Our projects range from academic to applied research including explorations in gamification and education, student-led investigations of sustainable design solutions, and even workshops on rapid prototyping. We are always looking for new applications for design thinking, and ways to make meaningful contributions to the community and the field of Food Design.
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Dumpster Food Trucks
In the very near future, possibly as early as 2050, the world could be facing a food and waste crisis that will result in an extinction level event or at least the demise of a significant portion of the population of the earth. As part of the subculture I selected, Food Neopunk, I will be…
Food Altruism
A system for cultivating altruism for the new generations to come, and providing opportunities for agency in food altruism. A system that consists of a curriculum to be taught as different stages of schooling to teach the values of altruism. It is no secret that food is not evenly or fairly distributed. Altruism on a…
Space Food: Ephemeral Bread
If you could take one thing with you to space, what would it be? Many people have important memories of making and eating bread with their families and communities. The year is 2104, and the Earth is becoming uninhabitable due to a world wide pandemic. During this pandemic, we noticed a rapid increase in people making their own bread which resulted in a shortage of flour and yeast. We deemed it necessary that bread be…
AI & Kitchen
The Challenge Because of various factors, food security is decreasing and by 2050 may be a huge issue. Our goal is to imagine a future scenario as well as a potential solution and possible benefits and drawbacks it has. Through research and design methods, we can create a conceptual product, service, or experience to harness…
A Mobile Community Garden
This isn’t just any garden, it is able to produce essential produce for an entire areaof up to 500 people with just five shipping container sized mobile vehicles.Each container grows produce with similar needs in water and nutrients, the water operates in a circularhydroponic system that can be filtered and reused which limits how often…
FoodNesthesia
Odours related to taste in stages where each theme is hidden from users’ view. The sensory exhibition will increase synesthesia in smells, provoking discussion on how people perceive smell dimension differently. How olfactory is connected to individual memory, observation, and experience. Two or more users will stand face-to-face and smell the air diluted scent. They…
Food Fiction
This is a compilation by second-year students of WSD, in Product Design for the Socio-Cultural Issues class. The objective of this project was to design an interventive installation for a public space to provoke a conversation on food justice and accessibility, to question the morals of food retailing chains such as super-, hyper-and mega-markets, and…
2051: A Food Odyssey
Workshop Overview D+FA was co-facilitating 2051: A Food Odyssey workshop that was a part Edible Futures exhibition presented at IDS Vancouver Show and sponsored by the Dutch Consulate. Working in diverse teams of food innovators, designers and entrepreneurs, participants were conferring possibility of international collaboration on the future of food in British Columbia and the…
Garden City Lands – KPU Farm
The KPU Research and Teaching Farm located on the Garden City Lands in Richmond has been having some issues with ‘grazers’ (thieves), stealing vegetables from the farm. Our team has been tasked to redesign the space to build awareness, community involvement and to deter theft from taking place. By programming the space with structures, signage…
Food Thinking: On Food Issues and Innovations
Exhibition Proposal Overview Food Thinking is a two-week interactive exhibition based on design research in food issues by Design Plus Food Atelier,(D+FA) in Product Design and Institute of Sustainable Food Systems at KPU. The exhibit will introduce the research findings and outcomes to provoke a dialog on food issues and innovations. The exhibit will be…
Food Exhibition Teaser – ‘Expired’
As D+FA work towards an exhibition to display our recent work and findings, we highlight one fascinating area of our research that is seen as a well known issue though it can be looked at and used in unique and positive ways. Food waste is an ever growing problem that is negatively affecting people and…
Design Like a Chef – Workshop at DUDOC
Photos taken at the Design Like a Chef workshop held at DUDOC in Vancouver.
Workshop | Design like a Chef
Workshop: Design like a Chef (#Designcamp) Using food materials for rapid prototyping, the key method in design thinking approaches, participants learn how to make decisions fast and communicate ideas quickly. Evenly important, this methods assists to understand the iterative nature of design process in creative problem solving. The best part of this workshop is fun,…
Student Work | Socio-Cultural Issues in Design
KPU Product Design DEPD 2430: Socio-Cultural Issues in Design In this course, students consider essential concepts, theories and methods related to cultural issues and how these might impact the design of soft products. They engage in critical thinking and creative problem-solving activities related to local, regional, and global issues, such as: social structures, economics, politics,…
Southlands Proposal
An Urban Farm Community Powered by Design Thinking Our ongoing research works to develop a systematic intervention that makes feasible the design of a Green Neighbourhood, a new model of socially equitable living that sustains its bioregion and creates a resilient food system. The goal of this neighbourhood is to reconnect people, ecosystems, and…
Workshop | Food Design & Rapid Prototyping
Sweet Workshop: Design Thinking A workshop introducing the practice of rapid prototyping. Participants use food materials to explore creativity and design thinking. Images from the session on Feb 25, 2017 (10am to 12pm) held at KPU Richmond campus lead by Iryna Karaush.
Designing the Resilient Link
Understanding Local Food Systems We’ve worked to develop a thorough understanding of food systems, the sustaining energy source for human life. The Foodscape encompasses production to consumption and everything in between. We focused on identifying challenges and opportunities within this complex system within the context of Southwest British Columbia (SWBC) Rising food prices and a growing reliance…
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