2020 Summer in Review | MDes 2021 Cohort

The Emily Carr University Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies is pleased to invite you to the upcoming MDes (Master of Design) 2021 Summer in Review online public presentation series. Would be lovely to see you there!

Wednesday Sept 2, 2:00-3:35pm PDT | https://bluejeans.com/210340957

• [2:00–2:20] | JIHYUN PARK
  Perspective is Telling: “I live in a world of others’ worlds”
  
• [2:25–2:45] | RICHARD KENNEDY
  The Place of Craft and Computation in the Future of Decentralized Manufacturing: Co-Designing Unique Product with Individual Consumers through Automated Additive Manufacturing
• [2:50–3:10] | SETH PARKER
  Subversive Design: Designer agency through acts of insurgence
• [3:15–3:35] | BINOODHA KUNNATH
  Working Remotely with clients on the Autism Spectrum: An interactive support tool for counsellors

Thursday Sept 3, 2:00-4:00pm PDT | https://bluejeans.com/192151893

• [2:00–2:20] | ANH (APRIL) NGUYEN
  Food &: Food as the gateway to community engagement and ecological thinking
• [2:25–2:45] | KHUSHBOO VANSIA
  Note Taking for the Blind
• [2:50–3:10] | ABEER TAHIR
  Social Distancing: Investigating different ways people can relate to each other in a community or public in COVID-19
• [3:15–3:35] | ERIN MAIN
  You Had Me At Hello: Unpacking the verbal communication and human connection in challenging times
• [3:40–4:00] | QINYA (ARIA) CHEN
  Scraps of Conversation: Investigating mental health stigma and Chinese perspectives
  

Friday Sept 4, 2:00-3:35pm PDT | https://bluejeans.com/287865116

• [2:00–2:20] | JULIE VAN OYEN
  Making-With: Multispecies nourishment and care in the pandemic era
• [2:25–2:45] | OLUWASOLA (SOLA) OLOWO-AKE
  The Glass Box Syndrome: Exploring barriers to black community development in Vancouver
• [2:50–3:10] | SEPIDEH PARAND
  Touched By Nature: Practicing balance between human and nature through crafting
• [3:15–3:35] | AVI FARBER
  Making With Earth: Co-creating with clay, maestros, and heartless robots
  

Tuesday Sept 8, 1:00-3:00pm PDT | https://bluejeans.com/393377423

• [1:00-1:20] | YING CAO
  Mind the Gap: Critical visual thinking in communication design
• [1:25-1:45] | SIMA FOROUTANZADEH
  A Pregnant Object: Re-thinking Human-Object Relationships
• [1:50- 2:10] | NIKOO FARVARDIN
  More Women in Business: A participatory approach to empower women entrepreneurs
• [2:15- 2:35] | KAIWEN YANG
  Alternate History and Speculative Present of Hogan’s Alley: It was a long time ago, but we still remember
• [2:40 - 3:00] | KUNAL GUPTA
  Independent Heroes: Supporting young adults with type 1 diabetes transitioning to independent living
  

Wednesday Sept 9, 4:00-6:00pm PDT | https://bluejeans.com/680709050

• [4:00–4:20] | JINGLAN GE
  Prescribed Cuteness: Design as a tool to question the beauty standards of women’s bodies in China
  
• [4:25-4:45] | THEJUS KAYANADATH
  Unethical Ambient Technologies: Exploring the ethics of emerging ubiquitous technologies
• [4:50 - 5:10] | ALONSO MOLINA ADAME
  Pandemics and Public Space: A meta-analysis
• [5:15 - 5:35] | ALIJA SULE
  Accessible Food Packaging: Making information on food packaging accessible to people with visual impairments
• [5:40 - 6:00] | DANNI LI
  Emotional Healing: An investigation of how visualization could be used to help us record and reflect