DesignTO Festival alumnus Justin Hawley talks breaking the design mold, anarchy, and finding passion in the untraditional.
Artist & Designer Spotlight: Justin Hawley

DesignTO Festival alumnus Justin Hawley talks breaking the design mold, anarchy, and finding passion in the untraditional.
Co-Founder of Urban Minds and past Festival exhibitor Angela Ng shares her goals of inspiring youth, creating community, and making change.
2023 DesignTO Festival Awards winner, designer Adrienna Matzeg, talks to us about photography, Covid’s influence on her practice and the impact of architecture in her work.
DesignTO Members are key to helping us to fulfil our mission to advance design culture in Canada. For member Basak Duman, they joined because it’s great to be a part of the Toronto design community.
Chuma Asuzu shares his inspirations, thoughts on everyday beauty, and the process of producing and selling the design he exhibited at the 2023 DesignTO Festival.
Winners of a 2023 DesignTO Juror’s Award, Mao and Chris of Mao Projects talk about their work, the evolution of their practice and their creative journey into ceramics.
The 2023 AZ Awards Gala is a night of celebration and recognition in the world of architecture and design.
Here are some exhibitions, events and installations you can check out after the Festival officially ends on January 29, 2023.
Investigating salvage, reuse and construction materials with TAS at 2 Tecumseth.
See the city with fresh eyes, at exhibits and installations that can be viewed from outdoors 24/7.
While the 2023 DesignTO Festival has exhibitions, events and installations across the city of Toronto, you’ll notice there are higher concentrations of Festival programming popping up.
Whether you’re out of town, an international fan of DesignTO, or just want to stay cozy, there are lots of exciting and engaging online events happening as part of this year’s Festival. Staying in doesn’t mean you have to miss out!