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The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet the cast and explore their work, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet Aaron and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
Polyculture is a top-down adventure video game. Check out the trailer below to see what the game is about.
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The York/Sheridan Program in Design is the first and largest program in Ontario that offers the Bachelor of Design Honours degree, a four-year University degree delivered jointly by York University and Sheridan College.
The Intermission is a celebration of the graduating class of 2016; it is a reflection on our past four years and our hopes for the future.
It is the eye of the hurricane, a moment of calm preceding and succeeding the storm, the pause between two tumultuous periods.
In the theatre world, this break in the action is called "the intermission". During the intermission, the house lights come on, the actors break character, and the audience is allowed a chance to revel in what they've just experienced, and wonder what's to come. The intermission is a pause in theatrics, and a chance for us to truly introduce ourselves.
We're happy to answer any questions; just fill out the form below. You can also visit our FAQ for more information about the show!
To meet the cast and explore their work, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
This work explores what effect objects have on a person, and how
much they tell us about the owner. In a way looking at necessity,
or what is necessary for them to carry around on a daily basis.
Inspired by Shiori Kawamoto’s project on Otaku Rooms, this also
captures the feeling of a person through the way they have selected
key items to put into their school bag. Asking questions such as; How
do these objects define their owner? How do the objects a person
deems necessary reflect onto their identity? What do people’s
possessions say about them?
The faces and names of the owners of these bags have been hidden
to allow you to create an unbiased judgment based solely on their
possessions. Not unlike Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, these photos
provide a shadow of the person, allowing the reader to get a two dimensional view of the owner without meeting them in person.
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet Alessandra and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet Amanda and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
Toothbrushes are packaged typically in a sealed plastic container with a cardboard backing, or in a plastic sealed bag. The packaging, especially sold in store, has a lot of information printed on the package but with very little space to actually display the information, forcing the type to be small and crammed on the back of the package. It often has diagrams advertising how this new brush style is even better than the old one, crowding the back with information most people don’t even look at, creating a package that is busy, unattractive and unsustainable.
Through research I found that Americans spent 50 times more on hair products than dental care products. People need to be more interested in maintaining their oral health and I decided to use that to help leverage my design.
I wanted to create more meaning behind my redesigned package then just sustainability, as the primary concern that toothbrushes deal with is oral health.
Promoting oral health involved rebranding the toothbrushes. As Colgate often has special product lines within their own brand such as the ‘Twister’ toothbrush I was working with, branding a special set of toothbrushes within the Colgate brand was acceptable.
Getting youth interested in maintaining good oral health would help them maintain the interest going into adulthood. So I worked to create a fun, colourful package that would engage youth in the form of toothbrush samples from the dentist. As a promotional item, it would help create a better relationship between patient and dentist to encourage better oral health as brushing your teeth is not a substitute for seeing the dentist, and patients need to be encouraged to go back.
To help engage people more with the toothbrush, I selected several fun facts I found through my research to include on the backs of the toothbrushes. Each toothbrush backing has an animal or a bug illustration on the front, coordinated with the fact on the back.
Deciding which facts, which characters and which character style to use went through several trials and revisions. I had to cut it down to four different ones as each toothbrush style within a brand only ever had four different colours. Eventually two bugs and two animals were chosen to keep it as a family set.
The biggest challenge was to reduce the packaging without making it unhygienic. I noticed that when packaging the toothbrushes, the whole toothbrush would be covered even though to keep it clean only the bristles needed to be covered.
Coming up with a system that would protect only the bristles was a challenge. I switched the plastic casting to paper, as it could be recycled. Figuring out how to cleanly enclose the toothbrush bristles was also a challenge. Folds had to be clean as even the suggestion of something ‘dirty or unkempt’ would turn people off from the product.
Because I was making this for use at the dentist, I designed the cover of the toothbrush to serve as an appointment reminder. This tied into its use and also the idea of sustainability as the cover could be reused before thrown away. The backing for the toothbrush is also reusable as a bookmark, and the twist tie holding the two pieces together could be reused again on other applications.
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
Background
As we age, we lose our social connections through distance, death, and our changing
social circles. We also tend to lose physical and mental abilities.
