about us
Design Interactive is a close-knit human-centered design organization with the goal of bringing design education on campus through hands-on project work and student and industry-led workshops. This organization was founded out of a growing need we saw on campus for human-centered design and user experience opportunities for students getting into this field.
With associates and consultants that represent majors from Cognitive Science to Economics, we bring together viewpoints across campus to solve problems through human-centered solutions.
Our Fall 2020 Board Members!
Our Founding Story
The four of us met together and started Design Interactive in the Textiles closet of the UC Davis Design Building towards the end of Winter 2019 quarter. We saw a need for human-centered design and UX design opportunities and resources on campus, and wanted to create a community where budding UX designers could learn and grow together. Within two weeks, we pulled together the club structure and process and launched the first Cohort in the Spring 2020 quarter during the COVID pandemic. Although we're young as an organization, we hope to grow Design Interactive into the premiere UX club and to build a strong, supportive community for UX designers at Davis — come help us make that a reality!
Andrew Chen, Lily Nguyen, Cynthia Chen, Michelle Gore
Where We Go Next
We're committed to preparing designers for the industry, and here are a few places members have gone.
Meet Our Members
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Cynthia Chen
Co-President & Co-Founder
DESIGN
Michelle Gore
Co-President & Co-Founder
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Lily Nguyen
VP Operations & Co-Founder
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Nadia Anees
VP External & Consultant
DESIGN & MANAGERIAL ECON
Miranda Wong
VP Education & Consultant
DESIGN
Cheryl Cai
Creative Director
DESIGN
Briana Omori
Marketing Director & Project Mentor & Consultant
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Maysnow Liu
Content Strategist & Associate
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Alekhya Yallapragada
Outreach Coordinator & Consultant
COGNITIVE SCIENCE & ECON
Meghna Okhade
Outreach Coordinator & Associate
DESIGN
Ying Liu
Outreach Coordinator & Associate
DESIGN
Aileen Yang
Project Mentor
DESIGN ALUMNI
Andrew Chen
Co-Founder & Project Mentor
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Anthony Chow
Project Mentor
DESIGN
Emily Lam
Project Mentor
DESIGN
Kiara Cowderoy
Project Mentor
DESIGN & PSYCHOLOGY
Aeon Pablo
Associate
DESIGN
Allyn Suzuki
Associate
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Antonia Wu
Associate
DESIGN
Briana Lozano
Associate
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Brooke
Associate
DESIGN
Fiona Truong
Associate
DESIGN & PSYCHOLOGY
Gennifer Hom
Associate
DESIGN
Jasmine Chou
Associate
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Judy Li
Associate
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Kai Maurer
Associate
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Laurensia Brigitte
Associate
PSYCHOLOGY
Madison Wood
Associate
LIFE SCIENCES
Mariella Terrenal
Associate
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Matthew Paquette
Associate
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Michelle Huang
Associate
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Morgan Creek
Associate
DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS
Noah Jones
Associate
DESIGN
Rachel Yap
Associate
DESIGN
Rochelle Dai
Associate
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Shirley Lee
Associate
DESIGN
Sienna Gonzalez
Associate
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Yongqi Kuang
Associate
SPRING 2020
Our applications are closed.
Check back later this year for our Spring Recruitment!
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Are you a potential client we could work with? We are looking for companies, non-profits, and potential partners to work with. If you have a project for us, please reach out at our Facebook or at [email protected].
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