We asked local artists to submit a design using the NOW street box as their canvas. Our jury selected 10 finalists from the entries we received and here they are!
We're also giving our readers the chance to pick their favourite box design! Vote for your favourite. The box with the most amount of entries will be given the Reader's Choice award. We'll announce the winner of the Grand Prize and the Reader's Choice Award in August so stay tuned to see if your pick won!
You can also check out the boxes at their individual locations, as indicated below. Each box will be on site at their location until the end of July!
Deadline for votes is Sunday, July 29 at 11pm.
One entry per person.
EN LAK ECH
by André Castro
Design Inspiration: A mixture of psychedelic art, Mayan iconography and the powerful influence music has on all of us.
On display at Sonic Boom, 512 Bloor West
BOOM BOX
by Kyla Sas
Design Inspiration: The boom box culture of the 80s
On display at Bay Bloor Radio, 55 Bloor West, Manulife Centre
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
by Marguerite Perry
Design Inspiration: A postmodern inspired homage to the Italian Renaissance
On display at The Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen's Park Crescent
TOPOGRAPHICAL
by Paul Dotey
Design Inspiration: My favourite obsession, maps.
On display at The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth
MANUFACTURED DIVERSITY
by Eric Chan
Design Inspiration: The blurred line between art and product
On display at the NOW Lounge, 189 Church
WOOD GRAIN
by Chris Musina
Design Inspiration: An insatiable love of wood grain and a keen interest in the natural/unnatural
On display at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen West
THE TORONTO BOX
by Martita Luguesa and Maki Otomo
Design Inspiration: Recycled art and a love for all things Toronto.
On display at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen's Quay West
ALIENATION
by Jazzy Loh
Design Inspiration: Discomfort with self-image can leave us feeling alienated; a stranger in our own bodies
On display at Come As You Are, 701 Queen West
YOUR NOW VOICE
by Agata Ostrowska
Design Inspiration: The power of information and the esthetic simplicity of words in print
On display at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas West
BREAKING NEWS ON TOUR '07
by Steven Houston
Design Inspiration: Music, Concerts, Art, Fun and the Summer of Love 2007!
On display at Long and McQuade, 925 Bloor West
