It’s a Futures Fund Anniversary
A year ago, DesignTO launched our first fundraising campaign, which helped us sustain our annual festival and public programs.
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2026 King East Design District Neighbourhood Hop presented by DesignTO
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 Awards Recipient Spotlight: Becca Wakefield
DesignTO Award winner Becca Wakefield explores how plant-based and bacterial cellulose materials might offer alternatives to single-use plastics.
DesignTO Awards Recipient Spotlight: Anaïe Dufresne
Anaïe Dufresne, one of the organizers behind the DesignTO Award winning exhibition ‘Ensemble presents: Pot-au-feu’, approaches her work through a lens shaped by scenography, the practice of creating stage environments or atmospheres.
DesignTO Awards Recipient Spotlight: Yana Rzayeva
Multimedia artist and 2026 Best in Festival: Window Installation Award winner Yana Rzayeva invites passersby to slow down, look closely, and engage with materials that carry both history and transformation.
DesignTO Awards Recipient Spotlight: Atelier Fomenta
Best Product/Object Design Award recipient Atelier Fomenta approaches design as a collaborative and evolving process.
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Designer Spotlights
Designer Spotlights
Gilbert Fortin of Attirail Design Office shares how various interests and combined experiences led to a comprehensive collection of activity-related products and gear.
Designer Spotlights
Interdisciplinary artist Deepikah RB shares how she decided to move her practice away from machines and into a world of wonderment.
Work From Home
Getting Through This
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.
Getting Through This
As individuals and organizations take on proper physical distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have…
Getting Through This
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.
Getting Through This
I live in a small two-storey apartment in a house, with no designated office space, so I definitely spend my day moving around…
Design 101
DesignTO 101
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
DesignTO 101
Uncovering design’s role in advancing social change.
DesignTO 101
Exploring design’s unseen role in bettering society, the environment, and individual joy and well-being.
