2020 DesignTO Festival Guide by DesignTO

January 17â&#x20AC;&#x201D;26, 2020

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Table of Contents About DesignTO 4 Welcome Letter 7 Partners 8 DesignTO Projects 10 Festival Maps 28 Festival Listings 32 Editorial They Feed Off Buildings 56 What is a Future without Work? 59 The Future is Retrospective 61 DesignTO Youth Creates Meaningful Connections 62

DesignTO Festival is Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading (and largest) annual design festival that celebrates design as a multidisciplinary form of creative thinking and making, with over 100 exhibitions and events forming Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design week, January 17-26, 2020. 4

Going into its 10th year, DesignTO is about creativity, community, and experimentation. Since 2011, DesignTO has been bringing communities together to celebrate design, by taking art and design out of the studio and into the urban realm. Featuring the work of hundreds of designers each year, the Festival showcases locally made furniture, lighting, products, graphic and experiential design, interiors and architecture, accessories, ceramics, and more. As a non-profit arts organization, the festival emphasizes collaboration and the expression of personal values and identities through the creative process. designto.org

Our Team

Executive Jeremy Vandermeij, Executive Director Deborah Wang, Artistic Director Michael R. Madjus, Head of Marketing Robyn Wilcox, Head of Programming Operations + Development Emily Christie Anna Vander Meij Programming Victoria Chin Carmen Douville Amanda Low Simon Mhanna Kelsey Miner Olga Klosowski Schellenberg Safoura Zahedi

Marketing Kerala Woods Nadia Yau Michelle Zeppieri Brand + Design Edwina Mui, Minju Roh, and Tanveer Sobnack, Illustration aftermodern.lab inc., Graphic Design Kenson Chan, Web Design Mike Spears, App/Mobile Design Public Relations + Publicity Brill Communications Board of Directors Ilan Ishai Leslie Jen Jessica Kamphorst Julian Mills Shaun Moore, Chair Catherine Osborne Christy Thompson

See the Daydream Under the Penny Vine window installation by Jeff Goodman Studio, Tuesday, January 14—Sunday, February 2 at gh3*. Learn more about the event on page 52.

Image: Jeff Goodman Studio, ‘Penny Vine’. Courtesy of the designer.

welcome No one ever reads these essays. I am surprised your eyes have landed here long enough to read this sentence. So why should you read on? What are you going to learn? Maybe nothing. Instead, I am going to ask you how you feel. First of all, welcome to the party. It’s a big party where everyone is invited. You may have joined the party from the very beginning, or maybe this is your first time. Do you feel like you can be yourself? Your whole self, not some fake-it-’til-you-make-it ghost version of who you are, but you? Yes. You are in the right place, then. The music is just kicking in. Do you feel good? This Festival is an anti-loneliness machine that spreads across our city in the dead of winter, pulling us out of our hibernation and asking us to explore spaces we may never have been. A wood-filled studio space down an alley, an attic in a warehouse, a hotel full of installations, or a museum by the lake. Do you feel curious? This Festival is a space for taking risks. Growing out of Come Up To My Room , which unlearned the false divide between art and design, and fostered, instead, the twin elixirs of creativity: Trust and Risk. DesignTO needs us to take risks. Even when we fear failure, we can trust the Festival to make space for us to just try something out. Risk it. Do you feel passionate? This Festival is a brat. It has grown out of a community that wanted more from its design city. It's a community that is porous, expelling notions of exclusivity and hierarchies of who is allowed in and who is left out. It is a festival that has continued to respond to the community, and kept going in the face of the pressures of living in an increasingly expensive and exclusionary city. The Festival will not be divided, because it can’t be. It is the impossibly resilient child of many voices coming together. There is no other design festival like it – a festival that has grown out of the will of individual people who need to be heard. Do you feel inspired?

Christina Zeidler DesignTO Ambassador and Co-founder Christina Zeidler is a co-founder of 'Come Up To My Room', the Founder and Creative Director of The Gladstone Hotel, and a rabble-rouser who helped spark this very Festival.

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Date Fri, Jan 17, 7pm–midnight Location Berkeley Church, 315 Queen Street East Tickets $20 online, $23 at door (cash), free for DesignTO Members bit.ly/DesignTO20Launch Type Event, Map #8

Image: studio rat, Launch Party installation, 2019. Photo by SVPhotography.

DesignTO Launch Party Kick off the 10th DesignTO Festival at our official Launch Party! Mix and mingle at the event that brings Toronto’s creative community together. As a fundraiser for the nonprofit Festival, all proceeds will go to help achieve our mission to advance design in Canada. Held in the historic Berkeley Church in Old Town Toronto, experience a site-specific installation conceptualized by Mexico-based multidisciplinary design studio Anagrama and lighting installation by Salex. Enjoy beverages by Ace Hill and music by DJ Sigourney Beaver and DJ Joe Blow. If you were at last year’s party, you know this means that there will be dancing! The ‘DesignTO Launch Party’ is generously supported by Salex, Cosentino and the King East Design District, with installation supported by 3M Canada and beverages by Ace Hill.

*This is a 19+ event. Please ensure to bring governmentissued ID for access. Cash bar.

DesignTO Projects

Future Retrospectives ‘Future Retrospectives’ is a group exhibition featuring the work of eleven local and international artists and designers, unified by a shared methodology: using the past as a lens through which we imagine the future. It asks, “what will the future look like, and how did we get there?” ‘Future Retrospectives’ proposes that in order to have a meaningful understanding of relationships in the future and our role in them as creators of material culture, we have to look at how the past, present, and future are interconnected. By considering the past, we are able to holistically imagine the future. The exhibition features the work of Graysha Audren, Mia Cinelli, Hannah Claus, Cassandra Ferguson, Tsema Igharas, Andreas Krätschmer, SHATTERED MOON ALLIANCE, Studio Björn Steinar, Adhavan Sundaramurthy, Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart, and Jessica Thalmann.

Date Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Mar 29 Location Artport Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West Hours Tue–Thu 12–6pm, Fri 12–8pm, Sat–Sun 12–6pm Reception Fri, Jan 24, 7–10pm Type Exhibition, Map #28

Image: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart, Urban Bath . Courtesy of the artist.

This exhibition is curated by DesignTO, and co-presented with Harbourfront Centre. It is generously supported by Lemay. DesignTO Projects

Dates Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Location Umbra Store, 165 John Street Hours Mon–Fri 11am–7pm, Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm Reception Thu, Jan 23, 6–9pm

Work/Life ‘Work/Life’ is an annual exhibition that explores new prototypes for contemporary life, showcasing the work of ten Canadian designers and studios including Annie Tung Creative, Castor Design, Department of Unusual Certainties, Joseph Zhuang, Keillor MacLeod, Mezzaluna Studio, Mickey LaForge, Plural, Radical Norms, and Studio Node. ‘Work/Life’ is organized by DesignTO in partnership with Umbra. A jury will recognize best-in-show with a Best Product award and a cash prize. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to cast their vote to award Fan Favourite.

RSVP bit.ly/WorkLife2020 Type Exhibition, Map #70

Image: Plural, ‘Loop Light’ (rendering), 2019. Courtesy of the designer.

DesignTO Projects

PLATED Guest curated by design editor Catherine Osborne for DesignTO, ‘PLATED’ is a celebratory feast of local design. For one night only, 35 guests will enjoy a cocktail, wine pairings by Trail Estate Winery, and multiplecourse dinner catered by The Tempered Room, where every dish, bowl, and drinking vessel will be crafted by Canadian ceramicists, glass blowers, sculptors, and artists. Chef de Cuisine Greg Laird will craft a unique meal based on the tableware designs. DesignTO co-founder Shaun Moore, whose own art and design collection provides a perfect backdrop, hosts the dinner at his home near Dupont Street and Ossington Avenue. Participating studios include Castor Design, Dear Human, FELT Studio (Kathryn Walter), Vanessa Lee Jackson, April Martin, meilen, Talia Silva, Kristian Spreen, Jamie Wolfond, and Patrick Yeung. Flowers by Emblem Flower Studio (Todd Caldwell).

Date Sat, Jan 18, 8–11pm Location Near Dupont Street and Ossington Avenue. Address will be provided to ticket holders. Tickets $210 online bit.ly/DesignTOPLATED Type Event, Map #32

Image: Dear Human, Paper Bowls . Courtesy of the designer.

DesignTO Projects

Date Sun, Jan 19, 3–7pm Location Spin Master Games, 225 King Street West, #200. Enter via street level lobby. RSVP bit.ly/DTOPlay Type Event, Map #4

Design to Play Get ready to explore the world of game design! DesignTO is holding its first-ever event focused on puzzles and play. Visit the global headquarters of Spin Master, where in-house game designers will oversee gaming stations, guiding play and providing insight on their design process. Try a range of games from drawing and word play with a group, to maze and building games on your own. Enjoy the recently redesigned Spin Master space by Toronto design firm iN STUDIO, including an exhibit wall of ‘25 Years of Spin Master’. From 3-5pm, the event will feature games for kids of all ages. From 5-7pm, the event will focus on games for adults.

Image: Courtesy of Spin Master.

DesignTO Projects

DesignTO Youth: The Skatrix Collaborating with students from Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF), ‘The Skatrix’ is public screening of animated shorts that marks the first edition of DesignTO Youth, a new program that provides youth with access to creative disciplines and professionals. Working together, DesignTO and OSF crafted a program that teaches art and design skills through hands-on workshops, talks, studio tours, and mentorship. Through this program, OSF students attended guest talks by game designer Rob Elsworthy and artist Zeesy Powers, and toured the pre-production animation studio House of Cool, where they learned about the intensive design process behind an animated series. The students then participated in a weeklong animation workshop led by new media artist and educator Tommy Truong, learning about stop-motion animation, rotoscoping, sound, and editing, to self-produce their own animated shorts.

Date Tue, Jan 21, 4–5:30pm Location Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 76 Wychwood Avenue RSVP bit.ly/TheSkatrix Type Event, Map #18

Image: DesignTO Youth Animation Workshop.

DesignTO Youth is generously supported by the City of Toronto, Economic Development & Culture. Event space provided by Artscape Wychwood Barns. DesignTO Projects

DesignTO Tours: Giannone Petricone Associates, Ideas for the Intensification of the Suburban Mall Date Sat, Jan 18, 1–5pm Location Meet at Giannone Petricone Associates, 462 Wellington Street West Tickets $30 online, $34 at the door (cash), bit.ly/TourGPA Type Event, Map #15

Image: Shops at Don Mills. Courtesy of GPA.

Beginning at the Don Mills Centre, and more recently at Agincourt, Cloverdale, and Dixie Malls, Giannone Petricone Associates (GPA) has been working to define a new model for suburban intensification. GPA’s talk and tour, led by partners Ralph Giannone and Pina Petricone, will be followed by a panel discussion with Leo deSorcy, Michael Piper, and Leslie Woo. This tour is supported by the Ontario Association of Architects.

Connection Points Date Location RSVP Type

Sun, Jan 19, 1–2pm 55 St. Clair Avenue West bit.ly/TourConPoints Event, Map #14

Discover four exciting installations in the Yonge + St. Clair neighbourhood that explore ideas of connectedness. On this walking tour with DesignTO, hear from installation creators artist Lauren Pirie, art and design collective Interspatial, artists and designers Chris Foster and Layne Hinton, and global architecture firm Gensler. The walking tour starts at 1pm in the lobby of 55 St. Clair Avenue West. ‘DesignTO Tours: Connection Points’ is generously supported by the Yonge + St. Clair BIA. Image: IBI Group, The Space Between , 2018. Photo by J. Lazarevic.

