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The Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies invites you to join the Spring 2019 MDes Symposium.

When

Apr 15, 2019 – Apr 18, 2019

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IMS (Integrated Motion Studio, D1400, Level 1)

Join us for a four day event, including two days of interim thesis presentations + two days of thesis defences. See the accordions below for the full schedule.

In addition, we're excited to present the following guest lectures:

  • Onkar Kular, Tuesday April 16 @ 6:30pm
    • Talk of Schools: A Re-Turn to Design Education
  • Dimeji Onafuwa, Wednesday April 17 @ 6:30pm
    • Design-enabled Recommoning: A Designer's Role in Collective Sense-making
  • Angelika Seeschaaf-Veres, Thursday April 18 @ 1:30pm
    • Forming Design Futures: "Human Factors" and the Domestication of A.I.

All events are free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there!

MDes 2020 Cohort Interim Thesis Presentations | April 15-16

Monday April 15

  • Ryan Smith 8:30am
    • Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: N.E. Thing Co. Ltd. + the Vol. 1 Companies Act
  • Medha Mistry 9:00am
    • Revisiting Heritage and Branding: Cultural significance of graphic language within Ahmedabad, India
  • Joshua Singler 9:30am
    • Harnessing the Habitual—Vancouver as the Vehicle: Questioning Cultural Reliance on Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) by Considering Patterns, Rhythms and Layers of the In-between
  • Harley Guo 10:40am
    • A Resonance: Transmedia storytelling for the asexual/aromantic community
  • Sheen Darbari 11:10am
    • Seeking Smiles: Design that pursues emotional connection and questions convenience
  • Nandita Ratan 11:40am
    • Matchboxes and the mundane: Exploring vernacular affinities in the digital age
  • Richard Kwon 2:00pm
    • The Designer Orientation: An active exploration and investigation of the principles of the designer's practice
  • Damien Stonick 2:30pm
    • improvise. react. reflect. remake.: Building resilience by interconnecting social and material ecologies
  • Eru Wang 3:00pm
    • Tempting Mobius ∞ 華食·食華: Exploring the form, taste and emotional comfort of food through the senses
  • Haolin Liu 3:30pm
    • Tactile storytelling: Story translating by making

Tuesday April 16

  • Eric Tsoi 8:30am
    • Habit Pill(s): Design-based interventions for the formation of healthy habits and routines
  • Amen Salami 9:00am
    • Outpatient empathy: Refining the waiting experience during day care visits
  • Srushti Kulkarni 9:30am
    • Gardening as Therapy: Connecting communities with seniors in care homes through gardening
  • Jonathan Yaputra 10:45am
    • InfoWear: Clothing interventions as alternative visual communication method
  • Laura Caceres Rivero 11:15am
    • A Guide to Unwellness: A counterintuitive read on the benefits of negative emotions
  • Devansh Parikh 11:45am
    • Museums, Galleries + Exhibitions: Designing visitor experience for creative engagement
  • Jean Chisholm 1:30pm
    • Looking Back to Move Forward: Building agency through place-based making
  • Siddhi Vasudeo Patkar 2:00pm
    • Design for “being”: Investigating play and contemplative practices to impact mental health and its applicability
  • Andy Simon 2:30pm
    • A Eulogy to Our Things: Saying goodbye to overconsumption
  • Ozzie Gong 3:45pm
    • Negotiating Nostalgia: Cultural preservation in contemporary society
  • Wuchen Zhang 4:15pm
    • CHI-MOR-TRA: Chinese Antiquity Aesthetics + Contemporary Textile Design =
MDes 2019 Cohort Thesis Defences | April 17-18

Wednesday April 17

  • Jessica Bayntun 8:20am
    • Reflective Textiles: Garment Design, space, and the digital
  • Mo Luo 9:00am
    • Animating Material: Exploring spatial vitality through performative textile
  • Kelly Small 9:40am
    • Ethical Sellout: Refining Standards of Ethics in the Commercial Design Industry
  • Zexi (Tammy) Tan 10:20am
    • Transforming Shoes: storytelling through artifacts
  • Mariko Kuroda 1:20pm
    • Mindful Pieces: promoting self-regulation in children with learning differences
  • Michal Cabaj 2:00pm
    • frame, piece, state, repeat: translating a sense of self through performative actions with others
  • Song Tang 2:40pm
    • Harmony with the Land: Explorations in graphic narratives
  • Xinyu Yang 3:20pm
    • Objects Narratives: Storytelling through objects

Thursday April 18

  • Alejandro Alarcon 8:20am
    • Exploring the relationship between bicycle + rider: Adoption + Adaptation in Performance Cycling
  • Hsinyu Kuo 9:00am
    • Service design in the public sector: Properly practice service design in the government
  • Sukriti Tandon 9:40am
    • Inclusive Design for Regaining Lost Identity: Accessible, aesthetic and effortless Clothing
  • Prakriti Mukhopadhyay 10:20am
    • Networked Knowledge: Cultural sharing amongst dispersed immigrants