Faculty of Design
Industrial Design
In the Industrial Design program, students learn how to develop new products that are used in our daily lives. These may include everything from everyday products to mobile apps. Students are encouraged to design sustainable products that will last many generations, keeping in mind diverse cultures.
Industrial Design
Yoonwoo Seo
“How can we be in the experience we never sought for ourselves before? ExCover is a virtual portal to your past, future, and places of pure imagination. Enabled by Genie, a natural language processing AI, your data is enriched and valued as an asset... More”
Industrial Design
Francine Larsen
“I am a designer, collaborator, and artist. I love design and the process of design. Design connects me to people, places, and things. More”
Industrial Design
Jung Hyun Lee
“Design is a visualizing process of my experience, perspective and vision. ”
Industrial Design
Simrah Mahmood
“My thesis project identifies design opportunity gaps in postnatal women, explores the postpartum experience, who is involved and patterns of emotional and physical recovery struggles found in postpartum women in the west. More”
Industrial Design
Serkan Ekenel
“I seek alternative strategies/solutions to improve the lives of those with physical disabilities. In collaboration with health care professionals and educators I aim to create positive learning experiences for physically disadvantaged individuals... More”
Industrial Design
Jaclyn Flomen aka. Jflodesign
“In this project, I explore a future where users have autonomy over their algorithms, where emotions and moments for collective pause allow one's selves to connect back to our bodies. More”
Industrial Design
Anna Mehdikhani
“Mate is an eternal, self-generating, and self-evolving personalized system that opens your mind to the possibilities of tomorrow, while improving your quality of life today. More”
Industrial Design
Adrian Liu
“How might we help Canadian adolescents (15-19) develop better social awareness during face-to-face interactions to avoid the sense of exclusion caused by pervasive phone behaviour “Phubbing”? More”
Industrial Design
Natasha Alksnis aka. Polymath Synthesizer
“Polymath Synthesizer seeks to reform the way in which design is practiced by encouraging deviation from traditional methodologies and engaging material from multiple disciplines, promoting more robust conceptual frameworks. More”
Industrial Design
Michelle Wong aka. Mich (they/she)
“A solution requires multiple perspectives to effect beneficial change. Fledge is a co-design support panel for prospective offboarding students, directing next steps for student and program via empathetic and think tank discussions. More”
Industrial Design
Wesley Huang
“I am an international student passionate about user-centered design, participatory design and emotional design. Driven by system thinking and strategic thinking, I focus on the relation of each element inside and outside the project, and discover... More”
Industrial Design
Lisa Eunhye Yi
“How can we help your every day be more sustainable? - Apple’s ‘Earth’ allows users to participate in developing solutions to global challenges with a couple clicks. More”
Industrial Design
Jeneil Cokes
“People searching for mental health care face significant barriers. After getting over the initial difficulty of reaching out for help in a society that still stigmatizes mental illness, potential clients are then met with high prices, overwhelming... More”
Industrial Design
Yicheng Wang
“"Design has the power to break the boundaries through the exploration of different fields, bringing the diversity to the interconnection of life, and design" More”
Industrial Design
Taylor Ann
“My design practice focuses on fostering enjoyable and practical experiences that improve our everyday lives. More”
Celebrate the work of OCAD U’s class of 2021/2022!