DesignTO Projects

MCM Fabrication Workshop Date Location Tickets Type

Tue, Jan 21, 6–9:30pm Meet at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West $30 online, bit.ly/TourMCM Event, Map #16

Join DesignTO for an exclusive tour of MCM’s workshop, where they integrate state-of-the-art equipment with skilled craftsmanship to fabricate custom environments such as Bar Raval in Toronto and the Senate of Canada Building in Ottawa. Architects from five leading firms— Diamond Schmitt, KPMB, iN STUDIO, Partisans, and Bartlett & Associates—will speak about the process and collaboration between designer and fabricator to realize one-of-a-kind projects. This tour is supported by the Ontario Association of Architects.

Image: PARTISANS, Bar Raval . Courtesy of the designer.

Ryerson Creative Technology Lab Date Sun, Jan 26, 1–2pm and 2:30–3:30pm Location Ryerson Creative Technology Lab, Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, 288 Church Street Parking Level 1 Tickets $10 online, $12 at the door (cash), bit.ly/TourCTL Type Event, Map #17

Join DesignTO for a tour of Ryerson University’s new Creative Technology Lab (CTL), led by CTL’s Director and Associate Professor of Interior Design Jonathon Anderson. CTL is an advanced technology-based workshop that supports creative research, specialized curriculum, and entrepreneurship activities across all nine Faculty of Communication & Design (FCAD) schools and Ryerson zones. CTL looks to disrupt and revolutionize the use of technology within the creative fields by leveraging digital fabrication, 3-D printing, textile computing, AR/VR, and robotics.

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Image: CTL. Courtesy of Ryerson University.

DesignTO Talks: Anagrama Date Mon, Jan 20, 5:30–7pm, 6pm talk Location Relative Space, 330 King Street East RSVP bit.ly/TalksAnagrama Type Event, Map #10

Partners of Anagrama, a Mexico-based branding, architecture, and interactive design studio, speak about teamwork and collaboration in a multidisciplinary practice. In their talk ‘Strategy, Beauty and Deadlines’, Anagrama discuss projects ranging from interior architecture for a local Mexican library to branding for beauty and furniture multinationals, including Milky’s Coffee in Toronto.

Image: Anagrama. Courtesy of the designer.

Following the talk, Monocle’s Toronto Bureau Chief Tomos Lewis and writer Will Kitchens will interview the Anagrama partners.

Anony & Castor Date Location RSVP Type

Mon, Jan 20, 7–10pm reception, 7:30 talk EQ3 King Street, 222 King Street East bit.ly/TalksAC Event, Map #11

Join DesignTO and design editor Catherine Osborne for a conversation with Christian Lo of lighting studio Anony and Brian Richer of multidisciplinary studio Castor, on the occasion of their installations and new product lines launching at EQ3’s King East showroom. This talk is organized by DesignTO in partnership with EQ3. The Anony & Castor and Anagrama talks are part of KEDD Night: an evening of DesignTO Festival receptions, talks, and events across the King East Design District on Mon, Jan 20, 6–9pm. Image: Anony, Row Sconce Pendant Double . Courtesy of the designer.

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Place des Montréalaises Date Location RSVP Type

Tue, Jan 21, 6–8pm, 6:30pm talk Lemay Toronto, 60 Adelaide Street East, Suite 401 bit.ly/TalksPM Event, Map #12

In an image-rich presentation, Andrew King, Lemay’s Chief Design Officer and leader of LemayLab, and conceptual artist Angela Silver present Place des Montréalaises, the winning concept for an international urban design competition to be built in 2022. Poetically merging architecture, landscape design, and art methodologies, this new urban space reframes notions of city building inclusive of women’s contributions framed against Montréal’s monumental cityscape. This talk is supported by the Ontario Association of Architects.

Image: Lemay. Courtesy of the designer.

Ideas Forum: Materializing the Future Date Location RSVP Type

Wed, Jan 22, 6–8pm, 6:30pm talk IBI's Multipurpose Room (Ground Floor), 55 St. Clair Avenue West bit.ly/IdeasForum20 Event, Map #22

'Ideas Forum: Materializing the Future' features six fast-paced and fun presentations (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) exploring the themes and questions from DesignTO’s exhibition ‘Future Retrospectives’ with a focus on materiality. Speakers include Lauren Abrahams (Public Work), Kazmy Chi (Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico), David Correa (University of Waterloo), Pat Hanson (gh3*), Chris Pommer (PLANT), Jessica Thalmann, and Richard Witt (Quadrangle). ‘Ideas Forum’ is organized by DesignTO in partnership with the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA). It is generously supported by the Yonge + St. Clair BIA and Ceragres. Event venue provided by IBI Group.

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Image: Jessica Thalmann, Such Places . Courtesy of the designer.

Date Thu, Jan 23, 4–7:30pm Location Teknion Collaboration Hub, 120 Bremner Boulevard, 20th Floor Tickets $35 online, $40 at the door (cash), bit.ly/Talks20FOW Type Event, Map #33

The Future of Work(ers) in Brave Organizations Join DesignTO and The Moment to explore the next generation of Organization Design and what that means for workers within the Future of Work. The event will feature a panel of speakers from CounterTax Lawyers, ET Group, Mantle314, and The Moment, followed by smaller facilitated discussions, to get to the core of how future-oriented organizations are enabling workers to adapt and respond to changing conditions in the Future of Work. ‘The Future of Work(ers) in Brave Organizations’ is copresented by DesignTO and The Moment. Event space and support provided by Teknion.

Image: Future of Work(ers), 2019. Photo by Loretta Mao.

DesignTO Projects

DesignTO Talks: They Feed Off Buildings Luisa Rubisch and Rasa Weber of the Berlin-based design and architecture collective They Feed Off Buildings (TFOB) speak about the process of creating ‘Urban Terrazzo’, a composite material that uses architectural debris to pay homage to demolished buildings and their histories.

Date Fri, Jan 24, 6:30–8pm Location Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West Tickets $21, $17 Student/Senior bit.ly/TalksTFOB Type Event, Map #13

Following the talk, Maryam Siddiqi, Lifestyle Editor of The Globe and Mail, will interview Rubisch and Weber. ‘DesignTO Talks: They Feed Off Buildings’ is organized by DesignTO, and co-presented with the Goethe-Institut & the Consulate General of Germany in Toronto and Harbourfront Centre. It is generously supported by Bulthaup Toronto.

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Image: They Feed Off Buildings, Urban Terrazzo . Courtesy of the designer.

Dates Sat, Jan 25, 1–5pm, registration starts at 12:30pm Location George Brown College, St. James Campus, 290 Adelaide Street East, Room 406 (auditorium) Tickets $45 online, $51 at the door (cash), bit.ly/DTO20Symposium Type Event, Map #9 Image: DesignTO Symposium: Unlocking the Future of Work, 2019. Photo by Kuba Dudzinski.

DesignTO Symposium: A Future without Work DesignTO’s fifth annual symposium brings nine multidisciplinary experts into one room for an inspiring discussion on a Future without Work, covering topics such as the Indigenous workforce, meaning of work, space of work, labour markets, economic systems, and other thought-provoking topics. Speakers include Jonas Altman, Antonio Cesare Iadarola, Komal Faiz, Keith Jones, Symon Oliver, Heather Russek and Jessica Thornton, and Lexi Tsien, with a keynote talk by Carol Anne Hilton, CEO and Founder of The Indigenomics Institute. ‘DesignTO Symposium: A Future without Work’ is organized by DesignTO. It is generously supported by George Brown College School of Design and Gensler, with media partner Azure Magazine.

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Symposium Speakers

Jonas Altman Founder, Social Fabric

Komal Faiz Lead UX Researcher, Zensurance

Carol Anne Hilton CEO and Founder, The Indigenomics Institute

Antonio Cesare Iadarola, Ph.D. Co-founder, Studio WĂŠ

Keith Jones Principal, Good Company

Symon Oliver Design Director, Tennis

Heather Russek Director, Policy Innovation, The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

Jessica Thorton Project Advisor, The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship and Director, Strategic Initiatives, Evergreen Canada

Lexi Tsien Principal, Soft Firm

DesignTO Projects

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Image: Concord , â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Custom Lighting Seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 2019. Photo by Tim Ding.

DesignTO Birthday Bash DesignTO is turning 10 and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re commemorating this momentous occasion with a party! Join us at The Garrison to celebrate this milestone and dance the night away to the beats of DJ Joe Blow. As a fundraiser for the non-profit Festival, all proceeds will go to help achieve our mission to advance design culture in Canada.

*This is a 19+ event. Please ensure to bring governmentissued ID for access. Cash bar.

Date Sat, Jan 25, 10pmâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2am Location The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West Tickets $10 online, $12 at the door (cash), bit.ly/DTOBDay Type Event, Map #7

Image: TO DO or Die, 2019. Photo by Zabrina Dacres

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The 8th annual DesignTO Awards presented by Herman Miller and DIALOG recognize design excellence within the Festival. Vote for your favourites in the People’s Choice awards. This year’s jurors are anahita azrahimi, artist and Executive & Creative Director at Toronto Outdoor Art Fair; Heather Dubbeldam, Principal of Dubbeldam Architecture + Design; Jaime Muszynski, Senior Interior Designer at Arney Fender Katsalidis; Chris Rowe, Collection Sales Lead, Herman Miller Canada; and Yaw Tony, artist and designer. The DIALOG jurors for the Best of Community Wellbeing award are Chen Cohen, Principal; Simone Ferkul, Interior Designer; Mark Gorman, Mechanical Engineer, Associate; Ramsey Leung, Intern Architect; and Gail Shillingford, Associate. Find out more and vote at DesignTO.org/Awards.

Image: Karen Miranda Abel, ‘Desert Pools (Atacama) , 2019. Photo by Christine Lim.

Love Design Party Join the Gladstone Hotel on Saturday, January 18, for the 'Come Up To My Room' exhibition party and explore all four floors of art and design installations, then drink and dance the night away in the Ballroom. DJs throw-down while you celebrate all that is art and design. ‘Love Design Party’ is the official celebration for ‘Come Up To My Room.’ Admission to the party in the Ballroom is FREE while capacity allows. *Find out more about 'Love Design Party' on page 49.

Image: 'Love Design Party', 2019. Photo by Katya Ilina.

Festival Map (High Park to Spadina) 37 13 44 24

St. Clair Ave. W.

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All programming is free except as noted. Festival listings were correct at time of printing. Check directly with venues or our online Festival Schedule at designto.org for additional details and any listing updates or changes.

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Dund as St.

Little Portugal

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Parkdale Dufferin St.

Lansdowne Ave.

Roncesvalles Ave.

Roncesvalles Village Parkside Dr.

Brockton Village

15 Gardiner Expressway

Gladstone Ave.

Sterling Rd

Bloordale Village

Dufferin St.

Dundas St. W.

Keele St.

Quebec Ave.

Gladstone Hotel 12 16 25 26 King St. W.

Liberty St.

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The Annex

Danforth Ave.

Bloor St. W. Line 2 Subway Line 2 Subway 34 Harbord St.

Queen St. W.

Chinatown King East Design District 71

Richmond St. W.

Queen West 8 48 57

Strachan Ave.

