Tom Becher is an Associate Professor teaching critical studies courses and studios to design students. He has contributed, through a variety of roles in administration and instruction, to design programs at Emily Carr University of Art + Design since 1978. Currently, he is active in raising the social and economic capital of design disciplines and design intensive industries in British Columbia. In addition to many community-based initiatives he has promoted, for the last 20 years, best practices in design management through his firm Basix Design Management. He began his career as an architect in 1974 and diversified into interior design, exhibit design, industrial design, computer development and interface design, furniture development and manufacturing, and corporate strategy. His academic fascination continues to centre on design processes that generate environments, objects and messages that make us more human.
