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Read how design theory is put into practice by our visual arts, UX design, graphic design, and interior design and interior architecture students and instructors. By completing courses in fundamentals and principles to curating portfolio presentations, our students enhance or advance their career paths to reach their goals.
Adding a Specialty
Sometimes a degree isn't enough. For Samantha Edwards, the Certificate Program in Landscape Architecture is the perfect complement to...
Taking a Bold Step Into Design
Ivan Trujillo, the director of the Graphic Design and UX Design programs at UC Berkeley Extension, recommended that we talk with Ricky...
The Grand Tour: Art and Travel of the 18th Century
What is an allegory, a symbol, or an emblem? How do we distinguish Rococo from the Baroque? Why the rise in Neoclassicism in the...
Designing a Future Career
Marcela Corona was already leaning toward a design career when she first came to the United States with her partner, a graduate student...
From General Interest to Career in One Short Year
Named after artist Paul Cézanne, Bay Area native Cezanne Rothberg turned to graphic design after a year and a half as a travel...
The Way of Writing
Aiqin Zhou has been fully immersed in creating art since the age of five. As a child growing up in China, Zhou fell in love with...
Getting Dirty
Šárka Volejníková is helping to turn run-down Hilltop Park in San Francisco's Bayview District into a vibrant center for the...
Solid Opinions on Soft Sculpture
Shannon D. Schmidt teaches several of our cutting-edge art courses, including The Found Object: An Exploration of Appropriation and...
Ben Lee's Second Career
For many people, retirement provides the opportunity for leisure, travel, taking classes for personal enjoyment. But for Ben Lee,...