People
Core Team
Cemre Demiralp
Manager
Ashley Cheah
Coordinator
Founding Members
Kate Armstrong
Founder
Laura Kozak
Research Associate, 2019 - 2023
Project Contributors
Gil Barros
Faculty Lead, Design for Startups, Fall 2024
Quinn Keaveney
Faculty Lead, Design for Startups, Fall 2024
Faria Firoz
Griffin x Emily Carr Residency Award Recipient, 2024
Aiden Kirkegaard
Griffin x Emily Carr Residency Award Recipient, 2024
Andrew Ina
Griffin x Emily Carr Residency Award Recipient, 2024
Veronica Yang
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Paloma Ruiz Chong
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Mawenzhu Shi
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Logan Wilkinson
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Leah Koutroumanos
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Kira Meyer
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Joanna Liang
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Jefferson Alade
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Coin Sluzalek
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Claudia Goulet-Blais
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Clara Conrado
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Chloe Grotzke
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Charlie Mahoney-Volk
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Calla Söderholm
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Aranza Bergés
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2024
Violet Zhang
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Rita (Honghuan) Wang
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Neha Adinamozhi
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Lody Gwon
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Joshita Nagaraj
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Jessica Cole
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Faizaan Siddiqui
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Cailine Keirstead
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Alex Dabecki
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Colby May
Faculty Lead, Design for Startups, Spring 2024
Kelsie Grazier
Artist in Residence, Shumka x AIRS
Stuti Gulati
Designer, Design for Startups, Fall 2023
Sadaf Asl Soleimani
Designer, Design for Startups, Fall 2023
Liyang Zha
Designer, Design for Startups, Fall 2023
Jocelyn Qiao
Designer, Design for Startups, Fall 2023
Diego Hernandez
Designer, Design for Startups, Fall 2023
Will Price
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Nico McGiffin
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Mattea Parker
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Maya Patrich
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Maria Michopulu
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Kelsey Steeves
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Jane Grocott
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Emma Pallay
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Elijah Biscoe
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Damarra Vogt
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Cory E. Yeung
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Christina Young Kim
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Cameron Kletke
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Bianca Del Rio Kodato
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network 2023
Sidi Chen
Griffin x Emily Carr Residency Award Recipient
Maru Aponte
Griffin x Emily Carr Residency Award Recipient, 2023
Marion Landry
Griffin x Emily Carr Residency Award Recipient, 2023
Toluwanimi Martins
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Peggy Lee
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Yunie Joo
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Lucy Fournier
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Jingyi Liu
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Shriya Maru
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Siddhant Singh
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Priyanka Poulose
Designer, Design for Startups, Spring 2023
Owen Xu
Designer, Design for Startups, 2022
Joshua Louie
Designer, Design for Startups, 2022
Rutuja Haldankar
Designer, Design for Startups, 2022
Sheyda Rashidi
Research Assistant, Circular Food Innovation Lab, 2022
Jordan Corder-Swanson
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Tina Nguyen
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Sidney Gordon
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Nadia Mahamoor
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Marjan Jamal
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Keira Madsen
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Karl Mata Hipol
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Isabella Dagnino
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Gemma Crowe
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Richard Brittain
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Cheryl Wong
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Camilla Giordano Cerna
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Becca Schile
Apprentice, Art Apprenticeship Network, 2022
Chiara Schmitt
Research Assistant, Fibreshed Field School
Soumya
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Shelby Sixsmith
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Giulia Borba
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Wei Wei
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Leea Nadeer Contractor
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Zeynep Bozdayi
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Margo Sorbara
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Alexander Swanson
Research Assistant, Design for Regional Resilience
Sarah Hay
Faculty Lead,
Design for Regional Resilience
Jean Chisholm
Faculty Lead,
Place Based Field School
Mark Johnsen
Faculty Lead,
Patio Press Research Residency
Sara-Jeanne Bourget
Faculty Lead,
Patio Press Research Residency
Birthe Piontek
Faculty Lead,
Gallery 881 x Emily Carr
Zoe Laycock
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Jaiden George
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Minh Thu Le Dang
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Teagan Eve Moore
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Christa Clay
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Marcia Higuchi
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Angela Dione
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Xinwei Che
Research Assistant, Place-Based Field School
Tillie Roy
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Skye Tao
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Meaghan Murray
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Liao Yi
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Leo F Mah
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Khim Hipol
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Jordan Robertson
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Jordan Utting
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
James Agregado
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Gibson Switzer
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Emilio Vargas
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Duncan A. Fitch
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
David Macgillivray
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
David Aquino
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Abigail J Pfortmueller
Research Assistant, Capture x Emily Carr
Alexandra Livsey
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Shraddha Kumbhar
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Laurensia Vinny
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Chen XiaoTian
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Jeffrey Li
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Isabella Samantha
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Nargis Shaikh
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
George Macrae
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Sitalakshmi Lakshmanan
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Pat Vera
Satellite x Activism
Charisma Christal Thomas
Administrative Assistant
Esteban Pérez
Satellite x Activism
Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Ake
Satellite x Activism
Mickey L.D. Morgan
Satellite x Activism
Vannysha Chang
Satellite x Activism
Tyler Hawkins
Project Lead, Optical
Siqi Yang
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
TanTan Hong
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Arlo Havixbeck
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Kaitlyn Roberts
