

Fulbright Info Session
Thursday, June 18 at 1:00pm (Week 5)
Check the inside.artcenter master calendar for zoom meeting info

We look forward to seeing you there!

Looking for a way to participate in a pride event this year? Think global! Take advantage of social distancing and attend a virtual pride event in another country. Scroll through for a few options and check out stories for new editions! 🌈🌍

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Interested in studying away, but not sure where to start? Join us for Study Away 101! Learn about program options, finances, scholarships, the application process, and more. All three sessions will cover the same content. Meeting info is available on the Inside ArtCenter master calendar. You may also email [email protected] to request the link. See you on Zoom!

Ways to connect all summer long! Check your email for our summer schedule or click the link in our bio to access the pdf. First up, Open Advising hour begins this Tuesday from 10-11am. See you there!

Exchange and Study Away remains available (remotely) to serve you! Contact us via email, or schedule and appointment today:

ArtCenter Exchange & Study Away Office Schedule your appointment online ArtCenter Exchange & Study Away Office

ArtCenter is in Detroit 🇺🇸!
The students on our Learning from Detroit program are learning about the competing visions for the future of Detroit - once the epicenter of the US auto industry - as imagined by residents, organizers, policy makers, artists, activists, and scholars. Their partnership with local organizations has facilitated access to key sites in Detroit and allowed students to incorporate community immersion and social engagement into the creative process. What can artists and designers learn from and contribute to the communities of Detroit? These students are finding out! 🇺🇸🏙📝🌳🚗
@ Detroit, Michigan

ArtCenter is in Italy 🇮🇹!
The students on our Italy: The Piazza & The Nature of Things program are spending six weeks immersing themselves in Italian culture, art, and food - all while taking a series of courses that focus on cities as the foundation of civilization. This coursework uses the piazza (town square) as a lens through which the idea and reality of cities may be studied. In addition to being based out of Modena, students are also visiting Florence, Piacenza, Carpi, Mantova, and Parma (pictured here)!
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Want $1,000 to study away? Apply for our DATSA scholarship by next Monday, 3/12 at 1pm! You do NOT already need to have a program lined up in order to apply - we will hold the stipend for you until you do! Apply now!
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Applications now open for TasteMaking Tokyo, Fall 2018!
Japanese culture is rich with ancient and modern food traditions, from Tea Ceremony and Buddhist Temple food; to bento boxes and communal meals; to contemporary pop-ups and experiments driving the future of food. On this program you’ll explore the cultural, social, and ritual aspects of dining; food on-the-go in a mobile society; nutrition, health, and wellness; the process of growing food; and the impact of food waste. You will design new tableware, lighting, and furnishings for dining for a global market. How does each element—from the utensils to the bowl to the table, lighting and surroundings influence your experience of the meal? The program will also involve a 2-week research trip to Naoshima Art Island to explore contemporary art and architecture focused on rituals around nature & the seasons in Kyoto & Nagoya.
Apply now via the link in our bio!
@ Tokyo, Japan

Applications now open for Pop-Up Berlin, Summer 2018!
Hosted by ArtCenter's Illustration department and HMCT, Pop-Up Berlin seeks to inspire students to design and produce inclusive, positive image and text-based materials intended to bridge the widening cultural gaps between marginalized groups in both Berlin and Pasadena. By acknowledging our glorious diversity through pop-up events featuring student produced posters, periodicals, and products, Pop-Up Berlin is designed to direct student talent towards advocacy and inclusion. Throughout the Summer term in Pasadena, Pop-Up will also partner with ArtCenter’s Archetype Press/HMCT to enable students to produce ephemera in multiples. These items will then be brought to Berlin and presented in innovative contexts during a 2.5-week visit.
Join us for an info session next Monday, 2/26 at 1pm in HMCT, or next Thursday, 3/1 at 1pm on the 6th floor of 1111!
@ Berlin, Germany

