MSDS ("make shit, design shit") Studio is a Toronto-based design studio founded by Jessica Nakanishi and Jonathan Sabine in 2011.[1] They focus on furniture, lighting, and interior design. Nakanishi's and Sabine's collaboration comes from Nakanishi's experience in interior design, and Sabine's background in making furniture.[2] Their style has been described as a mixture of Japanese minimalism and Scandinavian simplicity.[3] Toronto Life called them one of "Toronto’s best architects and designers right now".[4]

Collaborations

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MSDS Studio designed interiors for Toronto businesses Shopify,[5][6] and SPiN Toronto.[7][8] They designed housewares for Umbra Shift.[9]

Awards

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They received the Juror's Choice Award at the 2013 Toronto Design Offsite Festival.[10]

Azure named them "Canadian product designers of the year" in 2017 as well as featuring them in their "30 Canadian Product Designers Leading the Charge".[11]

They became the first Canadian studio to be featured at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair in 2015.[1] At the Stockholm Furniture Fair, MSDS presented their new range of furniture.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Toronto's best architects and designers right now". Toronto Life. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  2. ^ "MSDS Studio: Forms that are familiar yet provocative". muuto.com. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  3. ^ "Toronto's Next Generation: MSDS Studio - Azure Magazine". Azure Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  4. ^ "Toronto's best architects and designers right now". Toronto Life. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  5. ^ "MSDS Studio's Shopify offices inspired by shipping containers". Dezeen. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  6. ^ "MSDS Studio's Shopify offices inspired by shipping containers". Dezeen. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  7. ^ "Toronto's Next Generation: MSDS Studio - Azure Magazine". Azure Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  8. ^ "SPIN Ping Pong Bar, Toronto | VISO". VISO. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  9. ^ "MSDS | Umbra Shift". Umbra Shift. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  10. ^ "TO DO Awards - Toronto Design Offsite Festival". Toronto Design Offsite Festival. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  11. ^ "Canada 150: 30 Canadian Product Designers Leading the Charge - Azure Magazine". Azure Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  12. ^ "MSDS Studio in Stockholm". ArchiPanic. 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-07.