Table presents: Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you! is a group exhibition bringing together 11 emerging designers to reflect on the ‘act of a greeting’. The work will explore how design can welcome and invite people in by creating a sense of belonging, with work spanning from physical objects and digital interactive projects.
As the first act of connection, we greet through exchanges of language, gestures, glances, and tone. We greet through symbols: a card, a gift, a sign at the door. Each greeting, however simple, is a quiet affirmation: I see you, and you are welcome here.
Curated primarily through an open submission call, we are foregrounding new perspectives and aim to highlight the many ways design can extend invitations and build shared experiences.
In addition to the exhibition, there will be a panel talk, The Design of the Third Place, exploring how community spaces are designed, sustained, and experienced, and how intentional decisions shape the invitations they extend.
We look forward to meeting you!
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Dates: Jan 23 – Jan 31, 2026
Location: Gagné Contemporary (401 Richmond St W Studio B-20, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8)
Participants: Alison Postma & Danica Drago, Ben Weatherhead, Dylan Newman, Mal Yu, Mark Khoury & Devansh Shah, Melody Chen, Choi Na Ye, Rubiat Fusigboye, Sony Chen.
Panel Talk Speakers:
Ali McQuaid Mitchell – Creative Director at Future Studio
Shanik Tanna – Creative Producer & Co-Founder at Recess Community
Blair Francey RGD – Senior Designer at Trajectory Brands Inc.
Opening Reception RSVP: https://luma.com/h89jnug2
Panel Talk RSVP: https://luma.com/l47hz4f9
CONTACT
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Table presents: Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you! is a group exhibition bringing together 11 emerging designers to reflect on the ‘act of a greeting’. The work will explore how design can welcome and invite people in by creating a sense of belonging, with work spanning from physical objects and digital interactive projects.
As the first act of connection, we greet through exchanges of language, gestures, glances, and tone. We greet through symbols: a card, a gift, a sign at the door. Each greeting, however simple, is a quiet affirmation: I see you, and you are welcome here.
Curated primarily through an open submission call, we are foregrounding new perspectives and aim to highlight the many ways design can extend invitations and build shared experiences.
In addition to the exhibition, there will be a panel talk, The Design of the Third Place, exploring how community spaces are designed, sustained, and experienced, and how intentional decisions shape the invitations they extend.
We look forward to meeting you!
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Dates: Jan 23 – Jan 31, 2026
Location: Gagné Contemporary (401 Richmond St W Studio B-20, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8)
Participants: Alison Postma & Danica Drago, Ben Weatherhead, Dylan Newman, Mal Yu, Mark Khoury & Devansh Shah, Melody Chen, Choi Na Ye, Rubiat Fusigboye, Sony Chen.
Panel Talk Speakers:
Ali McQuaid Mitchell – Creative Director at Future Studio
Shanik Tanna – Creative Producer & Co-Founder at Recess Community
Blair Francey RGD – Senior Designer at Trajectory Brands Inc.
Opening Reception RSVP: https://luma.com/h89jnug2
Panel Talk RSVP: https://luma.com/l47hz4f9
CONTACT
SOCIAL
Table presents: Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you! is a group exhibition bringing together 11 emerging designers to reflect on the ‘act of a greeting’. The work will explore how design can welcome and invite people in by creating a sense of belonging, with work spanning from physical objects and digital interactive projects.
As the first act of connection, we greet through exchanges of language, gestures, glances, and tone. We greet through symbols: a card, a gift, a sign at the door. Each greeting, however simple, is a quiet affirmation: I see you, and you are welcome here.
Curated primarily through an open submission call, we are foregrounding new perspectives and aim to highlight the many ways design can extend invitations and build shared experiences.
In addition to the exhibition, there will be a panel talk, The Design of the Third Place, exploring how community spaces are designed, sustained, and experienced, and how intentional decisions shape the invitations they extend.
We look forward to meeting you!
–
Dates: Jan 23 – Jan 31, 2026
Location: Gagné Contemporary (401 Richmond St W Studio B-20, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8)
Participants: Alison Postma & Danica Drago, Ben Weatherhead, Dylan Newman, Mal Yu, Mark Khoury & Devansh Shah, Melody Chen, Choi Na Ye, Rubiat Fusigboye, Sony Chen.
Panel Talk Speakers:
Ali McQuaid Mitchell – Creative Director at Future Studio
Shanik Tanna – Creative Producer & Co-Founder at Recess Community
Blair Francey RGD – Senior Designer at Trajectory Brands Inc.
Opening Reception RSVP: https://luma.com/h89jnug2
Panel Talk RSVP: https://luma.com/l47hz4f9
CONTACT
table.inds@gmail.com
SOCIAL