ALYSSA TOHYAMA
is a visual communications designer with a background in brand identity, architecture, and storytelling.
BRAND IDENTITY Fall Event Series
AUD60RUMBLE 2024
RUMBLE 2023
Future ForensicsConcert Posters
Lecture Posters
ARCHITECTURE
Biowaste as Architecture
Clippers Intuit Dome The Urban Institute
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Fall Event Series
VISUAL IDENTITY, BRAND EXPRESSIONA poster series for UCLA AUD's Event Series featuring 15 unique “buildings” inspired by the most notable projects by each lecturer. Built using Rhino, winner of two first place prizes in Archinect Awards.
AUD60
GRAPHIC DESIGN, BRAND IDENTITYBridging past and present through a full identity system for UCLA AUD's 60th anniversary, built from one archival photograph of Perloff Hall. Featured in Archinect.
RUMBLE 2024BRAND EXPRESSION, PRINT DESIGN
A refined identity and print system for UCLA Architecture and Urban Design’s annual year-end exhibition, balancing restraint and energy through a cohesive two-color direction.RUMBLE 2023BRAND EXPRESSION, STORYTELLING SYSTEMS
Tectonic, energetic, and disruptive, RUMBLE is the department's largest and most anticipated event of the year. Brand identity across logo, motion graphics, social, and print. Future Forensics
SPECULATIVE BRANDING, INTERACTION DESIGN What does the end of the world smell like?
A self-directed speculative fiction project imagining eight post-human sites through atmospheric fragrances. An exercise in chasing an idea from first impulse through finished product.
Concert Posters
ART DIRECTION, CAMPAIGN DESIGNArt direction and poster design for Superb Productions' concert series — managing visual output across a team while the roster of artists and venues changed constantly.
Lecture Posters
VISUAL COMMUNICATION,BRAND EXPRESSIONPoster designs created for Superb Productions, with different formatting for advertising on Instagram, Facebook, and physical flyers.
Biowaste As ArchitectureARCHITECTURE, MATERIAL RESEARCH
What does it mean to design with waste?
Creating biodegradable alternatives for common building materials in pursuit of a circular building economy. Exhibited in Material Acts at Craft Contemporary, Getty PST Art 2024.
Clippers Intuit Dome
ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS, 3D RENDERINGInterior architecture for the LA Clippers' Intuit Dome at AECOM — a venue built for basketball, concerts, the 2028 Olympics, and the 2026 NBA All-Star Game. Within a large team, I focused on renderings, material specifications, and wayfinding, while independently initiating a custom mural.
The Urban InstituteARCHITECTURE, 3D RENDERING
A project designed at UC Berkeley proposing a multi-use public building in Oakland with a fully passive, self-regulating bimetal facade that transforms from day to night. BACK TO TOP