A lot of research goes into how we should accommodate seniors and their growing weaknesses in physical or mental health.
None of them go into how we should accommodate their strengths.
Visiting the Second Mile Club showed me there were lots of
I wanted to expand on these interactions. Socializing and independence are such large parts of human existence and it gets harder as you age.
Therefore I decided to create a tablet app that could be accessed anywhere to allow users to expand their social circles and abilities.
I set two goals: increase senior independence and decrease senior loneliness.
Why Tablet?
Seniors using tablets is going up quickly.
64 to 74 year olds using the web with a tablet went from 5% to 17% during 2012 and 2013.
This has caused a 27% increase in internet usage up to 42%.
Tablet use in general is becoming more popular from 16% in 2012 to 30% in 2013.
Reynolds, John. “Tablet computer web browsing by older people surges.” The Guardian. Last modified April 29, 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/29/tablet-computerweb-browsing-older-generation-surges.
Challenges
When conducting a survey to see how best to proceed with the app, under the question: “What concerns (if any) do you have about social networking?” — the biggest concerns were about privacy and security. Some seniors would not even fill out my survey out of fear of being scammed.
Therefore in order to complete my goal I needed to also address these concerns. It
does not matter how great the system is — if nobody uses it, it is useless.
What’s Tip?
The underlying purpose behind Tip is to design a platform where seniors can play to
their strengths rather than their weaknesses. Participants share knowledge and experience in topics they are skilled in and learn from others in their areas of expertise.
Why Tip?
“Tip.”
As in the very top.
“Tip.”
A small but useful, practical piece of advice.
“Tip someone off.”
Give them information about something.
“Tip one’s hat.”
A way of greeting or acknowledging someone.
“Tip the scales or balance.”
Be the deciding factor.
“Be tipped.”
Predict as likely to win or achieve something.
Addressing Security
Tip would be used by both community centers and their members. Like an intranet, the
users are therefore vetted by the community centers, as only their members can join.
Members’ names and phone numbers are entered and activated by the community center. The pin number sent to members’ phones are used to sign up. Log in also requires a pin number.
Navigation
Articles
Articles is the section of the app where members can write about topics they are knowledgeable in or read up on topics they want to learn more about, written by other members.
Solve
Members can ask or answer questions from other members in the Solve section of the app. Help is streamlined the questions is sent out to all members who have tagged themselves as experts in the area, allowing participants to get help quickly from the right people and multiple sources.
Schedule
Members can look for upcoming events or volunteer opportunities at local community centers and add it to their tablet calendar.
Contacts and Settings
Personal contacts can be kept track through here allowing for users to phone, text or video chat. Numbers can also be dialed if they are not entered into the app.
The Tip experience can also be personalized through the Settings where font size, line spacing and volume can be adjusted.
Tip Prototype for Ipad/Computer
Demo Video for Tip
Credits
Music in Demo Video
Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Recipes in App
Gingerbread Bundt Cake by King Arthur Flour (http://www.kingarthurflour.
com/recipes/gingerbread-bundt-cake-recipe)
Best White Icing Ever (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/8263/best-white-icingever/)
Photos are either my own or are free from Public Domain Pictures.
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
We’ve all experienced this before, where you read your friend’s messages and assume that they’re angry at you but when they’re actually not. It’s hard to express tones in messages but that’s because there are no facial expression or the sound of someone’s voice to refer from. Messages are text-based so we are forced to read it in a tone that we see fit.
Different in a sense that certain people type a certain way when they’re upset or happy. For example, people who are happy tend to have more typos, use more emojis and reply much faster. On the other hand, people who are angry or frustrated tend to use proper capitalization, don’t use emojis and reply back much slower. These are all just observations that I’ve made about these types of people but it’s also mainly pulled from personal experience over the years.
People have trouble expressing and sensing the tone in messages which leads them to misinterpret a lot of the messages that they are receiving from others.
I’ve created an experimental web-based product that lets users interact with bots so they can become aware of how they express tone in their messages and let’s them learn about the message cues that often shows up when people are expressing a certain tone.
