We Are Design Lab. We Ideate, Experiment and Dream.
Design Lab is the only design studio in Los Angeles that functions as a collaboration between students, staff, faculty, and external clients. Student designers gain valuable career experience, and our clients connect with emerging talent to meet their creative needs.
Featured Works
Our student designers represent a diverse cross section of majors and design disciplines at Otis College. As a result, our portfolio showcases an expansive spectrum of creativity. This compilation includes illustration, motion design, branding, product design, UX/UI, and other interconnected design fields.
Why Do Clients Choose Us?
Design Lab isn’t just any design studio. It’s an opportunity to support arts education and access innovative, emerging talent while meeting business goals. Contact us at designlab@otis.edu to learn more and set up a free consultation.
At Design Lab
Design Lab functions like an internship at a commercial art and design studio. All
projects are overseen and directed by Creative Director Emily Carlson and executed
by a team of student designers representing diverse fields of study. Faculty mentors
assist on a project-by-project basis.
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Join Design Lab
Design Lab takes on projects with external clients year-round. Student designers interested in joining the team can view job openings on Handshake.
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Create your future at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Develop your talents and express yourself through innovative programs in a global creative capital.
Learning that encompasses research and development, critical thinking, and fearless image making as it applies to work in the 2D, 3D, 4D fields.
Personal style cultivation in multiple contexts for the image-making and communication needs of a variety of industries.
This event celebrates the achievements of our BFA and MFA graduates and showcases their work as a culmination of their student experience.