The Team
Below is a list of the core management team that make PDA projects happen. To see a full list of all the amazing artists, architects, designers and craftspeople who contribute to our projects click here.
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Parimal Gosai Artistic Director – FounderParimal is committed to responsibility in design, architecture and urban development – a responsibility that shares the importance and advocates the necessity of living in synchrony with the natural world.parimal@publicdisplaysofaffection.ca parimalgosai.com |
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Adam Harris Graphic and Environmental Designer – FounderAdam is a design thinker by nature and his working philosophy considers design (at its best) as inherently sustainable. There is no ‘green’ design, only good design!adam@publicdisplaysofaffection.ca adam.am |
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Katherine Ngui Managing Director and Finance Officer – FounderKatherine is thoroughly enjoying her quest for social improvements and personal fulfillment. She loves making good things happen and is especially pleased when the numbers balance. |
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Jeremy Vandermeij Director of Marketing and PR – FounderJeremy is the Creative Director at the Gladstone Hotel, produces Toronto Design Offsite, co-curated Come Up To My Room for 3 years and operates his own design consulting business.jeremy@publicdisplaysofaffection.ca jeremyvandermeij.com |
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René Ng – Lead Project ManagerRené is an experienced interior designer and project manager. He believes that design and design thinking can help create inclusive value and holistic sustainability: for people, profit, and planet.rene@publicdisplaysofaffection.ca |
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Anna BouzinaAnna has a B.F.A in Visual Art and a B.Ed. from York University. She is a Toronto-based painter and art instructor with experience teaching student off all ages. urrently, she is an animateur at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.abouzina@gmail.com |
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Sissel Marie Tonn – Exhibition Coordinator, DocumentorSissel is Danish and has a BA in Film and Media Studies from the University of Copenhagen. She also creates video and installation art , engaging in community art projects and in collaboration with other artists.sissel@publicdisplaysofaffection.cawww.thismonthonly.ca |
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David Dick-Agnew – EditorDavid Dick-Agnew is a student, blogger, bookkeeper, artist, curator, and the 2011 publisher of On The Danforth magazine. He’s also the worst kind of armchair philosopher, grammar queen, wonderkiller, and intellectual dilettante.dave@publicdisplaysofaffection.ca
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Simone FerkulSimone is a student who believes design should have a social conscious. She is passionate about art, furniture making and interior spaces and loves to share the creative process with others.simoneferkul.com |

















