Erik Asia
Industrial Designer | Researcher | Educator
Designing tactile experiences that bridge the gap between the body and mind through designed objects.
Bridging physcial affordances with research-driven methodology, creating tools for embodied interaction and learning, ergonomic comfort, and sensory communication.
IN PROGRESS: Leading a Material Matters Lab research team on designing modular wearable uniform accessories suitable for on-demand, local production for UBC's Community Safety team.
Worked with Emily Carr University's Shumka Centre on designing tacticle 3D sculptures that helps to enhance tactile learning for Capilano Suspension Bridge Park's storytelling narrative.
Designed an educational tabletop escape room that helps teach DNA/RNA translation and transcription processes to secondary school students for Genome British Columbia's educational outreach workshops.
Designed an open-access modular multiplane animation stand that helps minimize the gap of learning traditional multiplane animation techniques by providing an easy-to-assemble framework for a lightweight and portable stand.
Designed a modular 3D-printed lithophane lamp that visualizes the culutral interaction differences between Filipino and Canadian interactions and artefacts.
Designed a woman-centred, reconfigurable birthing tool that helps to accommodate a variety of birthing positions during labour for the James Dyson Awards 2020.
Designed a wall-mounted time visualization tool to provide a tactile and intuitive way to perceive and manage time for self-directed learners in university during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.
Designed a desk lamp that resembles burning embers as a conversation started piece about academic burnout where the lamp slowly dims the more it is used.
3D Renderings
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