Velvet Morning

Happy Sunday! Now that we are all regrouped, and the travelling has been done, we are back for season 2! This week we talk about the term "Leftover Women" which is a common phrase in China referring to the unmarried women. Oftentimes these women choose to remain unmarried or have priorities outside of marriage such as other goals or career ambitions. Despite their achievements, they are still given this title, essentially belittling their achievements and placing their identity under suffocating constraints. Thank you for listening! Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart

Hello Everyone! It's been a hot minute, but we thank you for bearing with our unexpected hiatus. Grab a cup of coffee and join us as we catch you up on what has been going on with Velvet Morning, and hear our insights on how design has changed the way we view our world! We discuss the befores and afters of going through design school, how we want to change the industry, and what we hope the industry could be shaped into in the future. Have a wonderful weekend, Velvet Morning.

And... we are back! A designer specializing in looking at how to use recycled newspaper to make strong structures, Ali Alemzadeh joins us today as a guest. Last December, he and Lisa took a trip to China representing Emily Carr University to attend the Foshan International Industrial Design Conference. In this episode, they talk about the trip, the people they met, and the difference they saw between the design methodologies of China compared to Canada.

Happy Sunday! Its been a rough week so we decided to remind ourselves of what we love about our life, or the Earth! Gratitude always helps you see the better side of things. What are some things you appreciate or love about being on this Earth? Thank you for listening! Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart

Happy Sunday! Is it possible to do good deeds with purely a self-less intent? Is it selfish to feel good about doing something good or to want to help others because it makes you feel better about yourself? We discuss our views on what it means to be selfish and how we determine the boundary between altruism and selfishness. Thank you for listening! Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart

Happy Sunday! Today we talk about what is on our bucket lists, what we couldn't die without doing, and we loop it back to babies and birth. What is on your bucket list? Thank you for listening! Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart   Cosmos of Light: https://www.amazon.ca/Cosmos-Light-Sacred-Architecture-Corbusier/dp/0253007267

Happy Sunday! Today we talk about what controversies surrounding artifact ownership in museums. There is a lot of debate about whether museums should return artifacts to the countries they were originally from. How would this affect public education? Do museums really promote this type of education? How are issues of colonialism related to museums and their artifacts? Thank you for listening! Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart

And we are back! We hope everyone has had an amazing holiday with their friends and family. This week is a bit of an unexpectedly longer episode. We discuss small and large moments which have changed who we are and our outlook on life. These life-changing moments are an integral part of all of our lives. We had some technical and audio issues this week so please bear with us. Glad to be back, Velvet Morning   vlvtmorning.com   instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart

Thank you for joining us this week! Semester is over, so we decided to take a little break from the usual. This week we chose 12 topics related to the holidays and did a speed round discussing each topic. We discuss everything from traditions and consumerism to recaps of 2017 and what we look forward to in the upcoming year. If there are any topics you would like us to delve deeper into, let us know! Have a lovely holiday. - Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong_celine @lisaylai @cindyynart

What does it mean for each of us to be successful? What counts as failure?

Hello All! This week we discuss creative blocks. How do we live with it, deal with it and possibly avoid it? With art and design being such a huge part of our lives, there is the pressure of needing to be creative all the time so it can be quite frustrating to not reach that expectation. How do you deal with creative blocks? Thanks for listening! Until next week.. - Velvet Morning www.vlvtmorning.com -- instagram -- @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart @cindy.yc.lin     ps. December 10, the pop-up shop will be at:   180 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T3   hope to see you there!

Happy Sunday! Grab a coffee and join us as we recap our grad projects and talk about how morals and ethics play a role in design. We start off by discussing how ethics affect the design of AI in self-driving vehicles, and it goes from there! How do our own morals play a part in how we design? At what point would we have to chuck those morals out the window.. if even? Thanks for listening! Until next week.. - Velvet Morning www.vlvtmorning.com -- instagram -- @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindyynart   ps. December 10, the pop-up shop will be at: 180 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T3 hope to see you there!

Welcome to this week's episode of Velvet Morning! This week we discuss our experiences with impostor syndrome, how we deal with it, and where this insecurity comes from. Impostor syndrome is quite common within the creative field, but no one ever seems to talk about it! Please excuse our giggles, we are very overtired as the semester comes to a close. Have a lovely rest of the week. vlvtmorning.com Instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @cindyynart @lisaylai

All of us are female, Asian, and Canadian; yet grew up in very different cities and very different circumstances.

