This overall progress took place in a year. Research and observations dedicated themselves to half of the year and the design process for the remainder. The importance of the video surrounds the interpretation of many interviewed participants and public observations who found themselves affected by the isolated lockdown period. While some may have shown less impact than others, the majority felt equally disconnected from their reality. Initially, the discovery of frustration towards reasoning behind specific provincial guidelines from participants inspired the concept—the overall perspective of the collected data expanded into the direction of other significant impacts. From there, the possibilities towards a design output were apparent.
#isolatingtogether
Nathaniel Rojas
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
- - Magazine
Lily Do
Book/Editorial
2001: A Rundown
Henry Wilkinson
Information Design
Throughout the book, the photographs that were selected were also gathered from various news archives. They mainly all reflected either the news snippet or the personal entry. The images are focused on progressively getting darker. The design process was focused on showing how the pandemic moved in waves so the book was separated into sections that got changed in tints and went from orange to red to represent the changes that the world went through. The images were decided and paired through visual narrative exercises where I decided how to reflect my panicked narrative through images.
2020: A Pandemic in Review
Paniz Adiban
Book/Editorial
2face
Jan Ly
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
A Flight Through History is a promotional poster and pamphlet that was created for a fictional event for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. A modern take on flight exploration with eye-catching colors and symbolisms to draw in more viewers and participants. The design takes inspiration from various space and flight explorations and combines them all into one.
A Flight Through History
Danny Lum
Print/Brand Communications
Sensory-processing sensitivity is an urgent point of research due to its high prevalence in human populations and its direct relation to various maladaptive life outcomes, as a significant factor in HSP well-being and quality of life. Despite its prevalence, SPS is still relatively unknown and misunderstood in the general public, which increases the risk of HSP ostracization, isolation and mental illness — especially in high stimulation-oriented Western societies. This is where I believe design has an opportunity to bridge gaps of public knowledge and improve HSP self-perception, by introducing new ways of understanding SPS in visual language.
A Guide to SPS
Elise ZiYuan Wang
Information Design
I used sketches and jot-notes to flush out several different ideas and variations throughout the creation process. This was the most effective and quick way for me to visualize my ideas and to determine where pieces would fit. Throughout this process I determined what elements fit with what position, how the type would be manipulated, what effects I would explore, and how I would achieve a unified aesthetic. Overall, I think the sketching and brainstorming process is the part of this project that I am most proud of because of how strongly I explored each theme.
A Life on Our Planet
Leah Fellows
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
ADHD Handbook
Alex Blechta
Book/Editorial
Advantage
Rafael Flora
Interaction Design/Product Design
The dispenser works by stroking a strip at the top of the box, letting the child emulate a “petting” motion. This playful interaction further distracts the user's injury they sustained. When the bandage comes out of the mouth, a sticker appears with a playful graphic; it also distracts and rewards the user, similar to being given a piece of candy after a dentist appointment to comfort the patient.
Aidey Bandages
Paco Lui
Packaging Design
Diving into months of research, trying to determine whether or not this new form of communication was degrading our interpersonal communications in real life, I discovered that the process of online dating was an outlet for people who have social anxiety and felt more comfortable reaching out and developing a relationship online. Although this freedom and ease of speech is not always wanted and can sometimes be taken too far *insert inappropriate pick-up line*. Do these unlimited boundaries that the online world creates for its users help our face-to-face communication skills? Or does this ultimately push us towards a highly integrated and digitally influenced physical world? Unfortunately, these questions are not simply answered and can have a different effect on all individuals.
All is Fair in Love & Online Dating
Julia Greco
Book/Editorial
Am I/I Am is a pop-up installation that explores the hardships second generation Vietnamese-Canadians go through regarding our ethnic identity. Throughout the space, familiar Vietnamese household objects are recontextualized in relation to our feelings of intangible alienation.
Am I/I Am
Lily Do
Installation
Within the pet insurance industry, families with beloved furry friends often face a lack of transparency with their policies, creating a false sense of security for their pet's well-being. The process of researching and signing up for just the right policy is also difficult and stressful. Resultantly, even after hours of googling, many owners end up rushing this process and picking a policy quickly without understanding all the details. The general insurance market also has a shortfall of modern approaches and considerations for its consumers; pet owners still need to mail or fax documents rather than conveniently rely on what technology has made capable today.
Amiy
Sophie Zhao
Interaction Design/Product Design
So, the new brand identity shows all of these aspects by focusing on the building itself. The first image shows the full logo with its supporting type. It illustrates the top part of the building from a certain angle, and uses the acronym of the organization’s name to make it scalable. Furthermore, the colour of the logo is similar to a colour that can be seen in the centre’s main theatre, allowing the logo to represent both the exterior and interior of the building at the same time. The acronym is in a sans serif typeface, which works effectively when scaled down. The supporting type uses a serif, which makes the brand identity sophisticated, reflecting the high quality services that the organization provides.
BPAC Brand Identity Redesign
Fatima Raid
Print/Brand Communications
Baijiu, Shochu, Sake
Yuling Zhang
Book/Editorial
Based on research, the majority of Bala’s visitors drive to the festival from larger cities to the south. Therefore, the conceptual and illustration-based approach of the rebrand highlights and emphasizes the journey to Bala through the depiction of an abstracted map. The illustrations comment on Ontario’s fall scenery, the nature-oriented activities of cottage country and the main attraction of the festival: cranberries. This conceptual approach aims to intrigue urban visitors to travel the long journey from the GTA, and ultimately bring more tourism to the town of Bala.
