SHIFT

16/08/2024

Nan Liang and Diane Kim use auto-ethnography as a method to translate their own experiences in the dining room to an urban intervention framework.

Read more about their process on our website (link in bio).

14/08/2024

Hooman Moshrezadeh reflects on the streetscapes of Fez, Morocco, using childrens’ drawings as a way to learn about everyday experiences and the role of play in the built environment.

Read the full article on our website (link in bio).

13/08/2024

Addressing the need for multigenerational housing in Brampton, Muskan Goel interviewed local businesses, planners, and community groups.

Read more about their process on our website (link in bio).

09/08/2024

As a process-oriented project, Scaffold* Journal is curated by both topic and methodology. Each section of the journal centers around a methodology or approach to inquiry.

Our first section, ‘Community Engagement and Participatory Processes,’ investigates the role of bottom-up processes in the design and research project. From urban interventions to national parks, the authors in this section centre the role of the community and impacted groups in their research.

Access the full text of each article on our website (link in bio).

07/08/2024

We sat down with co-director and founder of , Miles Gertler, to talk about what design research entails in his interdisciplinary work.

An established designer with a background in architecture, Gertler’s parallel design and visual practices explore ideas from city-building to self-design and the body. In our conversation, Gertler reflects on navigating both worlds—and how his ongoing work around death sheds light on how we live.

Read the full interview online now (link in bio).

02/08/2024

In our latest feature conversation, emerging scholar, Yeo-Jin Katerina B**g, shares about building failures in the Renaissance. B**g, also a fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, describes their unique approaches to tackling archives and interpreting history.

Read the full interview online now (link in bio).

31/07/2024

If you’ve been in the studios at in the past two years, it’s likely that you’ve encountered parts of trees floating around. That’s all thanks to the work and teaching of Zachary Mollica. In our conversation, Mollica describes his process: from obtaining trees in the city to choosing the right tool for the job.

Read our full conversation now (link in bio).

27/07/2024

Lukas Pauer, founder of the Vertical Geopolitics Lab (VGL), is invested in educating future designers and the public in the profession’s history and ongoing participation in imperial-colonial practice. Pauer describes the lab’s latest exhibition, as well as frameworks he has developed to call out these ‘facts on the ground.’

Access the full conversation on our website (link in bio).

25/07/2024

Earlier this year, we had an enriching conversation with multidisciplinary designer, researcher, and doctorate candidate, Hernán Bianchi Benguria about spatial justice, governance, and differences between design and social science research.

Read the full interview online now (link in bio)

05/06/2024

Friday brought upon us a truly beautiful evening. We laughed, we cried, we revelled in the company of our peers, and most importantly, we’d like to express our utmost gratitude to everyone who came out to our launch of Scaffold Volume 1.1. We throughly enjoyed meeting/chatting/making merry with you all.

If you weren’t able to attend, fear not! We still have a few zines up for grabs. Swing by the installation to get one for yourself, or get in touch with us if you want us to set one aside for you. Either way, stay tuned for upcoming festivities…if all goes according to plan, they won’t be long off.

Thank you to .ideas for capturing this moment!

27/05/2024

Big news for those of you that haven’t left the house since our last launch event in November. WE’RE HAVING A PARTY!

After many correspondences, copy edits, conversations, and caffeinated beverages, we are elated to launch the first edition of our newest publication, Scaffold* Journal. We’ll be hosting a little soirée from 6:00-7:30 pm in the Daniels Student Commons, where you can ponder words from our team members and contributors over complimentary refreshments, parse through our newest risograph zine, and peruse an installation put together by our designers.

Tickets are not required—just show up. And bring a friend or two! We miss your beautiful faces

17/03/2023

To our lovely SHIFT* community,

We are so humbled by the outpour of love and support that we have received from you with the launch of SHIFT*11. We hear you want to be a part of our team and join us in our little ordeals, and we would love to have you! With the semester wrapping up and summer on the horizon, we don’t have the capacity to add new members to our team just yet.

