OCAD, you never looked so fine

Lying in the grass below the spotted box last night, killing time, I thought: OCAD, you never looked so fine.
What is essentially a corrugated metal box, with punched openings, that could very well be a storage warehouse in the 'burbs or along the highway, has been elevated (literally and figuratively) to a "right-on, awesome" building in the sky. Smart, very smart.

CUTMR 2007

The Souvenir Shop by Motherbrand

Manifesto

Welcome to the Come Up To My Room Blog, where radical designers engage in dialogue that expands and challenges the boundaries of the discipline. Building upon the idea of the yearly design show at the Gladstone Hotel the CUTMR Blog is built on the premise that change occurs through conversation and that innovation requires engaged dialogue between the disciplines,

Check back often for new postings. Soon we will be sending out an official call for interest for CUTMR 2009, and following that bios on designers accepted into the show, articles on design and art and an exciting new video portion to show that will be showcased here!

Keep talking,

CUTMR 2009 Curatorial Team:

Katherine Morley

Caroline Shaheed

Jeremy Vandermeij

Deborah Wang