Audrey studied industrial design at Université de Montréal before moving to Vancouver where she did her Master of Arts in the Everyday Design Studio with Ron Wakkary. Her thesis was presenting a descriptive account of three making practices of non-expert designers; the practices of families, hobbyist jewellers and steampunk enthusiasts. Now working on her PhD, her interests revolve around designing interactive technologies that demonstrate new qualities which can fit everyday practices. In her spare time, you will find her silversmithing, skiing, camping, or working on the Sprinter van she is converting into a campervan with her partner Léandre.
Audrey Desjardins
PhDFeatured Projects
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The tilting bowl is a glazed porcelain bowl that periodically tilts. Similar to the table-non-table, the tilting bowl tilts in short durations (3-8 seconds) at random intervals 3-6 times a day. […]
tilting bowl
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The hook was inspired by previous findings from our studies of everyday design, where we observed how people creatively adapt and repurpose common artifacts to fit their evolving needs in […]
hook
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Avalanche Rescue is a competence required of backcountry skiers. Backcountry skiing is the practice of skiing outside controlled ski resort areas. This type of skiing brings the thrill and adventure of facing […]
Avalanche Rescue
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How can interaction designers approach designing for “the public”, where the audience holds a diverse and dynamic range of interpretations and associations? How do these issues manifest in the context […]
Eclipse: Public Qualities
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Everyday Design explores the idea that everyone is a designer. The work explains the design actions of family members to be creative, as evidenced by the resourceful appropriation and repair […]
Everyday Design Studies
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The steampunk subculture re-imagines a world inspired by the Victorian and Edwardian eras, where brass, leather, and wood constitute common fabrication materials and where steam is used as a main […]
Steampunk Practices
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Within our investigation of everyday practices of design and making, we investigate how hobbyists, particularly jewellers, go about the process of making. Hobbyists bring a different perspective on everyday design, […]
Hobby Jewellers
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Inspired by the Surrealist technique known as exquisite corpse, we investigated a novel method for exploring low-level interaction and its design qualities. We define low-level interaction to be manipulations of […]
Exquisite Corpses
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Sustainability is a topic that has been explored from many different angles in HCI in the past years. In this project, we shift the perspective and take a look at […]
Sustainability and Children