Niagara St.

Liberty Village

Mill St.

Gardiner Expressway 49

Carlaw Ave.

Adelaide St. W.

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Sherbourne St.

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Bayview Ave.

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Artscape Youngplace 25

20 Bathurst St.

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Cabbagetown

Little Italy

Grace St.

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Ossington Ave.

Leslie St.

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Parliament St.

10 Yonge St.

Pape Ave.

St. Clair Ave. W.

Adelaide St. E.

10 30 KingKing St. W. St. E.

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26 Gardiner Expressway

Festival Map (Spadina to Leslie)

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St. Clair Ave. E.

Davenport Rd.

35 36

Mount Pleasant Rd.

Yorkville

Dupont St.

Yonge St. Line 1 Subway

24 Bloor St. W. Line 2 Subway

Harbord St.

Wellesley Ave. E. 38 Carlton St.

39 41 61

Queen St. W.

Peter St.

Richmond St. W.

Harbourfront Centre

Front St. E.

21 28 20 13

King East Design District

12 Bay St.

King St. W.

Ryerson University

1 34 33

Union Station Gardiner Expressway Queens Quay E.

Sherbourne St.

Jarvis St.

Dundas St. W.

51 17

Church St.

Yonge St. Line 1 Subway

University Ave. Line 1 Subway

17 53

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OCAD University

Beverley St.

Spadina Ave.

College St.

38 66

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27 27 St. Clair Ave. W. 35 21 St. Clair Ave. W. 35 22 10 13 14

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Cabbagetown Cabbagetown

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Bloor St. W. Line 2 Subway Bloor St. W. Line 2 Subway

25 69 Mill St.

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King East Design District King East Design District

37 Adelaide St. E. 37 25 10 33 21

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Sherbourne St.

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Bayview Ave.

Dundas St. E. Dundas St. E.

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Exhibitions DesignTO Projects ♦ DesignTO Projects are signature events and exhibitions curated by the DesignTO Festival and our partners.

Festival Features ♠ Festival Features is a shortlist of 24 events, exhibitions, and/or window installations selected by a jury. This year’s jurors are Joel Karamath (Course Leader, Interaction Design Arts, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London), Camille Mitchell (Community Leader and Architect, Gensler), and Philip Ocampo (Artist, Arts Facilitator and Programming Coordinator, Xpace Cultural Centre). All programming is free unless otherwise noted.

1. 100 Vases ♠

Fri, Jan 24 – Sat, Jan 25 The Shop, 1485 Dupont Street, Unit 113 Reception: Fri, Jan 24, 6–9pm Hours: Fri 6–9pm, Sat 10am–6pm

100 Vases is inspired by the possibilities presented when objects come together, and the dialogue that happens between them. Spearheaded by artists Michelle Organ and Dasha Valakhanovitch, the two-day event is a showcase of diversity in contemporary clay design.

2. A Long Story II, by Lauren Pirie ♠ Fri, Jan 17 – Mon, Jan 27 The Delisle Space, 1 Delisle Avenue Hours: Mon–Fri 10am–6pm

A moment suspended, illuminating the inherent interconnectedness—between human and human and to our shared environment—and at the same time, a yearning for connection. ‘A Long Story II, by Lauren Pirie,’ is a soft sculpture and lighting-based installation.

Exhibition Listings

3. Address Tue, Jan 14 – Sun, Jan 19 LightForm, 267 Niagara Street Reception: Tue, Jan 14, 6–10pm Hours: Fri–Sun, 10am–5pm Address is an entirely new approach to showing, seeking and collecting new works by modern makers. Going into its 7th consecutive year, Address is a well-known exhibit presenting works by both established and up-and-coming studio based artists and designers.

4. Akwaaba | Welcome Home. Sat, Jan 18 – Sun, Jan 26 Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue (BAND), 19 Brock Avenue Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 3–5pm Talk: Sat, Jan 18, 3:30–4:30pm Tickets: $10, bit.ly/2RsEHK2 Hours: Thu–Sat 12–6pm, Sun 1–5pm

Gabrielle Boateng and Omoyemwen Iserhienrhien of Greyspace Collective present ‘Akwaaba | Welcome Home.’ Weaving together stories of relationship, spiritual journeys, culture and home, the designers exhibit works made from cultural materials telling stories of what it means to find a home frequency.

5. Alley Row

Designs Presents ALIGNMENT Sat, Jan 18 – Tue, Jan 21 Cry If I Want To, 696 Queen Street East, 2C Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 6–9pm Hours: Sat 6–9pm, Sun–Tue 12–5pm RSVP: rsvp@cryifiwantto.com

Lines are a design element that can be used in pattern, to highlight/emphasize, and can be versatile, descriptive, and showcase beauty. Alley Row Designs uses its lineExhibition Listings

based Design-A-Line to showcase lines in a way that is accessible to all.

6. Aluminum Group Thu, Jan 16 – Sun, Jan 19 ESP | Erin Stump Projects, 1558 Dupont Street Reception: Thu, Jan 16, 6–8pm Hours: Thu–Sun 11am–6pm

Designers from across Canada have come together to create a collection of machined aluminum objects. Including both practical prototypes and pieces of sculpture, the show covers a diverse range of themes unified by a single medium.

7. Anticlastic: New Jewellery & Hollowware by Linda Brown Thu, Jan 16 – Sat, Feb 15 18Karat Studio + Gallery, 1156 Yonge Street Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 3:30–5pm Hours: Tue–Sat 10am–6pm

18Karat Studio + Gallery is proud to present Linda Brown, a metalsmith whose work focuses on texture, line and form as it relates to natural flora structures. Discover her inspirations, process, and latest collection of hollow-formed jewellery and hollowware.

8. Arborescent Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 24 The Delisle Space, 1 Delisle Avenue Hours: Mon–Fri 10am–6pm

Arborescent repurposes manufacturing off-cut materials to form a colourful forest of renewal and growth emerging from the built environment. Take a walk through the Arborescent forest to inspire creative new ways of reducing and reusing materials.

9. botte Design Exhibition

language and systems of representation mediate our ability to communicate and express ideas.

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 bottē Gallery, 398 King Street East Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 5–9pm, $10, bit.ly/2PgJqeW Hours: Mon 6–9pm, Wed–Sun 12–6pm

12. Come Up To My Room

This event is a celebration of colour in contemporary design and textile art. In this exhibition we will showcase a curated collection of contemporary carpets, textiles, furniture and tapestry by local artists and designers.

Thu, Jan 16 – Sun, Jan 19 Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West Tickets: $10, Family of 4 $25 (max 2 adults and children ages 12 and under), Students $5 on Friday (with ID), comeuptomyroom.com Hours: Thu 7–10pm, Fri 11am–8pm, Sat 11am–10pm, Sun 11am–5pm

10. Cambria Gallery celebrates Christine Tatilon Designs – Quality, Esthetics, Sustainability

For 4 days only, the Gladstone Hotel is transformed by site-specific installations at the intersection of art and design. Artists are encouraged to take risks and test new ideas. Visitors can explore, discover and engage in conversation with the makers.

Fri, Jan 17 – Sat, Jan 25 Cambria Gallery, 91 Parliament Street Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 4–8pm Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–6pm, Sat 11am– 4pm

Visit Cambria Gallery in the heart of Toronto's King East Design District to see Christine Tatilon's whimsical and vibrant tabletop creations. Christine uses fabric as a vector of expression and as a canvas to combine art with useful to make ordinary objects fun for everyday experiences.

11. Can’t Say Nothing (Lorem Ipsum, Moving Patterns) ♠

13. Confluence Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 24 Cosentino City Toronto, 665 Caledonia Road Reception: Tue, Jan 21, 6:30–8:30pm RSVP: sforce.co/2qjoI5b Hours: Mon–Fri 8am–5pm

Although linearity exists neither in life nor in nature, the human mind attempts to impose order upon a seemingly disordered world. This series of wood sculptures by Huy Lam explores that paradoxical impulse, as stark straight lines of metal penetrate the free-flowing wood grain, bringing a flash of order to randomness.

Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 31 Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street Hours: Mon–Sun 9am–9pm

Can’t Say Nothing is a mixed media installation using collage, graphic design, print and pattern design to explore how

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14. Creative Technology Lab @ FCAD

17. Design for Health, Wellness, Aging and Inclusion ♠

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Creative Technology Lab @ FCAD, 288 Church Street, Level B Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat–Sun 11am–5pm

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Great Hall, OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 5–7pm Hours: Mon 10am–7pm, Thu–Sun 10am–5pm

The Creative Technology Lab at FCAD showcases several projects that utilize the Kuka robots. Additionally, this exhibition features student-led projects and faculty research that ranges from AR/VR to carbon fibre structures, clay 3D printing, and projection mapping.

In this exhibition, OCAD U Industrial Design students use investigative, peoplefirst, ground-up approaches to better design our world, and to recognize and facilitate our personal, physical and mental diversity.

15. Danish Desire

18. Dying.exhibits ♠

Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 24 245 Davenport Road Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 1–4pm Talk: Sat, Jan 18, 2–3pm Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 1–4pm

Sun, Jan 12 – Sat, Feb 1 Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street, 3rd Floor Hours: Mon–Sun 8am–9pm

Discover why Danish design remains desirable. Explore Danish classic and contemporary design from Carl Hansen, Fritz Hansen, Georg Jensen, PP Mobler, Erik Jorgensen, and Muuto. Hollace Cluny and TORP showcase masterpieces of midcentury and contemporary furniture and design.

16. Design Collection @ stackt Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 stackt market, 28 Bathurst Street Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 4–7pm Hours: Tue–Sat 11am–7pm, Sun 11am–5pm

The Design Collection @ stackt hosts 10 days of designer residencies, creative showcases and entertainment. Meet the creators, including MUKË, Concord Custom Lighting, TheTheThe, Radical Norms, LAMAS, and COFO Design. Exhibition Listings

Dying.exhibits is an installation that invites participants to think about their relationship with life and death through engaging art and design works and participatory experiences. Featuring artists and designers Mia Cinelli, Brileigh Hardcastle, Lynda Haywood-Munn, Laura Kay Keeling, Elinor Keshet, Clara Laratta, Elyse Krista Mische, Kristi Poole-Adler, Kathy Porter, David Salazar, Robert Santaguida, and Max Suillerot.

19. Dying.ruins Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Critical Distance Gallery, 180 Shaw Street, #302 Hours: Wed–Fri 12–6pm, Sat–Sun 11am–5pm

Part of the Dying. series, HollyJo’s The Wisdom of Ruins acts as meditations between the artist’s mother’s birthplace (in ruin after an earthquake) and the death of her daughter. Ruins, by virtue of existing,

stand as a witness and marker of trauma and subsequent healing.

20. Dying.threads Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields (exterior), 103 Bellevue Avenue Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–9pm

Dying.threads is a participatory installation inviting the public to reflect on death and dying. The installation asks participants to consider their hopes for end of life.

21. Elemental: Winter Exhibitions at Harbourfront Centre Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, June 7 Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West Reception: Fri, Jan 24, 7–10pm Hours: Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun 10am–6pm

into relatable, everyday objects, Peruvian design studio D.A.R. Proyectos reinvigorates ancient traditions & local materials. Join us for our take on social impact, raw gemstones, and our favourite stone objects.

