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2023 DesignTO Festival Call for Submissions
Independent Projects
And just like that, our 2023 DesignTO Festival Call for Independent projects is open! Submit to show your work January 20-29, 2023.
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DesignTO Festival – January 20-29, 2023
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Saturday, October 1, 2022
Architecture & Wellbeing: Designing for Mental Health Care
Join DesignTO, KPMB and CAMH for a special talk and tour of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Queen Street site
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Informed by the ‘Biographical Consequences of Activism’; as well as the artist’s own reflections on being a participant in multiple protest marches since 2003. ‘Protest Poster’ highlights and explores the history of protest posters through the use of historical fonts associated with important civil movements of the past.
Protest Poster
Window Installation
Protest Poster
Jan 21
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Jan 30 2022
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'The Seeds We Sow' is dedicated to the aftermath of the Second Artsakh War in Armenia. This installation consists of over four thousand pomegranate seeds: each represents a life lost during the latest conflict in the region.
The Seeds We Sow
Window Installation
The Seeds We Sow
Jan 21
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Jan 30 2022
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This furniture project explores themes of mindfulness, meditation, and flow in relationship with the designer's process and the end user's experience of an object. The exhibition features a large mahogany dining table with abstract repeating shapes and organic lines.
Flow State: Sculptural Furniture as Meditation
Window Installation
Flow State: Sculptural Furniture as Meditation
Jan 21
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Jan 30 2022
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Beauchamp Art Gallery presents 'Colour Pop: What’s New and Now in Canadian Pop Art'. The exhibition features works by prolific contemporary French-Canadian artists in many mediums, including collage, acrylic, papier machée, 3D op-art, interactive digital works, and more.
Colour Pop
Exhibition
Colour Pop
Jan 21
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Jan 30 2022
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‘Dying.exhibits’ is an exhibition series on end of life, inviting participants to think about their relationship with life and death through art and design. Let’s get comfortable with the uncomfortable and start talking about what truly matters.
Dying.exhibits – CANCELLED
Exhibition
Dying.exhibits – CANCELLED
Sep 07
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Sep 25 2022
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BAND Gallery presents 'Phase 1', a collection of wooden furniture designed and made by Daej Hamilton, a Black female woodworker. This collection is intentionally designed to remind us of the sentimental value of sustainable furniture made to last.
Phase 1: Daej Designs
Exhibition
Phase 1: Daej Designs
Jan 21
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Feb 06 2022
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A photographic series by Amanda Large of fifty modernist churches located in Toronto, from Etobicoke to Scarborough. Built between 1950 and 1981, and captured in 2019/2020, this collection of images documents an often-neglected subset of modernist architecture.
Fifty50: fifty modernist churches, a 50mm lens
Exhibition
Fifty50: fifty modernist churches, a 50mm lens
Jun 04
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Jun 20 2022
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'Assembly Line' is a window installation that invites co-creation between industrial robots and human participants. Audience members may submit gestures to a virtual assembly line, highlighting the short-lived nature of mechanical effort.
Assembly Line
Window Installation
Assembly Line
Jan 21
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Jan 29 2022
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Goethe-Institut invited Tim Leduc, Wilfrid Laurier professor in land-based social work, and elder Gae Ho Hwako Norma Jacobs to open their biophilic Goethe Air Space in Toronto and explore the interrelatedness of the natural, cultural and digital realms we inhabit.
Cultures, Climate, Care: Indigeneity & the Nature of Global Change
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Cultures, Climate, Care: Indigeneity & the Nature of Global Change
Mar 08
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Apr 05 2022
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Take a journey into Canada’s geological past without leaving the city! 'Core Shadows' is a lighting installation inspired by Ontario’s natural landscape and the human interaction that has altered it throughout time.
Core Shadows – CANCELLED
Window Installation
Core Shadows – CANCELLED
Jan 21
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Jan 30 2022
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