AMPD – York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

Aloke Pillai is an entrepreneur and designer in Toronto. He is currently the Head of Product at Pastel, creating the next generation feedback tool for designers and agencies. In 2015, Aloke helped startup studio Expa create and launch Kit, a product recommendation community, which scaled to millions of users and over $15M in products sold. In 2018, Kit was acquired by Patreon to help creators deliver products to their fans.

Aloke Pillai Co-Founder Pastel HQ
BDes 2014

Luke Reece is a theatre producer, playwright, spoken word poet and arts educator. He is the Producer for Obsidian Theatre, and a Member of the Toronto Poetry Project. Reece is one of Toronto’s most decorated slam poets, becoming the Toronto Poetry Slam (TPS) Grand Champion in 2017, winning the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word as the captain of the TPS team and then again in 2018 as the team coach.

Luke Reece Canadian Slam Poetry Champion; Producer, Obsidian Theatre Company; Co-founder & Director Little Black Afro and Dark Nights
Theatre BA '15

Elsie Ng is a product designer from Toronto. She has previously worked as a product designer at Ripple, Unity3D, and Twitch in San Francisco. In her spare time, she likes traveling and collecting old, obscure, retro video games. Occasionally Elsie also dabbles in game development side projects to keep her skills fresh.

Elsie Ng Product Designer
BDes 2012

School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

Joan & Martin Goldfarb
Centre for Fine Arts
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
Canada, M3J 1P3

416 650 8176
Future Students ampd@yorku.ca
Current Students oaiss@yorku.ca

Leaders in eLearning

In Celebration...

An Open Letter to Arts Students

Christina Petrowska Quilico Appointed to Order of Canada

Dean Sarah Bay-Cheng Praises AMPD Community on RED FM

Creation in Isolation: Q&A with Amir Bahador Rostami

Indigenous Representation in Canadian Dance and ‘Old Habits’

Thank You to Those Giving Back To AMPD