Coffee Chats w/ Mare Garcia
Event
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Coffee Chats is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests.
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Coffee Chats is a series of virtual casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests. Hosted virtually in small intimate groups, these gatherings will provide a space for group conversations with practitioners who are interested in supporting OCAD U students and grads to offer mentorship, and share their professional insights and journey, while collectively creating an online community.
Mary Anne (Mare) Garcia (she/her) is a Canadian Filipinx product/furniture designer and creative director behind Space Queen Studio - a Toronto-based home goods studio where cute 'n kitschy meets pop culture but with a succulent green twist. Garcia’s creative practice is guided by her fascination with building, experimentation, and material exploration. She is a recipient of COFO design’s inaugural furniture design challenge, and an advocate of slow and ethical design. Her work looks to transform ordinary interactions through playfulness and movement.
Website - spacequeenstudio.ca
Instagram - @spacequeenstudio
Facebook - Facebook.com/spaceQS
Mare is open to talking about:
• Turning your passion project into your career
• Trial & Error; Finding your niche
• Building community through social media
Auto-captioning will be available at this event. This event will not be recorded.
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