Bala Cranberry Festival
Lindsey Jones
Print/Brand Communications
Reflecting the colourful package, Bata! is based off of the mythological Filipino bird called the Sarimanok that brings good luck.What makes the Sarimanok interesting is how it is multicoloured, and how it originated from the seven heavens of the Philippines. For this reason, we packed only seven coloured crayons to represent these seven heavens.
Bata!
Natalie Almosa
Packaging Design
These images are a collection of Filipino design artifacts ranging from comics and advertisements to various forms of media like movie posters and album covers. These reimagined artifacts primarily explore Baybayin written using the Mangyan influenced virama or pamudpod as opposed to the Spanish influenced cross kudlit to cancel out the ending vowel due to its colonial ties. When Spanish Friars arrived to the Philippines, they altered baybayin to be able to suit Spanish translations of Catholic teachings. The use of the cross was representative of Catholicism. The Mangyan virama, or pamudpod is influenced by the Mangyan tribe and how they cancel out vowels. Given that this website is meant to explore decolonizing Filipino artifacts from pop culture, it didn’t feel right to use a Spanish influenced form of baybayin.
Baybayin Archives
Angelene Sagun
Web Design
Having done block printing myself, I was well aware of how much of a pain it is to get started without resorting to using cheap plastic kits. In the current market if you want to get quality tools you have to make multiple individual stops at different suppliers to get good tools; my packaging project aims to remedy that issue.
Beaver
Valery Marier
Packaging Design
Fill in your own student profile with current interests and basic information, as well as answer profile prompts to help spark conversation. Browse other student profiles through various search filters, such as educational institution or program and year of study.
Befriend
Tiffany Chau, Selina Chung, Sharyl Man
Interaction Design/Product Design
This project was actualized as two projects placed as a diptych series under the instruction of Gary Leroux for a second year YSDN Information Design course. With the takeaway subject of research being a comparative analysis of various geography based statistics between various neighbourhoods/districts in downtown Toronto, this series brings to light some of the concerns or issues that are posed on topics such as education level, poverty, income, and population within these researched areas. The districts chosen stem from the student's own personal experience living in those areas. Throughout her 4 years as a YSDN student, inhabiting and located within the crossover area of Kensington Market, Little Italy, and the Annex, and often visiting Little India (with a sibling habituated there) and Bloor West Village (representing Toronto's Ukrainian village, which is the birth place of the student) these areas posed as a great point of interest for analysis.
Blossoming Toronto
Julia Paliy
Information Design
Bracket
Nathan Chandler
Book/Editorial
With climate change on the rise, Ontario, as well as places throughout Canada and the world, are increasingly aware of the threat posed to present and future life. Deforestation is one such issue contributing to this threat, as it endangers human, animal and plant life, as well as other factors. Reforestation is an important part of enhancing the health of environmental systems throughout Ontario and more specifically, in its southern urban areas. The benefits of tree and plant life, natural landforms and ecosystems, are vital to sustainability both in the present and future. This project recognizes the critical need for information and action on reforestation and how it is thought about respective to the places and methods being used.
Branch
Dainia Townsend
Print/Brand Communications
What is masculinity to you? Does it correspond with the worldview of masculinity? How do we define concepts that are socially constructed, and open our minds to new realms of possibility. EUPHORIA gives us a glimpse into the idea of masculinity, accompanied with a visual story of black male masculinity.
Bread Magazine
Emmanuel Ashun
Book/Editorial
Broadway Play is a digital Broadway experience where users may watch Broadway shows live, from the comfort of their own home. Users can watch live performances of Broadway's hottest shows with their friends and experience the magic of live theatre is a safe and engaging way.
Broadway Play
Elyssa Biringer
Interaction Design/Product Design
When looking at a hairbrush, its shape lends itself to many ideas: a wand, a microphone, or maybe an animal. Brush Buds turns a simple hairbrush into Penelope the Porcupine, transforming her from just a tool, into a character and toy for children.
Brush Buds
Samantha Crawford
Packaging Design
When researching emotional intelligence education for children, it was found that formal education methods were not effective. By conducting a survey it was revealed how most young adults recall learning about emotional intelligence through events in their childhood. Buddibots was made to create a fun and memorable environment where children will be able to learn about how to perceive, manage, facilitate and understand different emotions.
Buddibots
Natalie Almosa
Game Design
Béo is an aggregated commerce platform that allows consumers to shop online from local brick-and-mortar stores that lack the resources and expertise to run an e-commerce store. Béo is different from other competitors because it helps small shops setup online, handles all fulfillment and shipment, with no additional dedicated staff or resources needed by the business.
Béo
Grace Lim
Interaction Design/Product Design
The circle quickly became a central aspect of the brand as it is a sort of motif found in the field of earth and space science, from orbits to the shape of planets. The logo concept that was decided on was a minimalistic nod to the solar system diagram, one of the most iconic symbols of space science and education. This logo represents concepts of inclusion, constant motion and cohesion: all qualities that can be found in an aspirational organization such as CRESS.
CRESS Brand + Website
Josh Gaspar
Print/Brand Communications
Candid is a lifestyle magazine for young women that celebrates real women and the things that are important to them. The design of the magazine mingles illustration, photography and typography to create something bright and playful. For this project I designed two covers, one that is illustrative and one that is photographic. The illustrative cover reflects the sense of acceptance and community that Candid is trying to cultivate. I wanted to design a magazine that is made for the normal woman, tackling questions and topics that women talk to their friends about.
Candid Magazine
Racheal Cowley
Book/Editorial
Chiang Mai is a brand that reinvents packaging for rice, that embraces the beauty and importance of rice in Thai culture. The package comes in two varieties, Thai Jasmine Black Rice and Thai Jasmine White Rice. The design of the packaging is minimal with the black and white colours meant to be complimentary to each other and represent the beauty and balance of the two different flavours. The goal of this project was to create a packaging design that was visually appealing to consumers while also improving the functionality of existing rice packaging on the market.
