Apr 18
Teaching Design in the Face of Disaster
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Since we’ve been talking about what it means to build adaptive capacity in these current times, we were pleased to connect with two designers who found themselves applying some of these skills when faced with the reality of an unexpected natural disaster.
Tobias Ottahal and Hamza Vora, two graduates of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, went to Karachi to expand their horizons, put their degrees to the test and teach third year design students in the Visual Studies department at Karachi University about human-centered design. What they did not expect, however was that this opportunity would take place during the Pakistan floods of 2010.
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