The Cuneiform Light and Book Display were designed to celebrate and give value to the book as object of interaction and display within a bookshop setting. Using a non traditional method and material for display, Cuneiform is made of ceramic and its is made to show the inside of a book rather than the outside. This allows readers to engage with the book within a bookshop space in a new way. Through their interaction, the readers are in a sense curating the contents which are on display. The...
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2013This project was an exploration which looked at turing a temporary form, the tin can, into a cherished object. This allowed it to take on a whole new meaning and move away from the notion of being a single use object before becoming a waste material. I explored this idea through stripping away the paper on the outside of the tin can to reveal a beautiful form which is often overlooked. The explorations took shape in two different sizes and the tin cans became drinking cups, for friends to...
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2013The Nomadic Bookshelves were designed in collaboration with London-based bookshop Luminous Books as a reference to their ever moving and changing collection and location. The bookshop exhibition used the space at the Unit/Pitt Gallery as a pop-up version of Luminous Books' permanent space in London, England. The shelves were designed for assembly without any use of hardware or glue.
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2012The Three Stool is a counter height stool that was designed as a collaboration with 18 KARAT to address the issue of material use in furniture. The aim of this project was to use the least amount of materials while maintaining maximum strength. The stool weighs 5.8 lbs and is made primarily of Western Maple. The Three Stool was designed to occupy the space between the kitchen and living room in small, urban dwellings. With this in mind, we wanted the stool to be approachable from all sides...
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2012The Bela Table was designed in collaboration with BoConcept and focuses on providing functionality for small living spaces of the present and future. With cities getting bigger and urban living spaces getting smaller, we wanted to design a coffee table that simultaneously challenged the ideas of portability while being a beautiful and functional table for everyday use. The Bela Table was designed to fold up effortlessly for storage, portability and flat packability.
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2012The Fort Building Kit project was rooted in an effort to make learning environments more interactive and engaging for children with learning differences. We worked with 3 co-designers aged 10-12 from Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School, who informed our design process and the problem space within which we were working. The goal of this project was to create an engaging and active learning tool which fostered collaboration. Not only were we designing for collaboration but we also wanted the...
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2012We came together with a shared vision for wood waste diversion through sustainable design and peer-to-peer engagement. We believe, that through grassroots intervention we can help shift the way this material is being perceived and moved around urban environments, thus potentially diverting large amounts from ending up in landfills
The Stoop is a travelling bench in Vancouver and our goal was to have it become an active part of the community, to serve as a place for conversation...