Chiang Mai
Selina Chung
Packaging Design
After countless thrown out ideas from meme recaps to the most searched things on Google, I decided on a short informational motion graphic centered around Pokémon. Initial research pursued outlined the evolution process and their elemental/type weaknesses. Then came the 'screenplay' and 'shot' list, describing each shot/scene relatively in depth which was then accompanied by rough storyboard sketches.
Choose Your Pokémon
Casey Wang
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Cinderella
Emily Wentland
Book/Editorial
The first learning activity consists of a website, where children begin learning through five informative lessons, and engage in games, videos, and challenges that help Cleo with his missions. The knowledge and tools children develop with the website prepares them for the Cleo flashcards, which is the next activity in the learning kit.
Cleo
Brittany Tena
Packaging Design
Cleo is a smart collar that creates a stronger bond between a pet and their owner. Targeted towards active people who want to track their pet's activity and location.
Cleo
Felicite Keng
Interaction Design/Product Design
For the illustrative article, early on I developed a concept of using old computer aesthetics to represent buying old clothes online. This article is very much an example of polishing an idea until it is the most functional it can be, as well as the most enchanting it can be. Over 5 weeks I tweaked and refined, landing on the final layouts, which are interesting and buzzy without overwhelming the reader while also not relying on negative space.
Clutterbug Magazine
Samantha Crawford
Book/Editorial
As the world continues to tackle Covid-19, it is important to acknowledge the long term effects these unprecedented times will have on our future. With such emphasis on the importance of health and safety in the workplace, Co-Space was developed to assist in the transition back to a physical work environment.
Co-Space
Vanessa Cassar
Print/Brand Communications
Contact is an editorial publication that expresses the different facets of body contact. Body contact is so natural and so ingrained into most cultures one way or another. Simple gestures such as handshakes or hugs are so common in practice. Body contact is interpreted quite differently depending on culture.
Contact
Emily Ong
Book/Editorial
Convergence Journal features excerpts from those of various ethnic origins, but who feel as if they are culturally separate (like second-generation immigrants). Each issue focuses on a specific country; the first being Korea.
Convergence Journal
Helena Kim
Book/Editorial
Using an old computer fan attached to a heatsink that I had lying around, I knew that I could achieve the result I wanted with cooling a cup. I began some prototyping and testing out code with a temperature sensor and LEDs to make sure that I could get accurate readings of temperature from hot tea in a mug.
Cool It
Andrew Del Rizzo
Interaction Design/Product Design
Country Life is a variable typeface made for cooking blogs. The serif was made to have rounded, and soft edges in order to evoke a cozy feeling. The typeface is made with numerous number styles, accents, and special characters in order to suit any cooking website needs. Since many cooking blogs have long loading times due to the amount of photos, and ads present, I though creating typeface for these websited might prove useful.
Country Life
Elyssa Biringer
Typography
Introducing Cover Yourself -Che Ðậy Bản Thân, a luxury spa line that rejuvenates the body from everyday labour. Each container contains four different masks that target the face, hands, body and feet to heal the everyday consumer through holistic spa therapy. This line of products is specifically designed for the Vietnamese everyday lady whether she is a farmworker, corporate worker, schoolgirl or market lady.
Cover Yourself, Spa Kit
Cavina Nguyen
Packaging Design
This data visualization plots the daily Covid-19 data on a circle as each white dot represents up to 100 new positive cases, while each red dot represents up to 5 new deaths for each day. This directly compares and contrasts the deaths with the number of positive cases each day for an entire year. The sliders allow the user to isolate data for further inspection of the individual data points. A zoom and pan function allows the user to zoom in on data points to have a deeper understanding of the data and for a more accessible experience. A hover function is implemented to show the distinct separations of months for further clarity and reading of the data set.
Covid Cases in Ontario
Emily Malcolm
Information Design
Design criteria are based on the design problem statement and are focusing on how the design problem can be approached strategically. Parents should be included in all solutions. The learning experience of children is most effective when parental support is combined. Parents are also in need of awareness training as the digital generation's adaptation to the online world is unfamiliar to the adults' generation. In order for parents to make online awareness a lifestyle, their deep understanding of the digital world, platforms, risks, potential routes for encountering online dangers and how to avoiding them is vital. Physical and tangible materials are essential to the method of solution since it makes learning experience highly engaging, easy to understand, and entertaining. I tried to focus on the 'interactivity' and 'tangibility' of the educational design product.
Cyber Space Adventure
Sion Kim
Interaction Design/Product Design
DECO SWEET is a DIY (do it yourself) crafting kit that instructs users on how to sew desserts out of felt. This is a well known hobby in the small online crafting community. My goal for this package design project is to encourage more users to partake in this activity by designing a welcoming package that clearly illustrates the product and attract new buyers through its playful tones, all while employing eco-friendly practices and materials with optimal accessibility.
DECO SWEET
Victoria Yong
Packaging Design
Deskollab allows users to work independently in their own personal studios or collaboratively and create Kollabs which are different groups or teams of people. Kollabs can be anything from a team at work, a group of friends, an online class, and more. Within each Kollab there are the shared studios which can be made from a provided template or completely customized and labelled for each Kollab’s unique needs. These studios can be customized while they are in use to add or remove widgets and expand or minimize different widget windows. These studios are constantly evolving and changing to the users’ and Kollab’s desires.
Deskollab
Emily Malcolm
Interaction Design/Product Design
The process of this project began with research. I started doing primary research, where I outlined a research method with specific guidelines and followed it to compare drawing results of different levels of attention. Then, I did some secondary research to get an idea of what is already known about the topic. I did not find any definitive answers, but it lead me to more questions regarding the idea of an incubation period (taking a break and coming back to it). I wanted to find out if it results in more creative ideas. So, my second primary research method was similar to the first one I did, but I did design projects instead of drawings, and it focused on the idea of an incubation period.
