MADWORKSHOP provided presentation support for Lightscape, a feature-length film by artist Doug Aitken, on view at the Marciano Art Foundation through May 17th, 2025. Lightscape is an immersive experience, occupying a huge indoor space lined with multiple projection screens. Driven largely by music, the film features characters interacting with one another as they move through…
MADWORKSHOP provided presenting support for the current exhibition Olafur Eliasson: OPEN, on display at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo. OPEN features over a dozen pieces commissioned for MOCA and related works, all of which explore light, illusion, and perception. Many of the pieces are interactive, taking the viewer into the scene via mirror reflection, backlighting/shadow creation, and projection. Visitors…
MADWORKSHOP is delighted to support MOCA’s Teen Program, a vibrant program that encourages high school juniors and seniors to engage with contemporary art and museum culture by working together on art-related projects, meeting with working artists, and being able to engage with arts professionals across multiple disciplines (curatorial, editorial, and more). The MOCA Teen Program…
Source Témenos – from the latin ‘portion of sky’, ‘sacred enclosure’ – is a space designed to be a pause in the city, a place for every human to converge their thoughts, feelings and emotions to the highest degree through a one to one experience with art. Given the undeniable link between the individual and…
Next Generation Shows Skills at USC’s Furniture Design Class Source In 2005, renowned architect David Martin established a furniture design class at the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture in Los Angeles. Combining architecture, design, craftsmanship, and the maker movement, the class charges students with creating a chair and table. Now under the direction of R.…
Source Earlier this year, the New York based JASON WU headed to California to teach a group of fashion students at the Otis College of Art and Design, joining a string of mentors who have passed on their knowledge at the Los Angeles institution. Stewarded by MADWORKSHOP, a non-profit serving and educating young designers, the program tapped Wu –…
Giving Shelter; A conversation with Sofia Borges & R. Scott Mitchell about architecture’s potential to house us all
Our board is comprised of experts in their field, who generously lend their time and aptitude to MADWORKSHOP. Karen Hofmann, a board member since 2017, was recently named Provost of ArtCenter College of Design — the first woman to hold the position. We couldn’t be more proud of her. Here Karen shares some of the…
MADWORKSHOP recently teamed up with one of fashion’s most prodigious designers, Jason Wu, to lead a studio at Otis College of Art and Design. In the run-up to NY Fashion Week, Jason offered one particularly standout student, Oli Carillo, an internship. We caught up with them to see how working with Wu has influenced their…
With the new academic year comes a whole host of brand-new MADWORKSHOP studios. We’re thrilled to be supporting these cutting-edge design programs — one of which is led by the ever-fascinating Ball-Nogues Studio. Working at the intersection of architecture, art and industrial design, founders Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues will be bringing their unique creative…