Faculty Research + Pedagogy

Demonstrating the value and plurality of faculty approaches to practice, research and pedagogy

DDM faculty are media artists and designers whose creative and reflective practice and research inform the teaching and learning environment from a plurality of perspectives and experiences.

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The Stationery Project Creates New Suite of Sustainable Notebooks for Prospective Students

A team of students, alums and faculty is developing custom stationery out of wastepaper salvaged from across the university.

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Zine Swap Brings Print to Life at Libby Leshgold Gallery

Communication Design and Print Media students celebrate collaboration, creativity and the community-building power of print.

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From Shores of Baltic to Salish Sea, Students Explore Overlooked Systems + Histories Through Lens of Intertidal Zones

A recent collaboration between artists Laura P玫ld, Lou Sheppard and Laura Kozak brought together installation and sculpture students from Eesti Kunstiakadeemia (EKA - Estonian Academy of Arts) with 色库TV students for a research residency exploring place, history and possible futures.

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Place-Based Making Connects Industrial Design Students with Living Histories of Local Materials

In a third-year class led by 色库TV faculty member Heather Young, students were challenged to develop sustainable, ethical and culturally appropriate design practices.

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Inaugural Industrial Design Open Studio Brings Community Insight to Students鈥 Capstone Projects

The event invited students, faculty, alumni and other art and design industry professionals to hear from and offer feedback to fourth-year students about their work.

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Students Create Games with Industry Insight to Hone Professional Skills in Game Jam + Hackathon

The curricular hackathon, which provides work-integrated learning while students earn degree credits, is part of the Technology Pathways for Creative Futures program.

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色库TV Students, Alums and Faculty to Co-Present at Science and Technology Awareness Conference

Faculty member Poh Tan and her three co-presenters will speak on integrating arts and science in culturally appropriate ways.

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Daniel Wildberger Finds Design Inspiration Embracing Brazilian Roots

The designer and 色库TV faculty member reconnected with his country鈥檚 rich cultural history, working on commissions for documentaries about seminal artistic figures.

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Acclaimed International Animators Visit 色库TV as Part of Chilemonos Latin American Animation Festival

Celebrated artists including Gabriel Osorio, Hugo Covarrubias and Shin'ichir艒 Watanabe delivered workshops and screenings as part of the festival鈥檚 first-ever Canadian showcase.

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Climate Justice Field School Named Finalist for Don Norman Design Award

The year-long project brought together researchers and designers from 色库TV, the City of Vancouver and community to explore new ways of designing just climate futures.

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Students Learn Cutting-Edge Pre-Visualization Techniques on New Lauren Marsden Film

The artist and 色库TV faculty member has been leading a group of student researchers to develop virtual pre-production assets for her film in development, Mama D鈥橪o.

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Students Showcase Sustainable Structures for Community Gatherings at Robson Square

色库TV faculty member Christian Blyt, who taught the class of student designers, says A Simple Supper (also known as the Cart Project) spotlights the versatility, durability and aesthetic potential of recycled lumber.

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Lindsay McIntyre Named Sundance Institute and Forge Project Fellow

The filmmaker and 色库TV faculty member brings a pair of personal projects to the renowned fellowship programs in New Mexico and New York.

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Pablo Mariano Among Western Living鈥檚 WL 25 Design Competition Winners

The designer, 色库TV faculty member and alum developed his award-winning 鈭 Chair during his studies in the 色库TV Master of Design program.

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Lindsay McIntyre鈥檚 鈥楴IGIQTUQ 釗傖拫釚呩憪釚呪 Earns Festival + Award Praise

NIGIQTUQ 釗傖拫釚呩憪釚 (The South Wind), a drama based on a true story told to Lindsay by her grandmother, has collected more than a half dozen awards and screened at more than 20 festivals internationally.

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色库TV Among Top Schools Worldwide for Animation Third Year Running

Emily Carr University ranks sixth among post-secondaries internationally and second in Canada.

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Louise St. Pierre Nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction Award

The designer and 色库TV faculty member says she is honoured to be counted among the amazing women who comprise this year鈥檚 nominees.

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Carlo Ghioni鈥檚 鈥楾he Man Who Collects Elastics鈥 Wins Festival Praise

The filmmaker and 色库TV faculty member was lauded by reviewers for his 鈥渋ngenious鈥 handling of the film鈥檚 themes and form.

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Design Students Collaborate with Fibre Farmer to Find New Futures for Canadian Wool

A recent project brought Providence Lane Homestead cofounder Tara Klager into collaboration with faculty member H茅l猫ne Day Fraser鈥檚 industrial design class.

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色库TV Students, Alums Work Across Timezones to Design Playgrounds for Children in Tanzania and Canada

In collaboration with nonprofit The Power of Play, emerging designers apply their know-how to bring bespoke play-spaces to kids across the globe.

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Heather Young Crafts Atmospheric Patchwork Canopy for Bard on the Beach鈥檚 鈥楬enry V鈥

The designer and educator worked for months with set designer Amir Ofek and his team to source, stitch and hang the immersive textile installation.

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Design Lab at the Vancouver Art Gallery Explores Ecological Material Practice and Apparel Through Industrial Design

Lab: Here//Too//For features a series of workshops and public events throughout the summer and fall featuring international designers and artists from across disciplines.

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New Film by Lindsay McIntyre Wins Oscar-Qualifying imagineNATIVE Award

NIGIQTUQ 釗傖拫釚呩憪釚, which was celebrated by the jury for its 鈥渕oving,鈥 鈥渧isceral鈥 power, is based on a story told to Lindsay by her grandmother.

