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The creative network: a satellite campus for design education in the twenty-first century
(2012-04-09)
As models and methods of educational pedagogy are altered by social media and digital technology, so too are the spaces where learning takes place. Creative education, particularly the education of design students, does ...
Engaging in dance culture through the interior design of a Collaborative Dance Centre
(2011-11-25)
Artistic outlets act as mechanisms with the potential to provide transformative effects on a psychological, emotional, and physical level. Unfortunately, barriers such as inequality (Erickson, 2008, p. 345) and the economic ...
Finding hope in Zen: a design of a women's transitional housing facility
(2012-09-07)
Domestic violence against women and children is a significant international issue. There are many obstacles survivors face, and the problem is more complex than is often perceived. This interior design practicum responds ...
The new gallery: interior design for new media
(2012-09-20)
The space occupied by New Media is elusive. Its inherent omnipresence is yet another example of the loss of physicality of the information age. The contemporary gallery⎯- the white cube -⎯functions as a pseudo-religious ...
Rural Canadian prairie intergenerational cohousing: a place for integrating lives and sustaining culture
(2010-02-01)
The interior design practicum establishes an awareness of the vastly decreasing population in Canada’s rural regions, specifically within the Prairie Provinces, due to a socially increased concentration on the development ...
Culture is healing: a design for youth suicide prevention in northern Manitoba
(2011-04-08)
Depression, self-harming acts and suicide are mental health issues that seriously plague specific Indigenous communities in Canada. First Nations youth have an alarmingly higher suicide rate than the majority of the Canadian ...
Theatre as a metaphor for guerilla retail: using retail to create connections
(2010-02-01)
The practicum explores 21st century retail design, with a specific focus
on the emerging typology of guerilla retail. Through methodologies and performance theory from theatre, guerilla retail design is examined. The ...
Connecting people, food & place: sustaining community, identity, and well-being through a multisensory, local food centre
(2010-02-01)
This interior design project involves investigation into the philosophies of the Slow Food Movement and how they may inspire and inform the design of a social space that fosters a connection between local people, food and ...