U Magazine

A UCLA Health and David Geffen School of 
Medicine Publication

A design refresh of UCLA Health’s U Magazine. The directive was to preserve the emblematic blue “U”masthead logo while exploring new typefaces, grid layout system, photography direction and illustration direction that are unique to the publication while working in harmony with UCLA’s university brand standards.












Client
UCLA Health

Category
Art Direction, Editorial Design, Print, Photography, Illustration, Magazine, Academia

Year
2020 - 2025

Captions
(1) Alternate cover feature options; (2) Slideshow of front of book content; (3) AIDS story, part 1 detail; (4) Slideshow of mid book content; (5) Selection of feature spreads; (6) Slideshow of feature well stories; (7) 911 feature story detail; (8) Slideshow of feature well stories; (9) Homeless healthcare feature story detail spreads; (10) Slideshow of feature well stories and back of book content; (11) Brand standards update; (12) Alternate covers.

Specs
(88 pages, 8.5x11”) soft cover, 4/4 offset lithogrpah web printing on coated matte paper stock, perfect bound.


Credits
(Creative Direction, Art Direction, Design) Michael J. Salter for Rent Control Creative [with] (Art Direction) Matt Lindauer; (Editor) David Greenwald; (Design) Jason Walker; (Photography) Chantal Anderson, Jessica Pons, Adam Amengual, Alisha Jucevic, Joel Meyerowitz, Ann Johansson, Ara Oshagan; (Illustration) Noma Bar, Mike Ellis, Oliver Munday, Adam McCauley, Velentina D’efilippo, Alexis Eke, Hanna Barczyk; (Contributing Writers) Dan Gordon, Lyndon Stambler, Veronique de Turenne, Kenneth Miller, Jocelyn Apodaca Schlossberg.
UCLA HEALTH


All Works ©2025 Michael J. Salter