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Design | Media Arts

Eddo Stern, Department Chair

The UCLA Department of Design Media Arts (DMA) strives to educate conscientious designers and media artists and to create socially and culturally relevant work. DMA's renowned faculty guide students to develop truly contemporary practices in typography, graphic design, branding, digital fabrication/printing, photography/video, video games and 3D modeling, virtual/augmented reality, art+science, social and environmental practice, public arts, media archeology and theory, creative coding, interaction, electronics, and interface design. We make our work public in galleries and laboratories, as social media, on large screens, smart phones and game consoles, in media installations, performances and public spaces, as websites, posters, books and magazines. 

Master of Fine Arts

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Bachelor of Arts

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Portrait of student: Kenji Nakenji Bell

My artistic mission is within sharing my life story, being a vessel for other weirdos like me to see themselves within. I want to make being weird a status symbol.

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Portrait of student: Ayumi Bergan

I'm Ayumi Bergan, an aspiring book cover designer from UCLA's DMA program. I love strawberries, Smiskis, and my dog, Dozer.

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Portrait of student: Jennifer Boustany

Lebanese artist and creative technologist exploring code, design, and space to craft immersive, generative, and responsive environments through digital storytelling.

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Portrait of student: Charity Jael Brown

Graphic designer specializing in typography, posters, and book design. My work explores self-discovery, transformation, and visual storytelling.

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Portrait of student: Alicia Melanie Caldera

My work consists of digital Illustrations. I enjoy visual storytelling, a trait that I know will take me where I want to go. One day, I'll contribute to the animation industry.

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Portrait of student: Sarah Yeseo Chang

Sarah is a visual and product designer who combines data with empathetic design to craft playful experiences. She also explores audiovisuals in her free time, making beats for fun.

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Portrait of student: Mae Mei-Cheng Chen

Mae Chen is a Los Angeles | Taipei based media artist and designer working with interactive installation and storytelling. Her work explores identity through media.

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Portrait of student: Michelle Chen

Experimenting with sound, motion, and light through interactive 3D art and generative simulations to create immersive worlds that invite you to uncover hidden stories and feelings.

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Inspired by God’s creation, I use art, design, and tech to serve others, uplift their vision, and point hearts toward something greater.

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Portrait of student: Jinkai Feng
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Portrait of student: Sidney LaRue Francis

Hello! My name is Sid Francis and I am a Design Media Arts major with an emphasis on animation, illustration, and filmmaking!

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Portrait of student: Jiyeon Han

I'm Jiyeon. As a Product Designer driven by empathy and adaptability, I design to guide users through change while honoring what feels familiar.

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Portrait of student: Alani Junia Hendriks

Alani Junia Hendriks is a graphic designer who enjoys typography, branding and expressing herself creatively. She had a deep love for her family, and friends! Thank you guys!

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Portrait of student: Adrian Uriel Hernandez

Product designer focused on designing meaningful tools, systems, and experiences. Community building through Design Your Future, empowering students through accessibility.

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Portrait of student: Jason Michael Hernandez

Jason Hernandez is a creative director and filmmaker, known for collaborating with like-minded creatives and bringing fresh, imaginative concepts to life.

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Brandon Joseph is driven by his passion for tangible design, and has cultivated a practice that is informed by his love for history, both in design and fine arts.

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Portrait of student: Pam Ladawan

I am a designer chasing dreams and turning them into visuals, where imagination becomes reality.

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Portrait of student: Olivia Alice Losquadro

Detail-oriented designer passionate about UI across print, packaging, web, and game design—driven to create engaging interfaces that blend creativity with user-centered thinking.

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Portrait of student: Shiyun Luo

Shiyun is a designer from Shanghai, China, who specialize in UX and graphics. She creates clean and calming interfaces.

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Portrait of student: Nicholas Ismael Martinez

Nicholas Ismael Martinez is an artist and designer based in Los Angeles, California—who sometimes makes fun stuff for himself where the intersection of craft and narrative meet.

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Portrait of student: Yeon Joo Nam
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Portrait of student: Makeda Matthew Neavill

Raised near Little Ethiopia in West Los Angeles as an East African disconnected from my family's origins, my art centers upon finding spiritual truth & building my own foundations.

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Portrait of student: Victoria Hope Oliphant

Design | Media Arts '25, Summa Cum Laude & Chancellor’s Marshal. My work in music, web & print focuses on meaningful connection and imagines a kinder world.

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I think through objects, print, and the internet to explore things that are intimate and performative.

I mainly do work in comics, illustration, and game design. I love interweaving narrative into all of my projects and creating unique stories people can empathize with.

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Portrait of student: Demi Saleeb

My name is Demi Saleeb (they/them), a fourth year Design Media Arts student and Film Minor! I am a Concept Artist, with dreams of sharing diverse work and stories globally.

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I take great joy in making things that only I find funny.

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Portrait of student: Yaozheng Song

Yaozheng explores graphic design and typography in digital media. He is also an advocate for disability rights.

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Portrait of student: Pallavi Srinivas

Pallavi is an aspiring creative technologist with a deep interest in emerging technology such as XR and Generative AI and the endless creative possibilities these tools offer.

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Portrait of student: Matthew Monhil Tjokro

Matthew Tjokro is a designer focused on storytelling through graphic design, who has worked with Adobe and Walt Disney Imagineering.

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Portrait of student: Chia-Ying Tsai

I’m Coco Tsai from Taiwan. From illustration to 3D and interaction, I explore ideas across media. Grateful for this journey and every project I’ve enjoyed along the way.

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Portrait of student: Natalie Nicole Weaver

I explore the human experience through design—crafting with wood, materials, and meaning to build thoughtful, tactile connections between people and the world around them.

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Lysander Xu is a designer specializing in game art and digital illustration. His works often explore the dark interiors, from within the human body to the deep sea.

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