Emily Carr University of Art + Design is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural issue of CURRENT, an academic journal intent on demystifying the design process. As an established centre for research and innovation, Emily Carr contributes to the critical dialogue regarding the role of the designer and design methodology. CURRENT is an invaluable, sustainable contribution to an ongoing discourse on the significance of elucidating this process.
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2010A redesign of "The Peacock Report: Interview Types" looks at the challenges of the unexpected in intervewing. By combing useful text and obsure collages, "The Peacock Report" becomes much more than a reference dilving unto the realm of the uncounsious and the unknown.
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2010While the city regularly assesses the demand for public amenities within municipal jurisdiction and monitors the success of new amenities, or ones that have become “problem amenities” (misused), rarely is a thorough review completed from a designer’s perspective. The complexities behind the process, beginning with public demand and communication to the municipality and ending with the proposed design fully integrated within a community, requires an independent third party who can...
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2010Aging signage, young city: Vancouver in photographs and typography.
Excerpts from: bp nichol: Translating Translating Apollinaire: A Preliminary Report. Jack Haas: A Vancouver Hotel and an alternative lifestyle. Jordan Stanger-Ross: Municipal Colonialism in Vancouver: City Planning and the Conflict over Indian Reserves,1928—1950s.
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2010A promotional campaign for the non-profit Positive Posters Inc makes day to day design speak seem light hearted and even... fun?
"Graphic/Communication designers have a unique ability to communicate visually, however their talent is often restrained by client needs. We want to give graphic designers an outlet to create freely, and to use their skills to inspire, challenge and make a positive...
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2009An investigation into the low salmon return of 2009.