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2021

Festival Schedule

Distanced and Digital

DesignTO is about creativity, community and experimentation.

There are several events and exhibitions to experience online. Most events are free, but some require a RSVP or purchased tickets. All window installations are viewable from the outdoors at venues across the city. Click on each event to learn more.

COVID protocols are in effect. DesignTO is not recommending unnecessary travel or congregating in groups. Please keep physically distanced from others at all times.

All other events are being adapted to current lockdown conditions.

January 22–31, 2021

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'A Chunk of Silver and Some Mud' is the result of searching for fun in food. Artists Gillian Marydyn-Jowsey and Nicolas Soni have created a table setting that will make the act of eating nourishing to all appetites.
A Chunk of Silver and Some Mud
online
window installation
A Chunk of Silver and Some Mud
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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'Ask Me Anything' creates direct access to a designer, and fosters learning about design and the design process between guest designers and the public. Its first guest is Toronto-based designer Jamie Wolfond.
Ask Me Anything: Jamie Wolfond
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Ask Me Anything: Jamie Wolfond
Jan 26
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Jan 28 2021
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COFO Design will be featuring new works in their exciting new Concept Space at Stackt Market. Come say hi and see what Canadian-made is all about.
COFO Design
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window installation
COFO Design
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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Learn how Eventscape, an award-winning custom architectural fabrication company works with the latest technologies, equipment and materials — wood, metal, glass, solid surface, textiles and more — to create custom features; collaborating on your design vision from start-to-finish.
Design + Fabrication Shop Tours at Eventscape – Virtual Presentations
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Design + Fabrication Shop Tours at Eventscape – Virtual Presentations
Jan 27
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Jan 28 2021
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DesignTO’s sixth annual symposium brings nine multidisciplinary experts together for an inspiring discussion about Inclusive Design, covering inclusive education, the business case for inclusion, accessible technologies, co-creation, decolonization and other thought-provoking topics.
DesignTO Symposium: Towards Inclusive Design
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DesignTO Symposium: Towards Inclusive Design
Jan 27
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Jan 28 2021
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Join DesignTO and design expert Catherine Osborne for a conversation with Christian Lo of lighting studio Anony and Lambert Rainville and Nicolas Sangaré of multidisciplinary studio Rainville Sangaré, on the occasion of their installations at EQ3’s King East showroom.
DesignTO Talks: Anony & Rainville Sangaré
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DesignTO Talks: Anony & Rainville Sangaré
Jan 29 2021
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Detroit is the first and only UNESCO City of Design in the US. In honor of this designation, Design Core produces the Detroit Month of Design annually in September. This session examines the festival as an example of co-creation.
Detroit: UNESCO City of Design
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Detroit: UNESCO City of Design
Jan 26 2021
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A series of design-objects from a collection of moments from the past five-years. It investigates pairings of ‘everyday objects’ technically, formally, and theoretically, via experimentation of physical and digital fabrication methods, techniques, and tooling, with software exploration virtually in Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality.
Everyday an Object
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Everyday an Object
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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‘Exchange Piece’ explores collaboration as an act of care through an exchange between 10 artists and designers working in pairs to explore how care in the creative process affects the way we relate and position ourselves to what we create.
Exchange Piece
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Exchange Piece
Jan 22
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Feb 28 2021
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A journey through space and time, 'jikọta' explores the sacred and practical importance of Indigenous African craftsmanship. Featuring an exclusive collection of artifact seats, this exhibition will unearth a fascinating design dialogue between regions, eras, form and function.
jikọta
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jikọta
Jan 22
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Feb 28 2021
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Responding to the prompts “What gives you life?”, OSF and Aura Last designed a series of hand-made beaded skateboards inspired by our relationships with nature. Combining photo transfer and beads, each board reveals the inner-spirit of the world around us.
Land is Life: Oasis Skateboard Factory x Aura Last
online
window installation
Land is Life: Oasis Skateboard Factory x Aura Last
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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An exhibition using experimentation of soft goods to express how each of us experienced the year of 2020. Ranee Lee's industrial design students at OCAD U share their experiences through designing and prototyping. Creative writing led by Stephanie Jones.
Materials as Communication
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Materials as Communication
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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How is context for design established in a world that can change overnight? Third-year OCAD U Industrial Design students explore the intricacies of designing for health in a pandemic, delving into the mental and physical human needs of a socially distanced world.
Micro/Macro
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Micro/Macro
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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'Old Forms / New Designs' presents new work by Toronto designer Alastair Martin. The work engages industrial manufacturing processes and examines support structures to arrive at simplified design forms that exhibit their material origins.
Old Forms / New Designs
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window installation
Old Forms / New Designs
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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This annual exhibition of furniture created by OCAD U students presents original work that explores the role of furniture as a medium for personal expression, a reflection of social and cultural norms, and as an influence upon human behaviour.
Tables, Chairs & Other Unrelated Objects 10 Retrospective
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Tables, Chairs & Other Unrelated Objects 10 Retrospective
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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'Volatile Ecology' is a design expedition examining the environmental degradation in the suburban post-industrial waterfront of Buffalo, New York, through the lens of scenario planning and prototype making.
Volatile Ecologies: Architectural Apparatuses for Earthly Survival
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exhibition
Volatile Ecologies: Architectural Apparatuses for Earthly Survival
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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Daily Goods Design LABS hosts what has now become a yearly event featuring women that are changing the landscape of design by intersecting it with fashion, science and technology. The focus for 2021: how has COVID-19 changed what women want and need and why?
Women That Make, Create and Innovate 2021
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Women That Make, Create and Innovate 2021
Jan 28 2021
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‘Work/Life’ is an annual exhibition that explores new prototypes for contemporary life showcasing the work of eight Canadian designers including Maha Alavi, Jeremy Labelle Design, Brandon Lim, Noda Designs, notoro, Ava Nourbaran, Plural, and Superwise.
Work/Life
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Work/Life
Jan 22
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Jan 31 2021
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The '_2.0' expands on STACKLAB's original Felt Collection. The installation will feature two second generation prototypes configured using a new proprietary digital application. The configurator enables users to create furnishings from a database of felt remnants.
_2.0 by STACKLAB
online
window installation
_2.0 by STACKLAB
Jan 22
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Feb 15 2021
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