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Avery Shaw

Sessional Faculty

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BA
MDes

Bio

Avery Shaw is an Interdisciplinary Designer whose work spans product design, manufactured goods, research and conceptual design. She holds an MDes in Design from ECU and a BA in Art History and English from the University of Guelph. Avery has over a decade of experience working for international brands as a product designer and developer, focusing on products for the home and designing for commercialization. She brings expertise in designing products across many categories, including furniture, outdoor, decor and textiles.

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Research Interests

In her personal practice, she uses a process-led approach to guide her work. Using different materials and mediums, she explores themes around the home and sustainability, such as empathy towards objects, concepts of built/natural environment, and how our views of the world influence our habits and our space. In the classroom, she combines her industry experience with her research in sustainability to encourage approaches to design driven by curiosity and care while preparing students to navigate a career in Product Design.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Foundation Studio Courses FNDT 181 27/SP

Description

This course provides an introduction to Industrial Design. Students will gain experience with the range of activities that comprise the design process, including generating, refining, and communicating 2D, 3D, and 4D ideas. This course will use lectures, discussions, and assignments to cover design processes, concepts and principles of experience creation, form, meaning and context in design, and visual, verbal, and written communication. Along with an introduction to materiality and hand skills, students will engage digital literacy skills in generating, developing, documenting, and presenting outcomes using relevant software.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Graduate Studies Design GSMD 510 27/SP

Description

This intensive studio brings together research and theory with a rigorous studio practice. The objective of the course is to focus a thesis direction through exploration, ideation, and experimentation within a subject area. This includes serial imaging, reinterpretation of assumptions, and regular in-class critiques of the tangible outcomes of design. In conjunction with Design Methods II, students will articulate a clear proposal for a thesis project. This proposal will be reviewed by their supervisor and with approval, will form the basis for their Research Ethics application. It will include a formal research plan to be instituted over the summer, and a clear direction for design and implementation in the fall semester.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Industrial Design INDD 210 27/SP

Description

This Core Studio builds on the knowledge and skills learned in INDD 200 Core Studio in Industrial Design, and offers further exposure to key aspects of Industrial Design. Projects involve primary and secondary design research methods and practices as well as prototyping using a variety of form-giving strategies. Students engage in all aspects of the design process: research, analysis, iteration, prototyping, presentation and evaluation in order to meet the required objectives through individual and group projects. Discussion and reflection help students make informed decisions about their personal and professional development.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Industrial Design INDD 200 26/FA

Description

This introductory Core Studio acquaints students to key aspects of Industrial Design. Students will learn fundamental design principles, diverse materials, issues of sustainability, fabrication and making, while simultaneously exploring varied social and cultural contexts of industrial design. Students will engage in all aspects of the design process: research, analysis, sketching and iterative prototyping, and design development alongside presentation techniques in order to meet the required studio objectives, through both individual and group projects. Discussions and critical reflection throughout the development of their studio project work help students make informed design decisions.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.