THE HYBRID GLOBE

The Team

The ambition for, and the realization of, a project with significant aspirations and a very high public profile could not have been achieved without the support of many individuals and organizations who graciously and often without realizing their impact, redefined ‘gift-in-kind’ and ‘volunteerism’.  Whether the contribution was large or small, the overall result was crucial to the project’s success.

 

Designers

A team of three imagined a possibility and made a proposal to the scotiabank Nuit Blanche competition:

Mehdi Ghiyaei

Mojtaba Samimi

Arthur Wrigglesworth

 

Design Team

The following individuals joined the ‘discussion’, working with the designers through the long and complex design development process:

Damineh Dehnadfar

Delaram Farzanfar

Mandana Rezapourian (graphic communications)

Regina Shing

Yousef Thompson

 

Volunteers

The Hybrid Globe could not have been realized without the huge contribution made by many people who stayed up late, worked in the rain, ‘just’ held up the sphere, and agreed to be ‘shanghaied’ at the last moment:

Marco Acacia

Matt Breton

Nicholas Callies

Youhyun(Alice) Chang

Victoria Chow

Ariel Cooke

Ramoncito Espino

Mark Eyk

Bijan Ghazizadeh

Kate Gonashvili

Carrie Groskopf

Min (Jeff) Jang

Naveed Khan

Erald Kokalari

Rachel Law

Frankie McRae

LeeAnn Pallett

Alvin Tanoko

Siavash VazirNezami

Danielle Van Ooteghem

Doan-Thy Vo

Alexander Wrigglesworth

Matthew Wrigglesworth

Sanahin Yekanians

(plus many more!)

 

Project Support

The Designers offer a very special thanks to the many individuals and organizations that supported the incredible success of the Hybrid Globe through the loan of space, equipment, and manufacturing facilities as well as their valuable time and advice:

Applied Electronics Limited – InFocus Projectors

Blackwell – David Bowick

Computing and Communication Services, Ryerson University – Steven Pelletier

Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University – Frank Bowen, Blaine Evans, Leo Roytman

Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University – Daniel Peneff

Derivative.ca – TOUCHDESIGNER077

Rogers Communication Centre, Ryerson University – Jeremy Littler

Ryerson Theatre School - Sholem Dolgoy

Town of Oakville – Information Systems + Solutions Department

 

Nuit Blanche

This project would have remained a long-distance discussion, a digital model, a styrofoam cup sphere if not for the Nuit Blanche event and the PARADE exhibition.  For the incredible opportunity to participate in this extraordinary celebration of ART and to touch hundreds of thousands of people, the Designers are most grateful to the sponsors, curators, organizers, staff, and volunteers who made the event a great success, especially:

Patrick Macaulay – Curator, PARADE exhibit, scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2013

Umbereen Inayet – Programming Supervisor, Economic Development & Culture, City of Toronto

Allison Duchaine – Special Events Supervisor, Production, Toronto Special Events