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NOW OPEN: Éclos Capsule Collection Call for Submissions
DesignTO and Cosentino invite Canadian designers (living here or abroad) to submit to this open call for submissions. The selected submissions will form the 2026 Éclos Capsule Collection.
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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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Meet the 2026 DesignTO Awards Jury and Sponsor Thermador
The DesignTO Awards celebrates the talent, expression, and diversity of designers from Toronto and abroad.
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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: Quan Thai

Founders’ Award recipient Quan Thai explores the meaning of home through ‘TO·BE·LONGING: Portraits of Queer Living’, an exhibition that brings together stories of identity, memory, and belonging through domestic space.
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DesignTO Talks: Virtual Exhibition Design

‘DesignTO Talks: Virtual Exhibition Design’ is a panel discussion that takes a deep dive into the processes and practices of designing expansive and dynamic virtual exhibitions.