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'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' is a series of large mysterious light-forms by designer Molly Valentine Dierks. Inspired by Ukiyo-e, manga, and Disney drawings, the glowing pastel LED sculptures revel in the alluring, the inexplicable, and the sensual. Jan 20-Feb 3, 2025 DesignRepublic at The Well 486 Front Street West, Toronto 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 Start planning your DesignTO Festival: https://buff.ly/4hWoc2E Image: A series of large-scale abstract forms traced in pastel lighting by artist-designer Molly Valentine Dierks. #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

Je Siqueira – a registered architect with over 15 years of experience – was one of the leaders in the unionizing efforts at both SHoP Architects and at Bernheimer Architecture, helping establish the first private-sector architectural union in the U.S. since the 1930s at the latter practice. Join us online for 'Ideas Forum: Labour in Architecture. This panel talk focuses on what happens inside the office, exploring labour practices in architecture. Organized by DesignTO in partnership with the Toronto Society of Architects, ‘Ideas Forum: Labour in Architecture’ features five fast-paced presentations (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) exploring the practice of architecture. Jan 28, 2025 | 12 - 1:30 PM Online For more information visit: https://buff.ly/3ZsehKY 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 'Ideas Forum: Labour in Architecture' is organized by DesignTO in partnership with the Toronto Society of Architects, and supported by the Government of Ontario, City of Toronto, with media partner AZURE Magazine. Image: BA Union Bargaining Committee Members. From left to right: Stephanie Hamilton, Lauren Uhls, Ann Le, Po-Yu Chung, Irshaad Malloy, Praxiteles Lykos, Kolby Forbes, Chris Beck, Je Siqueira. Photo by David DiMaria. #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

Join 'The Legacy of Claude Cormier: Screening & Panel Discussion'. A screening of a 45-minute director’s cut of the Claude Cormier Oral History Project, followed by a panel discussion reflecting on Claude’s legacy in Toronto. This event is done in partnership by the TSA, TCLF, and UofT Daniels Faculty. Jan 30, 2025 | 6-8:30 PM Daniels Building (Meeting Hall) 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 Start planning your DesignTO Festival: https://buff.ly/4hWoc2E Photo by Kurtis Chen. #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

'The Leg Table Project' by Hamish Greenland examines the allure and meaning of crossed legs. Do these intersecting silhouettes captivate us universally, or does context—bare feet or running shoes—transform their effect? A striking exploration of form and meaning. Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025 STACKT Market, Unit 2-101 28 Bathurst Street, Toronto Reception: Jan 25 | 6-10 PM 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 Start planning your DesignTO Festival: https://buff.ly/4hWoc2E Image courtesy of the designer. #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

Discover 'The Invisible Tide'. Be transported to an unfamiliar place. At the Mason Studio Cultural Hub, a site-specific installation takes you out of the everyday, guiding you on a journey that resonates deeply with the mind and body. Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025 Mason Studio Cultural Hub 91 Pelham Avenue, Toronto Reception: Jan 25 | 5-9 PM Talk: Jan 27 | 6-9 PM Tour: Jan 29 | 6-9 PM 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 Start planning your DesignTO Festival: https://buff.ly/4hWoc2E Image courtesy of the designer. #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

Join David Ingram of Sweat and Tonic and Craig Stanghetta of Ste Marie for a dynamic discussion, 'The Hospitality Effect: Transforming Fitness & Wellness Spaces into Destinations,' on how hospitality-inspired design transforms fitness and wellness spaces into immersive destinations, fostering connection, enhancing guest experience, and redefining urban wellness. Jan 29, 2025 | 6-8:30 PM Sweat and Tonic at The Well 486 Front Street West, Terrace Level (Level 2), Toronto 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 Start planning your DesignTO Festival: https://buff.ly/4hWoc2E Image: Spin Studio at The Well Sweat and Tonic #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

‘Story Story’ is a group exhibition featuring 9 emerging artists and designers from the annual DesignTO Youth program. Through diverse mediums, materials, and forms, the showcased works present reflections on themes of family, identity, femininity, cross-generational traditions, and the ‘self’. Jan 24-Feb 15, 2025 Collision Gallery 30 Wellington Street West, Toronto Reception: Feb 15 | 4-6 PM 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 'DesignTO Youth: Story Story' is organized by DesignTO in partnership with JAYU and ArtReach, and supported by the Government of Ontario, City of Toronto, and Entro. Collision Gallery provided by QuadReal. Image: ‘Lacework’ by Mal Yu #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

In 'The Address of our Dis/Beliefs,' Sonia Lala explores challenging personal narratives uncovered while clearing out her childhood home. She encourages us to consider how spaces and artifacts can embody stuck or abandoned parts of ourselves, and to intentionally reclaim them. Jan 25-29, 2025 The Secret Genius School 154 Shuter Street, Toronto 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 Start planning your DesignTO Festival: https://buff.ly/4hWoc2E Image courtesy of the designer. #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

'Tangled Paths' by Nargiza Usmanova symbolizes Toronto's urban life, where millions of journeys intertwine, reflecting the city's dynamic interactions and connections. Made from 90% recycled materials, it highlights sustainability and the endless possibilities of urban evolution at Yonge + St. Clair. Jan 24 - Feb 2, 2025 40 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 Start planning your DesignTO Festival: https://buff.ly/4hWoc2E Image:The sketch of the monumental recycled Art & Light installation “Tangled Paths”. Courtesy of the designer. #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign

‘Dwell’ is a design exhibition that offers opportunities to slow down and connect in the hustle and bustle of Union Station – Canada's busiest transportation hub. Five artists and designers explore what taking pause amidst the rush of urban travel looks like. Jan 24 - Feb 2, 2025 Union Station (West Wing) 65 Front Street West, Toronto For more information visit: https://buff.ly/4fL6v4x 🎉 DesignTO is turning 15! Join Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025, with 100+ free events and exhibits across Toronto. Celebrating 15 transformative years with over 1M attendees, 6.5K+ creatives, and $120M in tourism impact. Let’s design a sustainable, just, and joyful future together! 💫 'Dwell' is curated by DesignTO, co-presented with Union, and supported by the Government of Ontario, City of Toronto, and Lemay. Image: ‘Mandalas of Mindfulness’ by Kalpit Patel #DesignTO25 #DesignTO #DesignTOFestival #design #community #creativity #design #art #festival #TorontoDesign