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Arina Sin
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Danielle Rozali
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Yan Liang
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Rebecca Wang
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Kyle Scott
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Alyson Bucharest
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Lacey Jane Wilburn
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Kyla Gilbert
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2021
Elham Atighi Lorestani
Research Assistant, Fibreshed Field School
Melanie Camman
Research Assistant, Fibreshed Field School
Zahra Jalali
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Kimia Gholami
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Fyonna Laddaran
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Amber Ko
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Diane Shin
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Bea Ilagan
Designer, Design for Startups, 2021
Julia Conejero
Creating a Design Startup
Cassandra Grdovic
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Nikoo Farvardin
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
April Tian
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Thejus Kayanadath
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Binoodha Kunnath
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Selina Huang
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
April Nguyen
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Ceci Moss
Critical Transformations: A Forum for New Futures
Hélène Day Fraser
Faculty, Fibreshed Field School
Stephanie Ostler
Lead Facilitator, Fibreshed Field School
Nicola Hodges
Facilitator, Fibreshed Field School
Emily Smith
Creator & Faculty Lead, Fibreshed Field School
Ash Logan
Project Coordinator + Research Assistant, Fibreshed Field School
Taja Arya Jinnah
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Shira Animan
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Ajra Pursley-Doobenen
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Laura Herridge
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Tuyen Hoang
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Ruby Lewis
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Paula Torres Urzua
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Tess Snaden
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Annika Dixon-Reusz
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Emily Janek
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Camila Szefler
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Connor Budd
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Danika Oystrek
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Satellite x False Creek, 2022
Lydia Lovison
Fibreshed Field School, 2020
Josh Singler
Satellite x DESIS
Nura Ali
Satellite x DESIS
Garima Sood
Satellite x DESIS
Morgan Martino
Satellite x DESIS
Annie Canto
Satellite x DESIS
Lauren Thu
Satellite x DESIS
Zara Huntley
Satellite x DESIS
Damien Stonick
Satellite x DESIS
Naomi Boyd
Satellite x DESIS
Jae Lew
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Kaiwen Yang
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Svava Tergesen
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Mary Rusak
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Zenyase Hunsberger
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Emilee Guilfoyle
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Faith Nicole Dimen
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Gracy Song
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Alyson Davies
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Wake Cook
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Mollie Burke
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Andrea Finlay
Art Apprenticeship Network, 2020
Bronwyn Proctor
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Bonnie Wong
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Amy Salvador
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Sanaz Tasougi Azar
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Sanya Arora
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Janani Ramesh
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Katherine Zhang
Designer, Design for Startups, 2020
Markus Schilling
Faculty Lead, Design for Startups
Kelsey Wolff
Project Lead, Design for Startups
Laura Kozak
Research Associate, 2019 - 2023
Kate Armstrong
Founder
Nicole Yamamoto
Research Assistant, Communication Designer
Stephanie W
Satellite x SPACE
Avery Hannig
Satellite x SPACE
Reyhaneh Yazdani
Satellite x SPACE
Michael Fowler
Satellite x SPACE
Kerem Dogurga
Satellite x SPACE
Nathalie Pan
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Triet Pham
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Michelle Yao
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Jonathan Yaputra
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Greyson Kelly
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Sabrina Lam
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Elicia Han
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Amy Zhu
Designer, Design for Startups, 2019
Ian Bell
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Discovery Foundation Entrepreneur in Residence
Hussein Hallak
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Amanda Downs
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Joanna Buczkowska-McCumber
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Brenna Randlett
Faculty Lead, Design for Startups
Patrick Christie
Research Associate
Bob Werner
Creating a Design Startup
Seth Parker
Critical Decor
Katharine Percy
Research Assistant, Critical Decor
Marcus Dénommé
Research Assistant, Critical Decor
Kelin Kaardal
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Stephanie Yen
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Katrina Kelly
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Susan Sun
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Sandra Han
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Jaehee Lee
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Shellean Kang
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Sahil Mroke
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Alejandro Alarcon
Designer, Design for Startups, 2018
Paulina Cameron
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Celine Hong
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
George Lysikatos
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Mia Feng
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Leslie Mu
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Amber Pan
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Nina Chen
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Qing Yao
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Nasim Khosravifarsani
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Michael Lee
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Scott Yu-Jan
Designer, Design for Startups, 2017
Alex Chuang
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
James Chutter
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Izzie Egan
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Daryl Hatton
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Maura Rodgers
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Scott Forsythe
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Marc Baumgartner
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Michael Tippett
Art, Design, Business Speaker Series
Shang Li
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Scott Bell
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Enid Chen
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Tori Zhao
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Haoqian Liu
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Melody Copeman
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Ahmed Walwail
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Zora Trocme
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Joyce Lam
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Eli Muro
Designer, Design for Startups, 2015
Victoria Lee
Designer, Design for Startups, 2014
Jason Miller
Designer, Design for Startups, 2014
Ben Westergreen
Designer, Design for Startups, 2014
Simonne Brown
Designer, Design for Startups, 2014
Jean Lin
Designer, Design for Startups, 2014
Rongxin Zhang
Designer, Design for Startups, 2013
Claire Carsley
Designer, Design for Startups, 2013
Zoe Hardisty
Designer, Design for Startups, 2013
Bob Ross
Designer, Design for Startups, 2013
Haig Armen
Co-Creator, Design for Startups