UNIQUEWAYS WITH THOMAS GIRARD

A legend of legends

Experience strategist at twig+fish, a human-centered research practice. Primary lecturer for HF780, a capstone research course for the HFID Graduate Program at Bentley University.

Director of BEESTUDIO INDIA, former head of department at Symbiosis , and Product Design Faculty at Ajeenkya D Y Patil University School of Design.

M.A. Graduate Liberal Studies major at Simon Fraser University of Vancouver, Canada with ambitions of publishing a first book.

A communication designer by profession, Sugandhi is a spiritual, keen learner with a zeal for remarkable design & philosophy. A passionate person, Sugandhi loves to put life to concepts with powerful communication, strategy and detail. She believes to possess a creative chakra in our body that triggers to develop powerful communication.

Garth Mc Intosh is a Senior Generalist at Industrial Light & Magic in Sydney, Australia. He holds at MA from the University of the Witwatersrand in Digital Art.

Germaine Koh is a Malaysian-born and Canadian conceptual artist based in Vancouver. Her works incorporate the artistic styles of neo-conceptual art, minimalism, and environmental art, and is concerned with the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places. Among her published books are Germaine Koh: Works.

Arndt Klos is a communication designer. Born in Germany, he graduated in graphic design and fine arts, and studied communication design at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. In 2005, he moved to Canada, where he served as creative director of BURNKIT, bringing his strategic brand perspective to their design-focused, interactive work. He co-founded Vigilantes in 2012.

Jason DaSilva (born July 26, 1978) is best known for the Emmy Award-winning documentary, When I Walk . He is a director, producer, writer and disability rights activist. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization AXS Lab and of AXS Map , a crowd sourced Google map based platform which rates the accessibility of businesses.

Hien Do is a newly qualified Management Accountant (CIMA) with a Masters in Finance & Accounting (distinction) and a strong track record in analysing and delivering cross-functional financial systems and processes in commercially-focused businesses. 

Am Johal has been the Director of SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement since December 2010. He is an associate with SFU's Centre for Dialogue, SFU's Institute for the Humanities and he is Co-Director of SFU’s Community Engaged Research Initiative. Received the 2020 Warren Gill Award for Community Impact.

Ron Wakkary is a professor in design in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University in Canada where he founded the Everyday Design Studio (eds.siat.sfu.ca). In addition, he is a professor and Chair of Design for More Than Human-Centered Worlds in the Future Everyday Cluster in Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Wakkary is the author...

Front-end engineer/Outdoor’s enthusiast. Has worked for companies such as AT&T, General Motors, Visa & the national laboratory NREL. Holds a BSEE & MSEE and have a passion for hardware/software. Experience varies from building solar cells from scratch to native mobile application development.

Zagórski works mostly in Poland but also travels frequently. His activity in the field of education enables him to distance himself from his work. In the years 2007-2008 he lectured on visual communication at Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatan in Mexico. From 2012 until 2013 he taught the same subject at the Raffles Design Institute in New Dehli. Starting in 2013 he has been a lecturer at t...

Matea Kulić is the author of the chapbooks PAPERWORK (Anstruther Press, 2019) and FRAU L . (Perro Verlag Books by Artists, 2016). She lives in Vancouver, Canada on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh). Currently Executive Director at The Association of BC Book Publishers.

Dr. Ron Burnett is the past President + Vice-Chancellor of Emily Carr University of Art + Design. In 2013, Dr. Burnett received the Order of Canada and in 2015, he received the Order of British Columbia. Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , 2010. 

Born in Tehran, Yasaman is an emerging slow-making and Haute-Couture fashion and textile designer with an entrepreneurial spirit. Her designs are synonymous with prints in a kaleidoscope of colors. Her season-less designs are for anyone who dares to break the rules of fashion, bring a sense of playfulness to their wardrobe, be bold, and fun with what they wear. She is currently a third-year Indust...

After a decade-wide body of independent multimedia creative work as an artist, musician, and sound designer since 2006, including a music collective called "ISM" which he later adopted as a personal brand, His productions led to broader collaborations with a variety of teams, partners and clients. This path marked a shift in 2019 when he established the ISM Arts & Culture corporation as an end...

A communication designer by profession, Sugandhi is a spiritual, keen learner with a zeal for remarkable design & philosophy. Apart for the love of travel, in her free time, she loves to spend time with her family, listen to great music, practice meditation and healing modalities.

Sonny Assu was raised in North Delta, BC, over 250 km away from his ancestral home on Vancouver Island. Having been raised as your everyday average suburbanite, it wasn't until he was eight years old that he discovered his heritage. Later in life, this discovery would be the conceptual focal point that helped launch his unique art practice.

Merunisha Moonilal believes education is pivotal to creating change in the global supply chain. An interdisciplinary environmental and social sustainability professional, focused on the textiles and leather apparel industries. Her expertise lies is facilitating businesses to analyze their dynamic capabilities and reallocate resources to push forward circularity in product and processes in their su...

Former digital strategy director at landor and fitch. Daniel Segal possesses more than 18 years of experience across Asia, America, the UK, the Middle East, and the Far East.

Izabela Sroka is a Polish born, Warsaw-based multidisciplinary graphic designer specializing in visual communication & art direction.

Notably working in the space of  Design Futures with a PhD from Tilberg. Uniquely combining 10 years in the Italian Creative Industry; 10 years as corporate management; with 10+ years as independent consultant and academic researcher. Additional show notes, one of Marco's books: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6878866-the-golden-crossroads and listen to us geeking out about Canadian...

Born on The Farm in Tennessee, Angela was raised in Ontario and Zimbabwe, and currently resides on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh Nations (Vancouver, Canada). Her praxis focuses on the inner and outer connections that can be made pushing at the edges of the barriers surrounding ‘sticky’ subjects (such as trauma, identity, love,...