MORE DESIGNY EVENTS

Home and Away Various dates This public speaker series connects faculty experts with international designers, scholars, artists and curators. How’s Integral House architect Brigitte Shim and London architect Alison Brooks for a power pairing? DANIELS.UTORONTO.CA Ice Breakers Jan 19-Feb 24 Embrace the cold along Queens Quay at this public art exhibition with an informative twist. Instead of ice and snowflakes, this year’s theme – Signal Transmission – is about digital and analog communication. ICEBREAKERS.WINTERSTATIONS.COM Winterlicious Jan 25-Feb 7 Mouth-watering, easy-onthe-wallet prix fixe meals and culinary events give Torontonians a bite of the city’s tastiest food – and best-designed restaurant interiors – during this annual food fest. TORONTO.CA

Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami Feb 2-May 26 New takes on the Japanese art of paper folding abound at this exhibition of sculptural creases and crumples – just don’t expect to see any cranes here. ARTGALLERYOFHAMILTON.COM

Impressionism in the Age of Industry: Monet, Pissarro and More Feb 16-May 5 Think Impressionism stopped at Water Lilies? Think again! Monet and his contemporaries also painted, sculpted and sketched modernity – billowing plumes of locomotive steam included. AGO.CA Winter Stations Feb 18-Apr 1 Six lifeguard stands in the Beaches transform into open-air installations, each responding to the cold weather, and to this year’s timely theme: migration. WINTERSTATIONS.COM