About

Fishtnk is a Toronto based design-thing* focused on multidisciplinary design solutions in architecture and architectural applications, product and fashion design. Established in 2008 by Mani Mani as a side project to Fishbol Design Atelier, Fishtnk is a collaborative platform to research/design/document innovative solutions and processes of design-production. Fishtnk is a rougher and rawer version of fishbol.

Mani Mani:

Mani Mani, [B.Arch.S. , MArch] is a Toronto based designer+architect.

Mani graduated from Carleton School of Architecture in 2007 (B.Arch.S.) and University of Toronto, John H. Daniels faculty of Architecture, Landscape,& Design 2009 (MArch.) Mani is the Co-founder of Fishbol Design Atelier (established in 2005), a Multi-disciplinary design workshop-studio based in Toronto, which has been his main focus since 2005.

On the side Mani has been collaborating with a number of architectural firms and universities. Mani’s latest has been focused on intelligent systems in architetcure and product design including a series of academic research projects on ambient intelligence in embedded architectural systems and responsive environments at L.I.A.R. [Laboratory of Intelligent Architectural Research] at University of Toronto.

Mani’s Work has been published and reviewed internationally and his work has been exhibited in Canada and Europe.

link to Publications and awards…

* Design-thing: is something between a studio/atelier and a band, a collaborative environment that invests in creative processes as an outcome.