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January 17–26, 2020.

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

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Design for Health, Wellness, Aging and Inclusion

Jan 17

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Jan 26 2020

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.

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Routine to Ritual

Jan 17

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Jan 26 2020

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

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Ideas Forum: Materializing the Future

Jan 22

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.

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Address

Jan 14

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Jan 19 2020

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.

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Open Studio at Shawna Tabacznik Jewellery

Jan 18

‘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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PLACEHOLDERS

Jan 17

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Jan 26 2020

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.

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You’re So Lucky!

Jan 18

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Jan 19 2020

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.

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Meditation in Concrete II

Jan 14

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Jan 27 2020

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Celebrate our 10 year anniversary with new product designs launching 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.

Exhibition

Mjölk 10 Year Anniversary

Jan 17

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Jan 25 2020

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 ever-evolving nature of cities, skylines and communities.

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Toying With Utopia

Jan 17

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Feb 02 2020

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Entering its 10th year, DesignTO is Canada’s largest annual celebration of design with over 100 exhibitions and events forming Toronto’s design week, January 17–26, 2020.

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