Senior Capstone Projects

The Interaction Design Class of 2026 proudly presents their senior capstone projects. This year's projects span diverse domains, including Gaming, Data Visualization, Experience Design, Community Building, and Social Media + UX/UI.

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Illustrations of objects people who live abroad have to bring them the feeling of home

In-Between

An exhibition and a visual archive of the objects that carry memories and cultural identities

See Project
Feeling the Fastlane logo above a F1 car with wind moving over it

Feeling the Fastlane

A haptics-centered VR experience that focuses on F1 pit-crew

See Project
Image of a wooden urn like device. Top down view, and front view.

Àṣẹ

Àṣẹ is a tactile memory device: a physical vessel that binds audio memories to family objects

See Project
Image of a TV displaying the menu screen of Life Flashes By with the DualSense controller in the front view.

Life Flashes By

Video game storytelling with the DualSense controller

See Project
Zine cover featuring Pixie, a custom character surrounded by graffiti design elements.

Compiled

An AR Digital Fashion Zine

See Project
A vintage-style homepage featuring the title "You'll See Me Again" in bold red lettering on a teal badge, alongside a photorealistic AI-generated surfboard decorated with a sacred heart and calla lilies in an American Traditional style.

You'll See Me Again

AI-powered surfboard designing tool

See Project
A food-first mobile app that helps people understand gut health through everyday grocery choices.

Gut Mother

A mobile grocery companion designed to improve gut-health literacy.

See Project
The Forma app icon, a rounded square with a green-to-red gradient and the word Forma across it, with the tagline "Tell your creative story." Faint cards fan out behind it like layers of saved work.

Forma

Tell your creative stories.

See Project
JP, a gardening volunteer, talks to AMOS, the AI audio assistant, through a walkie talkie, for guidance as he harvests calla lillies.

A.M.O.S.

Mindfulness buddy on your lapel: ending manual labor re-work with $10 walkie talkies.

See Project
Image for EveryBot. Shows image of robot, and text: EveryBot.

EveryBot

An inexpensive, open-source robot system for every middle and high school student

See Project
Dimo, A web companion for Blender learners who want to understand how to model and not just follow along., Product Image of dimo on a mac book screen.

dimo

A web companion for Blender learners who want to understand how to model and not just follow along.

See Project
A glossy translucent blue sphere with a calm, smiling closed-eye face, surrounded by sparkles on a blue gradient, beside the NeuraLearn wordmark.

NeuraLearn

Making learning accessible for any and every mind.

See Project
A dark cinematic hero image for Lived, showing the Lived logo, the tagline “Turn the life you’re imagining into the life you’re actually living,” and a hand holding a phone displaying the app interface.

Lived

Lived is a mobile app concept that helps people turn the life they imagine into real experiences

See Project
GearSmart's landing screen; The GearSmart logo — the carabiner-lightbulb mark and wordmark on the dark brand background.

GearSmart

A data-powered gear advisor that builds a trip-specific packing list

See Project
A white whale rises from a phone held in someone's hands, while a lone figure walks down a misty city street. Title: "The Long Walk."

A Shape in the Distance

An interactive story that helps young people notice and sit with a feeling they can't yet name.

See Project
This Hero image and thumbnail show the physical products, the apps opening page, and the apps AI avatar.

Fro-mi

A Salon In Your Hands

See Project
For some children, communication begins with gestures, visuals, AAC, and emerging language — not speech alone.

VocalEyes

An AR-based AAC prototype that helps nonverbal children communicate

See Project
Left Side: A prominent logo reads "nori" in a thick, rounded, black lowercase font. Directly underneath, the tagline reads "Empowering T1D Health Literacy" in a clean, black sans-serif font. Right Side: A separate circular image overlay reveals a 3D mockup of a standing book and a toy narwhal against a monochromatic, sketched background of an icy arctic landscape. Background: The entire image is set against a soft, gradient background with pastel shades of purple, blue, green and pink.

Nori

Nori is a system using a characterized lancet device and a storybook titled Just like Nori

See Project
An illustration of Rodelt, the hero, running out of a dungeon door with Amber, Rodelt's guide. They are being chased by three monsters: a slime, a slug, and a golem.

