Joaquin Barlow turned a dream about his death into a film project that consisted of Russian ants, steak and sugar water. He said the Russian ants were just figments of his imagination conjured up in a dream, and his reveries serve as just one of his many sources of inspiration. Read more...

Photo: Joaquin Barlow, a fourth-year Design | Media Arts student, has worked on several film projects including one based on a dream he had about killer ants. Barlow constructed a cardboard box and placed a steak covered in sugar water in it to film ants eating. He also created a music video for the band Apollo Soul that follows an old man as he gets ready for the day. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)

Rebeca Méndez first fell in love with design while creating rubbings of ancient Mayan archaeology sites with her father.   It was during her childhood archaeology trips to the Mayan ruins that she became fascinated with the people’s ancient symbolic systems as well as their storytelling power. Read more...

Photo: Professor Rebeca Méndez is the first Latina women to be inducted into the One Club Creative Hall of Fame. She said she wants to use the recent honor as a new platform to speak about diversity and inclusion. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)

A photo booth designed by students from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture will allows students to get to know each other without having to speak. Read more...

Photo: Third-year design media arts student Stefanie Tam helped create an interactive photo booth for the School of Arts and Architecture’s celebration “The Opening,” which features artwork from students, alumni and faculty. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)