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.
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.
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.
Best Product/Object Design Award recipient Atelier Fomenta approaches design as a collaborative and evolving process.
Emerging Artist/Designer Award recipient Sky Ece Ulusoy explores the unseen forces that shape emotional and mental experience, inviting visitors into a space where fragility and resilience exist in tension.
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