USC ROSKI SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
Mateo Garcia is a multidisciplinary designer and artist specializing in graphic design, motion, creative strategy, and experience design in the entertainment and fashion industries. His playful and modernist practice is inspired by his background in fine arts and Colombian heritage.
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL INSPIRED?
The thought of being able to provide and experience or feeling to someone. Causing them to stare, exhibit a reaction, or move them through story. I feel similarly inspired when other’s work cause the same reactions in me.
WHAT AREA OR AREAS OF DESIGN ARE YOU HOPING TO WORK IN?
Experience, Motion, and Identity.
WHAT IS ONE THING THAT DESIGN SCHOOL HAS TAUGHT YOU THAT YOU DID NOT EXPECT?
Intention & Taste. The two most determining factors about someone, displaying both adequately is how you show people who you are and can be.
WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOOK UP TO IN YOUR FIELD? EITHER TODAY OR HISTORICALLY?
Matthew Rowean (Creative Director) Matt Wiley (Design) Cecily Brown (Painter) Denis Villeneuve (Director) Agnes Varda (Director)
WHAT ARE YOU READING, LISTENING TO, WATCHING?
Reading: A Confederacy of Dunces TV: HBO’s The Penguin Music: A lot of Indie singer songwriter and House/Techno
