Who is Meg Robson?
As an Industrial Design student of OCAD University, Meg Robson is frequently challenged with creating solutions for scenarios with diverse design criteria and a variety of potential outcomes.
She prides herself on her ability to identify and define key insights throughout the design process, and utilizing those details in order to determine the best possible creative solutions. Her passion for design is driven by her personal dedication towards bettering the lives of others, as well as a longterm interest in environmental protection and sustainability.
With experience from 2D and 3D, to experiential and conceptual design, Meg Robson is confident in her knowledge and skills applicable in the current design industry, as well as her ability to continuously develop her expertise and evolve as a modern designer of today.
Current Exhibits
Reuseful is Meg Robson's final year thesis project, and is part of both fifth: GradEx 105 and ACIDO Rocket 2020
fifth: OCAD U's 105th Graduate Exhibition
Virtual exhibition held online by OCAD University's 2020 Industrial Design graduates, showcasing their final year thesis projects.
ACIDO Rocket Competition 2020
Annual competition for Ontario’s graduating industrial designers, held by The Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO).
Past Exhibits
Design to Ignite:
Design for Health & Wellness
DesignTO exhibit at OCAD University
Collaborative project between Toronto District School Board, CoDesign, and 3rd-year Industrial Design students at OCAD University.
The semester-long project focused on designing products for people with special needs by employing ethical participatory design methods and finalizing user-tested prototypes alongside end users.
Meg Robson partnered with another industrial design student in the Design for Health & Wellness course for this project. This lead to the development and fabrication of an assistive wearable tool for people with lack of grip strength or wrist/hand-mobility.
The Plastic-Free Kitchen
DesignTO exhibit at Haworth Toronto
Participatory collaboration between CoDesign, SKETCH Working Arts at Artscape Youngplace, and a multidisciplinary group of students from OCAD University.
Exhibition of work featuring a line of products developed by marginalized youth alongside OCAD students’ designs of companion products, branding, product packaging, and a mobile sales kiosk that all aligned with a plastic-free theme.
Meg Robson designed and fabricated polygonal wooden salt & pepper shakers. Product inspiration came from an aesthetic created by one of the youth participants of the SKETCH program.
Inspirations Studio Cart Design
Student exhibit at Gardiner Museum
Collaborative project between 2nd-year OCAD U Industrial Design students and Inspirations Studios; a ceramics studio program for marginalized women of Toronto, run by Sistering - a community-based women’s organization.
Groups of students developed designs for mobile pottery carts to be used for daily display and transport through the city of Toronto by collaborating with the women making and selling their ceramic art.
Meg Robson was a member of one of the two groups of students chosen to display their work in the exhibit at Toronto's Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art.
