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Then: 10/09/2023
project
Lab Here//Too//For @ the Vancouver Art Gallery
Then: 10/07/2023
Lab Here//Too//For - Forum 5: Responsible Visions + Neglected Materials
happening
Then: 10/05/2023
Lab Here//Too//For - Forum 5: Responsible Visions + Neglected Materials
happening
Then: 09/14/2023
Lab Here//Too//For - Forum 4: Reflexive Research - Embodied Practices
happening
Then: 08/17/2023
Lab Here//Too//For - Forum 3: Aesthetic Prophesies + Companions
happening
Then: 07/27/2023
Lab Here//Too//For - Forum 2: Making, Material Futures + the stories we tell
happening
Then: 07/20/2023
Lab Here//Too//For - Forum 1: Making, Material Futures + WITH TREES
happening
Then: 05/27/2023
Lab Here//Too//For opens in Fashion Fictions at the VAG
happening
Then: 03/16/2023
DDM Speakers: Taking an aesthetic stance in transdisciplinary environmental research and decision-making
happening
Then: 02/01/2023
project
With Trees: The New? Material! Relations Project
Then: 09/28/2022
research
Material Language: An Approach to Acquire Literacy of the Inarticulable by Chiara Schmitt
Then: 09/28/2022
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Atado con alambre: Repairing and reconstructing my crafts practice through practice-based research by Pablo Mariano
Then: 09/26/2022
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BINDING THREADS: Shifting role of the designer from sole author to multi-story-enabler in fashion by Elham Atighi Lorestani
Then: 09/26/2022
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A New Resourcefulness by Christa Clay
Then: 08/24/2022
musing
What is the role of material artifact in shaping our understanding of our world view?
Then: 08/06/2022
Fashion Symposium “Bridging Decoloniality and Sustainability”
happening
Then: 07/13/2022
musing
Are we experiencing the emergence of new relations with materials in an age of pandemic?
Then: 03/15/2022
musing
Can re-situating modernist/colonial assumptions connected to our relations with product and materials?
Then: 01/26/2022
Fibre Stories Publications Now Available
happening
Then: 01/16/2022
research
3D Printing + Material Research: Silicone Printing + Textiles
Then: 11/16/2021
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In Focus: Avi Farber
Then: 11/10/2021
musing
William Morris on Textile Fabrics
Then: 09/01/2021
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E_Motion: a critical approach to ethnographic observations in nursing homes by Ricardo Leal Barrocas
Then: 05/31/2021
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Ahọn Dudu By Oluwasola Olowo-Ake
Then: 05/01/2021
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Making Kin with Wild Fire - A Relational Design Practice by Avi Farber
Then: 05/01/2021
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Perspective is Moving: Tactics - Ways for Shifting Perspectives in Design Practice for Ecology by Jihyun Park
Then: 05/01/2021
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OBJECTs AND by Sima Foroutanzadeh
Then: 09/01/2020
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Design As A Site For Self Realization Through Embodied Practices Of Observation, Making And Performance by Wuchen Zhang
Then: 05/01/2020
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Tactile Storytelling Using a Transmedia Approach by Haolin Liu
Then: 05/01/2020
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Materials of Resilience: Building Resilience Through Material Practice by Damien Stonick
Then: 05/01/2020
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Mediating Architecture, Spatial Perception & Memory Through Simulation and Digital Fabrication by Taryn Sheppard
Then: 05/01/2020
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Branding a Heritage City: A Contemporary Approach Used to Brand the Historical Identity of Ahmedabad, India by Medha Mistry
Then: 05/01/2020
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The Social Life of Everyday Objects: Situating the Designer in a Collaborative-Creative Practice by Sheen Darbari
Then: 05/01/2020
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Nostalgia Negotiated: Revisiting What is Lost in Contemporary China Through Design by Xi Gong
Then: 08/28/2019
guest
Spotlight: Tom Chung - 3D Plotted Ceramics (2019)
Then: 08/20/2019
MM Visiting Artist/Designer Series
happening
Then: 05/01/2019
research
Adoption + Adaptation In Performance Cycling by Alejandro Alarcon
Then: 05/01/2019
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Frame, Piece, State, Repeat; Translating a sense of self through performative actions with others by Michal Cabaj
Then: 05/01/2019
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Reflective Textiles: Garment Design, Space, and the Digital by Jessica Bayntun
Then: 05/01/2019
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Dialogues in Silence by Reyhaneh Yazdani
Then: 03/09/2019
Design and Making: New Craft Symposium in Prince George
happening
Then: 05/31/2018
project
cloTHING(s) as conversation
Then: 05/01/2018
research
Random Acts of Making: Discovering Tools, Methods & Mindsets for Making in the Classroom (Grades 4-6) by Emily Smith
Then: 05/01/2018
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Step, Choose & Play by Shruti Gupta
Then: 05/01/2018
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Designing Indeterminacy: User-Led Creation of Liminal Spaces at Work by Ian Sang Yun Lee
Then: 05/01/2018
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Expectations in Material Culture & Re-thinking our Separation of Space by Avery Shaw
Then: 02/23/2018
guest
Material Matters Designer in Residence – Nithikul Nimkulrat
Then: 01/08/2018
CloTHING(s) as Conversation Gallery and Pop up Studio
happening
Then: 11/17/2017
New Craft Symposium
happening
Then: 06/14/2017
research
3D Printing + Material Research: Glass Casting
Then: 05/01/2017
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Every 1 Welcome: Using Language and Story to Shift Perceptions Around the Type 1 Diabetes Community by Lucinda McGroarty
Then: 04/13/2017
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Partnerships – SFU
Then: 05/01/2016
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Glass + Digital Making by Aaron Oussoren
Then: 04/21/2016
project
Partnerships – Lifebooster
Then: 03/01/2016
Seeking RA’s for cloTHING(s) as Conversation
happening
Then: 01/05/2016
project
Partnerships – Blue Marble
Then: 11/01/2015
research
3D Printing + Material Research: Glass Printing
Then: 10/27/2015
Material Matters 3D Printing Forum
happening
Then: 07/06/2015
Material Matters: 3D Print Mini Conference
happening
Then: 06/19/2015
project
Partnerships – Rayne Longboards
Then: 05/14/2015
project
Partnerships – Totics
Then: 05/01/2015
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Designing Speculative Futures for Feminism: The Role of Designers and Participants the Exploration of Social Movements by Christina White
Then: 04/17/2015
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Partnerships – Mirage
Then: 02/12/2015
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3D Printing + Material Research Powder Development
Then: 02/05/2015
project
Partnerships – Plantiga
Then: 01/01/2015
project
Affiliated Research: cloTHING(s) as Conversation
Then: 10/22/2014
research
3D Printing + Material Research: Ceramic Casting
Then: 01/02/2014
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Affiliated Research: DnA – You Are, We are, Our Work Is
Then: 01/10/2013
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Affiliated Research: Darwin