Kidmania: Beyond Books! Designing Digital and Physical Spaces for Teens

Partners:

Los Angeles Public Library

Madeline Bryant (Senior Librarian, Children’s Literature Department)
Tatiana Oritz Cordonero (Young Adult Librarian)
Dora Ho (Young Adult Librarian)
Jessica Levy (Young Adult Librarian)
Candice Mack (Managing Librarian, System-wide Young Adult Services)
Marcia Melkonian (Young Adult Librarian III)
Ken Ornstein (Administrator)
Kadie Seitz (Youth Services Librarian)

LAPL Youth Collaborators

Lubnaa Alim
Jesse Barboza
Diana Castro
Nafiz Faiaz
Devesh Gonzales
Ruma Gonzales
Ingrid Hoffert
Esha Jessani
Marjan Labib
Michelle Lee
Kaylah Ovando
Livia Rosenmayr
Karla Trujillo
Zoe Vogelsberger

Host department:

Product Design & Designmatters

DM department:

Jennifer May, Executive Director
Leigh Hoffman, Faculty Director
Kimberly Velazco, Program Manager
Garret Scullin, Senior Coordinator
Steven Butler, Creative Operations Manager

Faculty:

Krystina Castella
James Meraz (Guest Faculty)

Students:

Melody Abolian (Interaction Design)
Ruoxin Bai (Graduate Transportation Systems and Design)
Carl Hansen (Film with Designmatters Minor in Social Innovation)
Tiffany Kang (Graphic Design with Designmatters Minor in Social Innovation)
Andi Li (Product Design with Designmatters Minor in Social Innovation)
Zhuokun Lin (Product Design with Designmatters Minor in Social Innovation)
Diane Liu (Graduate Transportation Systems and Design)
Louise Lee (Illustration with Designmatters Minor in Social Innovation)
Eunice Oh (Graphic Design)
Kolleen Sam (Fine Art)
Stephan Uecker (Product Design with Designmatters Minor in Social Innovation)
Kayley Wang (Graphic Design)
Sylvia Wang (Product Design)
Amelia Yessayantz (Film)

Teaching assistants:

Melody Ling