Well, it’s a bit late to still say Happy New Year, but we wish you the best anyway.

It took a little bit to recover from the break and getting back to work. 2011 was kind of a whirlwind for us, with the opening of the new Calgary Science Centre – now known as Telus Spark – the project that was in the works for two years for us and involving ~30 exhibits, moving our studio to a new permanent home, whipping up an installation for Toronto’s Nuit Blanche, and rounding off the year-end with some R+D work with a dance company! We were exhausted but really glad to have gotten this video out of all of it (huge thanks to Ryan Varga):

Then before breaking for the holidays, we cleaned up our studio space and threw a year-end party – which was when we realized how perfect the space is for a party gathering (bonus!):

Coming up next in 2012 we are really excited to announce that we’ll be presenting more work in our home city of Toronto!

Aesthetec is teaming up with TIFF for their annual TIFF Kids event, aka ‘Sprockets’, to present an interactive play space for kids in the beautiful gallery of the TIFF Bell Lightbox building. This event will take place in April 10-22.

Then in May, we will be presenting interactive work from our very own studio/store front window as part of the Art of the Danforth 2012 event, which coincidentally is taking place in our neck of the woods.

More info on both events will get posted as we get closer to the date.

Happy year of the Dragon – it’s going to be fierce!