Still a work in progress!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet Amy and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet Angelena and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
Minimizing Consumables is a package design that addresses the excessive consumables people use in their everyday life. With a focus on personal hygiene, I carefully selected materials and contents that meet the basic needs for a person’s wash-bag while still being completely recyclable.
A consumable is a product that a person purchases on a regular basis because they run out of it. Personal hygiene needs are usually addressed by the many products that people use to clean, and maintain themselves. These include consumables like shampoo, soap, toothpaste, deodorant, etc. There are many consumable products available to purchase with a large variety. We are told we need more based on gender, age, attractiveness creating and perpetuating a lifestyle of excess.
There is a large cost associated with an excess of consumable products, both financially to the consumer but also environmentally. The amount of waste that gets built up with the many products individuals use contributes to landfills and pollution. The “minimal approach” to the package embodies a philosophy that if we can reduce our consumables in life, we can achieve financial stability, spend less time working, and live more sustainably. I was interested in products that would reduce waste involved in consumable products to further explore sustainability.
I began the project by researching the kinds of personal hygiene and personal care products both men and women were likely to be using. I compared this to the kinds of items hotels provided guests with to increase the hospitality of their stay. I had considered a potential use of this package as a
Sample of sketches. complimentary hotel care package, seeking to provide guest with everything they needed to complete the common morning ritual of having coffee and a shower that most adult Canadians partake in. When I finally had a list of items I considered reasonable for the minimum requirements of needs, I tried it out myself. I also researched the best way to store the items, coming up with a package that also functioned as the vessel. My package is a hybrid of the roll out box and the rolling tool kit. I chose materials that were easily recyclable, and could have a second use. By choosing cork, and a way for the package to hang open the user could turn the package into a message board for themselves when they no longer require the package. I made many prototypes of a smaller size, and with a thicker paper stock than my proposed materials, so the final product was not as structurally sound as I had anticipated. Interestingly, it changed how others closed the package, changing the hexagon into a pentagon, thus solving the structural issue and making the package easier to handle at full size.
The booklet that accompanies the package includes information about the products within and how to best use the package. The booklet aims to educate the consumer in sustainable buying with information about all the research that has gone into product selection within the package. It introduces itself to the user saying; “Bongiorno. This wash bag of morning ablutions has a minimalist mission in mind. We have carefully stripped down toiletries to the most basic of consumables. By reducing consumables we can reduce waste, put cost towards quality, and save time without sacrificing luxury. Inside you will find all you need for the ritual of having a morning shower and coffee to fuel your get go. The package doubles as a storage device, hang it up or keep folded in a drawer. The cork shell can become a message board when you have used up, and recycled the contents. The coffee section can be detached and turned into a wallet. All of the materials are renewable, reusable, or recyclable and we have gone hunting for products that satisfy some serious earth love.
Included within the package is a shampoo-soap bar, moisturizer, toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, a razor, washcloth, deodorant and a detachable wallet with coffee, sugar, and whitener. The shampoo-soap bar does triple duty to clear hair face and body. Bar soap does not require a wrapping and has no waste. The moisturizer is suitable for all extremities, and is packaged in a metal tube that is fully recyclable. The toothpaste would be in a metal tube just like the moisturizer. The toothbrush is made entirely of bamboo and thus 100% biodegradable. The dental floss is made of silk fibres coated with beeswax and spearmint oil in a card box. The razor is made from recycled plastic that is also recyclable, the blades wrapped in a water activated moisturizer to eliminate the need for shaving cream. A metal razor is the only other option that is more eco-friendly. The facecloth is a multi function tool, for both wet and dry purposes. It can be used on the face, and body. This face cloth is made from 100% bamboo, so it is a renewable resource and entirely biodegradable. Bamboo fibres are resistant to bacteria and can withstand 5x more use and abuse than cotton could. Although I used a deodorant with a plastic container, it is possible to get them made of glass or cardboard. Our coffee is ground and self packaged in a filter like a tea bag. This way you can choose any coffee brewing method, from pour over to percolator. It is ethically produced and grown in an environmentally friendly fashion.
The products, the package, and the information system help address the problem by following through with the minimal philosophy. There are less products overall, and all of the products reduce or eliminate landfill waste by being made of recyclable materials, and/or having no wasteful packaging.