In many shakespearian works, the characters have defining flaws, that ultimately bring about their downfall. Join us in considering our own fatal flaws and also what we are good at as well.

Stoked & inspired, Celine and Lisa came back from the annual Adobe MAX conference in Vegas Nevada.  They share all the inspiring talks and things they learned on their 5 day trip. Speakers they mention: Mark Ronson (producer, song writer, DJ), Jon Fraveu (director, Actor), Johnathan Adler (Potter), Annie Griffiths (National Geographics Photographer), Pete Souza (Photographer, Obama’s past personal photographer), DKNG (Designer, Illustrators), Tad Carpenter (Designer, Illustrator).

Our society glorifies working harder and sleeping less. We sacrifice a lot for school, work, and other obligations, even to the detriment of our own sanity and wellbeing. Is it really worth it?

Are people born with an "eye" for things?

Join us at Caffe Citadelle as we introduce ourselves and our bachelor projects in the final year of our industrial design degrees. Who are we and what exactly do we mean by "Industrial Design"?

Welcome back to Part 2 of the 36 Questions!   Last week we started answering the increasingly personal questions of Arthur Aaron's study about creating love between strangers! This second part digs deeper, so tune in and join us on the journey!   Thank you for listening! Velvet Morning   vlvtmorning.com   instagram:   @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @Cindy Nachareun

Morning! This is part 1/2 of this 36 Questions Episode.   Changing things up a bit this week, we decided to do 36 Questions that are supposedly supposed to make you fall in love with a stranger. We aren’t strangers, nor do we want to fall in love with each other, BUT the psychology behind this is that these questions slowly ask for more vulnerability. And we all know that’s something we can all work on. This was done through a study by Arthur Aaron which is linked below if you’re interested.   http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167297234003   Have a good day! Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram @lisaylai @hong.celine @cindy.nach

Happy Sunday! For every designer, the philosophy of "Form Follows Function" is familiar. Coined by Louis Sullivan during the modernist movement, it is a phrase we continue to repeat as architects and industrial designers. We chat about its history in the Bauhaus movement, our own relationship with the phrase and where we see it being applied in the future in regards to affordances and mental models. Thank you for listening! Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine@lisaylai @cindy.nach

Hey Guys! From the politeness of Canadians to the bookish and nerdy asian kid, there are stereotypes for everybody. While the accuracy of these assumptions are questionable, their influence in our lives are enormous! We chat about our own opinions of stereotypes, who we might be stereotyped as, and what are some of the stereotypes that we catch ourselves believing. Thank you for listening!   Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com   instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindy.nach

Happy Sunday! Our conversation on colour covers a huge range of topics that all connect back to how it influences our lives. Join us as we talk about branding and logos, feng shui, the animal kingdom, and everywhere in between! We explore the psychology behind the colours that, for most of us, are inseparable from the way we experience the world. Thank you for listening!   Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com   instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindy.nach

Happy Sunday! Going with a light hearted topic this week, we talk about synesthesia and our own associations, like the mixing of memories with specific senses. We also play a game! Tune in to hear us identify each other with different animals, plants, colours, and even seasons. Maybe you'll realize like us, that there can be huge differences in how we see each other vs how we see ourselves! Thank you for listening!   Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com   instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindy.nach

Hello Again! *Apologies for the audio here.. we faced some difficulties whilst recording* Role models were such a big deal as kids. People ask "who are your heros?". But maybe our need for positive influences is something we never grow out of. Join in as we talk about the people we look up to and the characteristics that we admire. Who do YOU want to be like when you grow older? Thank you for listening!   Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com   instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindy.nach

Hey Everyone! This week we explore the relationship between poor mental health and the successful creative. Is it true that struggling people produce better art? We chat about famous examples like Van Gogh and Warhol, as well as our own experiences of the (unhealthily-glorified?) suffering of those in the creative industry. Thanks for joining us!   Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com   instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindy.nach

Happy  Monday!   How does culture affect architecture and how do we want to be remembered? This week we chat about existing architecture as well as why/what they meant in their time period. We discuss what the architecture in the 21st century represent as well as question why we even care to be represented through our spaces. Thank you for listening!   Velvet Morning vlvtmorning.com   instagram: @vlvtmorning @hong.celine @lisaylai @cindy.nach