CalArts in Classic Film + TV

TheChinaSyndrome

(1979)

We loved irony … set builders arrived a couple of days before shooting and built a full-scale replica of an art gallery in the Main Gallery …

—Michael Buitrón

About Handbuilt

This 50th anniversary issue of The Pool was designed by Handbuilt, a Los Angeles-based graphic design practice with a passion for interdisciplinary collaboration. Founded in 2001 by Juliette Bellocq (arT MFa 00), Handbuilt is now a team of three CalArts alumna. Brooke Irish (arT BFa 14) joined in 2019 and Makena Janssen (arT MFa 22) recently jumped in.

Together they work in numerous formats, from print to digital, to environmental. They use design as a tool to collaborate with communities that advance diverse social agendas to visualize the stories that make them unique.

About Fisk

The CalArts 50th anniversary logo was designed by FISK, a Portland, Oregon-based graphic design studio that focuses on the enhancement of art and design in our daily lives. FISK utilizes graphic design, websites, objects, and physical spaces to visualize their ideas.

Founded by Bijan Berahimi (arT BFa 13) in 2009 while he was still a student at CalArts, FISK works with clients to make long-lasting, thoughtful design systems, campaigns, and experiences. Its goal is to express the nuanced feelings of their multifaceted collaborators through typography, image-making, and world building. By creating a practice that champions the wide ranging ethnicities, voices, and backgrounds of their team, clients, collaborators, artists, and consumers, FISK is able to appreciate and begin dialogues within their local and global communities.

SCHOOL OF FILM/VIDEO FACULTY DON LEVY

Is this Tim Burton’s door in Chouinard or an homage to the director?

THOUGH CLASSROOM A113 HAS REACHED LEGENDARY STATUS AS AN EASTER EGG IN EVERY PIXAR FILM, CHARACTER ANIMATION CLASSES ARE NO LONGER HELD THERE. GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENTS HAVE LONG CALLED THE STUDIO HOME.