Fates Echo

A video game that disrupts the idea and stereotypes of what LGBTQ+ looks like in video games.

See Project
Collage of Genie+ Redesign Digital UI

Reimagining Genie+

A redesign of Disneyland Resort's infamously unpopular "skip-the-line" service, Genie+.

See Project
Homepage with critical flight information and trip details.

ReadySetFly

A travel assistant app designed to help infrequent flyers navigate confusing airport procedures with

See Project
A collaged picture of Ukiyo Zine's printed zine mockup and website

Ukiyo Zine

A zine and website dedicated to fostering a sense of community and cultural exploration for immigran

See Project
Group Picture

Sowing Seeds of Support

A social impact design project focused on improving communication and engagement strategies for Harv

See Project
An overview of multiple screens of the Hexone SAAS application

Hexone - SAAS

SAAS for productized businesses

See Project
A logo of the game, City Screamer, City in gradient blue from dark to light blue and Screamer in a gradient pink from a very white to a blossom pink. on the bottom right there is text in neon orange in Japanese saying freak mode. The background has a cityscape. The buildings are a gradient of blue with lights on at different floors as if it was night time.

City Screamer

An Isometric City Pop Video Game Project

See Project
dashboard of a health management app

Health: The Whole Story

An innovative health management app that merges quantitative medical data with qualitative personal

See Project
Crowdlist Hero Voting Studio, Voting Prototype, and Digital Asset

Crowdilst at Coachella

An interactive digital and physical experience that allows fans to tell music festivals in this case

See Project
wanderlens title image

WanderLens

A photographer's very own location finding companion.

See Project
Yarn Lust’s product offerings on an e-commerce website: knit sweater kits with garments shown on a diverse group of models.

Yarn Lost

Branding and product design for a knitting company

See Project
A concentric circle puzzle in the VR puzzle room of Spod

Spod

An asymmetric gaming experience that connects a person using a VR headset with a person without a he

See Project
Groovy pixel art featuring an all-girl band.

Ventura Girls

A videogame born from passion, dedication, and a whole lot of learning curve.

See Project
Logo of the video game "Fates Echo" with a background of a dungeon.

Fates Echo

2D top down dungeon crawler pixel art based video game.

See Project
learn, explore, engage

Building Business Careers in Sustainability at SMC!

A roadmap guide designed to help students and professionals pursue sustainable business careers thro

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Safe Sight

AR tech to assist drivers in unsafe driving conditions

See Project

Didi

A peek into the future of mobile operating systems

See Project

Mosaic

A dashboard to help teams streamline their workflow

See Project

At The Table

Ceramic tableware featuring conversation prompts

See Project

Gift

Make People Shine

See Project

Caregiver Research

Caregiver Research

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Legacy

A yearbook project

See Project

BrewFest AR

Interactive Beer Experiences

See Project

HiveScout

GIS application to help beehive inspectors work faster

See Project

Nubo

Home Air Quality Companion

See Project

Valorant Redesign

Redesigning Valorant’s UI

See Project
Image of a TV displaying the menu screen of Life Flashes By with the DualSense controller in the front view.

Life Flashes By

Video game storytelling with the DualSense controller

See Project
An illustration of Rodelt, the hero, running out of a dungeon door with Amber, Rodelt's guide. They are being chased by three monsters: a slime, a slug, and a golem.

Fates Echo

A video game that disrupts the idea and stereotypes of what LGBTQ+ looks like in video games.

See Project
A logo of the game, City Screamer, City in gradient blue from dark to light blue and Screamer in a gradient pink from a very white to a blossom pink. on the bottom right there is text in neon orange in Japanese saying freak mode. The background has a cityscape. The buildings are a gradient of blue with lights on at different floors as if it was night time.

City Screamer

An Isometric City Pop Video Game Project

See Project
Groovy pixel art featuring an all-girl band.

Ventura Girls

A videogame born from passion, dedication, and a whole lot of learning curve.

See Project
Logo of the video game "Fates Echo" with a background of a dungeon.

Fates Echo

2D top down dungeon crawler pixel art based video game.

See Project

Valorant Redesign

Redesigning Valorant’s UI

See Project
JP, a gardening volunteer, talks to AMOS, the AI audio assistant, through a walkie talkie, for guidance as he harvests calla lillies.

