Jaded
Vacuum-formed Desk Lamp Emulating Burning Embers as a Metaphor for Academic Burnout

Transcribe to Survive
Tabletop escape room for Genome BC's Geneskool program that aids in teaching high school life sciences across classrooms in British Columbia.

Tales of Moments
3D Printed Lithophane Lamp Contrasting the Cultural Affordances from the Philippines and Canada

2nd Year Core Studio Industrial Design
This introductory Core Studio acquaints students to key aspects of Industrial Design. Students will learn fundamental design principles, diverse materials, issues of sustainability, fabrication and making, while simultaneously exploring varied social and cultural contexts of industrial design. Students will engage in all aspects of the design process: research, analysis, sketching and iterative prototyping, and design development alongside presentation techniques in order to meet the required studio objectives, through both individual and group projects. Discussions and critical reflection throughout the development of their studio project work help students make informed design decisions.

Human Fit: Applied Ergonomics
This course supports core studio work in product design and interaction design by providing students with the opportunity to explore the ergonomic credibility and possibilities for their projects. A preliminary introduction to ergonomics methodology and testing protocols is followed by the testing and assessment of individual students' core studio prototype. This course will support a variety of different types of projects in various stages of development, including small skill-building opportunities in the application of ergonomic principles and effective and ethical testing protocols in the first part of the course continuing with focused and additional skills in the second part of the course. Techniques will be taught to assist in all phases of product development with a particular emphasis on effective testing protocols. Products are tested for physical ease of use as well as psychological and cognitive accessibility.

Freehand Drawing & Drafting
This course focuses on freehand techniques for developing and communicating ideas in the design process. One third of this studio covers fundamental conventional drafting skills, including the use of instruments, equipment, geometric constructions, theory of orthographic projections, dimensioning of detail drawings, general assemblies, axonometric, and isometrics. Two thirds of the course deals with freehand methods for thinking about and relaying ideas including skills describing form, material, motion, perspective, volume, space and light. Assignments will progress from simple exercises to more conceptually challenging projects.

The In Between
Master of Design Thesis Research

Reaching for Tools
CAREB 2024 Virtual Conference Showcase Hall Poster

From & Beyond Design
A Collection of Design Research Explorations