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What is a charrette? A charrette is an intensive collaborative
working session that brings together students and professionals
from different disciplines to tackle a complex, real-world
problem. Over a few short days of brainstorming, discussion and
expert consultation, interdisciplinary teams create a broad range
of ideas around a central theme and eventually focus in on a
single concept.
At the School of Design, the charrette is used extensively as a
tool by the Institute without Boundaries (IwB) in collaboration
with industry partners and students from a variety of George Brown
College programs as well as students from around the world.
One international partner, Copenhagen’s School of Design
and Technology (KEA), was so inspired after participating
in an IwB charrette that it decided to host its own, based on the
IwB model.
KEA
COPENHAGEN
CHARRETTE
2014
For the past three, years KEA has invited
our graphic design students to participate
in its international charrette. In the next few
pages, follow the journey of 10 students
who flew to Europe to participate in 2014,
and see the designs produced by students
who attended in 2013.
International Charrette Faculty | 2013/14 Lori Endes
2012/13 Connie Wansbrough
Summary of the Charrete
by James Waters
The term charrette is drawn from the late 1800s, where
proctors at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris would circulate
a cart (charrette) to collect drawing submissions as students
rushed frantically to finish their work.
Photography | Chloe Milne
10 JANUARY 2015 | IN PRODUCTION
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