David Tillinghast

Biography

David Tillinghast is Director of Special Projects and an Associate Professor within the Illustration department of the ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California, a global leader in art, design, film, transportation and social innovation education. His work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines around the United States and within the marketing materials for corporations such as Visa, Freddie Mac, and Harvard University. He has worked extensively in most major markets within the Illustration industry, including Advertising, Editorial, Book Publishing, Design Collateral and Corporate Illustration. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including those for illustration, graphic design, self-promotion and art direction. His association with Designmatters, Art Center's social impact department, has taken him to the United Nations as lead delegate for a project supporting the Millennium Development Goals, and their collaboration, Uncool: The Anti-Gun Violence project, produced a series of award-winning children's books that were adopted into local Public Libraries. In 2017, and again in 2108, he completed training under former US Vice President Al Gore and The Climate Reality Project to serve as a volunteer Climate Reality Leader, joining over a network of 27,000 volunteer leaders from over 150 countries, dedicated to reaching out to their communities, and informing others about the global climate crisis and its very real and viable solutions.

Panel Presentation (2020) | Teaching applied creative process – a Faculty Panel From ArtCenter College of Design

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