Emily is a designer, artist, and researcher at Concordia University in Montréal. Her current research investigates how sensory experiences influence accessibility in the built environment, with a focus on how sensory information shapes our perception of space. br.mobilenav Emily combines participatory research, mapping, and web technologies to explore representations of space and subjective human experience.

Outside of her academic work, Emily draws inspiration from nature, street fashion, and architecture in her design and illustration practice. She also has a strong interest in craft-based design, including bookbinding, sewing, and crochet.

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Emily is a designer, artist, and researcher at Concordia University in Montréal.

Her current research investigates how sensory experiences influence accessibility in the built environment, focusing on how sensory information shapes our perception of space.

Emily combines participatory research, mapping, and web technologies to explore representations of space and subjective human experience.

Outside of her academic work, Emily draws inspiration from nature, street fashion, and architecture in her design and illustration practice. She also has a strong interest in craft-based design, including bookbinding, sewing, and crochet.

An ink and colour illustration of a street in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan An ink and colour illustration of an alley in Arakawa, Japan An illustration of three people wearing accessories using denim and yellow high-visibility vinyl. The first wears a backpack with a patch with denim and vinyl, the second wears a denim jacket with vinyl decoration, and the third wears an oversized t-shirt with a denim and vinyl patch. A vector illustration of a person with long hair lying as though in water, holding red flowers in her right hand. An illustration of two girls with long black hair standing next to each other, facing away from the viewer A vector illustration of a woman seated looking to the horizon. She is wearing a baseball cap, bomber jacket, and sneakers. An ink and colour illustration of a small mouse wearing a robe and a larger rat wearing a cape and eyepatch An illustration of a nude woman lying on the ground picking a flower in front of her. An illustration of a forest path. A deer with antlers stands in the middle of the trees, and a bird watches from the higher branches. A portrait of a man looking to the left. He wears a baseball cap and has a goatee. An illustration of an older woman seated in her home, facing a window air conditioning unit. She is smiling as the AC unit blows cool air at her. A portrait of a woman with shoulder-length hair facing the viewer. She holds a flower to her face, coveringher mouth. A book cover for 'Skull Daddy' by Stephanie Anne. It shows a large goat skull on a red background, below it is the book title and a smaller house on a hill. An abstract illustration of irregular rectangles overlapping one another in various colours and patterns. A watercolour illustration of a woman walking two small greyhound dogs. She wears a scarf, sweater and long skirt. The dogs wear jackets. A watercolour illustration of a grey tabby cat in front of potted plants. A poster for the exhibition 'Belonging Hinterland' for the 2022 Art Matters festival. It depicts abstract collaged shapes on a solid background, followed by text regarding the exhbition. A vector illustration of flowers and a long-haired woman lying as though floating in water. She is holding flowers in her right hand. A painting of a whale's tail breaking the surface of the water.

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