Calling all shoe dogs! Are you interested in a deep dive into the athletic footwear industry? This summer, we are offering an eight-week experience in Portland, Oregon, for a selected group of students. During this study away program you will work with recent ArtCenter alumni from three major brands on three two-week projects, as well as participate in two one-week footwear business classes with students from Portland State University’s School of Business Administration. The term will start and conclude in Pasadena, where you will present your four projects to students and faculty.
Join us for an info session next Monday 2/19 at 1pm in Hillside Room 224 OR next Thursday 2/22 at 1pm in Hillside Room 201!
@ Portland, Oregon

Our Future Craft China program - a collaboration between ArtCenter’s Environmental Design department and Tongji University's College of Design & Innovation - is currently in full swing! Students on this program are working in teams to envision new opportunities for design that will revive craft traditions and create social impact within artisan communities in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. China has achieved extraordinary levels of economic growth and development; yet with such stunning gains, what risks being lost? As China continues to advance, how might we bring traditional Chinese craft into daily life? As our students collaborate with local artisans, they have begun to understand their needs and aspirations as well as how design can make an impact.
@ Shanghai, China

This summer's Learning from Detroit program will offer students the unique opportunity to work with the Packard Plant redevelopment group. The Packard Plant, once an icon of automobile manufacturing in the US, was where luxury cars were made in the early 1900s. The redevelopment group is focused on documenting the space, which is filled with cool art and graffiti, during their redevelopment process. This is a rare opportunity for students to legally and safely enter a vacant yet historically significant Detroit space - see the link in our bio for more info or to apply!
@ Detroit, Michigan

Fund a year abroad after graduation! Apply for a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant!
Info session TOMORROW, Wednesday, February 7 (Week 4) from 1-2pm in Room 201, Hillside. Come learn more about how to receive a Fulbright grant to work on a study/research project you design, or as an English Teaching Assistant. And there will be coffee, tea, and cookies!

Body in Balance Berlin, Summer 2018
Info Session TODAY, Thurs, 2/ 1 (Week 3) at 1pm in Room 108A, Hillside
From yoga in Tiergarten, to taking the waters at Liquidrom, to consuming garden-fresh smoothies in Prinzessimnengarten, Berliners covet their ability to create a mind-body-spirit connection that is unique to them. During this program, students will look at the future of health and wellness in Berlin, examining possible hybrids that engage all of our senses. What we put in our body, where it comes from, and how it powers us is the foundation for a more enlightened lifestyle.
@ Berlin, Germany

Learning from Detroit, Summer 2018
Info Session TODAY, Thurs, 2/ 1 (Week 3) at 1pm in Room 208, 870
Interested in studying in Detroit, Michigan this summer? This program will introduce students to methods for incorporating community immersion and social engagement into the creative process. Students will learn about competing visions for the future of Detroit as imagined by residents, organizers, policy makers, artists, activists, scholars, and others. They will have the opportunity to partner with organizations in the context of three thematic territories: ecology/conservation, community identity, and access.
@ Detroit, Michigan

Did you recently study or intern abroad? If so, do you know the professional advantages of your international experience? Can you confidently relay what you learned about your job field - and yourself - to potential employers?
Next Monday 2/5 at 12pm in Conference Room B, join Exchange and Study Away and Career + Professional Development for Study Away, Get Ahead: Marketing Your International Experience to Potential Employers. This session will teach you how to incorporate your study away experience on your resume, cover letter, and in professional interviews. We will discuss the potential skills you gained, brief you on the "dos" and "don'ts" of talking about your experience professionally, and hold mock interviews. We will even review your current resume - so bring it either in physical or digital form!