23. Exoteric Design: Material as Mentor ♠ Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 JJ Studio, 825B Bloor Street West Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 4–7pm Hours: Tue–Sun 2–7pm

Exoteric Design explores the current hegemony around design culture and its tendency to support and legitimize capitalist norms and ideas. This collaborative exhibition explores humancentred design, material-led research, oral traditions, and open knowledge-sharing as a means to create meaningful connections and collapse structural hierarchies.

24. F40/M50 ♠

Harbourfront Centre is a hub of activity for the 10th annual DesignTO Festival with four exhibitions and a public talk, spanning textiles, glass, ceramics, installation, film, art, architecture and more.

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Cherry Bomb Coffee, 79 Roncesvalles Avenue Hours: Mon–Fri 7am–6pm, Sat 7:30am– 6pm, Sun 8:30am–6pm

22. EVERYDAY GEMSTONES: Unexpected Objects

The F40/M50 project is a collaboration between Mariposa, a maker of custom bicycles, and Fig40, an industrial design firm. This collaboration takes the form of a stool utilizing traditional lugged construction and paint treatments common to handcrafted bicycles.

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Feb 16 Shop AGO at The Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 5:30–7:30pm Talk: Sat, Jan 18, 11am–12pm RSVP: hola@dar-proyectos.com Hours: Tue 10:30am–5:30pm, Wed 10:30am–9pm, Thu 10:30am–5:30pm, Fri 10:30am–9pm, Sat–Sun 10:30am– 6pm

Transforming colourful gemstones

25. FACETS Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas Street East Reception: Thu, Jan 16, 6–8pm Talk: Thu, Jan 16, 6–8pm Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–9pm, Sat–Sun 10am–6pm

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Libs Elliott and Andrea Tsang Jackson's quilts push boundaries of the textile medium while respecting its roots. Facets can be precise but can also describe the complexity of life: quilts are flat in theory but they develop depth through construction and meaning.

26. Fig40 B-sides Mon, Jan 20 – Fri, Jan 24 Founded By Garcia, 1392 Dufferin Street Hours: Mon–Fri 11am–5pm

Fig40 B-sides are a collection of experiments and ideas that have evolved over the past few years. This exhibition is a selection of those experiments, in a similar way to a band releasing an album of B-sides.

27. Front of House ♠ Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 2 St. Clair Avenue West Hours: Mon–Sun 7am–6pm

Front of House by Chris Foster and Layne Hinton transforms takeout lids— an everyday material that is normally discarded—into a shining beacon of light and motion that changes throughout the day with shifting sunlight. The work flutters freely, making visible the often unnoticed air currents in the exhibition space.

28. Future Retrospectives ♦ Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Mar 29 Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West Reception: Fri, Jan 24, 7–10pm Hours: Tue–Thu 12–6pm, Fri 12–8pm, Sat–Sun 12–6pm

Future Retrospectives is a group exhibition featuring the work of Exhibition Listings

eleven local and international artists and designers, unified by a shared methodology: using the past as a lens through which we imagine the future. It asks, “what will the future look like, and how did we get there?”

29. I Want to Be the One to Walk in the Sun Sat, Jan 18 – Sun, Jan 26 Coolearth Architecture Inc., 386 Pacific Avenue Reception: Sun, Jan 19, 3–6pm Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat–Sun 2–6pm

Why do we like the things we like? In her new body of work Jayne Grigorovich invites you to consider this question as you walk through an exhibition of ink drawings, wall hangings and screen printed accessories based on all of her favourite stuff.

30. I’ve Got a Lot on My Plate Fri, Jan 17 – Sat, Jan 25 Luxe Appliance Studio, 334 King Street East Hours: Tue–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 10am– 5pm

Artist Jacqueline Poirier explores a feast of fine foods and gourmet cuisine in this mouth-watering hand-painted plate installation.

31. Illuminations Wed, Jan 15 – Sun, Feb 23 Craft Ontario, 1106 Queen Street West Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 6–9pm Hours: Mon–Wed 10am–6pm, Thu 10am–9pm, Fri–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–5pm

Fifteen renowned Canadian metalsmiths transform donated heritage silver into unique candleholders, each piece honouring Canadian women s involvement in a particular art. A travelling exhibition produced by the Metal Collective.

IDS brings together over 53,000 of the world s most compelling trends, people and products of today and tomorrow to inspire and transform the future of design.

32. IN RESIDENCE

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 55 St. Clair Avenue West Hours: Mon–Sun 9am–7pm

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 stackt market, 28 Bathurst Street, #1112 Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 7–10pm Hours: Tue–Sun 11am–5pm

MUKË will move the contents of its studio (furniture, plants, pets, maquettes, materials and more) into a shipping container at stackt—enveloping it as a site to showcase new work and much more. Visit them at work!

33. Installations by Anony & Castor Design Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 EQ3 King East, 222 King Street East Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 7–10pm Hours: Mon–Fri 10am–8pm, Sat 10am– 6pm, Sun 10am–5pm

Join EQ3 at our King East showroom to experience the innovative lighting and home furnishing installations designed and produced by Toronto s Anony and Castor Design.

35. Inverted Valleys

Inverted Valleys by Interspatial Art & Design Collective is part of a series of canopies that quickly create inviting public spaces while leaving the area beneath untouched and freely useable. Its focus is on the unique geography of Toronto’s ravine systems.

36. It Starts Out Rough Thu, Jan 16 – Sun, Jan 26 VERSO Gallery at Inabstracto, 1160 Queen Street West Reception: Thu, Jan 16, 6–8pm Hours: Wed–Thu 11am–6pm, Fri–Sat 11am–5pm, Sun 1pm–5pm

In her solo exhibition, ‘It Starts Out Rough’, Julie Jenkinson juxtaposes two bodies of sculpture work made from unrelated collections of salvaged wood and found vintage objects.

37. Justin Bailey Design x NewWall

34. Interior Design Show 2020

Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 24 NewWall, 363 Adelaide Street East Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 6–9pm Hours: Mon 10am–9pm, Tue–Fri 10am– 6pm

Thu, Jan 16 – Sun, Jan 19 Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West Reception: Thu, Jan 16, 7–11pm Tickets: See website, bit.ly/38tpvSE Hours: Thu 10am–4pm, Fri 9am–6pm, Sat–Sun 10am–6pm

Designer Justin Bailey pairs with wallpaper design studio NewWall to present a series of mirrors that create a collaboration between designer and host that reciprocates the relationship between object and space.

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38. Key to Type ♠ Thu, Oct 19, 2019 – Fri, Feb 21 School of Design, George Brown College, 3 Lower Jarvis Street Hours: Mon–Fri 8am–8pm, Sat–Sun 9am–5pm

This GBC School of Design exhibition explores the history and development of the contemporary keyboard, from first introduction of the typewriter to the development of early touchscreen technology. Featured are 40 vintage objects from the Martin Howard and BuxtonMicrosoft Collections.

39. Light/Room Sat, Jan 18 – Sun, Jan 19 92 Chisholm Avenue RSVP: bahareh@rostamiatash.ca Hours: Sat–Sun 10am–6pm

Light/Room invites you to experience a collection of custom-made light fixtures by architect and artist Bahareh Atash in their intended space. It takes place in the great room of a recently renovated house by Rostami Atash Atelier.

40. Lower Dream State ♠ Fri, Jan 17 – Thu, Jan 30 Artscape Weston Common, 34 John Street, York Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–8pm, Sat–Sun 9am–6pm

The short film, LOWER DREAM STATE , elevates the voices of Baja Californians by revealing the complex social and ecological questions they face. The film raises questions regarding some of the most vital resource extraction industries: salt, copper, and produce.

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41. MakerWear presented by Daily Goods Design LABS Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Location and Hours: See website Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 11am–3pm

Renn Scott from Daily Goods Design LABS presents MakerWear : a series of garments and accessories made for and by women that want to make, create and innovate within the field of design and technology.

42. Meditation in Concrete II ♠ Tue, Jan 14 – Mon, Jan 27 Grab-a-Slice Gallery, 222 Lansdowne Avenue Reception: Fri, Jan 17, 6–9pm Talk: Sat, Jan 25, 2–4pm Hours: Mon–Thu 11am–11pm, Fri–Sat 11am–1am, Sun 11am–11pm

Phat Le & Benjamin de Boer reflect on urban hospitality by performing interventions on hostile architecture. Concrete levels uneven surfaces and covers spikes, reducing discomfort. These actions bring attention to the groups occupying spaces, as well as programs set against occupation.

43. Mjölk 10 Year Anniversary Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Mjölk, 2959 Dundas Street West Reception: Fri, Jan 17, 7–9pm RSVP: info@mjolk.ca Hours: Mon 10am–5pm, Tue–Fri 10am– 6pm, Sat 10am–5pm

Celebrate Mjölk s 10 year anniversary with new product designs by Oji Masanori, Anderssen & Voll, and Thom Fougere. Explore our collaborations produced over the last 10 years, meet the designers, and view the new furniture and accessories.

44. Monolite Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 24 Cosentino City Toronto, 665 Caledonia Road Reception: Tue, Jan 21, 6:30pm–8:30pm RSVP: sforce.co/2ObxjjZ Hours: Mon–Fri 8am–5pm

Cosentino and George Brown College School of Design (Interactive Media Management program) partnered to design and build an installation blending a physical structure cladded with Cosentino’s ultra compact surface called Dekton integrated with interactive and digital media content.

45. Off Course ♠ Sat, Jan 18 – Sun, Jan 26 950 Queen Street West Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 7pm–11pm Hours: Mon–Thu 2–7pm, Fri 2–8pm, Sat 12–7pm, Sun 2–5pm

47. PATHEOS Sculpture Furniture Theo Willemse Studio Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Theo Willemse Studio, 451 Adelaide Street West, #3 Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 7–10pm RSVP: patheostudios@gmail.com Hours: Mon–Sun 11am–5pm

PATHEOS furniture is a Toronto-based modern, sophisticated sculptural furniture collection founded by sculptor Theo Willemse and Patricia Thornton.

48. Paysage de l'intime Fri, Jan 17 – Sat, Jan 25 Abbozzo Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 128 Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 5–8pm Hours: Tue–Fri 11am–6pm, Sat 11am– 5pm

Students from the Industrial Design and Graphic Design programs at OCAD University feature their self-authored work in progress through print, interaction design, prototypes, and full scale models. The projects respond to global issues through visual, physical, and interactive outcomes.

Paysage de l'intime is an exhibition showcasing works by eight Canadian jewellery artists. Their work uses the jewellery object as a vehicle for expressing their ideas, thus speaking about their relationship to landscape and nature.

46. Open Studio 1-2-3

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Fort York Visitor Centre, 250 Fort York Boulevard Hours: Mon–Sun 10am–5pm

Mon, Jan 20 – Fri, Jan 24 Studio 1-2-3, 1024 Dupont St, Unit #107 Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 7pm–10pm Hours: Mon–Wed 9am–5pm, Thu 9am–10pm, Fri 9am–3pm

Open Studio 1-2-3 is a combination of three design/make studios (Generator CNC, LUBO Design and Q&A Design) that love to create, collaborate and share what they are doing. Come and meet us in our shared space.

49. PLACEHOLDERS

‘PLACEHOLDERS’ is a series of work that explores how objects provide support, both in space and in thought, becoming a scaffold upon which meaning is built. They live, amongst people, on people, with people, around people, and through people.

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50. PLATED at The Tempered Room

a balance and poised marriage of two art forms.

