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'Emerging Ecologies' presents a selection of eight built urban projects from Italy and Canada that show how public agencies and designers are working together to carve out new ecologies in our dense urban environments.

Emerging Ecologies

Emerging Ecologies

Jan 21

How is context for design established in a world that can change overnight? Third-year OCAD U Industrial Design students explore the intricacies of designing for health in a pandemic, delving into the mental and physical human needs of a socially distanced world.

Jan 22

'Dinner with the Diaspora' is a reimagined dinner conversation between creative diasporas. The installation engages the audience through different sensories while spotlighting individual narratives of BIPOC artists, prompting visitors to explore how their intersectionality co-exist within this communal space.

Dinner with the Diaspora

Dinner with the Diaspora

Jan 22

A special typographic presentation by students and alumni from the School of Design at George Brown College, celebrating the power of numbers. The project was conceived to bring together the School of Design community showcasing their diverse creative talents.

The Pi Project: Unstoppable pi.

The Pi Project: Unstoppable pi.

Jan 22

‘Exchange Piece’ explores collaboration as an act of care through an exchange between 10 artists and designers working in pairs to explore how care in the creative process affects the way we relate and position ourselves to what we create.

DesignTO Project Exhibition

Jan 22

A solo exhibition of work by contemporary jeweller Alex Kinsley Vey referencing the post-industrial cityscape and culture of his hometown, Hamilton.

Jun 11

‘Work/Life’ is an annual exhibition that explores new prototypes for contemporary life showcasing the work of eight Canadian designers including Maha Alavi, Jeremy Labelle Design, Brandon Lim, Noda Designs, notoro, Ava Nourbaran, Plural, and Superwise.

DesignTO Project Exhibition

Jan 22

'Time Moving 4' explores concepts of time, memory, and grief, and how we adopt/adapt/abandon technology during experiences of end of life or loss.

Jan 21

This annual exhibition of furniture created by OCAD U students presents original work that explores the role of furniture as a medium for personal expression, a reflection of social and cultural norms, and as an influence upon human behaviour.

Tables, Chairs & Other Unrelated Objects 10 Retrospective

Tables, Chairs & Other Unrelated Objects 10 Retrospective

Jan 22

A series of design-objects from a collection of moments from the past five-years. It investigates pairings of ‘everyday objects’ technically, formally, and theoretically, via experimentation of physical and digital fabrication methods, techniques, and tooling, with software exploration virtually in Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality.

Everyday an Object

Everyday an Object

Jan 22

A journey through space and time, 'jikọta' explores the sacred and practical importance of Indigenous African craftsmanship. Featuring an exclusive collection of artifact seats, this exhibition will unearth a fascinating design dialogue between regions, eras, form and function.

Jan 22

'Volatile Ecology' is a design expedition examining the environmental degradation in the suburban post-industrial waterfront of Buffalo, New York, through the lens of scenario planning and prototype making.

Volatile Ecologies: Architectural Apparatuses for Earthly Survival

Volatile Ecologies: Architectural Apparatuses for Earthly Survival

Jan 22

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