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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.
Phenomenology of the Road
Jan
17
The MTHARU design studio’s Speculative Past exhibit displays a retrospect and prospect speculation on leveraging its past to tell the future. This includes a timeline of the designs that started the studio to offering alternative imaginaries based on current research agenda.
MTHARU / Speculative Past
Jan
17
Cassandra Ferguson’s artistic practice borrows from design to understand the 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.
Iterations: Production Culture
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Toronto interiors studio Bartlett & Associates collaborate with fabrication partners MCM to reimagine a 30-foot-tall 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.
Into the Woods
Jan
17
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.
Context
Jan
17
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 optimize your living space using simple design elements. Small space design and functionality at its best.
Peak Furnishings: Colour, Lights, Cabinetry
Jan
19
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.
A Long Story II, by Lauren Pirie
Jan
17
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