Celebrate Volume 2 on Friday, October 3

5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
 

Daniels Commons, Daniels Building
No Registration Required 

The SHIFT* Collective returns with its newest volume of Scaffold* Journal, a research publication exploring the nuances of contemporary design practice within and without the Daniels Faculty.

Following the success of the process-oriented Volume 1, this new issue expands the scope of the journal, broadening its community of contributors across cities, institutions and continents. Writers, designers, and practitioners from across Canada and the globe explore how drafting—both as a practice and as a concept—continues to shape the ways design is imagined, produced and received.

This ambitious volume, titled Drafting Liminalities, interrogates these themes across three subsections: (I) Counterpractice – design methods that resist, refuse, or reorient dominant spatial logics; (II) Worlding – the act of speculating alternative realities and futures of art and architecture; and (III) Technology – the frictions between established techniques and emerging tools.

Behind the pages of Volume 2 is a collaborative editorial process that continues to evolve. This year, the team expanded its system of peer and faculty review, refining each contribution with both scholarly and practitioner perspectives. While logistically challenging, this model strengthens Scaffold’s ecosystem of shared critique and support, ensuring that the work published is in active dialogue with a broader community.

As the publication enters its third iteration, the SHIFT* Collective invites students, faculty and the public to celebrate Volume 2—and even help shape its next publication.