‘The secret to success is dedicating your life to mastering your skill.’ – Jiro Ono
Experience
2015-
Design Strategist
L’INSTITUT IDEE
2014-
Creative Strategist
EDGE DWELLER
2015-2018
Communication Strategist
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
2013-2014
Marketing Manager
TASDESIGNBUILD
2013
Video Editor
AZURE MAGAZINE
2011-2012
Design Journalist
DESIGNBOOM
2008-2010
Interior Designer
REGINA STURROCK DESIGN
2005-2008
Creative Director
Q’ENCO PROJECT
2005-2007
Exhibition Coordinator
GIBSONE JESSOP GALLERY
Advocacy
2019-
Chair
THE FACTORY MEDIA CENTRE
2019-
PAC Member
SHERIDAN COLLEGE
2019-
Business Strategy & Media Production Advisor
SKILLPOD
2018-2019
Board member
THE FACTORY MEDIA CENTRE
2017-2018
Communications Coordinator
WORLD DESIGN WEEKS
2013-2015
Managing Editor
OPENCITY PROJECTS
2014
Videographer
COME UP TO MY ROOM
2010-2011
Designer
HAITI SHELTER DESIGN
2009-2011
Volunteer
CANADIAN RED CROSS
2008
Volunteer
ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY
Teaching
2020
Guest Advisor
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
2018
Guest Advisor & Lecturer
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
2018
Guest Lecturer
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
2018
Guest Advisor
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
2017
Facilitator
IADT UNIVERSITY
Talks
2019
Biennale of Ideas
DESIGN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICES CONFERENCE
2014
Seminar: Feeding the Monster
IIDEX CANADA
2010
Q’Enco
VOICE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
2007
Textile Talk: Design Aid and the Q’Enco Project in Peru
CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE STUDIO CO-OP
Exhibitions
2017
Innovation Exchange
EXPO FOR DESIGN, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
2014
Innesti/Grafting
VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE
2012
Venice 2012 Architecture Biennale
BEIJING DESIGN WEEK
2011
People Changes Places
INSTITUTE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
People Change Places
INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW
2010
Look at Lota
INSTITUTE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
Imaginando Lota
INSTITUTE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
Artopia – Artists Home Show
HAMILTON ARTISTS INC.
2009
Disturbance, Destinations: Real or Imagined,
Massclusivity and Canada by Design
TORONTO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
2008
Massclusivity: New models of viable design and craft collaboration in the developing world
HARBOURFRONT CENTRE
2007
Q’enco Project
DESIGN EXCHANGE
2006
Q’enco Project
GIBSONE JESSOP GALLERY
Competitions
2016
Vendor design
THE STOP NIGHT MARKET
2013
Design for death
DESIGNBOOM
2011
OCE Connections
ONTARIO CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE
2008
Spacing: Understanding the Urban Landscape
THINK TORONTO
2007
Vending Card Design
MULTISOTRY COMPLEX
2005
Do it Yourself
TORONTO PUBLIC SPACE
Publications
2014
Innesti Grafting
Vol. 3
Italy. A Contemporary Landscape
2011
People Change Places
Education
2018
MA Interdisciplinary Design Strategies
INSTITUTE OF ART, DESIGN + TECHNOLOGY
2011
Interdisciplinary Design Strategy
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
2005
Bachelor of Interior Design
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Get in touch!
richelle.sibolboro@gmail.com
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