This document provides an introduction to the LA design community. It lists several educational institutions that offer design programs, regular meetup groups for designers, practitioners and organizations that support the community, creative work spaces tied to designers, and additional resources. The goal is to connect designers in the area and support the growing design community in Los Angeles.

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE
LA DESIGN COMMUNITY
@heykluge

2. Education
● General Assembly UX Immersive, generalassemb.ly
● LMU M-School, blogs.lmu.edu/mschool
● Design for America USC, designforamericausc.com
● Design for America UCLA, facebook.com/dfaucla
● Art Center College of Design, artcenter.edu
● UCLA Extension
● Santa Monica College

3. Regular design meetups
● Crystal Ehlrich: crystalux.net/events
● LA UX: lauxmeetup.com
● UXPA: meetup.com/UXPALA
● NELAUX: meetup.com/NELAUX
● UX Book Club: meetup.com/UX-Bookclub-Los-Angeles
● AIGA Los Angeles: losangeles.aiga.org
● Huge: meetup.com/huge-la
● Evenings at the Loft by Kluge: eveningsattheloft.com
● LA Axure: meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Axure-Users
● LA & Pasadena Web Designers: meetup.com/Los-Angeles-
SGV-Graphic-Web-Designers

4. Practitioners and organizations
supporting the community
● The Noun Project, thenounproject.com
● Philosophie, philosophie.is
● Iteration Group, iterationgroup.com
● JLR Interactive, jlrinteractive.com
● The Skool, theskoolrocks.com
● General Assembly, generalassemb.ly
● Huge, hugeinc.com
● Kluge, klugeinteractive.com

5. Creative spaces in close ties
to design community
● Blank Spaces, blankspaces.com
● Opodz, opodz.com
● Coloft, coloft.com
● Cross Campus, crosscamp.us
● General Assembly, generalassemb.ly
● The Reef, the-reef.com

6. Additional Resources
● The Creative Ham: thecreativeham.
com/agencies/los-angeles
● UX Experience Community on Slack
designerhangout.co
● LA Museums: museumsla.org
● Analysis of Start-up Community: techcrunch.
com/2014/10/08/theres-something-going-on-in-
l-a

8. Thank you!
@heykluge