Welcome to DISRUPT, the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts’ annual online magazine.At the Herberger Institute, we’re disassembling the notion of art as a luxury only few can afford. The ability to synthesize big ideas across art, science and technology is essential to everyone and impacts everything.
In this issue, you’ll find stories and examples that illustrate how students, faculty and alumni at the Institute worked in 2024-25 to advance our mission.
We hope you’ll join us in the coming year. You can sign up for our weekly events newsletter to stay informed about everything happening at the Institute—in Tempe, downtown Phoenix, Mesa, Los Angeles and online—as well for as our monthly Inside Herberger Institute newsletter, where we share our big accomplishments.
Happy reading!
Renée Cheng
Dean, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Senior Vice Provost, Arizona State University
DISRUPT is organized around the following themes:
Centering student thriving: Focus on the academic, social and community well-being of our students.
Art at the intersections: Champion the power of art and design to transform ideas and practices in other sectors including science, health, sustainability and development.
Projecting all voices: Center and advance those artists and designers whose lived experience and professional work are historically underrepresented or underinvested.
Creativity and place: Support arts and design integration into comprehensive, equitable community design and planning.
To explore the magazine, flip through the pages using the arrows on the bottom right corner, or click the three lines in the top left corner of any article to see the table of contents.