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2027 DesignTO Festival Calls
NOW OPEN—2027 Call for Independent Projects
Submit to show your work at the 2027 DesignTO Festival, January 22 – 31
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2027 DesignTO Festival Calls
NOW OPEN—2027 Call for Host Venues
Submit to have your space activated during the 2027 DesignTO Festival, January 22 – 31
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May 29, 2026 | 6 PM
2026 KEDD Neighbourhood Hop presented by DesignTO
It’s time to celebrate innovation, design, and community at the annual King East Design District (KEDD) Neighbourhood Hop, organized by DesignTO.
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2026 DesignTO Awards
And the Winners Are...
DesignTO reveals the winners of the 2026 DesignTO Awards, sponsored by Thermador, spotlighting the future of Canadian design
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DesignTO is a charitable arts organization that believes design can create a sustainable, just, and joyful world. DesignTO organizes the annual DesignTO Festival. It is Canada’s largest celebration of design, forming Toronto’s design week every January.

About DesignTO
In 2025, DesignTO became a registered charity.
DesignTO is Canada's leading annual design festival shaping a sustainable, just, and joyful world.
DesignTO was founded in 2010 as the Toronto Design Offsite Festival by a group of seven creatives and held its first annual event in January 2011.
In 2019, the Toronto Design Offsite Festival became DesignTO
Since 2011, DesignTO has showcased over 7,500+ artists and designers.
DesignTO promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion, with diverse representation across its team and board.
DesignTO's annual festival attracted over 250K visitors in 2026 and over 1.2 million since 2011, cementing its place in Toronto's cultural design scene.

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DesignTO Awards Recipient Spotlight: Anaïe Dufresne

Anaïe Dufresne, one of the organizers behind the DesignTO Award winning exhibition ‘Ensemble presents: Pot-au-feu’, approaches her work through a lens shaped by scenography, the practice of creating stage environments or atmospheres.
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DesignTO Awards Recipient Spotlight: Yana Rzayeva

Multimedia artist and 2026 Best in Festival: Window Installation Award winner Yana Rzayeva invites passersby to slow down, look closely, and engage with materials that carry both history and transformation.