Casey Hinton

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ABOUT CASEY HINTON

Casey’s approach to strategy and design research is rooted in curiosity, empathy and storytelling.Casey has spent her career using strategic, creative and participatory design tools to listen, tell stories and create people-focused and meaningful outcomes. She’s a creative problem-solver, and her design-based approach has helped her clients understand and connect with the people they serve and develop responsive solutions to complex problems. She’s planned, produced and managed large-scale and complex design strategy and research projects across sectors. Her clients have included municipalities big and small, emerging and established brands and companies, city-builders and educational and cultural institutions.Casey holds a BFA from OCAD University, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Design Strategy from the Institute without Boundaries, and a Master\'s Degree in Interdisciplinary Design Strategy from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) Dun Laoghaire in Ireland. Casey is a guest lecturer and thesis advisor at IADT MA Design for Change students and sits on the Board of Directors for the innovative Toronto-based arts organization Art Spin.Her experience includes post-secondary international relations work, brand strategy, writing, design research and strategy at the intersections of people, city-building and culture.