ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Alan is a designer that creates elegance and distinction through simplicity, reducing color and form to the bare bones, and then using that medium in the best way possible to create fascinating results. He is also the designer, organizer, and host for ArtCenter’s Design Speaker Series, where he invited and hosted over 20 renowned designers from around the world and designed over 5 extensive campaigns for the series.
WHAT AREA OR AREAS OF DESIGN ARE YOU HOPING TO WORK IN OR SPECIALIZE IN?
I don’t have a specific area of design I hope to work in because I am a generalist, I want to get my hands on anything and everything creative from branding and identity to motion graphics and everything in between and beyond.
WHAT IS ONE THING THAT DESIGN SCHOOL HAS TAUGHT YOU THAT YOU DID NOT EXPECT?
Although not directly, ArtCenter has taught me to believe in my own work and abilities as a designer.
WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOOK UP TO IN YOUR FIELD? EITHER TODAY OR HISTORICALLY?
I look up to co-founder and creative director of Massive Assembly (also my “boss” from my 2023 summer internship), Jason Yeh. His journey from his time at ArtCenter to opening his own studio with his good friend Eugene Seo inspires me.
WHAT ARE YOU READING, LISTENING TO, WATCHING (BOOKS, MOVIES, TV, SOCIAL MEDIA, MUSIC)?
Reading Hardcore Leveling Warrior. Listening to OverThinking by FanKa. Watching Dredd 2012.
DO YOU CURRENTLY, OR DO YOU PLAN TO, DESIGN FOR ANY CAUSES OR CHARITIES?
Not currently, but if I do have the energy and passion in the future I would design for causes and charities.
