This episode of Designing Minds features Julia Hoffmann, a rising star of the design world. In the final installment of the series, Julia discusses her move into the world of interactive design. After mastering Photoshop, she creates award-winning content for the Burger King website.

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Credits:

Producer: Megan Cunningham
Associate Producer: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Camera: Mia Barker
Editor: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Animation: Simon Yuen

This episode of Designing Minds features Julia Hoffmann, a rising star of the design world. In the second of a three part series about her career, Julia faces opposing opinions with the Metropolitan Opera and challenges the notion that designers should not participate with advertising.

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Credits:

Producer: Megan Cunningham
Associate Producer: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Camera: Mia Barker
Editor: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Animation: Simon Yuen

This episode of Designing Minds features Julia Hoffmann, a rising star of the design world. In the first of a three part series about her career, Julia discusses her early aspirations. She talks about the importance of simplicity in logos, as well as the collaborate creative process she had with Jon Stewart and other writers of The Daily Show for the wonderfully satirical America (The Book).

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Credits:

Producer: Megan Cunningham
Associate Producer: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Camera: Mia Barker
Editor: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Animation: Simon Yuen

The Art Center of Pasadena, California is linking its upcoming Art Center Design Conference with the launch of Wrap Magazine, the next incarnation of the Fish Wrap publication. The theme for this joint project is "Serious Play," a term which encompasses all the work done at the Art Center.

In this episode of Designing Minds, students Saejean Oh and Kathryn McFarlane explain how they chose Benjamin Franklin as the subject of their Serious Play project. Rather than focus on his political work, they consider the curiosity and sense of humor which aided Franklin in all his endeavors. The illustrator and graphic designer create a visually arresting piece, the look of which they stumble upon accidentally - not unlike many of the greatest inventors.

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Credits:

Producer: Sam Ward
Associate Producer: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Camera: Peter Bonilla, Dave Brunsman
PA: Joey Chavez
Editor: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Animation: Simon Yuen
Special Thanks: Amy Masgai

The Art Center of Pasadena, California is linking its upcoming Art Center Design Conference with the launch of Wrap Magazine, the next incarnation of the Fish Wrap publication. The theme for this joint project is "Serious Play," a term which encompasses all the work done at the Art Center.

In this episode of Designing Minds, student illustrator Kerry Hyatt and student graphic designer Paula Hansanugrum join together to create a project using iconic American imagery such as tv dinners, comic books, and the vintage game Operation. By choosing a main character who is a hypochondriac obsessed with advertised medications, their final piece holds a mirror up to modern life in America.

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Credits:

Producer: Sam Ward
Associate Producer: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Camera: Peter Bonilla, Dave Brunsman
PA: Joey Chavez
Editor: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Animation: Simon Yuen
Special Thanks: Amy Masgai