Vancouver Design Week

Environmental Design / Event Design / Experience Design / Social Media / Project Management

Vancouver Design Week (VDW) is a collaborative platform, a call to action and an invitation to us all to immerse in design and its transformative potential. VDW's city-wide festival connects and celebrates our city's creative capital through a week-long program of design events and experiences. HAO has produced experiences and campaign graphics since 2014 to present.

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VDW 2014

Design is / can _ __.

↳ Prototype of Design is/can card.

↳ 1 of 128 portraits at VDW Launch Event. Jennifer Cutbill (left) and Jane Cox (right), co-directors of Vancouver Design Week.

Open Buildings

↳ Open Building Tour Invitations and Meeting Points.

↳ Prototype of Open Buildings Walking Tour.

↳ Additonal Building Tour was added to the program.

VDW 2017

Industry Party

Environmental Signage

VDW 2018

Public Launch Party

A city-wide design event is accomplished by an entire community and it's volunteers.

Extensive Planning – The key to an event is through planning and having all possibilities throughout, for example, having a Plan A, Plan B, and sometimes a Plan C.

Rapid Prototyping – Planning can only go so far without iteration and testing. Site visits, communication plans, stakeholder meetings, and countless nights of iteration.

Collaboration – Teaming with people with an open mindset in an environment of constant change and uncertainty alongside communication is key.

Getting sh*t done – There is a defining point where you can reduce risk and have everything planned to get things done.

Selected Works