A.M.O.S.

Mindfulness buddy on your lapel: ending manual labor re-work with $10 walkie talkies.

See Project
A collaged picture of Ukiyo Zine's printed zine mockup and website

Ukiyo Zine

A zine and website dedicated to fostering a sense of community and cultural exploration for immigran

See Project
An overview of multiple screens of the Hexone SAAS application

Hexone - SAAS

SAAS for productized businesses

See Project
learn, explore, engage

Building Business Careers in Sustainability at SMC!

A roadmap guide designed to help students and professionals pursue sustainable business careers thro

See Project

HiveScout

GIS application to help beehive inspectors work faster

See Project

Nubo

Home Air Quality Companion

See Project
A woman using her hand to control the art installation ui

Project T: Recto Verso

An EEG-driven installation that renders brainwaves into real-time visuals

See Project
Feeling the Fastlane logo above a F1 car with wind moving over it

Feeling the Fastlane

A haptics-centered VR experience that focuses on F1 pit-crew

See Project
Image of a wooden urn like device. Top down view, and front view.

Àṣẹ

Àṣẹ is a tactile memory device: a physical vessel that binds audio memories to family objects

See Project
Zine cover featuring Pixie, a custom character surrounded by graffiti design elements.

Compiled

An AR Digital Fashion Zine

See Project
A glossy translucent blue sphere with a calm, smiling closed-eye face, surrounded by sparkles on a blue gradient, beside the NeuraLearn wordmark.

NeuraLearn

Making learning accessible for any and every mind.

See Project
For some children, communication begins with gestures, visuals, AAC, and emerging language — not speech alone.

VocalEyes

An AR-based AAC prototype that helps nonverbal children communicate

See Project
Crowdlist Hero Voting Studio, Voting Prototype, and Digital Asset

Crowdilst at Coachella

An interactive digital and physical experience that allows fans to tell music festivals in this case

See Project
wanderlens title image

WanderLens

A photographer's very own location finding companion.

See Project
A concentric circle puzzle in the VR puzzle room of Spod

Spod

An asymmetric gaming experience that connects a person using a VR headset with a person without a he

See Project

Legacy

A yearbook project

See Project

BrewFest AR

Interactive Beer Experiences

See Project
Left Side: A prominent logo reads "nori" in a thick, rounded, black lowercase font. Directly underneath, the tagline reads "Empowering T1D Health Literacy" in a clean, black sans-serif font. Right Side: A separate circular image overlay reveals a 3D mockup of a standing book and a toy narwhal against a monochromatic, sketched background of an icy arctic landscape. Background: The entire image is set against a soft, gradient background with pastel shades of purple, blue, green and pink.

Nori

Nori is a system using a characterized lancet device and a storybook titled Just like Nori

See Project
Homepage with critical flight information and trip details.

ReadySetFly

A travel assistant app designed to help infrequent flyers navigate confusing airport procedures with

See Project
Group Picture

Sowing Seeds of Support

A social impact design project focused on improving communication and engagement strategies for Harv

See Project

At The Table

Ceramic tableware featuring conversation prompts

See Project

Gift

Make People Shine

See Project

Caregiver Research

Caregiver Research

See Project
A minimalist, industrial logo featuring interlocking chainlink shapes representing the letters O and U. The logo is overlaying a photo of a female DJ playing to a crowd. / A lifestyle mockup of the Over/Underground mobile app interface displayed on a smartphone.

Over/Underground

A greenfield B2B booking, logistics, and Escrow management platform

See Project
Illustrations of objects people who live abroad have to bring them the feeling of home

In-Between

An exhibition and a visual archive of the objects that carry memories and cultural identities

See Project
A vintage-style homepage featuring the title "You'll See Me Again" in bold red lettering on a teal badge, alongside a photorealistic AI-generated surfboard decorated with a sacred heart and calla lilies in an American Traditional style.

You'll See Me Again

AI-powered surfboard designing tool

See Project
A food-first mobile app that helps people understand gut health through everyday grocery choices.

Gut Mother

A mobile grocery companion designed to improve gut-health literacy.