Sun, Jan 19 – Sun, Jan 26 The Tempered Room, 1374 Queen Street West Hours: Mon–Sat 8am–7pm, Sun 9am– 5pm

53. re:LOCATION // an offsite OCAD U design course in Regent Park ♠

In conjunction with the dinner event 'PLATED', The Tempered Room hosts a display of local design guest curated by Catherine Osborne, and crafted by Canadian ceramicists, glass blowers, sculptors, and artists.

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Great Hall, OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 5–7pm Hours: Mon 10am–9pm, Tue–Sun 10am–5pm

51. Production, Prototypes, and Provocations in Digital Tools

In this exhibition, OCAD U Industrial Design students use a participatory design framework to design bespoke textile goods to be sewn and distributed by Regent Park Sewing Studio, as part of their livelihood and towards a future retail space in 2021.

Mon, Jan 20 – Fri, Jan 24 Ryerson University Architecture Building, 325 Church Street Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–6pm

54. Root Cellars

Students from Ryerson University’s Department of Architectural Science provide provocations on architectural elements through a series of prototypes within the Architecture Building. Showcasing their digital fabrication, physical computing, and parametric design acumen, these installations challenge current notions of architectural interaction.

52. quiet vignettes

Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 24 56 The Esplanade, Suite 203 Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 6–9pm RSVP: rsvp@richardjohnson.ca Hours: Mon–Fri 12–6pm

For Toronto photographer Richard Johnson, large format digital photography is his way of documenting the structures that shape our cultures and communities, and preserving these places in a rapidly shifting world. Root Cellars is Richard’s favourite kind of reveal—to find an understated anthropological occurrence, then document it through repetition.

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Black Cat Artspace, 2186 Dundas Street West Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 7–9pm Hours: Wed–Sun 1–5pm

A collaboration between a collage artist and a floral designer, quiet vignettes combines both practices to create a subtle—almost evanescent—experience of

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55. Septa Collection by Concord Custom Lighting Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 4–7pm stackt market, 28 Bathurst Street, #4101 Hours: Tue–Sat 11am–7pm, Sun 11am–5pm

A new lighting collection by Concord Custom Lighting, 'Septa' is a series of modular, jewellery-like pieces that can be interconnected and styled into various forms while providing alluring accent illumination.

56. SIGNS OF CHANGE Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 stackt market, 28 Bathurst Street, #5108 Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 4–7pm Hours: Tue–Sat 11am–7pm, Sun 11am–5pm

'Signs of Change' envisions and engages with the future culture of Toronto through its signage system. What signs might we see in our future everyday life? What values and ethics will be reflected through those signs? Come design a sign!

58. Still Life, Life Still ♠ Sat, Jan 18 – Sat, Jan 25 Ease, 1446 Dundas Street West Reception: Tue, Jan 21, 7–10pm Hours: Mon–Fri 12–6pm, Sat–Sun 12–5pm

'Still Life, Life Still' is an exploration of the modern gathering designed by Simone Ferkul and Wesley Chau. The exhibit is comprised of domestic furniture and accessories that live within the contexts of social gathering and dining at home.

59. Tables Chairs and Other Unrelated Objects 9 Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Ignite Gallery, 165 Augusta Avenue Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 2–4pm Hours: Wed–Sun 1–5pm

This annual exhibition of furniture created by the students of OCAD University is now in its ninth year. The show presents original work that explores the role of furniture as a medium for personal expression, as a reflection of social and cultural norms, and as an influence upon human behaviour.

60. The ABCs of Polish 57. Smooshes and Slabs Design Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 31 Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond Street Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–7pm, Sat 9am–6pm

Fri, Jan 17 – Sat, Feb 15 The Bakery, 2 Fraser Avenue Hours: Mon–Fri 9am–6pm

'Smooshes and Slabs' are playful assemblages of glazed and fired ceramic performing as wet clay in the process of being squeezed or formed by cast-off architectural materials and objects of everyday urban life. This body of sculpture is developed by artist and designer Pamela Nelson.

A fascinating journey through the history of Polish design! The exhibition includes contemporary and classic designs, as well as popular items Poles have used on a daily basis over the last 100 years. The exhibition is complemented by visual interpretations by 25 talented Polish illustrators.

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61. The Rain-barrel and Sub-irrigated Planter Bed Initiative for Suburban Yards Sun, Nov 3, 2019 – Sun, Jan 26, 2020 Location and Hours: See website

The goal of The Rain-barrel and Sub-irrigated Planter Bed Initiative for Suburban Yards is to encourage homeowners to grow food in their own backyards, and to lead the food growing knowledge movement in urban areas, building stronger local urban communities.

62. The Sky is Falling Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Knife Fork Book, Mezzanine, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street Hours: Tue–Sat 11am–7pm, Sun 12–6pm

Visual artist, designer and poet Jessica Hiemstra creates an abstracted paper sky on the ceiling of Toronto’s only all-poetry bookstore, Knife Fork Book.

63. The Story of Water: The Erie Canal as a Site of Untold Stories Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Road Hours: Wed–Fri 12–4pm, Sun 12– 4:30pm

Formed from 3D scans of the Erie Canal, and (de)formed by the canal’s waters, these cast vessels think with the force of water, with the Erie Canal, to tell a story about the cost of “progress” in central New York.

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64. Themselves Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 stackt market, 28 Bathurst Street, #3109 Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 4–7pm Hours: Tue–Sat 11am–7pm, Sun 11am–5pm

Themselves is an exhibition of furniture and other objects that occupy the space between the boundaries of art and design. The works displayed engage with emerging Metamodernist discourse and oscillate around dominant forms and processes.

65. They Feed Off Buildings Fri, Jan 17 – Sat, Apr 25 Bulthaup Toronto, 280 King Street East, Suite 100 Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 6-9pm RSVP: rsvp@bulthaup.ca Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-3pm

An exhibition of photographs by They Feed off Buildings (TFOB), a design and architecture collective from Berlin, specializing in material research and design. TFOB unites a team with expertise in design, material research, architecture, film, and photography.

66. Toward an Ethical Smart City Sat, Jan 18 – Sat, Jan 25 School of Design, George Brown College, 3 Lower Jarvis Street Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 6pm–8pm Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–9pm

Join the Interdisciplinary Design Strategy students at the IwB as they explore how to contribute to the creation of ethical, inclusive, universal, intelligent, and sustainable Smart Cities through a

multimedia and interactive exhibition.

this essential element.

67. Triga Open Studio

70. Work/Life ♦

Tue, Jan 21 – Fri, Jan 24 Triga Studio, 77 Florence Street Hours: Tue–Fri 12–8pm

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Umbra Store, 165 John Street Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 6–9pm RSVP: bit.ly/WorkLife2020 Hours: Mon–Fri 11am–7pm, Sat 10am– 7pm, Sun 10am–6pm

Triga Creative opens their studio doors to the Toronto community to share how they have been working to innovate sustainable approaches to performance design and present seed concepts from their inaugural Eco-Design Charrette.

68. Vertical Intersections Installation, Workshop & Pok¡ Launch Fri, Jan 17 – Mon, Jan 27 Mackenzie House, 82 Bond Street Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 2–5pm RSVP: bit.ly/2DOfdyq Talk: Sat, Jan 18, 2–5pm Hours: Tue–Fri 12–4pm, Sat–Sun 12–5pm

Vertical Intersections is an itinerant public installation that consists of a series of vertical gardens with workshops that invite locals into shared public space to grow plants, share stories, and create community.

‘Work/Life’ is an annual exhibition that explores new prototypes for contemporary life, showcasing the work of Canadian designers including Annie Tung Creative, Castor Design, Department of Unusual Certainties, Joseph Zhuang, Keillor MacLeod, Mezzaluna Studio, Mickey LaForge, Plural, Radical Norms, and Studio Node.

71. You’re So Lucky! ♠ Sat, Jan 18 – Sun, Jan 19 REMOTE Gallery & Programming Space, 568 Richmond Street West Hours: Sat–Sun 10am–8pm

How do you feel when someone tells you how lucky you are to be successful when you worked so hard to achieve your success? Come explore how the vocabulary we use can affect someone’s perception of their own achievements.

69. WaterWorks Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Beauchamp Art Gallery, 167 King Street East Hours: Mon–Sun 9:30am–5:30pm

Water remains one of the most important substances on Earth, and for DesignTO Festival 2020 the Beauchamp Gallery has curated a collection that harnesses the power, beauty, and energy of water. Works from 20 contemporary artists will explore

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Events 1. Azure Talks: Made in Toronto Talk: Fri, Jan 17, 4–5pm Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 222 Bremner Boulevard Tickets: IDS Trade Day Admission: General $25, Student $15, microspec.com/reg/IDS2020

Azure Talks convenes a panel at IDS Toronto featuring established and rising brands that have found success making entire lighting and furniture collections in Toronto. Presented by Teknion.

2. BEAT MIX x Relative Space Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 6:30–8:30pm Relative Space, 330 King Street East Tickets: $20, beatoronto.com

BEAT MIX is a platform to develop a series of relationships across Toronto’s architecture and design communities. Our events are open to everyone and target all phases of an architect’s career. BEAT is excited to host this event in collaboration with flooring industry leader Relative Space.

3. byMinistry’s Enlightened Dining Club: The Art of Dining Dinner: Tue, Jan 21, 7–10pm Location to be provided. Tickets: $200, bit.ly/35fbGFx

Celebrating the launch of Matcha byMinistry, this is an immersive 5-course dinner made in collaboration between chef Event Listings

Ted Corrado, digital experience specialists nVoid, and artist Dahae Song. Limited capacity, RSVP for access to tickets.

4. Design to Play ♦ Games: Sun, Jan 19, 3–7pm Spin Master Games, 225 King Street West, #200 RSVP bit.ly/DTOPlay

Get ready to explore the world of game design! DesignTO is holding its first-ever event focused on puzzles and play. Visit the global headquarters of Spin Master, where in-house game designers will oversee gaming stations, guiding play and providing insight on their design process.

5. Designing Canada – An evening to celebrate the best in Canadian design Talk: Tue, Jan 21, 6–8pm EQ3 Liberty Village, 51 Hanna Avenue, #3 RSVP: eq3@janegillpr.com

Join The Globe and Mail and Canadian home furnishings retailer EQ3 to celebrate Designing Canada, a new annual recognition of the best in Canadian design. Enjoy a panel discussion on Canada’s design scene and meet some of the industry’s best talent and opinion leaders.

6. Designlines Magazine's 2020 Designer of the Year Celebration Party: Fri, Jan 24, 6-9:30pm Museum of Contemporary Art, 158 Sterling Road RSVP: bit.ly/2RsP93W

The Designlines 2020 Designer of the Year

Celebration honours the best residential interior specialist in Toronto. Also celebrated are the Best Public Space, Best Product Design and Best Restaurant Design chosen by the Designlines Magazine for 2020.

7. DesignTO Birthday Bash ♦ Party: Sat, Jan 25, 10pm–2am The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West Tickets: $10 online, $12 at the door (cash), bit.ly/DesignTOBDAY

DesignTO is turning 10 and we’re commemorating this momentous occasion with a party! Join us at The Garrison to celebrate this milestone and dance the night away.

8. DesignTO Launch Party ♦ Party: Fri, Jan 17, 7pm–12am Berkeley Church, 315 Queen Street East Tickets: $20 online, $23 at the door (cash), free for DesignTO Members, bit.ly/DesignTO20Launch

Kick off the 10th DesignTO Festival at our official Launch Party! Mix and mingle at the event that brings Toronto’s creative community together. As a fundraiser for the non-profit Festival, all proceeds will go to help achieve our mission to advance design in Canada.

