Everything about Dana

Dana is a designer, thinker, and dreamer. She will soon hold a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, with a specialty in soft products and a love for blue-sky thinking. She spends more time asking questions than providing answers. Likewise, her work is experimental and inquisitive.

Work

A colourful and varied employment history has brought Dana to where she is today. During her career as a full time student for the past 7 years, she has also simultaneously participated in work for pay. She has worked in the service and retail industries, in construction, and as a stewardess aboard luxury yachts around the world. She is currently an intern at Lululemon Athletica in Vancouver, BC. Her diverse work experience has cultivated a fascination with human interaction, an insatiable appetite for new experiences, and the confidence to enjoy the path to an unknown destination.

School

Dana arrived at Emily Carr University of Art + Design after a 3 year detour. Before studying Industrial Design, she studied Art Education and English Literature at the University of Victoria, as well as Fine Art at the Victoria College of Art. Although the path to Industrial Design was not a straight one, Dana feels lucky to be able to say she eventually followed her passion. She hasn’t looked back since.

Other

Dana would like you to know that her name is pronounced |Dah-na|, not |Day-na|, the way it is spelled. She thanks her lovely parents Jan and Ted for the life-long mispronunciations. She has crossed the Atlantic Ocean by boat 3 times, and is anxious to achieve her goal to sail across the equator. Dana claims that one day she will write a book about her experiences on the seas. She also plans to study silversmithing in Mexico and speak French fluently.