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DesignTO Festival - January 20–29, 2023
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Thank you to everyone for coming out to celebrate art and design in the middle of January, helping us people together to design a more sustainable, just, and joyful future.
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Designing a better future with DesignTO
As we prepare for the upcoming Festival, Executive Director Jeremy Vandermeij and Artistic Director Deborah Wang, take a moment to look back at where DesignTO started and where it’s going.
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DesignTO Festival - Jan 20–Apr 02 2023
Territories 2.0
Located in Sugar Beach Park – North, a dark cube houses miniature landscapes by artist Olivier Roberge depicting a natural environment that has been transformed by human intervention and climate change.
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DesignTO Festival - January 11–February 4, 2023
Forecast
‘Forecast’ is a group exhibition featuring the work of nine local and international artists and designers exploring themes related to the climate crisis specifically as it relates to the weather and how environmental changes impact communities on a global scale.
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DesignTO Festival - January 16–February 5, 2023
Purpose & Play
Showcasing the work of eight Canadian designers and studios, ‘Purpose & Play’ is an exhibition that explores new prototypes for contemporary life focusing on domestic objects that are fun to use and fun to own.
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DesignTO Festival - January 20–February 11, 2023
DesignTO Youth: Blueprint
‘Blueprint’ is a group exhibition featuring 10 young artists and designers. Inspired by a DesignTO Youth six-week residency program, these youth create new work that considers the future of Toronto as they envision it.
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'digitalSTRUCTURES: Data and Urban Strategies of the Civic Future' is an interactive XR exhibition that engages with digital property and data infrastructures, and explores new modes and impacts of data collection affecting architecture, urban infrastructure, and supply chains.
digitalSTRUCTURES: Data and Urban Strategies of the Civic Future
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digitalSTRUCTURES: Data and Urban Strategies of the Civic Future
Jan 27
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Mar 18 2023
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Comprised of video performances, moving-image, and documentation archives that are projected simultaneously onto different surfaces, this performative installation explores notions of the liminal in our current digital culture.
Variations on Broken Lines | A multimedia installation at LA-MASHU artspace
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Variations on Broken Lines | A multimedia installation at LA-MASHU artspace
Jan 20
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Feb 10 2023
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'Look at me!' by Elfy Castro celebrates nature's perfect design that took millions of years to create.
Elfy Castro: Nature, “LOOK AT ME!… I AM SUBLIME AND SUPREME” – POSTPONED
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Elfy Castro: Nature, “LOOK AT ME!… I AM SUBLIME AND SUPREME” – POSTPONED
Jan 21
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Mar 19 2023
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Located in Sugar Beach Park - North, a dark cube houses miniature landscapes by artist Olivier Roberge depicting a natural environment that has been transformed by human intervention and climate change.
Territories 2.0
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Territories 2.0
Jan 20
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Apr 02 2023
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STACKABL exhibits five in-house-configured pendants to spark conversations about the circular economy and the future of collectible design. See the lights 24/7 at The Lobby, a community-driven space where creativity, inspiration and expertise come together, and try the configurator yourself.
STACKABL x The Lobby by Heaps Estrin
Window Installation
STACKABL x The Lobby by Heaps Estrin
Jan 14
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Mar 31 2023
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'Housing Multitudes 2.0: A Bigger Picture for Toronto' unlocks the DNA of the suburb to create a composite “big picture” of how the urbanism that characterizes many North American cities can be transformed for the greater benefit of all.
Housing Multitudes 2.0: A Bigger Picture for Toronto
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Housing Multitudes 2.0: A Bigger Picture for Toronto
Jan 25
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Apr 01 2023
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A two-person exhibition by Hamilton-based artist and weaver Amanda Rataj and her late grandfather, master woodworker Rudolph Rataj, who was the principal designer and shop manager for a successful Toronto furniture company Brunswick Manufacturing in the '60s and '70s.
Generation
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Generation
Jan 14
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Feb 25 2023
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Showcasing the work of eight Canadian designers and studios, ‘Purpose & Play’ is an exhibition that explores new prototypes for contemporary life focusing on domestic objects that are fun to use and fun to own.
Purpose & Play
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Purpose & Play
Jan 16
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Feb 05 2023
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‘Blueprint’ is a group exhibition featuring 10 young artists and designers. Inspired by a DesignTO Youth six-week residency program, these youth create new work that considers the future of Toronto as they envision it.
DesignTO Youth: Blueprint
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DesignTO Youth: Blueprint
Jan 20
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Feb 11 2023
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‘Forecast’ is a group exhibition featuring the work of nine local and international artists and designers exploring themes related to the climate crisis specifically as it relates to the weather and how environmental changes impact communities on a global scale.
Forecast
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Forecast
Jan 11
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Feb 04 2023
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Willms and Crockard's At The Chair Factory is a collaborative video installation and collection of photographic work depicting the hypnotic daily routines and curious personal ephemera found on the assembly line in a very old factory in the artists' home.
At The Chair Factory
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At The Chair Factory
Jan 20
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Feb 19 2023
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'Salt Frames' is an exploration of the biology and geometry of salt fields using the medium of champagne glass. Inspired by aerial views of salt fields, art and design is merged into a series of screens and tables presented at CLEMENTINE'S.
Salt Frames
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Salt Frames
Jan 19
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Feb 02 2023
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An 18" x 11" x 10" miniature room box of a kitchen. The room includes multiple miniature wall clocks, all showing a different time. But what time is it? This window display is about dementia, specifically my mother's.
Dementia Miniature Suite
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Dementia Miniature Suite
Jan 20
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Feb 03 2023
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'They *Not* Just Baskets' shows Nadira’s ongoing Woven Series inspired by traditional Panamanian woven baskets. Using a mix of specific colours and pre-Columbian-esque patterns Nadira makes sculptural objects as a medium to understand Panamanian history, culture and craft.
They’re *Not* Just Baskets
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They’re *Not* Just Baskets
Jan 20
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Feb 17 2023
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Exhibition of international and award-winning work by alumni of York University’s Department of Design.
York University Department of Design Alumni Exhibition
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York University Department of Design Alumni Exhibition
Jan 20
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Feb 19 2023
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