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Salutogenic Design: Bringing the ‘Person’ Into Personalization in Healthcare by Designing for Disabilities of the Hand
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Disability affects around 8 million people in Canada and around 1.3 billion people globally. Those who are disabled experience higher rates of obesity, physical and mental health conditions, and higher rates of poverty than those who are not. This thesis explores disabilities of the hand through...
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2024-09-01
I'm about to sleep, my body feels heavy sinking into the bed, but my mind won’t shut down. A swarm of thoughts floods my anxious mind: untenable commitments, fears of the future, shames of the past, exquisite loneliness, and a deep, deep longing for home. My exhausted mind suggests feverish...
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2021-09-01
shimmy-shimmy-plop-plop is an exhibition longing for bodies free from disease and uncertainty. As I immerse the viewer in milky fireworks, sprouted hair, creases, and moles, I create a visual language of the infected and in-between aspects of the body. By embracing fragmented and exaggerated...
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2024-09-01
This thesis investigates the creation of a digital platform designed to improve the accessibility of support resources for international graduate students at the University of Alberta. The influx of international students into Canadian universities presents unique challenges related to cultural...
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2019-09-04
Design for health and wellness is an emerging area within the design field based in the principles of environmental psychology. This subsection of design takes a number of concepts into consideration including ergonomics and comfort, accessibility, emotional design, pleasure with products,...
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2023-01-01
For most of us, the borders of home mean security and a sense of belonging. The home can have a very wide and borderless concept or an architectural structure made of physical and cultural walls. In The Home series, I seek to explore those borders. To find a quintessential structure that best...
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