Details and Design
Fatima Raid
Print/Brand Communications
Venezuela is currently going through one of the worst socio-economic crises of the 21’st century. Nevertheless, its people continue to persevere and produce some of the best cocoa beans in the world, according to the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO). Venezuela also prides itself on a rich cultural background. The Diablos Artisan Chocolates were Inspired by a five-hundred-year-old Venezuelan tradition, “Los Diablos Danzantes de Corpus Christi” (The Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi). These festivals, where people dress up in colorful devil costumes and parade around town, are a representation of the triumph of good against evil.
Diablos Chocolate
Luisa Jahn
Packaging Design
Connecting the scattered communities through digital networks is the key to the DOTʼs personality. The new corporate identity was founded on the grid imagery – connecting scattered dots. The circular grid reminds the epicentre locator map. Epicentre indicates scattered youth communities in the DOTʼs grid imagery and where the movement starts. The DOTʼs grid connects communities by setting the direction and magnifying the impact. A fluid logo system on a circular grid is the continuous theme. The main logo ‘DOTʼ is the abbreviation of the Digital Opportunity Trust. Using the circular grid, all the letters – D, O, and T, are drawn inside the O. The wordmark is a customized typeface using SemiBold Raleway. The O and U are double combined to visualize the digital aspect of the organization and to follow the grid imagery. This twist in-text applies all for the fluid elements and the headings.
Digital Opportunity Trust
Sion Kim
Print/Brand Communications
Directory is a variable font with nine different weights: Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, and Black.
Directory Typeface
Victor Wong
Typography
Tasked to design a “look-alike” and/or self-contained package with movable, functional parts/components. Each student will explore and experiment the construction of different types of paper containers as well as concept development. All students will be required to work on and aim to improve their thinking, sketch concept drawings skills and presentation in pencil or marker. Besides sustainability, students are encouraged to consider/include accessibility in their projects for the physically challenged.
Dog Leash Packaging
Antoni Dalewski
Packaging Design
The book features 8 personal essays, stylishly formatted in a lush and playful way that alludes to the design of Kpop albums. The bright colours interact well with each other and the content at hand.
Don't Forget...
Samantha Crawford
Book/Editorial
Driven by the aspiration to find substantial solutions to societal problems, Dreamscape was born. This project provides unconventional solutions to problems by simulating dream content through an immersive experience. This is achieved through a DIY exhibit titled Dreamscape. Dreamscape is a customizable dream room that participants set up in their living space to solve problems they cannot solve during their waking lives. Through assembly and sleep, the room offers an experience that simulates dream content by targeting different senses.
Dreamscape
Mena Rimac
Experimental/set Design
Through an empathic emotional interpretation, abstract paintings were created to visually translate each statement. Every spread includes scannable codes (for Apple Music and Spotify) above blank spaces dedicated for book owner’s and friends to contribute their visualizations. Paintings and statements are fully obscured, encouraging readers to actively listen, meditate, and self-reflect without any emotional or visual influence. They draw what they see/hear/feel first, then reveal the song’s visualization and submitted statement and are able to note similarities and differences.
Ears Wide Open
Nicole Lee
Book/Editorial
Embers is a s’mores kit made for people who live in urban areas. Embers strives to rekindle and strengthen relationships with those around you while enjoying a sweet snack. The name Embers refers to the glowing pieces of wood or coal of a fire, these pieces contain a high temperature of heat that can be used to bring a campfire back to life. Representing the regeneration of the relationships and it is also the best spot in a fire pit for roasting golden s'mores.
Embers S'mores Kit
Erika Kawaguchi
Packaging Design
Comfortable, compact and powerful, Expanse allows for you to work efficiently without even noticing it's there. Detachable sensors allow for more efficient and accurate positioning of the workspace so that you can work seamlessly between your physical and augmented displays.
Expanse
Andrew Del Rizzo
Interaction Design/Product Design
I will disseminate my research findings by designing a digital experience that will allow patients of social anxiety and loneliness, 14 years of age and up, access to a flexible program that synergizes CBT/CBGT, SST models and exposure therapy. The digital experience will help diagnose patient's levels of social anxiety, loneliness and depression through selected surveys. After users are diagnosed, the user will be presented with a customized CBT/CBGT and SST program best suited to their results. Users will then complete the program with the aid of a medical clinician supporting them throughout the program. During and upon completion of the program, users will have access to a community of other users in which they will complete varying levels of exposure in safe environments. This experience aims to reduce social anxiety and loneliness by improving their social performance, self-efficacy and fear associated with social situations.
Experience Exposure
Colin Coulson
Interaction Design/Product Design
For my fourth year thesis I chose to combine both my passions, design and soccer. My goal was to push kit design, using both material and design. Current football/soccer kits are mundane, with the only difference between teams being the pattern printed on the shirt. All teams are stuck wearing the same material. My goal was to create 12 new kits experimenting with materials and patterns. I compiled these 12 kits into an editorial lookbook with each jersey having 4 spreads (8 pages) each. Each has a materials list, team history and design rationale. This book is printed at 12 inches by 12 inches, with it being available for purchase via Blurb.
Experimenting with Materials
Antoni Dalewski
Book/Editorial
EyeAssist allows users to control their browser using nothing but their eyes to either scroll or use their cursor. For advanced accessibility use, users can also remap their left click to any input button that is most accessible for them. This feature allows for web accessibility that was previously not possible, or had a high cost of entry.
