Toronto Design Festival 2013

Toronto Design Offsite Festival:
Workplace Affairs - January 19th - 27th, 2013

Some make do with a laptop and a kitchen table, taking care not to spill tea on their keyboards. Others prop open garage doors to vent hazardous chemicals while applying a coat of shellac. And there are those fortunate enough to have a studio of their own in which to create, even if it is unheated.

The creative process will not be denied due to a lack of proper space but it may be shaped by those physical constraints. Likewise an artist may remake their workspace in their own image. The artists participating in ‘Workplace Affairs’ demonstrate their own particular relationships to space and work, with a range of practices that cross disciplines and a variety of spaces where work gets done.

‘Workplace Affairs’ is an exploration of the relationship of space to the creative process, examining the artefacts of production and documenting the workspaces that enabled their creation. Curated by LeuWebb Projects, the exhibition documents the workplaces of artists and offers up artefacts from these spaces for interpretation.

Featuring the work and workplaces of Melissa Fisher, Patrick Svilans, Joy Charbonneau, Lizz Aston, Patrick Yeung, Clayton McMaster and Jyhling Lee.

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Toronto Design Offsite Festival:
archiTEXT - Grapes & Chips - January 21st, 6-8pm



Put down your pens, take your eyeballs off your screens, banish those Monday blues and join the archiTEXT team in the two things we do best: EAT and PLAY.  Monday, January 21 between 6-8pm we launch the Design Week edition of Grapes & Chips at ‘East of Keele’. Simply bring in your favourite definition of a ‘grape’ and a ‘chip’ from there, engage with us in a creative challenge that will be sure to get your design week kicked off to a crazy start!

We will be asking the question: What Would You Do If You Lived In A Shoe? How will you answer it? Show off your creative skills and vote for your favourite creative answer. At the end of the evening, the top 3 Viewer’s Choices will receive a prize (shh, it’s a secret!).