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Operated by the Calgary Contemporary Arts Society Current Exhibit: September 11 - October 25, 2003 |
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The exhibition features the work by 10 relatively young but nationally and internationally reputed designers/design firms from across Canada: Pure Design Studio (Edmonton), Hothouse Design Studio (Edmonton), Plastic Buddha Inc. (Winnipeg), Speke Klein (Rockwood, Ont.), Scot Laughton (Toronto), Patty Johnson (Toronto), Kerr & Company Inc. (Toronto), Michael Santella (Montreal), Diane Bisson (Montreal), and Karim Rashid Inc. (currently in New York).
Of particular interest are examples of furniture, lighting and house wares. Objects have been selected to represent a wide variety of media currently being explored. Not only executed with high quality and effective design, the forms are conceptually provocative, visually innovative, diverse and witty.
The contributors to this catalogue and the organizers of the exhibition consider the historical context of Canadian design, assess its merits, and approach distinction between art, craft, design, and style. |
Habitat: Circulated by the Winnipeg Art Gallery and presented in Calgary in conjunction with the 15th Anniversary of the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts and the 20th Anniversary of Artwalk Festival Habitat: Canadian Design Now is a timely exhibition surveying selected elements of Canadian contemporary design for domestic environments. One of the aims of this presentation is to bring public awareness to current trends in contemporary Canadian design, not to mention recognition of some of the individuals responsible for these timely and valuable innovations. The exhibition features the work by 10 relatively young but nationally and internationally reputed designers/design firms from across Canada: Pure Design Studio (Edmonton), Hothouse Design Studio (Edmonton), Plastic Buddha Inc. (Winnipeg), Speke Klein (Rockwood, Ont.), Scot Laughton (Toronto), Patty Johnson (Toronto), Kerr & Company Inc. (Toronto), Michael Santella (Montreal), Diane Bisson (Montreal), and Karim Rashid Inc. (currently in New York). Of particular interest are examples of furniture, lighting and house wares. Objects have been selected to represent a wide variety of media currently being explored. Not only executed with high quality and effective design, the forms are conceptually provocative, visually innovative, diverse and witty. Relatively new materials, such as plastics and resins are being exploited to demonstrate a maximum result of experimentation and execution, while traditional materials, such as wood or steel, continued to be further explored. Colour is exploding, and forms range from organic, minimal, sensual, fluid and sleek, reflecting the rapid advancement of technological process. A 100-pages richly illustrated catalogue with the scholarly-researched essays by Helen Delacretaz (Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Habitat curator), Rachel Gottlieb (a historian of contemporary design and a former Curator of the Design Exchange in Toronto) , and Kelly Rude (Toronto design critic) accompanies this exhibition. The contributors to this catalogue and the organizers of the exhibition consider the historical context of Canadian design, assess its merits, and approach distinction between art, craft, design, and style. By presenting design from a curatorial point of view rather than from a trade show perspective, Habitat: Canadian Design Now promises to engage everyone who is interested in the object of daily life. In this regard, the exhibition will enhance audience understanding and appreciation of new trends in Canadian contemporary design, maintaining and enriching Canadian design heritage and contribution of the "new wave" of Canadian designers to the global visual culture.
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