Journal

In conjunction with the DesignTO festival, Mason Studio presented a multi-sensory installation that transported participants into an ethereal moon-lit oceanscape — a place of quiet wonder.

A universal yet individual experience of the moon reflected on the water is captured in this sensory installation. It could be a lake or an ocean, with friends or alone, but we all potentially see the full moon collectively and yet experience it individually.

Housed within our new studio space the installation explores the idea of how can we inspire human connection through a shared experience.

Stanley Sun, joins Supreet Barhay of WZMH and Ilana Weitzman from Electric Autonomy to discuss the future-forward ways retail is shifting, and how design as a tool can be used to create a better retail experience and help businesses be more resilient.⁠

April 7, 1:30pm
For tickets and more information please visit the Interior Design Show, Toronto

Mason Studio recently hosted a DesignTO Youth exhibition in our new gallery space.

DesignTO Youth is a community engagement program which offers youth access to creative disciplines and professionals, culminating in a public exhibition of their work. Working in partnership with SKETCH Working Arts, this year’s DesignTO Youth program focuses on place making, involving critical reflections on our individual and collective relationships to space.

Delivered in the form of a six-week residency program plus DesignTO Festival exhibition, youth artists are given opportunities to engage with and discuss civic issues and public space through talks and workshops. The program features talks with Gallery TPW Executive Director Noa Bronstein, artists Benjamin de Boer, Phat Le, Florence Yee and Arezu Salamzadeh, and planner and community organizer Chiyi Tam, plus an empathy mapping workshop with Urban Minds, a non-profit youth engagement organization.

Youth artists include dairysam, Yasmine Hassen, Brian Jiang, Enna Kim, Winston LeYonnick, and Ashley Meza-Wong working across different artistic and design disciplines.

førs studio, a product design company founded by Vanessa Eckstein (Blok Design) and long time collaborator with Mason Studio recently interviewed Ashley and Stanley asking thoughtful questions about our process, the importance of experimentation and what gives us hope.

Mason Studio co-founder Stanley Sun, and Interior Design magazine editor-in-chief Cindy Allen, discuss the idea of experimentation as process on Instagram Live and available for viewing anytime on Interior Design magazine's instagram video page.

Mason Studio Co-founders, Ashley Rumsey and Stanley Sun, along with designers Joel Hunking and Marti Gallucci, lead a design studio course this fall in Interior Design at The Creative School (formerly Ryerson School of Interior Design). ⁠
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With curiosity and experimentation at the heart of Mason Studio, we are excited at the opportunity to teach our knowledge, experience and unique methodology to the next generation of creative minds.⁠ The course teaches students to understand the motivations of a community using design as a tool to empower, enrich and contribute to that community. ⁠

Mobile Mercantile provides small entrepreneurs to large international brands turn-key, pop-up retail and service environments in unique locations to reach customers in new and unexpected ways.

This new offering is a collaboration between Mason Studio and Juiceworks Exhibits, one of Canada’s most innovative experts in the fabrication and management of exhibitions, events and experiences.

As the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has shifted consumer behaviour and retail operations, Mason Studio created a series of explorations that reimagines how retail spaces can be designed to facilitate a more resilient customer service model.

Learn more about the Resilient Retail Model

Now more than ever, many of us are experiencing social isolation. While we look forward to a time when we can connect with our friends and families again, for many, loneliness in our cities become more acute.

In 2019, Mason Studio began exploring the public health issue of social isolation in the aging population. We examined how design can reduce social isolation and loneliness, and the stigma around aging and aging in place.

Learn more about Common Collective

Join us for a beautiful evening as we celebrate Toronto makers and design. The Kimpton Saint George Hotel hosts ‘Toronto Makes’: a panel organized by Makejoy to celebrate Randi Bergman’s new book, ‘Toronto Makes: the things we love and the people who make them’. Author Randi Bergman will host a panel discussion with Ashley Rumsey, and a selection of Toronto’s most engaging interior makers.

Discover insights from Mason Studio and how we incorporated the work of local makers — such as Hollis+Morris and ceramicist Talia Silva — into the hotel’s interior design. Coolican & Company, FILO TIMO and Hollis+Morris share insights on their respective businesses, production, and the challenges of sourcing materials.