Designer Spotlights

Product and furniture designer, and Lucid Ideas exhibitor Annaka Hoelk tells us about her connections to the environment and how that influences her practice.

2023-24 DesignTO Youth participant and ‘touchbase’ exhibitor Amaranna discusses her process of continuous learning, actively seeking new skills, and the importance of art in her practice.

Designer and ‘DesignTO Talks: Dematerialized’ speaker Alex Yuenyan Li shares the evolution of his work, his fascination with the physicality of objects, and more.

Installation artist and designer Casey Watson discusses the importance of providing viewers with unique and immersive experiences.

Aušra Česnauskytė and Goda Verikaitė of Neo-futuristic Walks share their journey and the inspiration they find walking in a new city.

Artist, designer, and ‘DesignTO Talks: Dematerialized’ speaker, Ruby Thelot, discusses memes, memory, and more.

Textile artist Alisa McRonald discusses her many inspirations from musicians, to crochet artists, sculptors, and more.

2023 DesignTO Festival Awards winner, artist Elena Mahno, discusses shifts in her career, the importance of wellbeing, and her X-Men blockbuster movie cameo.

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.

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.