MONTREAL (Monday January 20th 2003) - February 6th 2003, Siphay Southidara (a.k.a. YSO) will be featured at Toronto's Design Exchange's (DX) "Re-Design" exhibition. The concept of this Canada-Japanese initiative is the re-design of everyday objects by interdisciplinary designers in order for them to create more enjoyment and more interaction with the user.

Siphay Southidara, chose the T-shirt as object and created the Rechargeable T.
The T-shirt has always been the most accessible piece of clothing and "the single most powerful fashion metaphor of the century" (Vogue).
The rechargeable-T-shirt has been created in a state of mind and a poetic interpretation, with a front piece that can be easily changed and switched for another, the message evolving without creating an entirely new shirt, thus reducing materials, waste and production costs.

Four other designers, from across the country, have been chosen to participate, each presenting an object playing an important role in our everyday lives, to deconstruct and redesign it.
Among them Andrew Jones (Architect), Diane Bisson (Graphic designer) and Peter Busby.

For more information please contact:
Vyara Ndejuru
vyara@yso.ca