In May, the Spacing Store and Waterfront Toronto teamed up to host a t-shirt design competition focused on the iconic public spaces, buildings, and character of the city’s waterfront. We had over 75 submissions and our jury selected five winning t-shirt designs.
The winning designs will be on sale in the Spacing Store (401 Richmond St. W.) starting on Monday, July 6th. These t-shirts will be available for pre-order on our e-store in a few days. Here are the winners:
DESIGNER: Charisma Panchapakesan
WEB SITE: cabarchitects.ca
JURY COMMENTS: “This is a totally fun and unexpected design. We love the idea of including the Power Plant as it’s not often associated with the waterfront.”
DESIGNER: Kristian Bauthus
WEB SITE: kbauthus.com
JURY COMMENTS: “We really dig the idea of making the water ‘drip’ and how Kristian picked the lake to be the focus and not the buildings or land.”
DESIGNER: David Kopulos
WEB SITE: davidkopulos.com
JURY COMMENTS: “This is the most subtle of the winning designs — the word WATER FRONT and horizontal lines are inspired by the typography of the Martin Goodman Trail signs. It says ‘Toronto’ to someone who lives in the city and knows how great the trail is for residents.”
DESIGNER: Mackenzie Blake
WEB SITE: none at the moment
JURY COMMENTS: “The 37 pink umbrellas at Sugar Beach are one of the city’s newest icons. This design does a great job of ‘speaking’ to the great public space that the beach has become.”
DESIGNER: Christie Yuen
WEB SITE: christieyuen.com
JURY COMMENTS: “There is a lot of waterfront icons represented in this design but it succeeds by not being cluttered. We can see both local residents and tourists wearing this t-shirt.”