I’M CURRENTLY BASED IN LOS ANGELES                 FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA                 MY NAME IS MAYA ALVARADO                 CALARTS ‘25 GRAPHIC DESIGN                 WELCOME TO MAYA PLANET            

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CalArts Actors Showcase2025


Branding
Print & Digital Identity
 The identity for the CalArts School of Theater’s annual 2025 Actors Showcase.

Developed custom brand systems for the NYC and LA shows with a functional website. Printed collateral such as resumes, invites, posters, programs, and photo-books. Motion: Scott Ulrich

Inchworm2024


Branding
 Typographic System
Iconography
Copywriting
Application Usage
 Inchworm is a speculative public transportation system specializing in safe everyday traveling for kids, located in Los Angeles.

With the day-to-day challenges many busy families face, Inchworm provides an alternative mode of transportation to make guardians' lives a little easier, and the lives of littles a lot more fun.

Afterlove2023


Branding
UI/UX

 Afterlove is a speculative dating app designed for lonely ghosts in need of a romantic partner in their afterlife, casual or long-term.

Users can create profiles based on what they remember of their past and current selves and are given the option of connecting with someone in/before their time era. 
   

Salazar Park2023



Branding 
Environmental Wayfinding
 Cantilevered Signage
Lightpost Flags
Sandblasted Patterns
 As a Design Intern at Place and Page, I collaborated with SALT Landscape Architects and LA County Parks to reimagine the signage components of the historical Salazar Park.


Conducting research, attending community meetings, and partaking in joyful collaborations were major parts of my involvement. Designing the visually informative aspects of the park allowed me to consider the ways I could honor the history of the activists involved and the community it currently serves. 

CalArts Print Fair
2023


Identity 
Motion 
Event Managing
Screenprinting
Riso Printing
 The 12th Annual CalArts Print Fair co-organized with Kari Trail. The identity for the event is based on the new beginnings of Springtime and is an overall celebration of the print culture at CalArts.

Kari and I designed the identity of the fair from the ground up and produced over 45 four-colored posters, with extra assets including pamphlets and spray-painted tablecloths. Motion: Ally Sutton

Gemini: Type Specimen


2023


Publication
Typography

 A type specimen featuring the expressive Gemini—designed by Franco Griani in 1964.

This typeface was influenced by the new age of spacecraft called Project Gemini, which was NASA’s second human spaceflight program. 


Selected Posters
2023-2025



Print
Collaboration
 A special selection of posters made in collaboration with friends, for events, and personal interests! Utilized various printmaking techniques: screen printing, riso printing, and wide format printing.

Posters made in collaboration with:
Shivangi Chopra (CalArts Drag Ball 2024 / CalArts Halloween 2024), Kari Trail (This Emancipation Thing / Bandung / CalArts Halloween 2024), Isa Eugenio (Al Jarnow)



THANK YOU!