DoCommentary

This is the first of two semester long projects in my last graduating year at Emily Carr. It is a participatory design project for an interior that challenges graphic design’s page paradigm.

With this project I argued that within the practice of Communication Design the role of the designer and client are often clearly defines and separated from each other - Taking away from the positive potential outcomes of collaboration. I intended to show that by making the client a partner of the designer a more accurate and meaningful realization of the clients wishes can be achieved. Through the Process of participatory design I introduced a way in which graphic design can enrich the relationship and connection between an individual and their surrounding space.

My client was Eitan Pinsky, and the space we worked on was his bedroom. I built a series of participatory activities that assisted me in understanding Eitan and his wishes; and assisted him in understanding what he wanted, and how he wanted it. Together, we built a trustworthy relationship with a goal to transform the room into a spacious bedroom and a reading space – all with the assistance of graphic design. The complexity of this project simply can not be translated onto this blog since it was a multilayered experience with so many components and stages. What I can show you is the before and after shots which I believe say a lot.

I learned much from this experience and I gained tremendous satisfaction to know I have made a persons life a little richer and more pleasant.