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The assignment: Design a poster that dispels America’s myths about immigrants

Los Angeles Times / January 2019

Happy Holidays from the Designmatters Team

December 2018

Homeless crisis in L.A. inspires some purposefully small ideas: tiny houses

Los Angeles Times / December 2018

Pasadena students create art piece to spark dialogue and engagement on immigration policies

KABC-TV / December 2018

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Newsletter - Fall 2020

‘Dispelling Myths’, a project that seeks to destroy false beliefs about immigrants

Univision Los Angeles / December 2018

"A designer’s desire to change the world can be incompatible with empathy, which necessitates relinquishing the impulse to remake the world as it should be in favor of grasping the world as it is for others."
Arden Stern, Faculty, Humanities & Sciences

Congratulations Fall 2018 Designmatters Minor Graduates

December 2018

Should We Replace Homeless Shelters With Tiny Houses?

Los Angeles Magazine / December 2018

Students touch on the theme of immigration through art

LA Opinion / December 2018