Corners and Intersections: Conversations with Master of Design Students at Emily Carr University, 2025: Collection + Materiality with Pritam Paul, Qianxuan Chen, Morgan Martino, and Yahan Xing
There are four episodes in this series of roundtable discussions from our spring seminar on dissemination, recorded at Emily Carr University
This episode features:
Pritam Paul (MDes 2025)
Qianxuan Chen (MDes 2025) Embracing Motherhood: No Little Thing
Morgan Martino (MDes 2025)
Yahan Xing (MDes 2025) Finding Balance in Soft Choreographies: Unraveling Stories, Memories, and Care
This episode was moderated by Moderator Sabid Ali (MDes 2024)
The title and 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
(02:55) The panelists and projects in this discussion
(05:00) Sabid Ali: How do you define "collection"?
(05:33) Morgan Martino on collecting as observing
(07:01) Qianxuan Chen on the connection between collection and exhibition
(08:11) Yahan Xing on the the ways that memory and emotion are embedded into collected objects and collection as storytelling
(08:57) Pritam Paul on gathering information and inspiration from collected objects
(11:44) Sabid Ali: What role does materiality play in your thesis work?
(11:52) Yahan Xing on materiality as a tool
(13:13) Qianxuan Chen on how materials carry purpose and allow for physical and emotional connection with each work
(14:14) Pritam Paul on the tangibility of material items in a digital context
(16:28) Morgan Martino on the lively nature of collections and the affordances different production practices offer
(18:18) Sabid Ali: Given your attunement to materiality, how has it engaged with your process
(18:54) Pritam Paul on CMF (colour, material, finish) and the importance of unlearning in a Masters program
(20:38) Morgan Martino on material as a way to think
(22:21) Qianxuan Chen on the sensory potential of material for audiences
(23:33) Yahan Xing on considering materials as an interior designer
(25:01) Sabid Ali: Concluding remarks
(25:56) Morgan Martino on a Masters of Design cohort as a collection
(27:08) Credits
