Design Collection @ STACKT Launch Party
Jan 25 2025
event: reception in-person
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Free
28 Bathurst Street, Toronto
6:00pm 10:00pm

Meet the designers and curators of a collection of projects organized as part of DesignTO. The Design Collection @ STACKT will host 10 days of designer residencies, creative showcases and entertainment. Join the public opening and industry meet-up on Saturday, January 25 from 6pm at STACKT market.

6pm: Self tour + meet the designers
7-10pm: TechnoSalon in the Blue Moon Brewery

Projects at Stackt Market for the 2025 DesignTO Festival:

A Name To It
‘A Name To It’ by Boris Yu confronts buried pasts to illuminate the complex sentiments of (un)narrating the language of manhood. A space of rest commemorates past versions of manhood that have protected while building space for the versions to come.

About Time
‘About Time’ is a collaborative exhibition exploring how the passing of time and changing of contexts alters our ideas. Works of furniture, lighting, sculpture, and interactive design are presented by six Sheridan Craft and Design Alumni.

DUSKSHAPED: Bad Graces
DUSKSHAPED — a New York–based sculptor making design objects in the most sustainable common building material, metal — is thrilled to show a selection of works from the ‘Bad Graces’ collection, including plant stands, jewelry hangers, bowls, and small tables.

Filamentous
‘Filamentous’, 2020-2023, grew out of the daily rituals and art practices of the pandemic. Cyanotype portraits hang in individual net canopies connected by rope nests against a backdrop of solar-dyed teabag tapestries that chronicle seasons passed during lockdown.

Fluid Connectivité
‘Fluid Connectivité’ by Gabrielle Lasporte reflects on life, knowledge that our individual stories meshing into wider expanse of flow and connectivity brings expansion, understanding to our collective experiences.

Mapping Out Calm
‘Mapping Out Calm’ is a large-scale paper mural by Steph Cloutier that explores the impermanence of life through water. A hand-stitched map made of lake water and pulp reveals Lake Ontario’s evolution and resilience, and our shared experience with transition and renewal.

Sonic Interiors
‘Sonic Interiors’ is an eight speaker sound installation by Mathew Garland that aims to showcase how public spaces can be designed to support people who identify as highly sensitive, specifically through the aural sense.

The Leg Table Project
‘The Leg Table Project’ by Hamish Greenland examines the allure and meaning of crossed legs. Do these intersecting silhouettes captivate us universally, or does context—bare feet or running shoes—transform their effect? A striking exploration of form and meaning.

The Spatial Series – Wave
‘Wave’ is a large LED installation by MattCreative designed to allow visitors to play with light as it moves through 3D space with nothing but their presence, or to stand back and watch as it creates vibrant visualizations in real-time.

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Accessibility

Who should visitors contact with questions regarding accessibility?
Are designated parking spots for persons with disabilities close to the entrance of the building?
Yes
Can people get to the venue using accessible transit?
Yes