PENSOLE Footwear Design Workshop, Summer 2018
Info Session TODAY, Mon, 1/29 (Week 3) at 1:30pm in the Sewing Lab, 1111
This special 2-week intensive is a partnership between the Product Design department and the PENSOLE Footwear Academy, led by founder D'Wayne Edwards. This partnership reflects the growing concentration of Wearables + Soft Goods at ArtCenter and the commitment to enabling students to have the most meaningful industry-driven experiences as they build their skills. During PENSOLE, students will be exposed to all aspects of footwear design and CMF, and will be taught how to develop projects from idea to final concept. Apply now!
@ Portland, Oregon

Learning From Detroit, Summer 2018
Interesting in studying in Detroit, Michigan this summer? This program will introduce students to methods for incorporating community immersion and social engagement into the creative process. Students will learn about competing visions for the future of Detroit as imagined by residents, organizers, policy makers, artists, activists, scholars, and others. They will have the opportunity to partner with organizations in the context of three thematic territories: ecology/conservation, community identity, and access.
Join us for an info session to hear more either TODAY, 1/23 at 1pm in Conference Room B, or Thursday, 2/1 at 1pm in Room 208 in 870
@ Detroit, Michigan

Applications are now open for some of our Summer 2018 faculty-led programs! Study in Berlin, Germany; Portland, Oregon; or Detroit, Michigan! Applications for all three programs are due on Wednesday, February 7 (Week 4) at 1:00 pm. Head to our website (link in bio) for more information!

8/25/17 - 9/7/17:

This sustainable design studio offered an exciting, hands-on experience in biomimicry, biodiversity, and next nature. Students studied nature's biological forms and systems, and speculated nature's time-tested strategies to solve human design problems. Based on their immersive explorations and workshops in one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet, students then created new paradigms for how we live, work and play. A critical component of the studio was pushing towards an intelligent, performative, more sustainable future.

The students' retreat and eco-lodge was located on the central pacific coast of Costa Rica, which is considered an ecological transition zone. Just north are the tropical dry forest, and to the south are the humid rainforests. Field trips and guided tours coincided with sustainable, biomimicry, ecological design, and research exercises. Their activities included nature walks, horseback riding, night hiking in the rainforest, assisting with turtle migration, and camping in the jungle.

Testlab Berlin: Californication was one of our Summer 2017 programs. Hosted by Grad Graphics, the project explored the "brand equity" of the Golden State, how it relates to the rest of the US, and what LA and Berlin can learn from each other. Graphic Design student Alicia Rangel commented, "I'm being more experimental, more expressive. Every week I wake up with another idea of how to be."

Who HASN'T dreamed of going to Italy?! With our Italy: The Piazza & The Nature of Things program, running next Summer 2018, you can not only live and study in Modena, but also take trips to cities like Florence and Parma! For more program details and course information, please visit our website.

The application deadline for this program has been EXTENDED until Monday, November 20 at 1pm (Week 11). There's still plenty of time to apply!

The Bode Museum, Berlin Wall Museum, Berlinische Galerie - these are just a few of the amazing art museums that students on our Spring 2018 Berlin Fine Art program will visit. The group will also visit the Schaubude, see the Brandenburg Gate, and shop at some of Berlin's coolest flea markets!

It's not too late - apply for the Berlin Fine Art program NOW at www.artcenter.edu/studyaway! Applications are due next Monday, October 23!

Did you know? Spring 2018 will mark the London Ancient/Modern program's 11th year running!

So many amazing projects have come out of the program during its time, including the 2014 book Eventually Everything Connects by ArtCenter alum Loris Lora. Loris, now a successful LA-based illustrator and designer, credits the London program for her first book's inspiration.

What will YOU create as a result of the program? We can't wait to find out! Apply NOW for London Ancient/Modern, Spring 2018 on our website at www.artcenter.edu/studyaway!

8/24/17 - 9/6/17:

During this program, students experienced Japanese culture and craft via a trip to Kyoto, a city as rich in its history and tradition as it is in its forward thinking. Here, students participated in a series of hands-on workshops, lectures, and outings in cooperation with Kyoto Seika University. Upon returning to ArtCenter, they then used their newfound knowledge and insights to reexamine Southern Californian design. As the program was a hybrid of both Surface and Product Design, students developed both a design pattern and home good product, providing them the unique opportunity to develop pattern and product side by side. During the course of the term, they also learned the history and tradition of textile design, and product development techniques with an eye towards cultural sensitivity and expression.