Markus Doerr reports on the workshop. Design with Dialogue is a Toronto based organization which is focused on bringing people together in the spirit of collaboration in hopes of inspiring positive social change. The event held at the Design Exchange on January 24th in partnership with Toronto Design Offsite was attended by a large group of 25 Continue Reading
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23JanGoing Steady With Anneke van Bommel
Anneke van Bommel is a participating designer in Radiant Dark — The Devil Is The Details. We are profiling Anneke and her work as part of TO DO’s Going Steady Series. Let’s meet Anneke. A graduate of NSCAD University, Anneke currently lives in Toronto, Ontario where she happily works in her (100+ year old) studio Continue Reading
17JanGoing Steady with Richard Philip D’Alessandro & Sonja Storey-Fleming
Today we are profiling Richard Philip D’Alessandro & Sonja Storey-Fleming of vAEry Studio. This duo is participating in this year’s Come Up To My Room (CUTMR) exhibit; you can get a Sneak Peek of CUTMR here. Richard and Sonja are currently completing their Masters in Architecture at University of Waterloo. Their synchronized interest in spaces Continue Reading
17JanSneak Peek: TO DO Pecha Kucha Night
PechaKucha Night, a worldwide urban phenomenon, was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an informal and fun gathering where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps – just about anything really, in the fast paced PechaKucha presentation format. www.pecha-kucha.org Drawing from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation Continue Reading
16JanGoing Steady with Janna Watson and Katrina Tompkins
Meet Janna Watson and Katrina Tompkins for Tinsel & Sawdust. Janna and Katrina are part of the Come Up To My Room 2012 line-up; get a Sneak Peek here – you don’t want to miss this exhibit! Janna and Katrina’s focus is “crafted expression”. Katrina is a studio furniture designer and maker. A graduate of Sheridan Continue Reading
14JanChristina Zeidler
Christina Zeidler is a force to be reckoned with. I have known her for almost ten years. I first met her when my graduating class was scouting locations for our year end show. Since then I’m happy to say I’ve been happily employed by her, collaborated with her, inspired by her and most importantly befriended Continue Reading
14JanJulie Nicholson
Julie is a kind, warm and intelligent person who has a keen eye for design objects. She graduated from the Queensland College of Art. She lived and worked in the UK for 12 years managing art galleries and design stores and absorbing the influences of conceptual art and installation works. Living in Toronto since 2001, Continue Reading
13JanGoing Steady With Jason Wheeler
Today we are featuring designer Jason Wheeler as part of our Going Steady Series. Jason Wheeler is the owner of Wheeler’s Studio who is part of this year’s Radiant Dark: The Devil Is The Details exhibit. You can read the Sneak Peek of Radiant Dark here. Jason’s work is easily identifiable by its style and Continue Reading
13JanKatherine Morley
I met Katherine back in 2008 when we were both invited to curate Come Up To My Room by Gladstone Hotel Owner and Come Up To My Room Founder, Christina Zeidler. To say that Katherine is ambitious is an understatement. She embodies the term interdisciplinary and is an extremely talented ceramicist. Katherine is a Toronto-based Continue Reading
12JanGoing Steady with Jade Rude
Today we are profiling Jade Rude as part of the Going Steady Series. Jade is one of the talented creatives who is part of Radiant Dark: The Devil Is The Details. Get a Sneak Peek of the exhibit here. Jade is a Toronto-based artist who studied social theory in Norway, art and design in England, Continue Reading
