Erik Asia is a Filipino industrial designer, researcher and educator with design and research practices surrounding his interests in affordance-based design, discursive design, digital fabrication and design education, all grounded in principles of embodied cognition.
He completed his Master of Design (Interaction) at ECU and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Industrial Design) from the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Since graduating from Emily Carr University in 1984, Darren has worked in various roles in animation studios around the world. He is passionate about helping student storytellers bring their ideas to life in animation and storyboarding.
Sessional Faculty and Continuing Studies Instructor
Continuing Studies (Youth/Teens) , Faculty of Culture + Community, Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media, Undergraduate Studies
Keith David Shapland
Sessional Faculty and Continuing Studies Instructor
Keith Shapland is an industrial designer and educator. As a designer he specializes in the development of mock-ups and prototypes, ranging in scale from a full size 747 interior to tiny surgically implanted medical devices. He has designed and made a wide range of things, including aircraft cockpit voice recorder test and manufacturing equipment, trade show booths and museum exhibits. He was also an image compositor at Mainframe Entertainment on MTV’s Spiderman and Barbie.
