Category: Design Process
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Leading an Educational Design+Build Workshop with Grey&IvyWorking with a colleague at Grey & Ivy, we hosted a three week design+build workshop to learners as part of a skilled trades program. We shared educational materials on the basics of design and architecture and led students through the entire process of community wants/needs through ideation, planning, prototyping, budgeting, and ultimately building. In the…
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An interactive installation about systems, stewardship, and shared space.
Spaceship Earth is a large-scale interactive art installation that invites participants into a glowing, cushioned dome surrounded by a kinetic ball machine. Inside, sensors track movement while light and sound shifts with energy levels and responds to imbalances. Visitors must work together to hand-crank glowing balls to the top of the machine—illuminating the system and…
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a tool to disrupt the design of educational experiencesExperience Wildcards are a tool that inspires divergent thinking when designing educational experience – to approach person-centred design from new angles. Tools, such as Experience Wildcards, are valuable as they challenge designers ideas and disrupt their practices offering new avenues for inquiry. The project started from an crude idea and resulted in the development of…
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an online knowledge center for everything screenprinting
Problem During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wachiay Studio, a screenprinting studio in the Comox Valley, needed to pivot to remote instruction. Developing a an accessible and comprehensive online learning platform for screenprinting proved to not only meet the needs to teach our students but also to the general public. Screenprinting is a versatile and accessible production…