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet Angelina and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
How can we reclaim our relationship with the spaces around us?
Wayward attempts to address issues of how social media has affected our relationship with the public sphere. Since the mainstream adoption of social media starting around the start of the millenium, our streams of communication have largely changed in regards to how much we interact with our surroundings.
According to The Social Life of Wireless Urban Spaces: Internet Use, Social Networks, and the Public Realm, people tend to prioritize mobile interaction over interpersonal interaction, particularly with strangers. As a result, mobile usage create private temporary “bubbles” within the public realm. These bubbles provide individuals with the comfort of familiarity and could insulate them from the social diversity of urban spaces.
How much is social media today actually a part of the public sphere?
Can our interactions on social media be considered public?
Given the diversity of the cities we live in, how can we gain access to these differing ideologies and culture using both the communicative power of the internet and the chaotic nature of public spaces?
Is it possible to blend both public and private realms while retaining the pros of existing in both?
Mobiles phones create private bubbles that close people off from the world, inhibiting the possibilities of the public realm.
The public realm offers many opportunities for exchange of ideology and culture, only if one is willing to open themselves up for that exchange. The project takes the form of an application that will enable us to look around and feel connected to these spaces of exchange.
Why are these spaces so important? More exposure to public spaces broadens people’s expectations of the world around them. They create a sense of belonging to a community. When children are exposed to different ideologies at a young age, they realize that there are different ways to experience life. The space can also serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas. The more people interact, the more they can learn about each other, which leads to more empathetic people.
This project is still under development.
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
A new magazine for the Canadian sailing community.
Harbour presents a different aesthetic than the majority of sailing magazines on the market today, marketing towards a younger demographic and bringing a fresh face to shelves around the country.
Sailing in Canada is a large and profitable industry, with access to the Great Lakes as well as two beautiful oceans. Those who sail know how much these kinds of activities breed a close and connected community, both at the harbours and out on the water. I wanted to bring that kind of community feeling into a publication that could widen the reach of sailors and manufacturers in Canada.
However, the market for sailing magazines is usually catered to the older generation of wealthy, retired sailors. These magazines do not necessarily suit the younger sailors, or use colours, images and design that will entice this generation to get involved in the sailing world.
I started this project by doing research into the sailing magazines that were on the market already, and analyzing them to see what was lacking. I worked on creating a name that would be simple and relevant to the sailing community, but would avoid sounding like the rest of the ones in production already, such as “Canadian Yachting” and “Ontario Sailor”. I created a detailed specification sheet of all the different parts of the magazine and how they should be treated, but these elements evolved a lot throughout the process of creating the magazine.
I created far too many masthead and cover variations, as it was difficult for me to find photography of sailboats that fit the new narrative I was trying to create with Harbour. I ended up combining an image of a mid-sized sailboat with an overlaid image of waves to create a double exposure with bright teals and blues, reminiscent of days by the water, but without the traditional navy blues and reds. I used a different, darker version of the cover on the back, which is more in line with the existing market for these magazines.
One of the things I wanted to accomplish with this magazine was bringing the quality of communication that happens at harbours and marinas, between fellow sailors and boat owners, and making it into a publication. Growing up, when I had the opportunity to be surrounded by boats and their sailors, I was always so happy to just hear the stories passed around and information traded freely. Everyone was always friendly, taking every chance to sit down and tell you a story, or lend a hand if you looked like you needed it.
For this reason, I carefully chose and wrote three articles in the magazine. The first one is a story about growing up sailing on the brigs every summer, and the lessons that the author carried with her for the rest of her life. The second article I wrote and illustrated myself, providing an easy overview of the different kinds of sailboats, with a history and the modern usages of these boats. The third was a story and news combined, as it detailed the progress of the sailing teams competing in the Volvo Ocean Race, which was happening during the months I created this magazine. It occurs once every three years, and takes the sailors on a race all around the world, lasting eight months.
Another big problem I faced was learning how to adapt a print magazine to iPad design. Having never worked in this medium before, it was a big challenge, but one I was excited to learn about. Though print is what I am truly passionate about, this project showed me how interesting it can be to translate designs into an interactive environment. I created a fully functioning DPS version of the magazine, with buttons, slideshows, social media links, and more.
