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‘Trask Talk’ is a symposium that brings together seven multidisciplinary experts to discuss design responses to the problem of waste and waste management in the context of the global climate crisis.
DesignTO Symposium: Trash Talk
DesignTO ProjectEvent
DesignTO Symposium: Trash Talk
Jan 25
An Indigenous woman has never appeared on a Canadian banknote. Working with Indigenous artists, the Native Women’s Association of Canada created 'Change The Bill', a collection of bills that bear the faces of history’s most significant Indigenous women.
Change The Bill
Exhibition
Change The Bill
Jan 20
'exhaust' is an art installation exploring the idea of exhaustion through visuals, materiality and process. The work conceptualizes emotional burnout while representing resource depletion by using solely discarded and reclaimed materials.
exhaust
Window Installation
exhaust
Jan 08
'Divining (A Long Story V)' is a new evolution in Pirie’s series of illuminated soft-sculptural installations. This rendition intertwines around column structures of 40 St. Clair West, considering our inherent interconnection and thirst for communion with the more-than-human-natural world.
Divining (A Long Story V)
Exhibition
Divining (A Long Story V)
Jan 20
'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 2023
Exhibition
Dying.exhibits 2023
Jan 11
'Marked Figures' explore the fluid definition and role of  “the line” in regards to the identity of a South Asian female figure in space. It is an investigation on how one forms an identity in a changing existence, and how those markings deconstruct and construct the definition through their usage.
Marked Figures
Window Installation
Marked Figures
Jan 20
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‘Building with Light’ is a discussion that explores ways in which architects, artists and designers use lighting to create and transform space.
Building with Light
DesignTO ProjectEvent
Building with Light
Jan 26
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
DesignTO ProjectExhibition
Purpose & Play
Jan 16
‘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
DesignTO ProjectExhibition
DesignTO Youth: Blueprint
Jan 20
‘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
DesignTO ProjectExhibition
Forecast
Jan 11
Presented at Gravitypope, 'Irresistible Indigo' is a window installation by block printer and experimental textile artist Hyunjung Lee. This series includes indigo-dyed textiles Hyunjung reinterpreted and reinvented taking inspiration from indigo dyers across the globe.
Irresistible Indigo
Window Installation
Irresistible Indigo
Jan 20
This is a collection that explores the reign of nature. It captures the extraordinary in our natural world through digital tools and techniques. These glass sculptures are molded to showcase nature’s rhythms, beauty, and grace.
REIGN
Window Installation
REIGN
Jan 20
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