Inside the Summer Salon
This July, DesignTO partnered with Lutron to welcome Toronto’s architecture and design community to the ‘Summer Salon’, a three-day series of intimate conversations exploring contemporary ideas in architecture, interiors, and placemaking.
Call for Proposals: Activate Yonge + St. Clair During DesignTO Festival 2027
The Yonge + St. Clair BIA and DesignTO invite artists, architects, designers, and multidisciplinary creatives to submit proposals for seven site-specific installations during DesignTO Festival 2027. Funding between $5,000 and $7,500 CAD is available. Apply by September 13, 2026.
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.
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.
