Interaction Design Grad Projects

Welcome to the Emily Carr University of Art and Design’s Interaction Design graduation project showcase.

The interaction design cohort of 2020 has done an amazing job of tackling meaningful issues in the world. These projects range from an organized service design to a more conceptual critical design piece.

Enlive, Localizing Social Justice Allies

Problem Space:With topics of social justice issues becoming more of a part in our daily conversations, it’s easy to passively support by…

Community,Service

Every: Celebrate Your Every Moment

OpportunityTechnologies like smartphones are always in our hands, stealing our attention away from whatever we were doing and continues to…

Critical,Tangible Interaction

InterPulse | Allison Chan

InterPulseAn interactive art installation where people create a collaborative visualization of their heartbeats. How…

Critical,Installation,Tangible Interaction

Compassion for a Lonely City

What if gameplay can become a tool in discovering the importance of human interconnection within a lonely city? Play Into the Void…

Community,Game,Critical,Installation

Waypoint Cafe

DescriptionWaypoint Cafe is a single player story-based game geared towards casual gamers who enjoy shorter narrative experiences. The game is set in…

Game,Critical

IRIS | IGNACIO BARBOZA

IRIS is an online system that provides a user-friendly, accessible auditory interactive layer for sites of banking institutions. The inclusive…

UI/UX,Service

The Salt Shaker

Evan CraigThe Salt Shaker is a musical instrument / toy built upon ideas of tangible and embodied interaction. It uses an accelerometer to encode…

Tangible Interaction

TEDxConnect

TEDxConnect is a digital platform to help bridge the gap between TEDx attendees, speakers and volunteers.…

Community

Get Well | Bronwyn Proctor

Find a naturopathic doctor, meet with them remotely, and manage your records, completely online. #web { background-color: #3D7990;……

UI/UX,Health,Service

Co-Creating Alternative Approaches to Women’s Safety

Problem Space:Women’s safety is an issue around the world, but there seems to be a design blind spot in considering women’s specific safety…

UI/UX,Community,Critical

Leadder | Janice Chen

What is Leadder? “Leadder” is a phone application to create a community mainly for both junior and recent grad designers to build up design skills…

Community,Service

Us | Katherine Zhang

Us is an online service that will allow users to participate in user research and give user feedback in exchange of goods, as well as building an…

UI/UX,Service

Independent Contractor | June & Declan

Independent Contractor > It’s the year 2032 and you’re working a grueling gig-based job for a tech…

Game,Critical

Cometta, Cultivating Self Compassion by Arjun Menon

Problem:There are many people who face self judgemental or self critical thoughts on a daily basis. These thoughts often become normalized in our…

UI/UX,Community,Health

EATER’S DIGEST

Food is essential for our survival. So how do we feed our cities?…

Community,Health,Critical,Installation

Interviewr

Supercharge your hiring process with our interview management application.…

UI/UX

Niche Travel | Mike Liu

“Niche Travel” An Information exchange based travel app that focus on traveller community Project DescriptionThis project, with the aim of better…

UI/UX,Service

hi.lo | Michelle Chan

This responsive digital platform aims to integrate family-centered care into diabetes management by demystifying the illness for young patients and…

UI/UX,Health

Re:cap | Zidi Xia

Problem:Music creation is always an emotional process. Musicians and songwriters find inspiration in various ways such as keep a journal, leave the…

UI/UX

ViSorter – Shala Lao

Elevator PitchMany people find washing labels hard to understand which is the main pain point when they are sorting laundry. Our app will help people…

Service