Explore how Astek brings together creativity, technology, and environmentally conscious manufacturing to create wallcoverings and architectural surfaces that support healthier, more inspiring, and more sustainable spaces.
This July, DesignTO partnered with Lutron to welcome Toronto’s architecture and design community to the ‘Summer Salon’, a three-day series of intimate conversations exploring contemporary ideas in architecture, interiors, and placemaking.
The Yonge + St. Clair BIA and DesignTO invite artists, architects, designers, and multidisciplinary creatives to submit proposals for seven site-specific installations during DesignTO Festival 2027. Funding between $5,000 and $7,500 CAD is available. Apply by September 13, 2026.
A year ago, DesignTO launched our first fundraising campaign, which helped us sustain our annual festival and public programs.
It’s time to celebrate innovation, design, and community at the annual King East Design District (KEDD) Neighbourhood Hop, organized by DesignTO, in collaboration with Old Town Toronto BIA.
DesignTO Award winner Becca Wakefield explores how plant-based and bacterial cellulose materials might offer alternatives to single-use plastics.
Gilbert Fortin of Attirail Design Office shares how various interests and combined experiences led to a comprehensive collection of activity-related products and gear.
Interdisciplinary artist Deepikah RB shares how she decided to move her practice away from machines and into a world of wonderment.
My house is tiny but I’m lucky to have a small (77 square feet) office crammed with plants and art that I use when I’m on calls with clients.
As individuals and organizations take on proper physical distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have…
I’ve always had a designated space to work at home. When I get ideas I want to work immediately so I don’t forget.
I live in a small two-storey apartment in a house, with no designated office space, so I definitely spend my day moving around…
DesignTO’s Artistic Director, Deborah Wang, and Head of Programming, Robyn Wilcox, shed light on the organization’s value system and how the Festival is curated
Uncovering design’s role in advancing social change.
Exploring design’s unseen role in bettering society, the environment, and individual joy and well-being.
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