Corners and Intersections: Splace (Space + Place)

*Corners and Intersections: Conversations with Master of Design Students at Emily Carr University, 2025: Splace (Place + Space)* with Jefferson Aladé, Dechen Nagi, Natalie Chiovitti, Asad Aftab. One of four roundtable discussions from our spring seminar on dissemination, recorded at Emily Carr University in 2025. This episode on Splace features: Jefferson Aladé (MDes 2025): Rendezvous: Facilitating (collective listening experiences) Natalie Chiovitti (MDes 2025):  Footnotes on Designers’ Perspectives: Climate-Centric Communication Design for Sustainable Fashion Consumption Dechen Nagi (MDes 2025): Designing Discovery for 100 Years of Creative Work Asad Aftab (MDes 2025): Spatial Cinematography: How Spatial Camera Systems, Non-Interactive Immersion and Production Workflows Impact VR Filmmaking Our discussion was moderated by Sahil Mroke (MDes 2024) Artwork for this series is from the students' catalogue, Corners and Intersections, published by Occasional Press, which is available from READ Books.  This series is produced by Robin Mitchell Cranfield.  Special thanks to Jon Hannan, Associate Dean of the Master of Design program at Emily Carr University, and to Brady Cranfield for our music. Chapters: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:02:56) The panelists and projects in this discussion (00:04:48) What is "Splace"? (00:08:26) Dechen Nagi on blended spaces (00:12:59) Natalie Chiovitti on the book as a space and the spectrum between space and place (00:16:55) Jefferson Aladé on collective spaces where people gather to listen to music (00:22:13) Natalie Chiovitti on using workshops and gallery spaces to research (00:32:16) Dechen Nagi on occupying the roles of both designer and user (00:39:33) Sahil Mroke on process, slow design, and boundary infrastructure (00:40:45) Asad Aftab on designing for cinematic VR audiences, non-linear storytelling, and the storyplex (00:51:44) Sahil Mroke on collaboration, curation, and identifying your audience (00:53:43) Jefferson Aladé on cultivating an intentional experience (00:57:24) Dechen Nagi on the value of information architecture (00:59:33) Natalie Chiovitti on her interdisciplinary practice (01:01:04) Asad Aftab on immersive and embodied experiences (01:02:41) Sahil Mroke's concluding remarks (01:03:01) Credits