Hélène holds a MAA in Design from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver and a BAA in Fashion from Ryerson University,Toronto. Her fashion-based work in both Canada and France has moved in recent years to encompass critical design: explori
...MoreHélène holds a MAA in Design from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver and a BAA in Fashion from Ryerson University,Toronto. Her fashion-based work in both Canada and France has moved in recent years to encompass critical design: exploring sustainable consumption and textile form interfaces with technology. Between 2006 and 2011 Hélène was a co-founder of the Vancouver based Intelligent Forms Design Inc. (iF) and a member of the UBC based Visual Voice research team that developed DIgital Ventriloquized Actors (DIVAs). Currently, she is a Lead investigator on several Emily Carr University research projects: DnA, cloTHING(S) as conversation, +++=. She is also a Lead Investigator in the international Local Wisdom research network, a member of the ECU Material Matters group and the Operations manager for the Emily Carr DESIS Lab. Hélène's work consistently re-imagines textile product possibilities and explores art/design-based collaborations.
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