​Shtot (noun, Yiddish): A city or large town

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In Yiddish Eastern-European Jewish culture, a Shtot (or city) was a place central to political, artistic, and economic life. They were places of complicated dynamics, where Jewish people would interact with the world around them.

While Jewish culture has remained distinct, it has been shaped strongly by the cities that Jews have built communities in. Krakow, New York, Montreal, and now San Francisco have all invented their own iteration of bagel, for example.

Studio Shtot takes inspiration from the concept of the “Shtot” as an example of the power of cities. They are shaped by the people that interact with them, and shape the same people in turn. Our goal is to explore culture and society through the lens of cities.

Studio Shtot was founded as Studio Studio YVR in May, 2020 by Raphael Gutteridge and Morgan Abele. We are a group of designers, artists, and creatives that use large cities as environments to explore the world through. Our work is guided by an absurd sense of humor and a genuine interest in the issues we discuss. We publish a quarterly magazine to showcase our thoughts and our various projects.

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Studio Shtot is primarily based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Want to work with us? Our motto is simple: "You bring ideas, we will also bring ideas."