Hook-ness: a collaborative exhibition featuring the work of seven Vancouver-based designers who explore the complexities of ‘hook’. Each designer questions the conventions and assumptions of hooks – offering an array of new findings, interpretations and narratives.

The Hook-ness exhibition is the first of a series of investigative studies conducted under the scope of the –Ness project, conceived by Vancouver designer and curator Joji Fukushima. –Ness explores a strategy of design investigation where mundane events and phenomena are examined and re-designed to expose the limitations of our established perceptions.

The Hook-ness exhibition at the 221A Artist Run Centre in Vancouver, Canada is accompanied by a designer talk, an exhibition catalogue and this site.

Opening Reception:
7:00pm, Friday, May 21, 2010

Designer Forum:
7:00pm, Thursday, 10 June 2010

Ongoing Exhibit:
22 May 2010–10 July 2010
221A Artist Run Centre
221 E. Georgia, Vancouver, Canada