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In the hustle and skelter of Toronto's (unofficial) Design Week—comprised of a massive IDS 09 and its younger alt-bro of a show, Come Up to My Room at the Gladstone, plus MADE's Radiant Dark and a smattering of smaller exhibits and excuses to party—playing favourites is work. How to choose from the million-and-one objects and projections of desire proffered by our city's proliferation of designing minds? It's trickier still when you're dazzled and confused by Swarovski installations or Castor in-jokes, to get to the point of purchase. It's one thing to admire, another to sanely advise someone else to buy.

MUSIC: Record label Hand Drawn Dracula presents a night of musical favourites at the Whippersnapper Gallery. Headlining are Contrived, who have just released their newest CD Blank, Blank, Blank. Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt goes intimately solo with his new CD Coyotes. He and Contrived are joined by Julie Fader and Off the International Radar. DJs Graham Walsh (also of Holy Fuck) and Shit La Merde spin between live sets. Whippersnapper Gallery (587A College Street), 9 p.m., $7.