9. DesignTO Symposium: A Future without Work ♦ Talk: Sat, Jan 25, 1–5pm George Brown College, St. James Campus, 290 Adelaide Street East, Room 406 (auditorium), Tickets: $45 online, $51 at the door (cash), bit.ly/DTO20Symposium

DesignTO’s fifth annual symposium brings nine multidisciplinary experts into one room for an inspiring discussion on a Future without Work, covering topics such as the Indigenous workforce, meaning of work, space of work, labour markets, economic systems, and other thoughtprovoking topics.

10. DesignTO Talks: Anagrama ♦ Talk: Mon, Jan 20, 5:30–7pm Relative Space, 330 King Street East RSVP: bit.ly/TalksAnagrama

Partners of Mexican design studio Anagrama speak about teamwork and collaboration in their multidisciplinary practice. They discuss projects ranging from interior architecture to branding for beauty and furniture multinationals. Monocle’s Toronto team will interview them following their talk.

11. DesignTO Talks: Anony & Castor ♦ Talk: Mon, Jan 20, 7–8pm EQ3 King Street, 222 King Street East RSVP: bit.ly/TalksAC

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12. DesignTO Talks: Place des Montréalaises ♦ Talk: Tue, Jan 21, 6–8pm Lemay Toronto, 60 Adelaide Street East, Suite 401 RSVP: bit.ly/TalksPM

Andrew King, Lemay’s Chief Design Officer, and conceptual artist Angela Silver present Place des Montréalaises. Set against Montréal’s monumental cityscape, the winning concept for the international urban design competition poetically merges architecture, landscape design, and art methodologies to reframe notions of city building inclusive of women’s contributions.

13. DesignTO Talks: They Feed Off Buildings ♦ Talk: Fri, Jan 24, 6:30–8pm Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West Tickets: $21, $17 Student/Senior, bit.ly/ TalksTFOB

Founders of the Berlin-based design and architecture collective They Feed Off Buildings speak about using architectural debris to pay homage to demolished buildings and their histories. Maryam Siddiqi, Lifestyle Editor of The Globe and Mail, will interview them following their talk.

14. DesignTO Tours: Connection Points ♦ Tour: Sun, Jan 19, 1–2pm 55 St. Clair Avenue West Tickets: Free, bit.ly/TourConPoints

Discover four exciting installations in the Yonge + St. Clair neighbourhood that explore ideas of connectedness. Hear from Event Listings

installation creators artist Lauren Pirie, art and design collective Interspatial, artists and designers Chris Foster and Layne Hinton, and global architecture firm Gensler.

15. DesignTO Tours: Giannone Petricone Associates, Ideas for the Intensification of the Suburban Mall ♦ Tour: Sat, Jan 18, 1–5pm Meet at Giannone Petricone Associates, 462 Wellington Street West Tickets: $30 online, $34 at the door (cash), bit.ly/TourGPA

Beginning at the Don Mills Centre, Giannone Petricone Associates (GPA) has been working to define a new model for suburban intensification. GPA’s talk and tour will be followed by a panel discussion on questions of ex-urban models, opportunities, and the shifting parameters for retail-driven, mixed-use development.

16. DesignTO Tours: MCM Fabrication Workshop ♦ Tour: Tue, Jan 21, 6–9:30pm Meet at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West Tickets: $30 online, bit.ly/TourMCM

Join DesignTO for an exclusive tour of MCM’s workshop where they integrate state-of-the-art equipment with skilled craftsmanship to fabricate custom environments. Architects Diamond Schmitt, KPMB, iN STUDIO, Partisans, and Bartlett & Associates speak about the process and collaboration between designer and fabricator to realize one-of-akind projects.

17. DesignTO Tours: Ryerson Creative Technology Lab ♦ Tour: Sun, Jan 26, 1–2pm and 2:30– 3:30pm Ryerson Creative Technology Lab, Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, 288 Church Street, Parking Level 1 Tickets: $10 online, $12 at the door (cash), bit.ly/TourCTL

Join DesignTO for a tour of Ryerson University’s new Creative Technology Lab (CTL), led by CTL’s Director and Associate Professor of Interior Design, Jonathon Anderson. The lab supports digital fabrication, 3-D printing, textile computing, AR/VR, and robotics.

18. DesignTO Youth: The Skatrix ♦ Film Screening: Tue, Jan 21, 4–5:30pm Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 76 Wychwood Avenue RSVP: bit.ly/TheSkatrix

Collaborating with students from Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF), ‘The Skatrix’ is public screening of animated shorts that marks the first edition of DesignTO Youth, a new program that provides youth with access to creative disciplines and professionals.

19. Dying.dialogues Talk: Fri, Jan 24, 6–7pm and Sat, Jan 25, 8:30am–5pm OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street Tickets: $35 General, $15 Student/ Senior, bit.ly/2rTSfTW

Dying.dialogues is a symposium on design for end-of-life. Dying.dialogues invites participants to share and reflect on design practice as it relates to end-of-life.

20. Entanglement Deep Time, a multimedia performance and journal launch Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 1–3pm Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West

Co-presented with The Power Plant, Arts + Letters Press launches art + reading Issue 2, Entanglement - Deep Time. Accompanying the launch is a performance by contributors Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguido, with guest singer Thom Gill, taking guests on a journey through the cosmos, revealing the hidden rhythms and harmonies of planetary orbits.

21. Glassblowing Studio Tour and Demonstration Tour: Various dates & times. See website Playing With Fire, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street, Studio 252 RSVP: bit.ly/2LlwhzV

Visit Toronto s only fully electric glassblowing studio, Playing With Fire, for light refreshments, studio tour and glassblowing demonstrations. Guests will be invited to create their own blown glass terrarium at promotional pricing.

22. Ideas Forum: Materializing the Future ♦ Talk: Wed, Jan 22, 6–8pm IBI's Multipurpose Room (Ground Floor), 55 St. Clair Avenue West RSVP: bit.ly/IdeasForum20

The Ideas Forum features fast-paced and fun presentations (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) by artists and designers exploring the themes and questions Event Listings

surrounding the exhibition ‘Future Retrospectives’ with a focus on materiality.

23. It’s a Pop-Up Shop & Party Sat, Jan 25, 6pm–1am The Burroughes Building, 639 Queen Street West Tickets: $15, bit.ly/2sNiHz5

It’s a Pop-Up Shop & Party is a one night pop-up party filled with art, fashion, and music. A celebration of self expression and positive vibes. Shop for Canadian brands while enjoying cocktails/beers and delicious food, all while the DJ is spinning.

24. Khayeri presents 2020 Interior Design Trends in Flooring Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 3–8pm

European Flooring Group Designer Showroom, 1310 Castlefield Avenue RSVP: info@khayeriflooring.ca

Showcasing Khyari Flooring s newest flooring creations for 2020. Explore the exclusive Reclaimed Collection, new product colours, and their custom Bespoke Collection. In addition, view their stalwart lines, Memories of Versailles and Scandinavia, masterpieces in their own right.

25. Love Design Party Party: Sat, Jan 18, 10pm–2am The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West

Love Design Party is the official celebration for #CUTMR2020. Join us first for the exhibition party and explore the installations – then drink and dance the night away in the Ballroom with DJ sets from 10pm to 2am.

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26. Love Design Shop Shop: Sun, Jan 19, 11am–6pm The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West

The Gladstone Hotel presents the Love Design Shop, an exciting one-day shopping event during Come Up to My Room curated by Ange-line Tetrault (Founder, Nanange) and featuring a carefully selected group of the best local independent and emerging designers.

27. Matcha byMinistry: Preview Shop: Thu, Jan 23 & Fri, Jan 24, 5–8pm; Sat, Jan 25–Mon, Jan 27, 9am–8pm Matcha byMinistry, 298 Markham Street Experience the green tea speakeasy created by a world-leading design studio. Plantforward menus created by chef Ted Corrado (formerly of The Drake), plus design collabs from Tosho Knives, Dahae Song, and Tired Labs.

28. My Skin is NOT a costume! Workshop: Sat, Jan 25, 6–10pm sandbox studios, 1 Carlaw Avenue RSVP: bit.ly/2DIVZuf

The evening starts with Aadhe showcasing the fall/winter 2021 collection called Glowing Truths focusing on glow-in-thedark fabrics, traditional embroidery, and brown truths from South Asian society. The showcase is followed by performances by local artists, ending with a discussion. Performances by Ekelle, Villian, Raiesa, Mel Rose, Brittany Campbell, Shaili Champ, Catta Lyst, Brandyn Leo, Maya Gabriel, Veronica Antipolo, and King Juelz.

29. New Auction Presents Thrush Holmes: This is Some Louvre Shit

optimize your living space using simple design elements. Small-space design and functionality at its best.

Reception: Fri, Jan 17, 8pm–1am East Room, 50 Carroll Street RSVP: thenewauction.com

Dinner: Sat, Jan 18, 8–11pm Location to be provided. Tickets: $210 online, bit.ly/ DesignTOPLATED

Thrush Holmes steps away from the flat canvas and explores the 3D form in this exciting exhibition presented by New Auction. A large stepped pyramid, or ziggurat, will be created with the addition of a stepped neon installation above mirroring the footprint of the form. Part art, part experience.

30. Open Studio at Shawna Tabacznik Jewellery Open Studio: Sat, Jan 18, 6pm–11pm Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street, Studio #163

Come meet Shawna Tabacznik at her jewellery studio located at Wychwood Barns during the 10th anniversary of DesignTO. Shawna is a Toronto-based, award winning jewellery designer and goldsmith specializing in bespoke contemporary jewellery pieces with a modern aesthetic.

31. Peak Furnishings: Colour, Lights, Cabinetry ♠ Talk: Sun, Jan 19, 2–4pm The Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive RSVP: karol.kosnik@gmail.com

It's 2020 and we ve reached peak home furnishings. Addressing this idea, local designer Karol Kosnik presents a workshop and presentation on how to

32. PLATED ♦

For one night only, 35 guests will enjoy a dinner catered by The Tempered Room Chef de Cuisine Greg Laird, where every dish, bowl and drinking vessel will be crafted by local ceramicists, glass blowers, sculptors, and artists.

33. The Future of Work(ers) in Brave Organizations ♦ Talk: Thu, Jan 23, 4–7:30pm Teknion Collaboration Hub, 120 Bremner Boulevard, 20th Floor Tickets: $35, bit.ly/Talks20FOW

To excel in the Future of Work, organizations must be brave. Join DesignTO and The Moment to explore how future-oriented organizations are enabling workers, activating organization design, and responding to new trends in the Future of Work as it emerges.

34. The Garden of Secrets: The Future of Sustainable Design ♠ Film Screening: Sun, Jan 19, 6–7:30pm Innis Town Hall Theatre, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue Tickets: $10, bit.ly/2rXiSqW

Enjoy a screening of ‘The Garden of Secrets’ documentary and subsequent panel conversation. Be inspired by how nature-based design strikes the

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perfect balance between innovation and environmental respect, contributing to the betterment of humanity and a greener future.

Penguin books, Scotty Graham’s retrofuturistic landmarks of Mount Dennis and more.

