We provide services across three core practices to craft memorable experiences that respond to people’s needs.

Environment Design
Spatial environments, in public and private settings, for work, health, retail, education and urban realm.

Service Design.
Customer interactions with a service provider across the touchpoints along their journey. 

Creative Workshops.
Courses and workshops to upskill teams and drive creativity and innovation.

Wendy Gold is the Founding Partner at OpenCity Projects, leading design research and strategy. Passionate about strategies that align with people's needs, Wendy brings a human-centered approach to her work.

Before starting her own brand consultancy, Wendy held senior strategy roles at Desgrippes Gobé and Landor Associates. She has advised clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies on their brands including AOL, Blackberry, Roche, Sanofi and Travelocity.

Wendy is part of the Brookfield Sustainability Institute League of Innovators. She is a CivicAction DiverseCity Fellow alum and teaches inclusive design workshops at top design schools OCAD University (Toronto) and ENSCI-Les Ateliers (Paris).

Job Rutgers is a partner in OpenCity Projects.

Job is also a full professor in Design at OCAD University in Toronto and has expertise in experience design, interaction design, strategic design and ambient experience design. 
 
Previously, Job was teaching Leading System Change at MaRS’, a fellow at Rotman’s Integrative Thinking Institute and a design strategy consultant at Rotman's Designworks. 

Prior to his tenure at OCADU, Job has been associated with Philips Design in the Netherlands. He co-developed the award-winning Ambient Experience Design service and has implemented ambient experience concepts in hospitals, the hospitality industry and public spaces around the world.

Anjuli Solanki has a background in community engagement, urban planning and public art – and has a passion for public spaces. She has worked with numerous organizations in public art and community engagement. Her favorite public spaces in Toronto are its streets.

Anjuli holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from Oxford Brookes University and a Bachelor’s in Human Geography from the University of British Columbia.

Michi McCloskey contributes to OpenCity as a writer and photographer. She is interested in creative interventions that bring to light the social and cultural identities of a place.

Michi studied Urban and Regional Planning in addition to Interdisciplinary Design. She appreciates the role public space play in sparking new ideas, connections and encounters within communities. She anticipates seamless transit between municipalities in future to improve her daily commute as city planner and citizen throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Danny Brown is an urban planner who has worked across Canada and internationally. His projects range from a master-planned redevelopment scheme in Hong Kong to local grassroots advocacy and placemaking projects in Toronto like Save Jarvis and #SitTO. He is currently a Project Officer with the City of Toronto's Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division where he helps advance strategic parkland projects. In his free time, he can be found passionately defending dandelions, feeling anxious about his houseplants and climate change, and dreaming about hiking and traveling.

Japjot Singh (he/him) is an India-born interior designer. Currently in his second year of the Inclusive Design (M.Des) at OCAD University, he is exploring the untapped potential of public spaces to activate them and enhance their inclusivity.

Japjot has acquired his Bachelor's degree in Interior Design from G.D Goenka University, Gurgaon, India in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His experience in designing utility based residential and commercial spaces has led him to take a leap towards improving the condition of our public spaces as they are in a dire need of an overhaul in terms of how they are designed and managed by the higher authorities.

Niki Angelis is a community engagement professional with a background in participatory planning, human-centered design, and social media engagement. She has a diverse background working with public, private and non-profit organizations both nationally and internationally in the fields of planning, transportation and community development.

Niki holds a Master’s in Building and Urban Design in Development from University College London and a Bachelor’s in Human Geography & Environmental Science from Queen's University.

Jordy Gold is a sustainability expert and a digital strategist with a track record helping people and organizations tell powerful stories to create change.

He has led a wide range of successful campaigns and organizations. Jordy built out Change.org in Canada and ran the global effort to get Malala Yousafzai nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Later, he led strategy on the Greenpeace International campaign that secured the world’s first human rights investigation into the 50 largest fossil fuel producers. He also served as Elizabeth May’s Deputy Campaign Manager, helping her to become the first elected Green Member of Parliament in Canadian history.

Jordy was selected as a rising city leader for the CivicAction DiverseCity Fellowship. He holds a Master’s of Environmental Management and Policy from the IIIEE, Lund University in Sweden and a B.A. Honours in Politics and Development Studies from Queen’s University.

Julie Stolberg is a freelance copywriter and creative director. On a given day, she can be found writing scripts, working on social campaigns or building brands from the ground up.

A trained designer from OCAD University and wordsmith, Julie comes at every project with art, copy and a newfound passion for technology.
Throughout her career, Julie has worked in both 
traditional and interactive advertising creating TV, radio and digital campaigns for Winners Unilever,
Capital One, Mercedes, Kellogg's, BlackBerry
and Bell to name a few. Along the way, Julie has picked up a nice collection of awards from One Show, How Magazine, Applied Arts and ADCC, and an honourable mention at the Cupcake Show.
#TrueStory

William Morrisey is an award-winning art director, designer, illustrator, and educator who uses design thinking to help institutions and companies thrive. His work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, The Type Directors Club, Print magazine, Eye magazine, and more.

William has a keen interest in the design community and for over a decade he taught a range of classes at Parsons School of Design and at the School of the Visual Arts.

William currently runs his own design studio whose goal is to make human, memorable work, primarily for the academic and institutional sectors, as well as regional entrepreneurs with a vision for the future and an empathetic knowledge of the past. Clients include Barnard College, Cornell University, Gestalten, Good Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, the National Museum of American History, New York Times, Parsons School of Design and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

OpenCity Projects is a community-driven team of experts without whom we wouldn't exist. Listed below are colleagues who have contributed in the past.

Cory Bialek, Jason Boyer, Marco Bresba, Jamil Bundalli, Michèle Champagne, Xiulung Choy, Michael Erdmann, Todd Falkowsky, Jake Tobin Garrett, Brent Gilliard, Andrew Horberry, Andrew Jones (Design Partner), Lauren Miles, Vincent Monastero, Richelle Sibolboro, Rashi Khilnani, Job Rutgers, Brad Scott (Advisor), Erin Shapero (Advisor), Jennifer Young

Every element of the OpenCity Projects visual identity is inspired by the City of Toronto — open and full of possibility. The custom OpenCity “landscapes font” is city-specific. Letterforms are based on architectural footprints of three historic Toronto neighbourhoods — Corktown, St. Lawrence Market and the Distillery District.

The OpenCity Projects website is designed by William Morrisey. It extends the OpenCity Projects identity and visual language and seeks to provide a platform that evokes OpenCity's optimism and playful spirit.

Web dev and coding for the site by Jeff Will.