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World Arts and Cultures

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:01:51 +0000

Client — Rebeca Méndez Design

Concept

The World Arts and Cultures Curriculum is unique in that there are two distinct tracks that students are set in. These tracks intertwine with one another to create a truly unique and fruitful collegiate undergraduate experience. The infographic describes this progression with unit numbers in the margins and descriptions within the body of the page. In the fold out students can also view a more common list of classes.

Collabo

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:53:28 +0000

Client — COLLABO

Concept

COLLABO is a collective of visual performance artists. Taught by Dutch designers, MACHINE, and comprised entirely of UCLA Design | Media Arts alumni. COLLABO weaves experimental media techniques with analog foundations. Narrative-based cinematics and highly-tailored motion work, enhanced by custom written software, create a strikingly synesthetic experience between what you hear and what you see. These visuals are performed live by up to 20 of the collaborating artists, making each performance a unique event.

UCLA D|MA SI 2008

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:33:20 +0000

Client — UCLA Design | Media Arts

Concept

The D|MA Summer Institute is designed for high school students who are interested in exploring their creative potential by using the most current software and working with trained and experienced instructors and professionals. Students not only develop pieces that can be submitted for applications to college but also earn two units of college credit for attending class. In a short time they will taste the excitement of being a part of a cutting edge department that will help motivate them during their last years of high school and prepare them for college life. At the end of class students will have the ability to create their own online portfolio that they can show to friends and family and use in high school and college arts admission applications. Students can also stay in the UCLA residence halls to fully experience campus life.
The design is informed by the different types of classes offered and are generated by one of the flagship offerings of the department, the Processing Language Environment. The brand results in literally being a sum of diverse parts all found with Design | Media Arts. Finally, the typography and color scheme reflect the light and exuberant rational behind creating this curriculum. This is a fun and informative summer program for high school students.

Denim Day LA

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:10:52 +0000

Client — Rebeca Méndez Design for Denim Day LA

Concept

Peace Over Violence is a social service agency formerly called Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women, or LACAAW. We changed our name at our 35th anniversary in 2006 to reflect the growing range of programs we offer, which have expanded beyond one on one intervention in sexual assaults and domestic abuse, toward one by one prevention of youth violence and child abuse, while running a range of specialized services reaching underserved groups like Latinas, Deaf, Disabled and Elder, LGBTQ, and Youth. We worked with Rebeca Mendez Design to implement brand.