DesignTO is a charitable arts organization that believes design can create a sustainable, just, and joyful world. DesignTO organizes the annual DesignTO Festival, January 23—February 1, 2026. It is Canada’s largest celebration of design, forming Toronto’s design week.
The 2026 DesignTO Awards recognize design excellence at the DesignTO Festival, Canada’s leading and largest annual design festival that celebrates design as a multidisciplinary form of creative thinking and making. The DesignTO Awards celebrates the talent, expression, and diversity of designers from Toronto and abroad.
The 2026 Festival offers a unique opportunity for attendees to engage meaningfully with industrial design.
Experiential design bridges the physical and digital, the sensory and social, transforming everyday spaces into memorable encounters.
When design moves beyond form and function, it becomes a way to ask deeper questions: Who are we? What do we carry with us? And how do we care for ourselves and one another?
Gilbert Fortin of Attirail Design Office shares how various interests and combined experiences led to a comprehensive collection of activity-related products and gear.
DesignTO’s Artistic Director, Deborah Wang, and Head of Programming, Robyn Wilcox, shed light on the organization’s value system and how the Festival is curated
Exploring design’s unseen role in bettering society, the environment, and individual joy and well-being.
Design, visual art, and craft are three creative fields that profoundly impact contemporary culture. Although often perceived as distinct disciplines, they share numerous similarities and intersect in fascinating ways.
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