EyeAssist
Joel Desjardins
Interaction Design/Product Design
My focus in journaling was on incidents and interactions with people who have more superiority and authority than me as I often found myself struggling in these scenarios. I chose to focus on people such as my parents, my boss and customers as I dealt with them on a daily basis. In order to effectively study myself and record as many details as possible, I came up with a template where I had to record daily happenings, emotions, colors, shapes, as well as a method for creating imagery using colors and shapes.
Facing Self
Hyunan Ryu
Book/Editorial
This project started with a question, it being “what are the psychological effects of fatherlessness?”. After conducting thorough research, my question kind of answered but not to the extent that I was expecting. I noticed that studies focusing on fatherlessness was very broad in terms of defining the term, therefore leading to very broad results. In the end, the research sparked more questions that needed answering and I believed that the only way I could get these answers was by asking other fatherless individuals myself. When publishing the Call for Submissions, I asked participants to answer and elaborate on the following questions: “what are the circumstances in which you became fatherless?” and “how has being fatherless affected you psychologically?”.
Fatherless
Kristina Campeau
Book/Editorial
FilminColour is a revolutionized library of fully searchable high-definition film stills. Unlike any of its competitors, FilminColour allows you to explore film stills by theme and colour. The database serves as a learning resource for film students and a tool for designers. Users will gain a more exploratory view of colour as a narrative vehicle in film. They will also leave with a better understanding of colour theory.
FilminColour
Tatiana Terenzio
Web Design
Fine Lines is a book that poses questions to help you reflect upon how these might apply in your life or in the world as a whole. This book is meant to make you sink into your thoughts and to think deeply about your perspectives.
Fine Lines
Emily Ong
Book/Editorial
The tone, mood and aesthetic established by visual and textual imagery aims to instil a sense of nostalgia in the audience, a nostalgia for a place that feels familiar yet, they have never been. It’s the familiarity of unfamiliarity that creates a tension in the audience that draws them in and allows them to vicariously travel through these places and spaces. A rosy pink pastel hue as well as a darker shade of it are used as the main and dominant colors in the palette. These resemble shades of lipstick and is used to emphasize femininity and to reclaim and embrace femininity. Images of places, spaces and fleeting moments are used in the magazine to allow the reader to visualize and immerse herself into these places and experience everything vicariously through the turn of the pages. The aesthetic mood and feel of the magazine is established using images, typography and written text that evoke the senses and instil the feeling of transcendence as well as a hint of nostalgia through using space, hues, shades and tints as well as movement.
Flaneuse - Editorial Design
Celena Liu
Book/Editorial
Fortune Noodles
Nicole Chan
Packaging Design
The visuals used in the delivery bags as well as the products produced by Fresh City Farms have been redesigned to be able to represent the brand in a cohesive manner. It is important for Fresh City Farms to be identified by their customers.
FreshCity
Bernarda Avila
Print/Brand Communications
In addition to the rebrand, I developed a welcome package, given to youth who become a member of the Friends of Ruby community. Within the welcome package, youth will receive a branded Friends of Ruby tote bag, an informative booklet, Ruby pins, and stickers.
Friends of Ruby Rebrand
Emily Zathey
Print/Brand Communications
GEM aims to clarify and simplify the feedback process through an app that allows and encourages employees of a company to give quality and effective feedback to each other in an effort to boost company productivity, efficiency, and morale.
GEM
Cavina Nguyen, Amy Davidson
Interaction Design/Product Design
Getaway Candles is a luxury DIY Candle Kit equipped with all the essential tools and materials needed to make your own scented organic candle wax. Getaway’s wax is made of a 100% natural blend of coconut and soy; it’s sustainable, clean-burning and better for you. The kit comes with detailed step-by-step instructions located on the inside wall of the package. In the kit, you will find everything you need: two wax packets, two crystal jars, two bottles of fragrance, one metal steering spoon, two warning stickers with burning instructions, two pure cotton wicks, two metal wick holders, and finally, one metal boiler. The package’s second life could be used as a storage container to store miscellaneous items such as jewelry or makeup.
Getaway Candles
Georgia Bellingham
Packaging Design
Ginkgo is an app that assists you in self care in a fun new way! Join your pal Ginkgo as they help you out with your daily activities while keeping you on track and motivated. Every activity completed will offer rewards that will be redeemable at a virtual plant shop. You’ll be able to watch your plant grow as you grow and even customize your plant friends using your rewards.
Ginkgo
Kira Hassard
Interaction Design/Product Design
Gladiolous is a video game project created by Cindy Lieu. This project is a study about gender and sexual identity and its relationship to video games. In her research, she has found that the project is relevant for a few reasons. Firstly, it expands on current explorations in queer game studies by linking researches to fill gaps within the game studies field. In her literature research, only some works had indirectly addressed the problem of ignoring the feminine preference. There were no studies in her research that had directly addressed this issue. Two, understanding the feminine preferences will lead to more opportunities to critique and improve existing systems placed in society. She believes that video games can become important sites for women and queer politics, identity, desire.
Gladiolous
Cindy Lieu
Interaction Design/Product Design
When they complete video lessons, users earn Ingredient Cards from the Pantry which feature additional information on staple ingredients, images and cooking tips. Users can also test their knowledge by completing quizzes based on the lessons. Successfully completed quizzes can unlock recipes in the Cookbook of different types and difficulty levels so that even novice cooks can attempt them at home.
Globowl
Amanda Tsiang
Interaction Design/Product Design
Go Bananas is a clothing line that empowers Asian Canadians who have or are going through acculturation and stereotyping to feel they are one of a kind. Using paint and dye, to create chaotic and unique one of one pieces. Each piece has a different message and character, to show the uniqueness of each individual. The fun and crazy visuals help catch the attention of viewers to let the voices of Asian Canadians be heard.