35. Toronto Makes Panel

38. TSA Urban Affairs Forum: Addressing the Climate Crisis

Talk: Thu, Jan 23, 6–8:30pm Kimpton Saint George Hotel, 280 Bloor Street West RSVP: makejoy.co/blogs/journal/designto-the-kimpton

An evening to celebrate the book, Toronto Makes . Author Randi Bergman talks to makers Coolican & Company, FILO TIMO, Hollis+Morris and Mason Studio (the interior design firm behind Kimpton Saint George Hotel). Book signing to follow. Cocktails from 6–7pm.

36. Toronto Makes Workshop Workshop: Thu, Jan 23, 12–10pm Kimpton Saint George Hotel, 280 Bloor Street West Tickets: $125, bit.ly/2P9QnQk

Choose from 3 workshops by makers in the book Toronto Makes . Get your make on in the Kimpton Saint George Hotel’s Northern Suite. Includes bites, sips + signed copy of Toronto Makes by Randi Bergman. Space limited.

Talk: Tue, Jan 21, 6:30–8:30pm Toronto Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street RSVP: bit.ly/2PjrrEy

How can architects best respond to the climate crisis? Through directly addressing the frightening realities of climate change, this Toronto Society of Architects forum seeks to identify concrete actions architects can employ immediately to curb the negative effects of the building industry on our planet.

39. Women That Make, Create and Innovate ♠ Talk: Thu, Jan 23, 6:30–8:30pm

Location: See website Tickets: up to $35, bit.ly/36ewXPZ

Daily Goods Design LABS hosts an event featuring women that are changing the landscape of design through creative uses of materials and technology. Presentations will focus on how to design for the other half of consumers—yes, that’s right, designs for women!

37. TRANSITioning Mount Dennis ♠ Party: Sat, Jan 25, 10am–5pm Former CIBC Bank Building, 1174 Weston Road

Join the Mount Dennis BIA to celebrate their neighbourhood in transition. Explore art + design at a former CIBC building: see local artist works, pop-up shops including

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Window Installations

All window installations are on view Friday, January 17 to Sunday, January 26 unless otherwise indicated.

1. (AI) – Aesthete’s Items ♠ gravitypope, 1010 Queen Street West

(AI) - Aesthete’s Items is founded on the philosophy that beauty must be expressed and shared commonly. It should not be reserved for a limited circle of initiates, but rather be a part of our daily lives in the form of everyday objects.

2. Case Study 1: On Mass Fri, Jan 10 – Fri, Jan 31 Thirty Six Knots, 1212 Yonge Street

Deep in the woods, a soaring red oak tree was ready for a new life. These furniture pieces don’t simply make use of its material, but embody the strength and stability of its lost presence.

3. COFO Design x Ghost Atelier Collab stackt market, 28 Bathurst Street, #2-101 Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 4–7pm

Using a diverse skillset ranging from architecture to industrial and product design, the COFO x Ghost Atelier Collaboration will be exploring stimulating visuals through light, objects, form and function.

4. Context ♠ DTAH, 50 Park Road Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 6–8pm

Context addresses the stratified urban conditions that characterize our cities. A banner of reflective material weaves between interior greenery and exterior spaces, emphasizing a design process influenced by interconnected social, environmental, and built layers.

5. Dark Curves Wed, Jan 15 – Thu, Jan 30 Mayberry Fine Art, 324 Dundas Street West

An installation of hanging and freestanding carved wood sculpture. Djuna Day’s carvings evoke both the airy silhouettes of Victorian botanical drawings and the studied depth of Reinhardt’s ‘Black Paintings’, a tight space between mysticism and rationale.

6. Daydream Under the Penny Vine Tue, Jan 14 – Sun, Feb 2 gh3*, 55 Ossington Avenue

The Daydream Under the Penny Vine window installation debuts the Penny Vine light, the first lighting product designed by Sylvia Lee, glass designer and Creative Director of Jeff Goodman Studio.

7. Delirious Facade ♠ Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 stackt market, 28 Bathurst Street, #3-101 Reception: Sat, Jan 18, 4–7pm

Delirious Facade uses artificial intelligence as a generator for architectural form and ornament. LAMAS takes existing Toronto facades and use their visual Window Installations

signatures as material for generating hybrids, making the computer dream one building in the image of another.

8. dye magic uoai studio, 264a Christie Street

dye magic by Allie Davis showcases both the strength of washi and the power of plant-based dye materials. The largescale paper designs, in a diverse range of colours, raise the question: can wall decor feel magical, while remaining environmentally sustainable?

9. Episteme Fri, Jan 17 – Mon, Jan 27 Aesop, 880A Queen Street West Reception: Thu, Jan 23, 7–10pm RSVP: rsvp.canada@aesop.com

An evocative cinematic expression created in collaboration with Dutch artist Bart Hess. Titled with the Ancient Greek word for knowledge and understanding, the installation was born of the belief that we absorb knowledge through the senses, with the skin acting as an interface between the body and the world around us.

10. Fantasy Foliage ♠ Olsson Optical, 1407 Yonge Street

Fantasy Foliage by Apoorva Varma is an immersive textile installation. The artist has adopted the persona of a Textile Fantasy Author to explore ideas of story, from thought to space and text to textile, challenging what creates a narrative.

11. Feels Scout, 405 Roncesvalles Avenue

A jewellery installation by Emma Piirtoniemi, ‘Feels’ expands the intimate, Window Installations

individual experience of jewellery objects to become shared by many at once. It speaks to collective experience and to our interior, emotional lives through glimmering light, colour, and material mystery.

12. Field Leap Ease, 1446 Dundas Street West

In a clarion call for the return of summer, artist Frances Hahn brings her paper collage Field Leap into three dimensions.

13. Future Breathing Store 2038: an alternative perspective towards urban pollution Mon, Jan 20 – Sun, Jan 26 Easy Tiger Goods, 1447 Dundas Street West Reception: Sun, Jan 19, 5–7:30pm

Future Breathing Store 2038 is a popup installation that envisions three speculative future breathing lifestyles and products of Chinese residents, stemming from existing technologies to create public reflections on air pollution and to accumulate momentum for air pollution changes. Envisioned by Altereality.studio: Shihan Zhang, Qinqin Yang, and Yangyifan Dong.

14. Holographic Screen by DPo Architecture ♠ Opticianado Eyewear, 2919 Dundas Street West

‘Holographic Screen by DPo Architecture’ explores the role of devices such as curtains or screens that can filter light and views through glazing, move, rearrange space and act as a counterpart to

contemporary materials such as concrete, steel and glass.

15. Iconic Wooden Chairs Studio 1686, 1686 Queen Street West

This piece is about the process of working through an experience of creative theft, questioning the validity of ownership, and positing a nihilistic view of design all together.

16. Installation by Erika Verhagen Fri, Jan 17 – Wed, Jan 22 Xpace Cultural Centre, 303 Lansdowne Avenue, #2 Reception: Fri, Jan 17, 7–10pm

A rug-hooked installation re-creating the artist's bedroom.

17. Into the Woods Fri, Jan 17 – Fri, Jan 24 Cutler and Gross, 758 Queen Street West

Toronto interiors studio Bartlett & Associates collaborate with fabrication partners MCM to reimagine a 30-foottall screen—originally designed by the B|A team for an office tower lobby – as a sculptural window installation that offers an unexpected connection to nature amid an urban streetscape.

18. Iterations: Production Culture Sat, Dec 21, 2019 – Mar 20, 2020 Stantec Window Gallery, 401 Wellington Street West

evolution of commodity production and consumption, and elevates the chair to a metaphoric representation of human culture. Her work explores themes of the fetishized object/commodity, the human body, and machines/technology.

19. Kin by Karben Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Park & Province, 927 Queen Street West Reception: Fri, Jan 24, 7–10pm RSVP: bit.ly/2DS5PK9

Furniture has the ability to become part of our family. Like family, it is part of our pasts and part of our futures. It has the ability to communicate where we’ve come from and where we want to be.

20. Light is Magnetic ergoCentric Showroom and Store, 37 King Street East Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 6–9pm

Light is Magnetic is an exhibition that brings together recent experiments in light sculpture. It includes sculptures that integrate light or reflective elements with other conceptual pieces that explore the connection between light and energy.

21. MTHARU / Speculative Past Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Imperial Rug Galleries, 232 King Street East

The MTHARU design studio s Speculative Past exhibit displays a retrospective and prospective speculation on leveraging its past to tell the future. This includes a timeline of the designs that started the studio to offer alternative imaginaries based on current research.

Cassandra Ferguson’s artistic practice borrows from design to understand the

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22. Outlines

Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Labour of Love, 223 Carlton Street

Through overlapping and intersecting circles, Outlines tries to find an elegant and simple way of illustrating our searching and scattering journeys towards ourselves, others and our place in the world. This multi-media project is a window installation constructed from paper, acrylic, and other materials.

23. Phenomenology of the Road Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 Frances Watson, 1390 Queen Street West

Through digital textiles, this project announces the road as a space of contestation and conflicting memories— every road is charged. Thus, we remember: we “member again,” piecing together fragments from what has transpired to make sense of our present. Project team: Linda Zhang, Biko Mandela Gray and Alisha Kapoor.

24. Pulse Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 LUMAS Gallery, 159 Yorkville Avenue Reception: Thu, Jan 16, 5:30–7pm Talk: Thu, Jan 16, 6:30–7:30pm

Inspired by tree-like structures and the experience of light penetrating through tree tops.

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25. Remnant Wed, Jan 8 – Fri, Jan 31 Drechsel Studio, 150 King Street East Reception: Mon, Jan 20, 6–9pm

A set of fibre based artworks by Charlotte Blake that incorporates discarded, leftover and upcycled materials.

26. Routine to Ritual Fri, Jan 17 – Sun, Jan 26 The Monocle Shop, 776 College Street

How does an object influence the way you think, act, and feel? Can it elevate tasks and transform them into ritual moments? What if design could be used to understand the ritual properties of an object? In collaboration with Monocle, Coolican & Company explores the mundane act of putting on shoes.

27. Toying With Utopia Fri, Jan 17 – Thu, Feb 20 313 Design Market, 313 Roncesvalles Avenue

50,000+ LegoTM bricks in a Habitat67-like fantasy city with 1000 terraced pavilions, illuminated mega-tower and kinetic buildings moving through the landscape. An optimistic assembly of elements that speak to the inherent creativity and everevolving nature of cities, skylines and communities.

discarded concrete, brick and metal. Founders Luisa Rubisch and Rasa Weber are this year’s DesignTO Festival’s International Guest Speakers. In a leadup to their Toronto visit, we asked them about the deeper context—and performance aspect—of what it means to recycle old buildings.

Image: Rasa Weber and Luisa Rubish. Photo by Matin Diepold. Courtesy of the designer

They Feed Off Buildings By Catherine Osborne

When a building is torn down much of it ends up in the landfill. But what if construction debris was considered a repository of valuable, reusable material? That’s the idea behind Urban Terrazzo, a bespoke countertop and flooring surface made by Berlin collective They Feed Off Buildings, which repurposes 56

Tell us a bit about yourselves. Where did you study, and what inspired you to start working together? Rasa Weber: Luisa and I met while working on our Masters at the Berlin University of the Arts. That was also when I started to move toward material research and architecture. Luisa Rubisch: I come from the field of urbanism and worked as an urban designer before finding my way into product design. I was looking for a way to implement urban ideas on a smaller, more one-to-one scale. What also brought us together was a shared interest in doing something practical, but also combining theory. We were looking for ways to do some sort of experimental preservation. It was very abstract, initially. RW: You could say, we snuck into architecture. There’s no paper proving we can do what we do, we’re learning by doing. We aren’t developing spaces as an architect does, we’re developing materials out of old buildings by taking demolition debris and refabricating

it into terrazzo, what we call Urban Terrazzo. For us, it's really a nice way of translating material development on a larger scale, because in architecture, you have a bigger playground than you do in product design.