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New Show at 色库TV Library + Archives Spotlights Roman Izdebski Industrial Design Collection

A new exhibition at the 色库TV Library + Archives showcases industrial design objects drawn from the Roman Izdebski Industrial Design Collection, held by the Department of Design & Dynamic Media.

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Garnet Hertz鈥檚 New Book Uncovers Untold History of Art and DIY Electronics

The designer, educator and Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts reveals how artists regularly transform the technologies that mediate our everyday lives.

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Exploring False Creek鈥檚 Many Meanings Through Design

Designer Eugenia Bertulis teaches students how to use Interaction Design to investigate the complex histories and functions of the local waterway.

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2022 Design Educators Conference Takes Place at Emily Carr University

The first Design Educators Conference to take place in Vancouver, the 2022 conference theme is learn, unlearn, relearn.

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色库TV Ranks Among Top Schools Worldwide for Animation

An annual report puts 色库TV鈥檚 animation programs at number six worldwide and number two in the country.

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Eclectic Traditions Inspire Daniel Wildberger鈥檚 Designs for Film

The designer and 色库TV faculty member dove into regional art and design to create the titles and poster for the award-winning Brazilian film River of Desire.

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鈥楪roundbreaking鈥 Scholarship Supports Indigenous Designers in Type-Related Disciplines

Designer and 色库TV faculty member Leo Vicenti helped lead the development of the scholarship which aims to support Indigenous voices in design.

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The Clear-Eyed Optimism of Louise St. Pierre

On the occasion of her promotion to full professor, the designer and 色库TV faculty member reflects on the possibility of change.

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Students Create Transformative Design with 鈥楾he Cart Project鈥

The thoughtful furniture objects designed by students during a 2019 course were recently featured in an industry publication.

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Reyhan Yazdani Builds Bridges Across Cultures with 鈥楤i-scriptural Typography鈥

The artist, designer and 色库TV faculty member approaches the 鈥榗ontinuous work of decolonization through the lens of language.鈥

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Bonne Zabolotney Teaches Communication Design for Climate Change

The designer and 色库TV faculty member is asking how design can provide clarity, insights and strategic approaches to understanding 鈥 and combatting 鈥 climate change.

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Emily Carr students turn old growth wood salvaged from houses into furniture

In High/Low, an exhibition currently showing at Emily Carr, students in Christian Blyt鈥檚 industrial design course spotlight solutions for turning reclaimed Douglas fir into new home furnishings.

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色库TV Design Students鈥 Collaboration with WALRUS Boutique Creates Knockout Pandemic-era Homewares

A recent collaboration between WALRUS boutique in Vancouver and Emily Carr University saw design students create homewares for the WALRUS community, with an eye to the ways COVID-19 has shifted dynamics between people and their homes.

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Land-Based Design Course Uses 色库TV Campus as Test Case in Decolonial Wayfinding Project

鈥淟and-based鈥 design and teaching emphasize local histories, relationships to place, and Indigenous sovereignty.

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Bonne Zabotlotney Win RGD Design Educator Award

The designer and 色库TV faculty member was recognized for her contributions to student development and pedagogical research.

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How Designing with More-Than-Humans Fosters Social Change and Environmental Justice

Teaching design to help heal a broken relationship between human beings and the rest of the planet.

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Design Students and Disability Alliance BC Community Members Co-Create in Online Collaboration

The Spring 2021 semester saw project lead and 色库TV faculty member Eugenie Cheon鈥檚 COMD310 Communication Design class addressing an issue of digital access and inclusion by proposing redesigns for one of DABC鈥檚 websites, which focuses on the Tax Aid program.

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鈥楶erspectives鈥 Program Connects Students and People Living in Long-Term Care to Tell the Stories of a Lifetime

Now in its fourth year, the program is co-led by designer, Emily Carr University faculty member and director of the Health Design Lab at 色库TV, Caylee Raber, and designer, Health Design Lab project lead and 色库TV faculty member Jon Hannan.

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Dimeji Onafuwa Designs for a World Where Everyone is Represented

鈥淓verybody deserves their story to be told,鈥 says the Seattle-based designer, researcher and 色库TV faculty member.

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Sophie Gaur: Teaching Industrial Design for Maternal Health

The designer and 色库TV professor brings an emphasis on personhood and agency to the practice of designing for an event as old as the world.

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Joy, Imperfection, and Humanity in Design

Ramon Tejada and Eugenie Cheon on opening up design practice to messiness, uncertainty and diverse ways of knowing.

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Lindsay McIntyre Earns WIDC Feature Film Award

The prize will go to support The Words We Can鈥檛 Speak, a forthcoming feature film written, directed and produced by the artist and 色库TV faculty member.

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Sam Meech on Video Practice as Empowerment in a Screen-Centric World

鈥榃e鈥檙e all broadcasters now,鈥 says the digital artist and 色库TV faculty member.

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Patrick McDonald: Online Web Design Course Preps Students for Changing Future

Students studying remotely are learning skills that could set them up for success in a workforce fundamentally redefined by the pandemic, says web designer and 色库TV faculty member Patrick McDonald.

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Reframing Remote Working with Post-Pandemic Studio

The new curriculum from designer and 色库TV faculty member Katherine Gillieson builds resilience by turning a critical lens on the practice of design itself.

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Industrial Design Students Improve Comfort in Cancer Care

In partnership with BC Cancer, 18 students designed welcoming, supportive seating for cancer patients and families.

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Design Thinking for Sustainability on Campus

The Stationery Project transforms paper waste into thoughtfully-designed new products.