Go Bananas!
Erika Kawaguchi
Print/Brand Communications
Go Seeds
Holden Kao
Packaging Design
The cover bridges the gap between playfulness and the social topic of bralessness. The rainbow is made up of women, reflecting the shape of a breast.
Going Braless Zine
Beth Snyder
Book/Editorial
Condoms! The word itself garners attention no matter who you are, yet there is a lack of diversity amongst different brand identities within the current market. A brief (landscape) analysis of the market showcases that branding promotes the consecutive idea that condoms are a product of a serious, sexy, medical nature. This exhaustive approach lacks enthusiasm when it comes to the communication on the importance of its use.
Good On Ya
Vanessa Cassar
Packaging Design
Guided is an intuitive business planning app based on the existing content of the Flourishing Business Canvas. The Flourishing Business Canvas is a holistic, strategic planning tool that enables individuals or teams to visualize, brainstorm, and test business ideas or products. The canvas outlines four blocks representing the different core elements of a business and contains sub-elements within each of them. All of these elements are interrelated and work together to facilitate the success of the business. The business canvas can either be used to develop new business models or to refine existing models.
Guided
Rangavi Logaratnam, Alex Bletcha, Colin Coulson
Interaction Design/Product Design
Hachette Book Group is a publishing company located in the US and Canada with numerous sub-groups and companies all with their own genres and goals. The overall visual identity was out of date and static. It lacked fluidity and connection with the company’s goals and values. This led to it blending in with several other publishing company identity’s. Other company’s in the same market which all held the same style of formal, stiff, and very corporate. I wanted the take a step away from that and make Hachette Book Group stand out and truly represent their brand.
Hachette Book Group Re-Brand
Sabrina Fortin
Print/Brand Communications
Haenyeo Museum showcases the unique culture of Jeju Haenyeos. The culture revolves around the practice of muljil which is the act of diving to retrieve harvest with no equipment. The logo and the fluid elements focus on the core element of the culture which is community. The haenyeos are divided into three levels based on skill: how deep and how long they can stay submerged. The three colours used within the wave represent these levels and how they work together. The wave in the logo represents the ocean which is important in haenyeo culture as they respect it like a deity and is the source of a big portion of their harvest. The wave is shaped in a yin yang symbol to symbolize the Korean flag. In the fluid elements, the white circles represent the holding of breath which is the basic skill that muljil is built upon.
Haenyeo Museum Rebrand
Janet Sohn
Print/Brand Communications
Harshlands
Jan Ly
Book/Editorial
The goal is to make Hassle Free Clinic more recognizable to the people and reflect the impact which the clinic has brought to them. I decided to create a dynamic logotype representing the inclusive nature of the clinic's history and services. Hassle Free Clinic clients/customers are men, women, members of the trans and LGBTQ+ communities. I used their target audience as inspiration selecting the seven colours of the pride flag to create the dynamic system. I broke down all of the gender symbols and created icons that represented each symbol's different characteristics. Using the seven colours, I made a system for the symbols so the same colour would not appear twice unless an icon occurred twice. The gender symbol system required multiple iterations to adjust the symbols' sizing and weight so that they appeared balanced.
Hassle Free Clinic
Colin Coulson
Print/Brand Communications
Hello Friend is the #1 app to help you get out. The app is password protected and anonymous, allowing you to exit the app, log out, and stop it from running in the background with the press of a button. It is also displayed as a "news app" in order to keep itself hidden until you are logged in.
Hello Friend
Paniz Adiban
Interaction Design/Product Design
Historia caters towards seamless access to research for high-school/college students. The app takes its role in providing History channel’s articles and videos, making it easy and less time-consuming finding/organizing resources for projects using a vast library of content. Overall, Historia helps users to find sources easier, organize sources on a project-by-project basis, access and cite content quickly, and answer specific research questions.
Historia
Kiran Patel, Paco Lui, Andrew Del Rizzo
Interaction Design/Product Design
All information and charts are courtesy of the Billboard Hot 100. Each week, they blend radio, streaming, and sales data to compile the hottest 100 songs in the United States. For this graphic, the top 10 of each week since 1990 is considered.
Hot 100 Genres
Kiran Patel
Information Design
Through coding on Processing, this initial data set was developed to map out two months' worth of data. The goal of this visualization was to map out the data symbolically by having it represent call towers and flowers blooming. To execute this, the line for each month was represented by how many calls were made for each day of the week. The call duration and call type for these days of the week were mapped out to the end of these lines to construct the visualization. Once all of this was executed, the visualization was able to represent the data and symbolic imagery effectively.
Hotline Bling
Gaganjeet Saggu
Information Design
How to (not) write a song
Ivy Sun
Web Design
The dialogue was recreated using an extensive linography method. The procedure began with laying out the characters of Alfa Slab and printing out the existing typeface. The printed result was used as a stencil on a block of rubber and carved afterwards. Using the original dialogue as a reference, each word was pressed by hand using acrylic paint three times to create a visual effect. The process proceeded with scanning and cropping each set of words, then bringing them into a composition.
How to Win
Nathaniel Rojas
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Human is a poem book that describes mood in the words of regular people. Mood is a very difficult thing to define because of its subjectivity. Human takes on this challenge by showcasing definitions of the different moods written by various people, as well as the expression of these moods through poems uploaded onto the web by amateur writers. The purpose of the book is to evoke some kind of feeling within its readers, as life can feel dull due to quarantine. In short, its purpose is to aid its readers to simply feel. Feel human.
Human
Janet Sohn
Book/Editorial
With the global pandemic restricting social activities and travel, frustration has been growing with the lack of physical socialization. Longer lockdowns create unease and warped perceptions of time, with everyone in emotional disarray, it’s not a surprise that there has been a rise in nostalgia of when people used to be able to meet without restrictions.
