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Author Archives: Michael Madjus
How Design Can Transform Lives: A Beginners Guide
Exploring design’s unseen role in bettering society, the environment, and individual joy and well-being.
In Conversation: Sustainable Futures Part 2: Circular Systems
A panel talk on sustainable futures with Anna Horváth, Ranee Lee, and Tnachon Benjapipatkul, discussing sustainable futures from the perspective of circular systems.
2023 Look & Feel Digital Media
Designed by Hwa-jin Jun, the 2023 DesignTO look and feel is an evolution of the Festival’s history told through a visual aesthetic.
Building with Light
‘Building with Light’ is a discussion that explores the ways in which architects, artists and designers use lighting to create and transform space.
DesignTO Symposium: Trash Talk – Session 2
DesignTO’s eighth annual symposium brings seven multidisciplinary experts together to address the problem of waste and waste management in the context of the global climate crisis.
DesignTO Symposium: Trash Talk – Session 1
DesignTO’s eighth annual symposium brings seven multidisciplinary experts together to address the problem of waste and waste management in the context of the global climate crisis.
Ideas Forum: Deconstruction
‘Ideas Forum: Deconstruction’ features five fast-paced presentations exploring circular construction in the building industry, including design for disassembly, embodied carbon and sustainability, and material salvage and reuse.
2023 DesignTO Festival: What to do NOW!
‘Landless Food’ by Malu Luecking. Part of the 2023 group exhibition ‘Forecast’. ‘What to do’ is a Festival Week…
Meet the 2023 DesignTO Awards Jury
Meet the 2023 DesignTO Awards Jury. The 2023 DesignTO Awards, are presented by Yabu Pushelberg & DIALOG
Social Justice at the 2023 Festival
When we refined our mission, vision and purpose earlier last year, we added justice as one of our main pillars. This year many of the exhibits and events featured in the Festival have a social justice focus.
In Conversation: Sustainable Futures Part 1: Do It Yourself
‘Sustainable Futures Part 1: Do It Yourself’, the third in the 2022 series of ‘In Conversation’.
