Claire Ironside has a diverse design history and practice that draws on her academic training in environmental and communication design studies. As a practicing designer she has worked in the public and private sector, specializing in urban infrastructure design and planning, architecture, landscape design and public art. She is a founding member of a Toronto based design collective dedicated to trans-disciplinary exploration across design, art, craft, commerce and education. Her current projects include designing and developing: architectural interventions both real and imagined; information based projects and exhibits; sustainable product and craft; and experimenting with materials and mixed media constructions.
Her teaching and research focus involves combining alternative research methodologies and cultural practices to support information based communication in both two and three dimensions.
