DESMA 142Design Systems
Design|Media Arts · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Exploration of the development of design identities in the form of multi-component, multi-stage, or cross-media projects. Development of series and systems that include visual and verbal components to create a cohesive identity across deliverables that either communicate, reinforce, or build upon a message. Analysis of various cultural institutions and their design systems including digital signage, wayfinding, website, and printed ephemera. Feedback through group and instructor critiques aid in crafting effective messaging solutions. Project components may range from identity systems (logotype, typeface, color palette, sub-brands) to materials including print collateral, interactive web/digital projects (including sound and video), signage systems, and advertising.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, and 101 or 104.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.