I Remember you,
John Yeon
Web Design
Idea Lab at York University offers all students a unique opportunity to experience real industrial design problems. Design Lab was hired within this department of Lassonde School of Engineering, and tasked to create a new corporate identity, with stationary design and collateral marketing materials.
Idea Lab
Sarah Carriere, Amy Davidson
Print/Brand Communications
Ilya is a high contrast Cyrillic display typeface for the Russian alphabet. Ilya’s inspiration comes from traditional Orthodox Glagolitic engravings. Intended for editorial, design and art spaces, Ilya combines old and new concepts in order to function in both traditional and contemporary contexts. Ilya’s type specimen features its typographic highlights, two print applications and one web application. For now, Ilya is strictly Russian and does not yet support other Cyrillic or Latin alphabets.
Ilya: A Cyrillic Variable Font
Makeba Gaskin
Typography
Streamlabs OBS can be overwhelming at first glance, as it has many elements (sliders, buttons, pop-ups, tabs ect.) on the dashboard. This creates a larger learning curve for new users, especially with no tutorial or introduction to help guide them. By providing users with a cleaner and simpler interface, it will lower the steep learning curve of the application for both new and old users.
Interface Redesign of SOBS
Jessica Dou
Interaction Design/Product Design
The box that contains the chocolate bars looks like a pyramid because of the influence that the Mayan architecture has on the Ixcocoa brand. Additionally, its aesthetic is completely white with all the visuals and necessary information engraved on the box. The engraving is a reference to the archaeological details and intricate carving found in Mayan sculptures from their time.
Ixcocoa
Bernarda Avila
Packaging Design
The Corporate Identity Guide provides a detailed overview of the design elements that are used to create the identity and should be followed by other members of the corporation.
Joslyn Castle Identity Design
Ferzeen Ansari
Print/Brand Communications
Just a Bunch of Books
Rachelle Willemsma
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
KEYLIME
Kelsey Ketcheson
Typography
Kata Hand Wraps
Colin Coulson
Packaging Design
Kawa 川
Rachel Wong
Packaging Design
Kindred
Jessica Dou
Interaction Design/Product Design
Komunidad
Meagan Malixi
3D Design
Kong Identity
Janet Sohn
Apparel Design
LUIA TYPEFACE
Yuling Zhang
Typography
Laundro
Ferzeen Ansari, Elyssa Biringer, Nathan Chandler
Interaction Design/Product Design
Laurel
Danny Lum
Interaction Design/Product Design
Learning Hangeul
Nicole Lee
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Link
Sarah Carriere
Book/Editorial
Listening
Riley Urquhart
Book/Editorial
Local
Joel Desjardins
Interaction Design/Product Design
Long Story Short
Christine Chow
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Lumi
Emily Wentland
Packaging Design
MOCA Rebrand
Angelica Li
Print/Brand Communications
MOON
Nikki Cohen
Package Design, Product Design and 3D Modeling
Madcaps
Nathan Chandler
Print/Brand Communications
Madeline Kinney Photo Book
Rae Kearney
Book/Editorial
Maganda
Alexa Salagubang
Book/Editorial
Mangia Pasta Company
Julia Greco
Packaging Design
Mellow
Natalie Almosa
Packaging Design
Metamorphosis
John Yeon
Installation
Mic Mac Moe
Victor Wong
Packaging Design
Miimi
Kiran Patel, Paco Lui
Interaction Design/Product Design
Momentum
Sophia Kim
Interaction Design/Product Design
MoneyTree App
Celena Liu
Interaction Design/Product Design
Morning Affirmations
Elyssa Biringer
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Morning Paper
Gaganjeet Saggu
Interaction Design/Product Design
Mr. Robot Title Sequence
Henry Wilkinson
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Museum Brand Concept
Isabella Chan
Print/Brand Communications
My Discovery
Rangavi Logaratnam
Print/Brand Communications
My Life in 2020, Visualized
Rachelle Willemsma
Information Design
Nai Cha
Victor Wong
Packaging Design
Nani
Ashna Ray
Print/Brand Communications
Nation of Two Book Collection
Leah Fellows
Book/Editorial
Neum
Sophia Kim
Packaging Design
Neutral Avenue
Sarah Carriere
Book/Editorial
New Closet
Casey Wang
Book/Editorial
Night Fever
Julia Greco
Book/Editorial
Nikkei Matsuri
Ivy Sun
Print/Brand Communications
Nix
Thano Sipsis, Henry Wilkinson, Amanda Tsiang, John Yeon
Interaction Design/Product Design
Objects With Feelings
Holden Kao
Experimental
Oneiric Oblivion
John Yeon
Book/Editorial
Ontario Parks Rebrand
Karilyn Xu
Print/Brand Communications
Orido
Rachel Wong
Packaging Design
Otherworldly' Font
Robyn Chmelyk
Typography
Ottawa Public Library
Lindsey Jones
Print/Brand Communications
Out of Sight Campaign
Emily Zathey
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
PANLE TEA
Yuling Zhang
Packaging Design
Paanch Phoron
Ashna Ray
Packaging Design
Pegia
Paco Lui
Interaction Design/Product Design
Petal Pop
Erika Kawaguchi
Packaging Design
Plantopia
Kira Hassard
Book/Editorial
PlayAR
Helena Kim
Interaction Design/Product Design
Please Let Cool and Enjoy
Nicole Chan
Book/Editorial
Preserving Real Connections
Felicite Keng
Book/Editorial
Progress March On
Rachel Wong
Print/Brand Communications
Ren's Pets Re-brand
Brittany Tena
Print/Brand Communications
Reptilia Rebrand
Alexa Salagubang
Print/Brand Communications
Resisting Erasure
Makeba Gaskin
Book/Editorial
Ring Ring
Jenny Tiêu
Information Design
Ritua App
Racheal Cowley
Interaction Design/Product Design
Roots & Ray
Nikki Cohen
Print/Brand Communications
RoundTable
Celena Liu
Interaction Design/Product Design
Searching for the Spark
Thano Sipsis
Print/Brand Communications
Shambhala Music Festival
Mena Rimac
Print/Brand Communications
Shared Dishes
Jenny Tiêu
Interaction Design/Product Design
Shomigo; Your shopping amigo!
