Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ruth Spitzer has considered her activity as a designer in the context of social and artistic space. Initially working as a shoemaker for theatre and opera, since 1999, she has been practicing interdisciplinary design based on critical design nourished by the practical experiences developed in her practice and feeds through collaborative formats into design culture. On stake interdisciplinary design very early on , she cofounded the conceptual design practice dorkenwald-spitzer in 2002 and co-designed projects: visual communication and product design such as “Wallfurniture” and “The Tallest Man”, or engagement in New Work New Culture. In 2012, she continued her practice focused on civic social design workshops and teaching design in the context of interior and interaction design. Her public presentations and awards allow you to follow her career, notably with projects such as “ home (2000), wallfurniture” (2004), the tallest man (2005), water walker (2008), farbenfroh (2022) or how to build a feminist city (2022).
Ruth Spitzer, award winning designer and educator; is animating experimental, participatory and discursive design concepts.
Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Interior Design
conceptual process | interaction design
in 2002, co-founded the canadian-based design partnership dorkenwald und spitzer with communication designer sarah dorkenwald. since then dorkenwald und spitzer have been collaborating successfully on a wide range of artistic and professional projects to explore the fluid borders between art and design. dorkenwald und spitzer have received several awards, gaining an international reputation.