Releases
Awards, updates and newsletters from Vayence Inc and the ProActive project.
Recognition for ProActive
ProActive named Canada’s national winner of the 2026 James Dyson Award
Marzuq Vohra and Vienna Doria-Pighin’s smart vest takes the Canadian title and advances to the international stage.
Second prize in the 2026 Seed Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs
Vayence Inc receives $5,000 from OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers.
People’s Choice Award from ACIDO
ProActive receives the People’s Choice Award from the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario.
CBOE Canada Award for Disruptive Design
Marzuq Vohra and Vienna Doria-Pighin receive OCAD U’s 2025 CBOE Canada Award for Disruptive Design.
Product and company news
Vayence at Startupfest 2026 in Montreal
Our first conference as a company — and a place among the finalists for one of the event’s prizes.
ProActive featured in Dezeen’s OCAD University school show
Dezeen features the self-inflating vest among projects from OCAD University’s Faculty of Design.
The Proactive Vest Project: an OCAD U video series
Three short films on the design challenge, how the project was made at OCAD U, and a product demo.
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