We are Yay Brigade, a design studio in Los Angeles.
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Who we are
Based in Los Angeles and led by principal Roman Jaster, Yay Brigade works with a multitude of talented collaborators who join the studio on a per-project basis.
Current and recent collaborators include Emma Berliner, Kat Catmur, Ella Gold, Jack Greenberg, Jessica Kao, Zhen Lu, Megan Texido, Candice Navi, Jessica Peng, Megan Woo, and Guanyan Wu.
Our interns were Aaron Greenberg (2015), Jack Greenberg (2018), Candice Navi (2019), Victor Li (2020), Megan Texido (2021), Zhen Lu (2022), Grace Ren (2023), and Helen Xie (2024).
Nicole Jaffe co-founded Yay Brigade with Roman Jaster in 2014. Nicole was instrumental in shaping the studio for the first four years. She moved on to new adventures in 2018.
Roman Jaster
designer, web developer, educator, baker of hearty breads
Roman Jaster is a graphic designer, web developer, and educator. He is the principal of Yay Brigade.
He teaches web design classes at his alma mater, CalArts, where he received a BFA in Graphic Design in 2007. He is the author of two Coursera classes on UX Design.
Roman finds delight in baking hearty loaves of bread, contemplating the etymology of English and German words, planting California native plants, and finding a printed newspaper in front of his dwelling every morning.
We were nominated for a 2018 Webby Award
Our clients include
- Pasadena Conservatory of Music
- California Institute of the Arts
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Human Impact Partners
- SALT Lanscape Architects
- Performance Art Museum
- LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
- Claret-Cup Architecture
- The MacArthur
- UCLA School of Law
- LA Native Plant Source
- SubStance
- Institute For Figuring
- Willowcrest School
- Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
- Cell Dogs
- Green Dragon Office
- Root Simple
- Oakwood School
- Windfall Lumber
- DelMonico Books
- Department of Cultural Affairs
- Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
- Los Angeles Regional Collaborative
- Institute of Domestic Technology
- East of Borneo
- artists Iris Yirei Hu, Mirae Kate-hers Rhee, Natalie Bookchin, Fritz Haeg, Ariel Osterweis, Elana Mann, Susan Mogul, Diana Thater, Quintan Ana Wikswo
What we do...
- Website Design & Development
- Print Design
- Publication Design
- Identity Design
- Illustration
- Content Strategy