Undergraduate student, Madison Freese, studies at Laguna College of Art + Design in the heart of an artist community in Laguna Beach, California. They started their journey graduating from Calistoga High School in the heart of the Napa Valley. From there they joined Santa Rosa Junior college not knowing what major to study in, as they graduated high school going into college as a Viticulture major and soon realized they loved graphic design. That point forward they studied at SRJC for 3 years to then transfer to LCAD becoming a student of their BFA program for Graphic Design + Digital Media with an Action Sports Emphasis and UX/UI Minor.
BFA, Graphic Design + Digital Media, Action Sports + UX/UI Minor
Laguna College of Art + Design, 2022 - 2025
2026 | Vernon, CA
Assisted lead designers in photographing original sample products and inputting detailed data into STM. Developed and maintained apparel spec sheets, and produced material swatches as needed to support the design process.
2026 | Laguna Beach, CA
UX/UI Design in collaboratin with a dedicated team of scientists and developers focused on system design to reduce the footwear wastestream.
2022 - 2026 | Laguna Beach, CA
Direct collaboration with creative leaders from Nike, Vans, prAna, MIT, EarthDNA and The Footwear Collective.
2024 - 2025 | Laguna Beach, CA
Event promotion for social media and print collateral for campus wide events.
2025 | Laguna Beach, CA
Direct collaboration with the prAna creative team to design a capsule wardrobe collection. Responsible for creating and coordinating patterns and textures for a seasonal line of apparel.
2025 | Laguna Beach, CA
Direct collaboration with faculty, Nike apparel designer for the WNBA. Tech packing, nested patterns + production strategies were developed and executed.
2024 | Laguna Beach, CA
Direct collaboration with MBA students at Chapman University to design a citizen science kit bringing awareness to environmental sustainability through product packaging and experience.
2024 | Laguna Beach, CA
Direct collaboration with the All of Us Research Team at UCI School of Medicine designing solutions that bridge the gap between underrepresented communities through the All of Us Research Platform and Database.
2020 - 2022 | Santa Rosa, CA
Design and promote events through social media and print collateral.
2020 | Calistoga, CA
Design consultation for website, menu, brand updates and photography. Customer experience design.