Designed by aftermodern.lab’s Hwa-jin Jun, DesignTO’s 2023 look and feel highlights personal connection and a return to gathering.
Meet Hwa-jin, the Designer Behind DesignTO’s 2023 Festival Look & Feel

Designed by aftermodern.lab’s Hwa-jin Jun, DesignTO’s 2023 look and feel highlights personal connection and a return to gathering.
DesignTO’s 2023 Festival marks the non-profit arts organization’s 13th anniversary. Over the years, DesignTO has continuously evolved to reflect the design community. Most recently the organization has refined its purpose, mission and vision to more holistically represent its values and goals. Through its programming, DesignTO aims to highlight design in Canada and its role in creating a sustainable, just and joyful world.
We caught up with past DesignTO exhibitor Bianca Weeko Martin to learn more about her and her practice.
2022 DesignTO Festival installations and exhibitions happening in the King East Design District, January 21-30, 2022.
For curator Ryan Rice, placemaking is a vital tool for amplifying oppressed voices. It is also a critical link to the many histories of place.
Co-founder and Director of Research and Planning for Bespoke Collective’s Sabrina Richard interrogates placemaking with DesignTO.
Productivity is generally defined as “the state or quality of producing” or “the effectiveness of productive efforts.” For many…
Courtesy of Designlines, photo by Arash Moallemi. Join Designlines Magazine during DesignTO 2020 to celebrate the Designer of the…
Image courtesy of Mia Cinelli. This year the DesignTO thematic exhibition, Future Retrospectives, celebrates DesignTO’s 10th anniversary by looking…
Image courtesy of Anagrama For DesignTO 2020, Mexico-based branding, architecture, and interactive design studio Anagrama will be conceptualizing a…
For DesignTO 2020, we’ve teamed up with the Yonge + St. Clair BIA for DesignTO Tours: Connection Points on…
Image courtesy of Nina Mgrdichian Welcome back to another Volunteer Spotlight! Here we highlight some of our past volunteers…