Irvine Talks
Irvine talks is an organization that aims to empower and elevate students from across the IUSD district. This year, it's theme was Sincerely, Me--- a chapter dedicated to reflection and authenticity. As the Graphics Publicist, I created posts for Irvine Talk's socials, advertised its events, and designed merchandise, all which can be seen below.
Posts created for Instagram
3D mockup of brochures handed out during the event.
Triton Software Engineering
As a TEST designer for UCSD's TSE organization, we explored UI/UX principles whilst creating a organizational mobile app design, focusing on helping students discover and immerse themselves within UCSD's clubs.
Identifying the Problem:
UCSD students struggle to discover campus organizations and events outside of quick, in-person approaches because information about opportunities are overwhelming, time-constrained, and are communicated inconsistently, which causes students to miss events and feel disconnected from the campus.
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How might we help students discover relevant campus organizations and events in a way that adapts naturally into their existing routines?
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How might we support campus organizations in sharing information that is accurate and on time?
Process:
Now that we have found a problem, we set our sights on fixing such. After creating mood boards, identifying user personas, and solidifying our design systems, we narrowed down the core features that we wanted to include. I focused on the calendar aspect-- brainstorming ideas that would allow the user to keep track of their events successfully.
Early drafts of potential designs.
Hi-fi explorations-- trying out animations!
Final Thoughts:
Being my first design project, I learned a lot in the process. Figuring out user needs, conducting research, and navigating components to create the most intuitive process was a challenge, but the feedback received and lessons learned has helped propel me in my design journey. I am looking forwards to applying this knowledge to future large-scale studies!
ACM+DCO work
Associated Computing and Machinery (ACM): UCSD's largest coding+design+innovate community! As part of its development team, I created graphics, designed hifis, and collaborated across teams whilst working on its website.
Diamond Hacks:
Diamond Hacks is an annual 2-day Hackathon hosted by ACM. Every year features a new theme, and this year, I worked alongside other designers to craft the website focusing around magic, whimsy, and sorting houses.
To the left are some screens/graphics that I have designed.
Design CO: UCSD's largest professional design community. As a visual + brand designer, I created graphics and designed for events hosted throughout the year.
More to come... :)
ASIVC
As campaign publicist for Mahba Ahmad’s ASIVC presidential run, I designed student-focused posters highlighting her key promises—helping secure her election as president.
YouthCARES is an award-winning UCI organization that allows for students to learn and research environmental injustice and climate change alongside mentors. As the logo designer, I drafted multiple brainstorms of potential designs, branching from graphics to logotypes, as well as creating the final product.
Process
Working with YouthCARES, I was tasked to create a logo that embodied the youth-centered climate research group that was both simple yet expressive.
Problem: original logo was distracting and incoherent in execution
Ideation: Being an organization that spurs for student advocacy, the design would have to follow a youthful energy to attract a younger audience. Using organic, rounded shapes would draw a sense of comfort and detract from a corporate manner, in conjunction with light greens to compound the nature-oriented work.
Summary: Following the instructions, I drafted graphic-oriented designs, focusing on collaboration across generation, and themes of growth. Upon feedback, I brainstormed simpler logotypes with distinctive shape language, ensuring easy interpretation for viewers. When designing the actual prototypes I follow a five step routine:
