During NSCAD Design Week 2026, Design and Expanded Media joined forces to host Paul David Rollmann’s 
hands-on research session exploring how physical materials translate into sonic textures. 

 Through close listening and practical recording exercises, participants collected sound samples from a variety of textiles, manipulated tactile qualities, and shaped those recordings into musical and textural elements. Students examined and handled different surfaces, stretched and p

Next Event: October 14, 2026 — Join us for our upcoming Hubtalks event, where industry partners and academia discuss new forms of complex problem-solving. The topic of our next event will be: Harmony and Innovation What happens when different ideas, people, and technologies are being put side by side? Sometimes they clash. Sometimes they click. And sometimes, that mix leads to something unexpected. Harmony isn’t about everyone agreeing or everything being the same. It’s abou

Next Workshop: September 8-11, 2026 – Join us for a week of intensive workshops exploring workflows for designing digital tools with AI. Dates: Tuesday, Sep 8 to Friday, September 11 Time: Daily, 9:30am - noon, and 1:00pm - 4:00pm Location: N400, North block on the 4th floor of the Fountain Campus This upcoming MDES 6006 course at NSCAD builds upon our January 2026 Collaborative Design Challenge, which was held under the motto: “Empowering Students to Create and Innovate wit