About

One Noun is an award-winning studio dedicated to accessibility, curiosity, and purposeful public engagement.

As of July 2026, our studio has produced 560 podcast episodes, published 98 books, and curated 214 exhibitions, engaging millions of listeners, readers, and viewers worldwide.

Over the past 25 years, One Noun has partnered with corporations, civic institutions, and cultural organizations including the Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Bandai Namco, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Orange County Museum of Art.

Our work in the visual, performing, and literary arts has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, the Hollywood Reporter, Artnet News, Juxtapoz Magazine, PBS SoCal, KCRW, LAist, Orange County Register, and other national and regional outlets.

Every noun has a story.

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"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean." ― Ryunosuke Satoro

Our team has worked with academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, private corporations, and public agencies, including:

  • Autry Museum of the American West
  • Bergamot Arts Center
  • California Arts Education Association 
  • California Preservation Foundation
  • California State Library
  • Chapman University
  • Children's Health Orange County
  • City of Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Irvine, Long Beach, Orange
  • Laguna Art Museum
  • Long Beach Museum of Art
  • Museum of Contemporary Art
  • National Archives and Records Administration
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Orange County Department of Education
  • Orange County Museum of Art
  • Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
  • San Diego Convention Center
  • United States Department of Energy
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • University of California, Irvine

We have also collaborated with experts from companies dedicated to arts and entertainment, educational studies, humanities and technology, including:

  • Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
  • Blizzard Entertainment
  • California State Parks
  • Chuck Jones Companies
  • DC Comics
  • ESPN
  • J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Lucasfilm
  • Marvel Entertainment
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Public Radio
  • New York Times
  • New York University
  • PEN Center USA
  • Penguin Random House
  • The New Yorker
  • The Trust for Public Land
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • The Washington Post
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of Southern California
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.