We plan on expanding in the late summer and towards the Fall 2023 semester after a few needed preparations have been made and we can ensure we are ready to support our team and our community as best we can. Until then, expect SHIFT*12: Favourite Fixation to be published sometime in May. We‘d love to see you all submit your work so that we can get to know you, what you‘re about, and what you‘d bring to our team. ;)

Take care of yourselves, and don‘t lose too much sleep.

Faithfully,

The SHIFT* Collective Team

17/03/2023

Our latest "In Conversation" with Trina Moyan discusses the inspiration behind her latest play—“The Cave that Hummed a Song,” which she both wrote and performed—along with her own experience as an Indigenous woman and practitioner. In her own words, she connects the play’s narrative to sexual desire and greed that speaks to climate change, the MMIWG2S movement, matriarchal knowledge, and the power of collective love and forgiveness, all laced with humour.

Photos provided by Marianne Sawchuck. Trina Moyan is depicted on the right and Jill Carter, her director, on the left.

14/03/2023

Our second “In Conversation” piece with Maria Arusiag Saatgian provides insights about the world of AI, it’s development, and it’s integration in our everyday lives. Facilitated by Creative Director Emma Hwang , this dialogue builds on a question prompted in SHIFT*11: Fantasy Deconstructed—Is AI Capable of Love?

Link in bio.

10/03/2023

SHIFT* is excited to present the first of our “In Conversation” series with local practitioner and MVS Candidate, Erin Reznick! Read the full piece on our website.

Link in bio.

08/03/2023

“FAVOURITE FIXATION…”
…
is your prompt for SHIFT*12!

To be featured in our next edition, submit your work to [email protected] by 31 March 2023. Please remember to write us a short description of yourself and a statement of your artwork to accompany your submission.

For more information, click the link in our bio. We’re excited to see what you all come up with.

The SHIFT* Collective Team

01/03/2023

This is a documentation of the launch of SHIFT*11. Thank you so much to everyone for coming!

24/02/2023

Caught someone reading the unreleased SHIFT*11! 🤨📸

(In 720p)

22/02/2023

SHIFT11 LAUNCHES THIS MONDAY

17/02/2023

31/10/2022

Happy Halloween everyone! In light of midterm season and requests we’ve received for an extended deadline, we will be accepting submissions until the end of reading week (November 11). Please send your work to [email protected].

13/10/2022

Calling all artists, architects, lovers, and all SHIFT fanatics: Join us at our drop-in workshop tomorrow, Friday, October 14 from 3-5 PM in Room 209 of the Daniels building. Engage in dialogue about the theme of SHIFT11 through open discussion, doodles, a round-robin brainstorm sesh, and more.

There’s free food, too. See you there!

26/09/2022

SHIFT Magazine invites you to celebrate us for the release of our new edition, "Backyard Trips" this Thursday (Sept. 29) from 7-9 pm in the One Spadina Main Hall.

We will be running this event in collaboration with , featuring live music and talks from our very own artists.

If possible, bring your picnic blankets (for the vibes) and houseplants (we would love to see them)!

14/09/2022

Backyard Trips: Artist Feature #1

Statement from Augustine Whlok, an architecture student at the Daniel’s Faculty:

“My first journey: A meet with fellow enthusiasts, some as amateur photographers, others as bloggers. I climb into the basement of a church whose congregators are long gone, grabbing a window frame for support while avoiding a pipe that threatens to pierce my forehead. The others find it fitting that my first urbex site should be a church. One of them calls it a baptism.”

12/09/2022

SHIFT10: "Backyard Trips" is now available! We are only selling 100 risograph copies–claim yours now through the link in our bio.

Special thanks to our amazing team of designers, editors, and contributors. We are grateful for the ongoing support of our creative community.

Please DM us if you have any questions.

05/07/2022

SHIFT is excited to announce that submissions are now open for our summer edition "backyard trips". To be included in the zine,  email your submissions to [email protected] before July 30th. 

For more information, see the link in our bio.