Emily Carr’s Industrial Design Faculty will host the second annual Industrial Design (INDD) Open Studio, an invite-only studio event featuring fourth-year Industrial Design students sharing in-progress work from their graduation projects. The 2026 edition is organized by Industrial Design Core Studio faculty Charlotte Falk, Pablo Mariano, and Patricia Vera.

February 5, 2026 | 9:30–11:30 AM + 12:30–2:30 PM
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Industrial Design Studio — invite only

About the Event

Designed as an informal forum for discussion and feedback, the Open Studio brings together invited guests to offer insights at a key point in students’ project development and to deepen relationships across our professional community. Featured Student Designers are enrolled in INDD 410: Core Studio Industrial Design.

Industrial Design Open Studio featured work by Shaun Valena, Kimberly Brown, Sasha Bishop, Hannah Yang, Malaika McDuffie, Camelia Han, Rosie Zhang, Ella Fortin, Sarah Wohlgemuth, Kiki Lin, Salma Rafi, Menno Ulrich, Sophia Ryznar, Jose Kuribrena, Rigel Padau, Audrey Allanson, Megan Hippisley, Joey Kim, Sewon Hwang, Emma Chen, Haoyu Ding, Nabi Park, Tai Vo, Alex Turnbull, Julie Ding, Essa Johnson, Youngjin Song, Jonah Randell, Tessa Krockhak, Ophir Barzilay, Ryan Hu, Jaithra Mallipeddi, Jolie Stothert, Rowan Roodenburg, Mingze Zhu, Charlotte Yang, Emilia Abundis, Heedo Jang, Nayantra Chilaka, Kritchai Bhianok, and Saanvi Bhat.

Poster credit: Rowan Roodenburg

Developed and organized by the Industrial Design program (Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media), this 2026 edition is part of Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship’s Pathways for Creative Futures program delivered in partnership with the Business + Higher Education Roundtable, and with support from the Government of Canada.