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Charlotte Falk

Assistant Professor

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Education:

MArch
University of British Columbia
BDes
University of Alberta

Bio

Charlotte Falk is an interdisciplinary designer, educator and researcher whose practice is anchored in Industrial Design with touchpoint in Communication Design and Architecture. Her work focuses on material engagement, iterative making and ecological approaches to design, exploring how design practices emerge through relationships among materials, technologies, environments, beings and place. Since 2010, she has collaborated on the development and delivery of large-scale public art projects at the intersection of art, design, architecture and construction. She is an Assistant Professor in Industrial Design, co-coordinator of ECU's DESIS Lab, and a research associate with Material Matters. Charlotte holds a Master of Architecture from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Design from the University of Alberta.

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Research Interests

Charlotte Falk’s research focuses on ecological design, sustainability, materiality and material processes within interdisciplinary design practice. Her work examines how materials, tools, techniques and iterative making shape how we design. Through place-based and more-than-human approaches, she explores material engagement as a mode of inquiry; emphasizing experimentation, prototyping, drawing and making as ways of thinking through site, environmental conditions, context and relation. Her research interests include ecological and more-than-human design, design for biodiversity, improvisational prototyping, iterative methods and design pedagogy.

Thesis Supervision

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Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
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.

Industrial Design INDD 400 26/FA

Description

This team-taught course offers exposure to key aspects (values, concepts and skills) of 3D and 4D Design. Students independently engage in design research and methods, analyze, design, present and evaluate ideas to meet required objectives though individual and group projects. Discussion and reflection help students make informed decisions about their personal and professional development. Collaborative and contextual project work is emphasized in order to develop students' community-based multidisciplinary teamwork, project management and client management skills.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.