Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Academy Idol, a live streamed, student-run, reality TV show! See how Academy of Art University's School of Multimedia Communication’s students to take on every possible role, giving them the real-world skills they need to have an edge in this growing and competitive industry.

School of Fashion students Jingci Jessie Wang and Max Lu have spent the year preparing for the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York. In September, they presented their unique collection on the runway with other Academy of Art Fashion students. In this video, they share their inspiration, choice of materials, and challenges of their process.

Academy of Art University and school of web design & New Media student Andressa Anantharaju demonstrates and presents her bachelor of fine arts senior project, Nightingale. Nightingale, named after Florence Nightingale to take care of family members and parents as they enter into the golden years of their lives, is about strengthening relationships between the elderly and the youth. Andressa Anantharaju creates art for the classroom and engineers a practical device for the real world.

Fashion Merchandising students present a retail store for the 2014 Winter Show. Merchandise and displays for the Sutter Street store were designed and crafted by Fashion students and alumni. Nike representatives visit the store and discover more about the student's design process in this video.

An opening reception for an exhibition of advanced student work in Jewelry and Metal Arts focused on the exploration and discovery of different materials, forms and artistic styles.

Online students send in their individual sculpture projects in order to have them made permanent by the art of bronze casting.

Movie Walker is an app that helps users find movie scenes in real life and recreate them. This is the midpoint presentation for Peinuo He.

Monster Monster is an application for helping 5-6 year old kids practice their spelling skills with a game. This is the midpoint presentation for Man Xu.

Typotion is a dynamic typography generator: an online visual and audio experience of animated type and motion graphics. This is the midpoint presentation for Dominick Aviado.

Smart Roller is a slalom skating tool application which works with Recon Sport Glass to provide users an amazing skating experience. This is the midpoint presentation of Danica Liu.

Geo Phantoms is an installation experience that visualizes natural hallucinations based on real patients' testimonials. This is the midpoint presentation for Qian Ji.

Rotri is a student project and midpoint review submission of an application that will help cyclist to achieve their basic needs while cycling, such as voice chatting, navigation, taking pictures and sharing their experience.

Tomas Durkin's student project, Marble Paint, developed at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, utilizes the internet and motion capture technology to track the movements of colored marbles inside a labyrinth table and then output computer-based artwork.

Mohamed Barri shows off his Internet of Things project, Mirror Face. Barri's student project, developed at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, utilizes the internet and motion capture technology to communicate his own facial movements with a connected robotic face.