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DesignTO Festival: January 23-February 1, 2026
...AND WE'RE BACK!
The 2026 Festival Schedule is LIVE, start planning your 10-day adventure today.
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January 23, 2026 | 7 PM
2026 DesignTO Launch Party—SOLD OUT!
Kick off the 16th annual Festival with us at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
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February 1, 2026 | 2 PM
DesignTO Talks: Within the Weave
Join DesignTO for ‘Within the Weave’, a conversation tracing the meeting points of material and memory.
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January 28, 2026 | 6 PM
DesignTO Tours: hollis+morris
Take a deep dive into the 14,000 square foot Toronto production studio of hollis+morris, where furniture and lighting are designed, prototyped, manufactured and showcased on-site.
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January 25, 2026 | 2 PM
DesignTO Tours: Material Memory
This walking tour invites you to explore artworks that reflect ongoing dialogues between artist, object, and environment.
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January 28, 2026 | 12 PM
Ideas Forum: Advocating for a Better City
Changing Toronto’s built environment is challenging, requiring time, money, and collaboration. Yet many individuals and organizations are driving progress through advocacy, research, and design.
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January 1-31, 2026
S.A.D.
‘S.A.D.’ is a series of eight evocative images by Chinese-Canadian artist and photographer Steven Beckly presented on five digital screens at Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square).
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January 23-February 28, 2026
Soft Grid
A textile installation by fibre artist Shao-Chi Lin, inspired by her time as an artist-in-residence at Le Germain Hotel Toronto.

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January 23-March 29, 2026
'Traces'
Featuring the work of ten local and international artists, designers, and collectives, exploring the weight of migration, forced relocation, and preserving culture and identity: what we carry, what we leave, and how we belong again.
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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 Festival: January 23-February 1, 2026
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Fill out the 2026 Expression of Interest form to be notified when volunteer shifts become available.
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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, January 23—February 1, 2026. It is Canada’s largest celebration of design, forming Toronto’s design week.

About DesignTO
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 7,000 artists and designers.
DesignTO promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion, with diverse representation across its team and board.
DesignTO's annual festival attracted over 200K visitors in 2025 and over 1 million since 2011, cementing its place in Toronto's cultural design scene.

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