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Loyola University New Orleans Design http://cmfa.loyno.edu/design This page is dedicated to Design Department at Loyola University in New Orleans.

Viewers can find student work, design school announcements, and other exciting creative posts.

First-year design students are required to take a Drawing class to strengthen their ability to sketch ideas quickly and ...
10/11/2026

First-year design students are required to take a Drawing class to strengthen their ability to sketch ideas quickly and coherently. Recently, they completed a still life exercise as part of the course. Our analog and digital program does not require incoming students to have prior drawing experience. However, we work hard to ensure that they leave the program with the ability to use sketching as an integral part of their design process.

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In their Human Centered Design class, Kylie Benesh-Llop, John Zwiers, and U’nique Allen created a projection-mapping pie...
10/07/2026

In their Human Centered Design class, Kylie Benesh-Llop, John Zwiers, and U’nique Allen created a projection-mapping piece based on a scene from You on the Moors Now, the Theatre Department’s fall production. Their scene is the moment right after the women refuse their marriage proposals and escape onto the moors. The prompt was “Exposed”: the fear and the freedom of that moment, at the same time.

❗️Introducing this week’s   Guest❗️Please join us this Monday, October 5th, from 4:55-6:10pm in Roussel Hall as we welco...
10/03/2026

❗️Introducing this week’s Guest❗️
Please join us this Monday, October 5th, from 4:55-6:10pm in Roussel Hall as we welcome Simpson’s producer, Bonnie Pietila! Each semester, we collaborate with other departments in the College of Music and Media to host a forum that encourages collaboration between majors by highlighting the ways different concentrations work together. This Super Forum, we are excited to hear from Bonnie about how Filmmaking, Design, and Music come together to create a show that we all know and love.

09/28/2026

📽️Motion Monday📽️
In continuation with last Motion Monday, we are highlighting the Onomatopoeia Project. This time, we’re taking a look at the animations that the students drew frame by frame. Aligning with The Loyola Design Department’s dedication to analog making, students were tasked with creating animations the old-fashioned way: with pencil, paper, tracings, colored pencils, water colors, and copy machines.

Featured are animations created by:
Angelina Mandel (Whack) Angelina Mandel Angelina Mandel
Amanda Solano (Vroom) {amanda}
Jade Pleasant Slater (Growl)

09/26/2026

This past year, a main goal for the Loyola Design Department was outreach to prospective students. Recent graduate, Shae Schouest (‘26) took this very seriously when considering her Senior Capstone project. Combining her design and filmmaking skills, Shae created a promotional video that uses personal narrative to give prospective students a closer look into the Loyola Design Department. Her video opens the door to our department, encouraging students to put a name to their creative curiosity. As Shae calls it, “Design at Loyola University New Orleans.”

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09/22/2026

📽️Motion Monday📽️
For the next two Motion Mondays, we are highlighting the Onomatopoeia Project. Students in Motion 1 have four weeks to generate two animations that play out an Onomatopoeia word. This week’s focus is their stop-motion animations. Aligning with The Loyola Design Department’s dedication to analog making, students create animations the old-fashioned way: with cut out magazines, cut out letters, a matchbox car, pipe-cleaners, and a hedgehog.

Featured are animations created by:
Amanda Solano (Vroom) {amanda}
Angelina Mandel (Whack) Angelina Mandel Angelina Mandel
Jade Pleasant Slater (Growl)

Ella Balhoff ‘24 returned to Loyola Design to share her professional journey with students in the Senior Design Practicu...
09/21/2026

Ella Balhoff ‘24 returned to Loyola Design to share her professional journey with students in the Senior Design Practicum class. As a Loyola senior, Ella’s capstone project took an unexpected turn when she created a prototype for a rescue app designed for Louisiana residents. That experience helped launch her career in UX, leading to a role creating user-focused projects for a healthcare products company in Lafayette. We’re grateful to Ella for sharing her experience, offering thoughtful feedback, and showing our students how a classroom project can become the starting point for a career. We’re also looking forward to the next chapter in Ella’s design journey.

Students in Drawing 1 have been working on Storyboard Journal exercises for homework. This week’s theme was Rube Goldber...
09/13/2026

Students in Drawing 1 have been working on Storyboard Journal exercises for homework. This week’s theme was Rube Goldberg machines, allowing students to create their own sequences and ideas around a fun, playful concept. Take a look at what they came up with.

Storyboards are displayed outside of Monroe 402.

Our first-year Design students are preparing their designs for the Wearable Design Show at the Diboll Design Center on W...
09/09/2026

Our first-year Design students are preparing their designs for the Wearable Design Show at the Diboll Design Center on Wednesday, September 16, from 5:00–6:00 p.m.
This year’s theme is Rouxgarobot! Students are competing to create a wearable design for the Chewbacchus parade on Saturday, January 16, 2027. The winning design will be featured in the parade!
First-year Theatre students will bring the designs to life, with judges from across Loyola’s campus joining us to select the winner.
Come see the creative collaborations of the College of Music and Media in action!

Good design isn’t good enough.Thank you, Danielle Matherne, for sharing your words of wisdom and inspiring us with your ...
09/05/2026

Good design isn’t good enough.
Thank you, Danielle Matherne, for sharing your words of wisdom and inspiring us with your talk at Design Forum this past Wednesday. We learned so much from your insights and perspective!
We can’t wait to see you again at the next Loyola alumni event!

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