Maxe Fisher
Associate Professor
Department of of Design and Dynamic Media
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Canada
Biography
Maxe Fisher is an educator, industrial designer and artist. Maxe combines an expertise in industrial and multi-disciplinary design theory and studio teaching. Recently, Maxe was the Founding Programme Director of the Context+Culture specialization and is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University's School of Design, Wellington, New Zealand. Currently, Maxe is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Research at RSH at the Australian National University, Canberra. Maxe’s research examines the relationship between the aesthetics of experience, corporeal culture and our relationship to the technologies of making. Her interest in this area developed over the course of a 25 year investigation into abandoned industry largely in Canada, while simultaneously involved in design for contemporary high-tech industry, specifically, the world’s first virtual reality helmet. These polarities are central to Maxe’s exploration of design, allowing her to interpret the silent continuity of culture as an expression of the meaning of things.
Research Interest
Industrial and Multi-disciplinary design theory and studio teaching
