Mia Adorante is a writer based in New York and Los
Angeles.
Her stories on style, culture, and things to talk about over
green juice have appeared in The New York Times, The
Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. Previously, she served
as an editor at W and got her start at Vogue. She
is a Columbia Journalism School Master of Arts graduate.
Nora Cary recently left a graphic design and editing job to
remodel an 1893 house in downtown Winters. She is planning a trip
to Paris, raising a two-year-old and expecting another child
October 2015! She always has plenty of design projects going on
and is currently working on a collaboration with a painter to
design clothing with her hand-painted fabrics.
Derick Daily is the Creative Director at Spring Studio, a
User-Experience Design Boutique in San Francisco. He oversees a
team of 6 Art Directors and they build digital experiences
ranging from websites to mobile applications and everything in
between. Spring has deep expertise in the Financial Services
sector but work with clients in all industries.
Jen Dao, Exhibitions Manager (she/her/they), is a designer and
curator born and raised in the Bay Area. After receiving a BA in
Design from UC Davis, she had a brief stint teaching English in
Taiwan before finding herself back into the arts scene at the
Triton Museum. A “Jen-of-all-trades,” she believes in the power
and magic of visual storytelling, and is excited to bring her
unlimited enthusiasm to the exhibitions program at the Archive.
Laurie Harris is a product designer and developer of optical
accessories with 10+ years of experience in the Fashion Industry.
She is currently living in the East Bay.
Interests: professional portrait photography, music production, 3D explorations with cinema 4D
Sean Harold is art directing and managing Apple’s worldwide App
Store Content Design Team. If you shop for Apps on the App Store
on iPhone, iPad, or Mac you have seen Sean and his
team’s work. They create conceptual artwork to highlight
editorially-chosen themes of Apps for consumers to browse, shop
and easily find what they need.
Sean recently got married and bought a house in San
Jose.
Randall Hom is a co-founder of an early stage startup called
Maitre D AI, an AI first
communications platform for restaurants. He started this after
taking a break from design to co-found a restaurant called Back
to Back in San Francisco. At UCD he explored multiple disciplines
of design—print, motion graphics, web, but ultimately found
himself in product design working with startups around Silicon
Valley, such as Instacart and Flexport.
Josephine Huang is living in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New
York with two roommates who are also UCD
Design graduates. Josephine is launching her tech
roommates’ Catbird’s
website, serving as their Project Manager, integrating it
with an e-commerce inventory management system and POS
for their retail store on Bedford Avenue in the heart of
Williamsburg.
Leah Huntsinger is the founder of Atelier Q, a creative
alterations studio located in the Lower East Side. Founded in
2018 to provide alterations and creative sewing services for the
queer, GNC and transgender communities. We serve everyone, but we
center the marginalized. Before this, she was employed
by Christy Rilling
Studio, a high profile tailoring and custom design
Atelier/Agency and a costume technician for the New York City
Ballet.
Interests: graphic design, architecture, fashion, art history
Li Lai completed her undergraduate degree in Fashion and moved to
New York City, working various internships until falling in at
Victoria’s Secret where she worked as a print stylist. Five years
later, she attended the University of Edinburgh for an M.A.
Textiles degree where she explored her affinity for Graphic
Design. Back in the States, she moved to Chicago and is the
Creative Director at NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY, a Bloomberg nonprofit
for immigration reform.
Leigh is currently living in Berlin where she is a freelance
graphic designer and illustrator, mainly for print clients
in publishing and music. She has 15 years of experience in
print design and art direction for youth, adult, and specialty
audiences. Eloise is also involved with community radio and
alternative zine/art/music events, and is becoming more and
more interested in teaching children.
Interests: product design, UI design, visual design, user experience
Alyssa Murray is a Product Design Manager at Thumbtack. Before
Thumbtack, she was a Product Designer for Hawk &
Bloom, Change.org and Highfive. After exploring a number of
design disciplines, Alyssa graduated with a B.A. in Visual Design
from UC Davis. She moved to San Francisco and began working at
various companies, including freelance work, which helped to
build her portfolio. Alyssa specializes in UI design for web and
mobile, visual design, user experience, user testing and
copywriting
Zach Parola is an Art Director based in San Francisco.
Currently an Interactive Art Director at Apple, Zach leads teams
that tackle digital projects spanning native product design,
interactive web experiences and editorial content refreshes for
new product introductions. Before joining Apple he was an
Interactive Designer at Level Studios and a Visual Designer at
Pottery Barn.
Dennis Robinson graduated in Visual Communications and Design.
Since graduating, he moved back to SoCal and worked as a graphic
designer in the manufacturing and medical fields in addition to
doing a bit of freelance work. One of those freelance gigs led to
his job as Chief Creative Officer for a start-up vending company
formed by fellow Aggie Erica
Harris that provides healthy, all natural, and organic
snacks as well as eco-friendly products for children 0-5 years
old.
Elisha St. Denis is a Sr. UX Designer at Apple. Before Apple, she
worked at the design agency Hero Digital and various SF-based
start-ups. Her strengths are in creating & managing design
systems, designing user flows, and creating end-to-end
experiences for web, mobile, and iOS products.
Outside of her work at Apple, she is also an audio/visual
designer who creates immersive experiences using projection and
light for music events and concerts.
Interests: interiors, furniture, architecture, graphic design, art history
Morgan Simko began working for an architecture firm in Northern
California doing drafting and interior design immediately
following graduation. She works in both AutoCAD and Revit
building construction documents for healthcare facilities, as
well as creating color boards and making finish selections. She
is also building her portfolio to apply to grad school for
interior design.
Adam Taylor is the graphic designer for the Jan Shrem and Maria
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis. With a background in
visual communication, and a predilection for creating narrative
environments, his freelance work comprises brand development, set
design, environmental graphics and exhibition design for cities,
museums, non-profits, and universities. He has studied
architecture and design in Denmark and Iceland. Design Interests:
Narrative Environments, History & Theory of Design, Urban
Intervention, Wayfinding, Typography.
Allen Tram is a dress designer within the fashion industry. After
graduating from UC Davis he moved to Los Angeles to start his
career in fashion where he worked at BCBG Max Azria and KELLWOOD.
He then moved to NYC to persue his dream of working with designer
Thom Browne. Following his time at Thom Browne, Allen began
working at New York and Company; a wear-to-work retailer for
women. To expand his experience in dresses Allen designed evening
dresses for Kay Unger New York. He is now taking all of his
experience to enhance the dress business at White House Black
Market.
What are you doing these days? We want to hear about your life
since you graduated with a Design degree. Are you working,
attending grad school, or starting a family? Please fill out this
form to tell us about your travels, accomplishments or
future plans. If you have a website we would like to post a link
to that as well.