Arsheen Virani
Web Design
Simple Future
Alan Frenkel-Andrade
Book/Editorial
Sleep Paralysis
Helena Kim
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Smartsole
Mena Rimac
Interaction Design/Product Design
So, you want a dog?
Heather Chang
Information Design
Sohwakhaeng (shh)
Lily Do
Packaging Design
Sondering
Georgia Bellingham
Interaction Design/Product Design
SpaceScape
Sabrina Fortin
Print/Brand Communications
Sponge World
Dawson Wilson
Environmental Design
Spot App
Leah Fellows
Interaction Design/Product Design
Stages of Stress
Gaganjeet Saggu
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Starlight Rebrand
Emily Malcolm
Print/Brand Communications
Stone To The Bone
Samm Campbell
Book/Editorial
Stringing Cultures Together
Julia Paliy
Information Design
Sunberry
Heather Chang
Packaging Design
Sunday: Chủ Nhật Collection
Jenny Tiêu
Packaging Design
Sweet
Katie Bensley-Marshall
Book/Editorial
Swift Redesign
Angelica Li
Print/Brand Communications
Switch Magazine
Josh Gaspar
Book/Editorial
TCAF Rebrand
Amanda Tsiang
Print/Brand Communications
TO2019 Chinatown Festival
Sharyl Man
Print/Brand Communications
TTC Rebrand Project
Cavina Nguyen
Print/Brand Communications
Tabraille - Design Thesis
Riley Cousineau
Interaction Design/Product Design
Tandem. Go Global.
Katherine Ng
Interaction Design/Product Design
The ARI Exhibition
Nikki Cohen
Print/Brand Communications
The Bloody Truth
Racheal Cowley
Information Design
The Canadian City Guide Series
Brittney LeBlanc
Book/Editorial
The Drake Hotel Rebrand
Amy Davidson
Print/Brand Communications
The Glass Castle
Brittney LeBlanc
Information Design
The Guggenheim Rebrand
Meagan Malixi
Print/Brand Communications
The Little Things
Emily Zathey
Book/Editorial
The New Palette
Francesco Roda
Interaction Design/Product Design
The Pessimist Magazine
Julia Paliy
Book/Editorial
The Process
Riley Urquhart
Book/Editorial
The Salvation Army Rebrand
Nathaniel Rojas
Print/Brand Communications
The Shape of Nature
Emily Wentland
Information Design
The Tale of Two Paths
Georgia Bellingham
Packaging Design
Things I Never Said
Tatiana Terenzio
Book/Editorial
Tiger Beer Package Refresh
Riley Cousineau
Packaging Design
Toronto Mesh
Henry Wilkinson
Print/Brand Communications
Toronto Oktoberfest
Riley Urquhart
Print/Brand Communications
Touch
Meagan Malixi
Book/Editorial
Touraround
Emily Ong
Interaction Design/Product Design
Trauma Theory
Christine Chow
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Unnie
Jamie Kim
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Unravel
Tiffany Chau
Interaction Design/Product Design
Unrequited Love
Alex Blechta
Book/Editorial
Untouched Natural Deodorant
Tatiana Terenzio
Packaging Design
VICE Rebrand
Sarah Carriere
Print/Brand Communications
VIIU: A Card Game
Elise ZiYuan Wang
Game Design
Vaulti
Sophie Zhao
Interaction Design/Product Design
Vermicomposting
Karilyn Xu
Information Design
Very Bad, Feels Sad
Samm Campbell
Environmental Design
Video Accessibility
Heidi Trautmann
Interaction Design/Product Design
WWF Identity Redesign
Danny Lum
Print/Brand Communications
Wander
Ivy Sun
Interaction Design/Product Design
Wavelength
Amanda Tsiang
Interaction Design/Product Design
Weft
Jamie Kim
Book/Editorial
Women & Co.
Bernarda Avila
Book/Editorial
Woodstock
Heidi Trautmann
Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Xihei: A Variable Blackletter
Rachelle Willemsma
Typography
Y'Know
Jackson Adley
Interaction Design/Product Design
YMCA Canada Rebrand
Nicole Lee
Print/Brand Communications
all the little things.
Elise ZiYuan Wang
Packaging Design
archives.design
Valery Marier
Web Design
create clarity
Isabella Chan
Print/Brand Communications
gentle encounters
Sandy Liang
Installation
j.doe Magazine
Sandy Liang
Book/Editorial
kem
Cindy Lieu
Typography
magoo
Kira Hassard
Packaging Design
passively, possibly
Jan Ly
Web Design
period.
Kristina Campeau
Packaging Design
pithy
Johanna Lim
Packaging Design
tracks
Josh Gaspar
Interaction Design/Product Design
Ánima
Luisa Jahn
Book/Editorial
‘Autumn Peltier’ Campaign
Robyn Chmelyk
Print/Brand Communications
‘Béo’ Tablet App
Robyn Chmelyk, Luisa Jahn, Bernarda Avila
Interaction Design/Product Design
게임 엠가 game emga
Hyunan Ryu
Packaging Design