See Project
Dimo, A web companion for Blender learners who want to understand how to model and not just follow along., Product Image of dimo on a mac book screen.

dimo

A web companion for Blender learners who want to understand how to model and not just follow along.

See Project
A dark cinematic hero image for Lived, showing the Lived logo, the tagline “Turn the life you’re imagining into the life you’re actually living,” and a hand holding a phone displaying the app interface.

Lived

Lived is a mobile app concept that helps people turn the life they imagine into real experiences

See Project
GearSmart's landing screen; The GearSmart logo — the carabiner-lightbulb mark and wordmark on the dark brand background.

GearSmart

A data-powered gear advisor that builds a trip-specific packing list

See Project
A white whale rises from a phone held in someone's hands, while a lone figure walks down a misty city street. Title: "The Long Walk."

A Shape in the Distance

An interactive story that helps young people notice and sit with a feeling they can't yet name.

See Project
This Hero image and thumbnail show the physical products, the apps opening page, and the apps AI avatar.

Fro-mi

A Salon In Your Hands

See Project
Collage of Genie+ Redesign Digital UI

Reimagining Genie+

A redesign of Disneyland Resort's infamously unpopular "skip-the-line" service, Genie+.

See Project
dashboard of a health management app

Health: The Whole Story

An innovative health management app that merges quantitative medical data with qualitative personal

See Project
Yarn Lust’s product offerings on an e-commerce website: knit sweater kits with garments shown on a diverse group of models.

Yarn Lost

Branding and product design for a knitting company

See Project

Safe Sight

AR tech to assist drivers in unsafe driving conditions

See Project

Didi

A peek into the future of mobile operating systems

See Project

Mosaic

A dashboard to help teams streamline their workflow

See Project

Gaming

A woman using her hand to control the art installation ui

Project T: Recto Verso

An EEG-driven installation that renders brainwaves into real-time visuals

See Project
A minimalist, industrial logo featuring interlocking chainlink shapes representing the letters O and U. The logo is overlaying a photo of a female DJ playing to a crowd. / A lifestyle mockup of the Over/Underground mobile app interface displayed on a smartphone.

Over/Underground

A greenfield B2B booking, logistics, and Escrow management platform

See Project

Data Viz

A woman using her hand to control the art installation ui

Project T: Recto Verso

An EEG-driven installation that renders brainwaves into real-time visuals

See Project
A minimalist, industrial logo featuring interlocking chainlink shapes representing the letters O and U. The logo is overlaying a photo of a female DJ playing to a crowd. / A lifestyle mockup of the Over/Underground mobile app interface displayed on a smartphone.

Over/Underground

A greenfield B2B booking, logistics, and Escrow management platform

See Project

XP Design

A woman using her hand to control the art installation ui

Project T: Recto Verso

An EEG-driven installation that renders brainwaves into real-time visuals

See Project
A minimalist, industrial logo featuring interlocking chainlink shapes representing the letters O and U. The logo is overlaying a photo of a female DJ playing to a crowd. / A lifestyle mockup of the Over/Underground mobile app interface displayed on a smartphone.

Over/Underground

A greenfield B2B booking, logistics, and Escrow management platform

See Project

Community Building

A woman using her hand to control the art installation ui

Project T: Recto Verso

An EEG-driven installation that renders brainwaves into real-time visuals

See Project
A minimalist, industrial logo featuring interlocking chainlink shapes representing the letters O and U. The logo is overlaying a photo of a female DJ playing to a crowd. / A lifestyle mockup of the Over/Underground mobile app interface displayed on a smartphone.

Over/Underground

A greenfield B2B booking, logistics, and Escrow management platform

See Project

Social Media + UI/UX

A woman using her hand to control the art installation ui

Project T: Recto Verso

An EEG-driven installation that renders brainwaves into real-time visuals

See Project
A minimalist, industrial logo featuring interlocking chainlink shapes representing the letters O and U. The logo is overlaying a photo of a female DJ playing to a crowd. / A lifestyle mockup of the Over/Underground mobile app interface displayed on a smartphone.

Over/Underground

A greenfield B2B booking, logistics, and Escrow management platform

See Project
Santa Monica College - SMC IxD logo