The final project of the semester! Wow! “Time” flies!Originally I intended to finish off the semester with a new beginning, arranging for an activity based on mutualism around the garden centre on ECU to kick start the community garden. But I messed up! I was so preoccupied with the Interim thesis document that I just …
Well, I’m in the rebellious phase of my evaluation as an MDes student! So, you will not get one polished and well-structured project in this post! Instead, you are going to get a glimpse into my mind with my reflections and insights on a number of projects and actions that I’m working on simultaneously. Action …
Dinner at Sheyda’s started out for me as a simple project doing everything I loved, cooking, hosting, hanging out with my friends, etc. However, it turned out to be a roller coaster ride for me! The initial plan was to design a dining experience to build a community that could depend on each other in …
As an expansion on the In-Significant Stories of A Rice Grain project, I tried to engage students in Emily Carr in another activity. This time the activity allowed for various forms of communication, including verbal, visual, and vocal and made engagement with the project more accessible.I designed a low-fidelity poster to hang above compost bins …
In pursuit of my passion for systems thinking, I plan to study Canada’s (more specifically, Vancouver’s) food system throughout the second semester by mapping it. My first attempt is the world map showing the major food imports to Canada from various countries across the globe. The world map will give me the chance to examine …
About Me Hi, welcome to my blog!I am Sheyda Rashidi, a designer from Iran. I moved to Vancouver with my cat Mili to further my education at Emily Carr University in the MDes interdisciplinary program. Even though I have a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from the Art University of Tehran, I see myself as …
Interested in waste management and community building, I began my first semester with a studio project that offered food sharing as a gift to my peers. The project was kicked off by a carefully designed conversation around the food culture of different regions of the world while I served homemade Apple Crisps as a treat. …