Welcome to the Hive!
The Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (aka the Hive) is a design center serving the students, staff and faculty of the Claremont Colleges.
We believe everyone has tremendous untapped creative potential, and it’s our job as designers, researchers, and educators to help develop creativity and confidence.
We believe collaborative and interdisciplinary experiences are necessary to develop better problem finders (and solvers) to address the world’s problems, and we believe the best way to apply this approach is in the liberal arts.
We play, experiment, fail, and learn from that failure; we are building our creative confidence.
A thesis project from Zo Pancoast + Jay Renaker (SC '25)
Two Scripps seniors collaborated a project that used design research to identify and address a pressing public health challenge: improving access to hepatitis C testing for unhoused individuals in Los Angeles County.
Uplift Notes by Serena Lin (PO' 25)
Serena Lin, a neuroscience major at Pomona College, has developed Uplift Notes, a conversation-starter toolkit aimed at bridging the generational gap and fostering meaningful connections. By applying design thinking principles, Serena was able to create a product that facilitates conversation and also adapts to the unique needs of individuals with memory concerns.
Student Spotlight - Celine Bernhardt-Lanier (CMC’26)
“The Hive gave me permission to create, design prototypes, build, and think in my own way." For Celine Bernhardt-Lanier ’26, responsible and effective leadership starts with relationships. It’s a lesson she’s learned throughout her educational journey at Claremont McKenna College—from roles as a Resident Assistant and Romero Success Coach to a human-centered design class and study-abroad experiences in Chile and New Zealand.
Summer Hours
Mon – Thurs | 9am – 4:30pm
Friday | 9am – 3pm
Weekends | Closed
