theworksLA team


Omar Ureta | Designer / Developer | Instagram | Linkedin

Past urban designer by day and civic hacker by night, now merging the two.

Omar works with data about all that is Los Angeles through maps, graphics and popular education. From identifying industrial facilities and their effects on communities to finding where all the tacos are in the city, there's many stories to share.

Many of the tools are built with free and open source software, to which Omar shares his knowledge and skills to anyone looking to make their own with maptimeLA, an open learning environment for all levels and degrees of knowledge, offering intentional educational support for the beginner.


Priscilla Hernandez | Illustrator

Priscilla Hernandez is a Graphic Designer from Los Angeles. Recently receiving her BA in Psychology and Studio Art, she has had the opportunity to explore multiple art media under various lenses.

Her art and design reflect the faces and values of her community. As an artist, she has had the opportunity to create visuals for the movement, tackling imagery regarding housing reform, eco-artivism and immigration advocacy.

As an emerging graphic artist, she hopes to bring culture, heritage and warmth to the digital world.


Stephanie Ivy | Storyteller

Stephanie Ivy is an artist from Los Angeles. Exploring mixed mediums and currently working on a degree in storyboard animation, Stephanie brings storytelling as a way to bring together art, data and community.

Work

Data | Maps | Tools
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POP ED! HEAT LA Homes. - PSR-LA

Investing in Youth - BSS

Projection of the Human Body for a workshop to discuss the effects of toxic contaminants.

POP ED! Human Body Workshop - PSR-LA

Graphic design for a report on funding in K-12 schools.

Equity is Justice - Dr. Susana Bonis

A poster that correlates to the School District Zine.

School District Map - CCF

Zines for a summit with California State legislators on school district demographics. Layouts by Judy Thang and graphics by Priscilla

School District Zines - CCF

Graphic design for a report on Land Use and Ownership in California.

Check out the report here!

Landuse - Public Interest Law Project

To educate people on Brownfields and the impact on our health, we made a physical game to allow stories to be shared on how their community changed over time and their health impacts. Rules by Stephanie and Graphics by Priscilla

POP ED! In Our Neighborhood - PSR-LA

Graphic design for a report on Youth Development in Los Angeles

Invest in Youth - Dr. Susana Bonis

Popular education activity to discuss the history of Environmental Justice in South Central Los Angeles with felt

FELT community

The first part to Confronting Disaster, A booklet that goes in depth about the Altadena fires and how it has impacted the communities. Layouts by Stephanie Graphics by Priscilla

Compunding Disaster - SAJE and Inclusive Action

Mapping 10 years worth of closed restaurants across the LA County for Dia de Los Muertos.

Memorias de un Platillo

The Altadena fires were a horrific event that caused a domino effect that has been recorded in previous disasters across the US. Layouts by Stephanie, Graphics by Priscilla

Disaster Capitalism in Altadena - SAJE and Inclusive Action

EJCAP is a coalition of nonprofits that want to make space for collaborative environmental justice against plastic pollution! Layouts by Stephanie, Design and artwork by Priscilla.

EJCAP Website! - PSR-LA

The summers hotter, and many apartment buildings and houses do not come with air conditioning for their tenants. Layouts by Stephanie Graphics by Priscilla

Renters right to cooling - SAJE

A booklet thats both informative and visually engaging explains what is a community land trust to the masses. Layouts by Stephanie, Graphics by Priscilla.

Tenants In Common - Trust South LA

K-Town gentrification is happening and we are here to spread the word of how to combat it. Layouts by Stephanie, graphics by Priscilla.

Reclaiming Our Neighborhood - Beverly Vermont Community Land Trust

Every summer LA gets hotter and hotter, and not everyone in the community has the tools to keep cool. Graphics by Priscilla and layouts by Stephanie

Keeping it Cool - PSR-LA

Maps of then and now, Collaboration with John Urquiza for the LA County Arts Collective Memory Installation,

Ghost Towns of Los Angeles

An interactive mapping & notification toolkit that identifies properties at risk of displacement throughout Los Angeles County, making it easier for tenants and community organizations to take steps to address these pressures.

Take a look

OWN-IT! - SAJE

Graphic Design for Report

Take a look

Priced Out, Pushed Out, Locked Out - Liberty Hill

Data, Maps, Popular Education, and Workshops

Take a look

SCLA PUSH - PSRLA

An interactive tool exploring the effects of toxic contaminants on the human body. Fullstack development by Omar, UX by Stephanie

Human Body Tool - PSRLA

Mapping bus shelters across the City of Los Angeles and each City Council District.

Find them here

Now Approaching - Outfront|JCDecaux

Map of the Inland Empire for Dr. Genevieve G. Carpios published book on immigrants coming to the San Bernardino/Riverside communities.

Get the book here!

Inland Southern California - Collisions at the Crossroads, by Genevieve Carpio

Painters canvas for large hand drawn maps, everyone joins in

Projection Mapping - Eastside LEADS

Website to inform Los Angeles tenants about their rights and connect them to legal services. Fullstack development of version 1.0 by Omar, Illustrations / Graphics by Priscilla

Stayhoused L.A.

To verify, revise and add to the collective knowledge

Groundtruthing Toolkit - PSRLA

Sometimes a computer screen wont do, even outdoors

Let's Find it Tool - PSRLA

Are you within 500ft of an autobody shop?

Take a look

500ft Webmap - PSRLA

A learning tool based on any neighborhood! Talk about all kinds of land use issues! Just mix in data

Land Use Game - PSRLA

Tiny homes made to stand out from the piles of flyers on tables

Little Houses

2.9 Million buildings in LA County, all by age

Take a look

BuiltLA Webmap

Physical model derived from plans kept at the Getty Center Archives, built at the Model Shop in Torrance

Neverbuilt LA : Griffith Park Nature Center - A&D Museum

Animated map showing how LA's boundaries grew over time, Soundtrack composed by Dan Wool for the exhibit

Windshield Perspectives: LA Growth Animation - A&D Museum

Explorations

Maps and data visualizations exploring Southern California, one section at a time.
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Just Fires Across LA

Just LA's Streets and Avenues

Just Avocado Trees in LA

Just LA's Soils

Just the Pipes and Wells Providing LA's Water

Just LA's Street LIghts, with some gaps

12foot long map of Northeast LA, painted on canvas to discuss land use issues. In collaboration with John Urquiza

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The talking map

Just exploring data on Street Lights

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Just Downtown LA's Street Lights

Just Places in LA with tacos in the name and interactive map!

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Just Places in LA with tacos in the name

Just a map with storm drains and where the water goes. With interactive map!

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Drains to Ocean

What kinds of homes does LA have?

Lets find out

Housing Units Across LA

Sometimes ZIMAS needs to be simplified

Have a look

Not really ZIMAS

It's a bear who maps

Lurking in Github!

Maptime Bear

Prototype foldable stand, attach a projector and lift it up

Map Projection Stand

Exploring with LACITY Building Permits

Demo and Code

Building Permits with Plotly.js

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