Where did the idea of making terrazzo out of construction debris come from? RW: It originated from breaking into construction sites illegally. We were curious about demolition waste and what happens to it, so we started to experiment with these discarded materials, not with a particular aim of turning cement bits and such into anything usable. It was more like an open laboratory, you could say. Only later did we start to think about how we could actually create a product, or develop a strategy for working in architecture using construction debris. Essentially, we take chunks of cement and run them through a crusher machine, which breaks them into smaller pieces. We work with a terrazzo company to form them into surfaces. It’s custom work, and we generally collaborate directly with clients and architects on particular projects.

instance, our photography, or how we dress up in white coveralls and respirator masks when we are making the terrazzo. It has a certain look. That's very much on purpose, and sometimes people are kind of irritated by it. They’re a bit confused. But we rather like it when people come to our talks looking for “those guys in the white suits,” and then there are these two young women standing there. I see our disguises as developing a kind of aesthetic language. I believe the narrative is, in the end, much more essential than just a nice piece of recycling. LR: I would say we think of it another way: we’re not only producing a sustainable material solution, we’re preserving history and transforming it into something new. RW: We like to think of architecture as being metabolic, as though architecture is digesting itself, you could say, where we’re turning an old building into a new one, and then into an old building again, so that an extended cycle is established. We know that nothing is for eternity, but

There’s a sustainable element to Urban Terrazzo. Is part of your interest in reusing materials so they don’t end up in the landfill? RW: That’s a red thread that runs through the work, for sure, but what’s more interesting for us is to break from the common idea of what a sustainable product looks like, or what a sustainable strategy looks like. We deliberately wanted to play with this perception and twist it a bit. One essential idea for us is to create a different aesthetic in our work. For

Image:They Feed Off Buildings, 'Urban Terrazzo, Prague'. Photo by Michael Havas. Courtesy of the designer.

everything can be renewed. I think this could be a kind of building practice, in fact, to build buildings that are made for being demolished and reused.

Is that the evolution of your work, to rethink buildings as material banks? RW: Yes, at the end of the day, we are trying to implement something that is actually realizable. Our work is not only a nice thought, we want to develop something that can exist in a house, or is something that people can surround themselves with.

Image:They Feed Off Buildings, 'Urban Terrazzo, Berlin'. Photo by Hannes Wiedemann. Courtesy of the designer.

In one of your videos, you talk about imagining a building lasting for 1,000 years. I think that ties in with what you're saying. RW: There is a really interesting research project happening in the EU right now called the Material Passport, which is trying to do exactly that, of having a building last forever. It’s a set of data that gives a new kind of identity to a building, as a material bank. Basically, you can start to look at the urban landscape, and at buildings, very differently when you begin to consider them more or less as storage units for making something new later on. I think there is an urgent need to shift the perspective towards this way of thinking. We need to spend more time thinking of buildings as recycling sites that can be taken apart and rebuilt. But we also believe you don’t need to get rid of architectural traces in the process. Every building that is demolished can also be read as a piece of history, and that's why it's interesting for us to work with material like Urban Terrazzo, where pieces of old buildings are preserved.

LR: I would say, the main goal of our work as the collective They Feed Off Buildings is to bring some sensitivity to those kind of subjects. That's another reason why are creating an image-based language with our work, through videos and photos. We’re not just promoting a new product that’s coming to the market. There’s a whole story to tell. Learn more about They Feed Off Buildings at www.urbanterrazzo.com

Hear Luisa and Rasa at DesignTO Talks: They Feed Off Buildings , Friday, January 24, 6:30pm at Harbourfront Centre Learn more about the event on Page 21.

What is a Future without Work? By Amanda Low

Work. It is so embedded into our culture it permeates everything, from our social interactions to our politics and our education. So, how can we begin to imagine a world without it? That’s the topic of this year’s DesignTO Symposium: A Future without Work. In a leadup to the event, we asked nine industry experts about their thoughts on what a post-work world might be like. One of the biggest concerns is how artificial intelligence will influence the future. Heather Russek and Jessica Thornton of the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship speculate work will still exist even with AI, it will just be categorized in new ways. Understanding current trends will be crucial to figuring out how it might unfold. Symon Oliver, Design Director of Tennis, also believes we will still work, however the emphasis will shift to new workflows that create meaningful connections between disciplines, people and services. The social element within work will be

Image: Heather Russek and Jessica'Strange Ideas About the Future of Work'. Courtesy of the designer.

crucial in this new era where work is being radically redefined. Antonio Iadorola, Co-founder of Studio Wé, sees a growing importance in relationship-based human activities too—values that are already being played out in co-working spaces. In the future, “mutual support and shared coproduction of goods and services will likely be the contractual relationships we associate with work,” he says. Komal Faiz, who is Lead UX Researcher of Zensurance suggests another idea: “Are we heading to a future without work, or are we anticipating one?” Inspired by the initiatives from the global design research project WEMOBILE, Faiz is focusing on another important realm: how restrictions to mobility for women, due to cultural, social and economic barriers, exclude them from the

growing population in this country, and they represent a significant workforce opportunity.” While they currently face high levels of unemployment, their presence in the workforce is fundamental to Indigenous survival. As we redefine the meaning of work, we must also look at redefining the spaces where it happens. How will our work environments evolve? Lexi Tsien, Principal at Soft-Firm, sees work becoming far more intertwined with our leisure lives. As such, workspaces must allow for “flexible, haptic and humanistic formats of work and life.” Image: Jonas Altman,'We Contain Multituese'. Courtesy of the designer.

workforce. Faiz anticipates a future where women and other marginalized groups will join the workforce as freely as they wish, by implementing empathic design solutions that address such issues as harassment and safety concerns on public transportation. For marginalized communities, a future without work sounds especially bleak. But Jonas Altman, founder of Social Fabric, believes in a redefined notion of work, where “we've stretched its meaning to include all those forms of work that go unseen and unpaid.” Its definition has become so broad, he says, that everyone, especially the marginalized, will have a decent standard of living. According to keynote speaker Carol Anne Hilton, CEO of the Indigenomics Institute, “First Nations people are the fastest

A future without work is a bold statement to make. For some, it might be a threat to familiar livelihoods; for others, it means changing perceptions. According to Keith Jones, Principal of Toronto design strategy consultancy & Good Company, it’s also a remarkable opportunity. “As we lean into a new creative renaissance, we have the opportunity to not only imagine, but begin to shape a world that’s guided by prosperity, morality and beauty.”

Hear more at the DesignTO Symposium: A Future without Work . Learn more about the event on Page 22.

Curated through an open call, 'Future Retrospectives' features work from 11 Canadian and international artists and designers including Graysha Audren, Mia Cinelli, Hannah Claus,

Image: Tsēmā Igharas, '...for future generations', 20142015. Courtesy of the artist.

The Future is Retrospective By Kerala Woods This year the DesignTO thematic exhibition, 'Future Retrospectives', celebrates DesignTO’s 10th anniversary by looking to both the future and the past. At this exciting moment in DesignTO’s history 'Future Retrospectives' asks, “what will the future look like, and how did we get there?” Instead of marking this anniversary with a traditional retrospective exhibitition, 'Future Retrospectives' explores how the past can inform the future, how the future can inform the present and how all three are interconnected. With DesignTO’s 10th anniversary falling in the year 2020, 'Future Retrospectives' is also connected to seeing 20/20, touching on themes of vision and foresight.

Cassandra Ferguson, Tsēmā Igharas, Andreas Krätschmer, SHATTERED MOON ALLIANCE, Studio Björn Steinar, Adhavan Sundaramurthy, Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart, and Jessica Thalmann. This multidisciplinary exhibit features work in a variety of mediums including typography, photography, sculpture, textiles, multimedia installation, furniture and architecture, all unified by a shared methodology. Creative acts are inherently futureoriented and 'Future Retrospectives' asks both the artist and the viewer to contemplate how the past can help us understand the future. For artist Mia Cinelli, who has created a series of new letterforms designed to supplement existing typefaces, the connection is clear. ”Our present actions become the past, but they also become what’s next...The future doesn’t just arrive one day perfectly formed; it’s not magic, it’s planning.”

See Future Retrospectives at Harbourfront Centre, January 17 – March 29. Learn more about the exhibition on Page 11.

Image: Oasis Skateboard Factory students and instructors

DesignTO Youth Creates Meaningful Connections By Kerala Woods This year DesignTO has inaugurated DesignTO Youth, an exciting new program aimed at engaging youth in the city. The inspiration for this project came from a desire to serve the community and connect with new demographics through design. DesignTO Youth offers youth in the city unique learning opportunities, including speaker sessions, tours, and workshops with creative practitioners based in Toronto. Participants also have the opportunity to show their work during the festival gaining exposure to a wide audience and allowing them to make connections in Toronto’s design community. DesignTO Youth aims to connect youth with opportunities, share creative expertise, engage

youth and designers, and improve the chances of youth pursuing creative sector education or employment. ---------------------------------------------------

The opportunity to build new skills in animation and meet mentors in the community is very exciting. - Lauren Hortie --------------------------------------------------For the first year of DesignTO Youth, DesignTO partnered with Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF), an alternative school which is part of the Toronto District School Board that uses a hands-on learning model, allowing

students to learn how to design and fabricate skateboards and build their own brand. This year the DesignTO Youth program focused on animation, connecting the students directly with artists and leaders in the Toronto. OSF has participated in DesignTO for many years, so DesignTO Youth was an exciting way to build deeper engagement with this community. “The opportunity to build new skills in animation and meet mentors in the community is very exciting,” says OSF teacher Lauren Hortie, “From guest animators to field trips, to animation studios, to hands-on workshops, the students have met a wide variety of adults with cool jobs.” ---------------------------------------------------

As a youth, I had a few mentors who gave me the time and guidance to find my own direction in life, and I want to pass on what experience and knowledge I can to the next generation. - Rob Elsworthy

For the creative practitioners the experience has also been uniquely rewarding. “As a youth, I had a few mentors who gave me the time and guidance to find my own direction in life, and I want to pass on what experience and knowledge I can to the next generation,” said Rob Elsworthy. “As an independent animation/ filmmaker, I was attracted by the idea of working with youths, and guiding them in creating animation projects from beginning to end, and potentially inspiring a career in filmmaking,” explained Tommy Truong. “We always welcome up and coming artists to the studio to give them a glimpse into the magic of animation,” added Rebecca Smith, VP of Production at House of Cool, “it was a lot of fun to connect with young minds.” DesignTO Youth is a unique opportunity for both youth and the Toronto design community at large. By actively engaging with youth, this collaborative program allows the design community to grow and develop, connecting with new demographics through design.

--------------------------------------------------Students had the chance to hear from video game designer and Program Director of the Toronto Film School, Rob Elsworthy. The students also participated in a tour of worldrenowned animation studio House of Cool, allowing them to learn about careers in animation. A weeklong animation workshop led by new media artist and educator Tommy Truong taught the students about animation methods and skills, such as stopmotion, rotoscoping, sound recording, and editing.

Join us for the DesignTO Youth: The Skatrix Screening at Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery. Learn more about the event on Page 15.

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