I think that the integration of a digital publishing version of the magazine is one of the ways this project addressed the original problem. Many people are now moving to digital as a way of getting news and information, so this was a good way to target a unique, younger audience. Through the mix of different kinds of information, but the overall clean, light design of the magazine, it shows the sailing world in a different light.
Through the process of making this magazine, I learned that the content must inform the design, instead of designing first and flowing articles in afterwards. I also learned about the intricacies of advertisement placement, magazine cover design, the process of creating vector illustrations, and gathering photographs for an article. This project ended up being one of the favourite things I have ever worked on. It was a wonderful experience to create a magazine start to finish, and it is an area I would love to work on again in my career.
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet Anna and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
To meet April and the rest of the cast, come check out the Grad Show on April 19 at the Liberty Grand.
View Event DetailsThe Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
The Intermission is the 2016 York/Sheridan Program in Design’s annual showcase of the best work produced by its graduating class. It is a night for the industry to connect with emerging designers and explore their works, and for students to celebrate their past four years of hard work with you!
Yes, absolutely. However, we do help fund the event through sponsorships. If you’re interested in supporting this or future years, get in touch.
The show is an opportunity to browse the work and meet in-person with grads from one of Canada’s top design programs.
Yes, we’ll have a cash bar available throughout the night.
We dedicate a part of the night exclusively to people working in the design and creative industries. All students will be there to answer any questions about their work and experience. No ticket or registration is required.
Definitely! The FITC schedule ends at 6pm on April 19th. We’re open until 11pm, so there’s lots of time if you’d like to swing by in the evening.
There is a parking area located beside the Liberty Grand that will be available.
Let us know if you're coming on Facebook and add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!
Create an information pamphlet and ipad publication highlighting a social issue
“A Dying Lake”, an information pamphlet and interactive IPad app, was a project I did in third year that draws together my interests in interaction design and information design. The project began with a research phase that established the scope, sources, and remedies of the chosen problem subject – harmful algal blooms (HAB’s) in Lake Erie – as well as an examination of who would be in a position to use this information to affect positive change, who would likely sponsor the publication, and who might be considered opposition to the changes that need to happen to solve the problem. The primary target was suburban homeowners, who might use fertilizer on their lawns, or may have pets (both of which contribute to the problem of algal blooms). For potential sponsors, I identified a number of different groups that might be interested in publishing this resource – conservation groups, tourism agencies, fishing industry – but ultimately decided on Ducks Unlimited, a conservation group with chapters both in Canada and the USA, and that focuses on environmental preservation for recreational usage, making it an ideal agent for representing various stakeholders in the Lake’s future. In terms of opposition, agricultural lobbyists were undoubtedly going to be a key antagonist, due to the massive contribution of agricultural run-off to the HAB problem.
Craft a narrative that encourages homeowners to reduce their phosphorus usage, while building social pressure on the agricultural lobby
Based on the research, I started to construct a narrative that would engage the primary target to reconsider certain habits, while attempting to portray who the major culprits are in a negative light. The information graphic starts off by introducing the problem to the reader, and then examines the population centres on the lake, bringing home to the reader the kind of impact the issue has. Once the problem and it’s impact has been established, the narrative looks at all the different contributions to the problem, such as fertilizer runoff and animal waste, and how the average reader can reduce their own contribution to the problem. This is so that the reader can place themselves within the system, and see how their actions can have an effect.
The final aspect of the narrative is a map of the lake’s various rivers, which reveal the sources of phosphorous runoff for each watershed. The watersheds that contribute the highest amount of phosphorous are highlighted below the main map, and the reader is struck by the fact that most of them are areas with high agricultural usage, with cattle also being a major source. The reader is thus able to identify who the major contributors are to issue at hand.
a publication that provides an easy to understand but informative narrative on how a variety of factors are destroying lake Erie.
The publication took the form of both a printed pamphlet and an ipad publication. In both cases I paid particular attention to how the reader interacts with the information and data. In the printed pamphlet, the more the user unfolds the pamphlet, the more detailed the information gets. In the ipad publication, the user can interact and explore with the information at their own discretion, giving them the ability to personalize their experience.