Showcase: Design for Startups Spring 2025

The Shumka Centre at Emily Carr University of Art + Design is a place where creative practitioners can find the community, knowledge, and resources they need to launch, fund, and organize projects across the spectrum of contemporary art and design activities – products, projects, curatorial initiatives, platforms, companies, organizations, and more.

Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship

Please join us for the formal showcase of the work completed by Emily Carr design students through the Design for Startups program.

Please join us for a formal showcase of work completed by Emily Carr designers in the <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/program/design-for-startups/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/program/design-for-startups/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Design for Startups</a> program. Each designer will give a five-minute presentation summarizing their 12-week collaboration with the participating Canadian companies. All Welcome! Thursday, April 10 | 5:00 – 6:30 pm Online - RSVP Required Design for Startups pairs emerging designers with early to mid-stage startups to work on a specific design problem. Between January and April 2025, ten designers took part in Design for Startups, working directly with the technical and business leads of ten Canadian startups. Supported by Shumka Centre faculty and advisors, the designers conducted design research to help each company create, analyze, or improve its digital products, services, or platforms.<a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/selina-kang/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/selina-kang/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Selina Kang </a>paired with <a href="https://paperplanetherapeutics.com/" title="https://paperplanetherapeutics.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Paperplane Therapeutics</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/prayag-kalianda/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/prayag-kalianda/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prayag Kalianda </a>paired with <a href="https://thecoachessite.com/?utm_term=the%20coaches%20site&amp;utm_campaign=TCS+%7C+Paid+Search+%7C+Generic+Search+Terms&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=8829633625&amp;hsa_cam=21887236442&amp;hsa_grp=173143907747&amp;hsa_ad=720397951180&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-313589099279&amp;hsa_kw=the%20coaches%20site&amp;hsa_mt=e&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAst67BhCEARIsAKKdWOmKHRN_Ae2j2q9jQSNSTlc3gEKyRUFmqNsT2vdLN_O7vXcoT2C104saAv6mEALw_wcB" title="https://thecoachessite.com/?utm_term=the%20coaches%20site&amp;utm_campaign=TCS+%7C+Paid+Search+%7C+Generic+Search+Terms&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=8829633625&amp;hsa_cam=21887236442&amp;hsa_grp=173143907747&amp;hsa_ad=720397951180&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-313589099279&amp;hsa_kw=the%20coaches%20site&amp;hsa_mt=e&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAst67BhCEARIsAKKdWOmKHRN_Ae2j2q9jQSNSTlc3gEKyRUFmqNsT2vdLN_O7vXcoT2C104saAv6mEALw_wcB" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Coaches Site</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/chiwu-lin/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/chiwu-lin/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chiwu Lin </a>paired with <a href="https://www.plugzio.com/" title="https://www.plugzio.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Parkizio Technologies</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/ava-clark/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/ava-clark/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ava Clark </a>paired with <a href="https://maggiesfarm.studio/#1" title="https://maggiesfarm.studio/#1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Maggie’s Farm</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/artem-fostach/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/artem-fostach/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Artem Fostach </a>paired with <a href="https://positrace.com/en/" title="https://positrace.com/en/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PosiTrace</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/ishita-arora/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/ishita-arora/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ishita Arora </a>paired with<a href="https://theoremasystems.com/" title="https://theoremasystems.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Theorema Systems</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/sania-siddiqui/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/sania-siddiqui/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sania Siddiqui </a>paired with <a href="https://tuktu.ca/" title="https://tuktu.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tuktu Care</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/alisa-trysheva/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/alisa-trysheva/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alisa Trysheva</a> paired with <a href="https://simplysweetgames.ca/" title="https://simplysweetgames.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Simply Sweet Games</a>, <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/nayla-kiandra/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/nayla-kiandra/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nayla Kiandra</a> paired with <a href="https://this.fish/" title="https://this.fish/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ThisFish </a>and <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/melody-chong/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/people/melody-chong/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Melody Chong </a>paired with <a href="https://www.eyecarex.com/" title="https://www.eyecarex.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eyecare X</a>.Read more about the <a href="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/program/design-for-startups/design-for-startups-spring-2025/" title="https://shumka.ecuad.ca/program/design-for-startups/design-for-startups-spring-2025/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spring 2025 cohort here.</a>

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