📍 toronto, canada           


is an antidisciplinary artist-designer-curator. His making practice is driven by a keen interest in material and cultural context. Currently, he is exploring notions of weightlessness, impermanence, and the primordial.

PATINAPATINA Magazine is a print publication and cultural arts organization founded by Dan and Maham Momin in 2023. Curious about the confusion of mixed cultural identities, the magazine works with diasporic artists whose work reinterprets tradition through contemporary lenses/contexts.

Dan's work has been recognized by organizations such as USM Modular Furniture, DesignMiami, and the Royal Ontario Museum. He is a graduate of OCAD University’s Industrial program [2023]. PATINAPATINA Issue 01 can be found in shops around the world.



















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SPIRIT OF UNIX
[2021]
digital experience design
figma prototype, illustration

project c/o Sade Huh and Mary Chauvin
Exploring the nuances of superstitious beliefs through the context of contemporary technology, SPIRIT OF UNIX is a conversational bot taking on the form of a tarot card reading. Telling a story of a spiritual being, the user is taken on a techno-mythological journey, culminating in the diagnosis/prediction of one's future.

Click here to start your journey with the SPIRIT OF UNIX.