The DesignTO Awards recognize design excellence.
The DesignTO Awards recognize design excellence at the DesignTO Festival, Canada’s leading and largest annual design festival that celebrates design as a multidisciplinary form of creative thinking and making. The DesignTO Awards celebrates the talent, expression, and diversity of designers from Toronto and abroad.
This year, we’re pleased to announce and welcome Thermador as an Awards sponsor.
Light Gathering in the Yuan 光聚院心
Mason Studio, VYVYD Lighting, Yan Dining Room, DBD CoLab
Sawdust Furniture Collection and Offcuts Vase Collection
Anna Noel
Articulated Hides
Christian Maidankine
Rolling Shutters
Julian Gregory
Assembly: A Holding Space for Culture
Collective Futures, Book Club Toronto, Lore, The Third Take, Daem ArtHouse, Plantaninos, Sylvan Factory
An annual jury of designers and industry experts vote for the Founders’ Award, Emerging Artist/Designer Award, Best Product/Object Design Award, three Best in Festival award categories and for three Juror’s Choice awards each, while the public votes for three People’s Choice awards.
Awardees are recognized and celebrated through DesignTO’s extensive network.
Jurors can consider any Festival project for an award.
A selection of exhibitions and installations are visited by the jurors in person during the Festival. Then the jurors reconvene for a jurying session after the Awards application closes.
Design experts and one former awardee are invited each year to participate in jurying the Awards program.
Jurors: Sarah Edo (curator and writer), Jeffrey Ma (Design Director, Lemay), Michaela MacLeod (artist, designer, and co-founder of Polymetis), Eric Mutrie (Senior Editor, Azure Magazine), and Michael Nyarkoh (creative producer and cultural programmer).
Learn more about the 2026 DesignTO Awards Jury
Thermador has played an essential role in making the kitchens of today the inspiring and imaginative places they’ve become. Since 1916, Thermador has been passionate about challenging the status quo and creating bold new ways to elevate the way we cook and the dishes we create.
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