Toronto Design Week Explained

Toronto Design Week is the unofficial name of the events and exhibitions hosted by DesignTO, formerly known as the Toronto Design Offsite Festival. It is a design showcase in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where numerous design exhibitions take place over a period of approximately one week towards the end of January.^{[1] [2] [3]}

DesignTO (formerly Toronto Design Offsite Festival)

Concurrently, the annual not-for-profit Toronto Design Offsite Festival (DesignTO) hosts over 100 design-related exhibitions, events, talks, and workshops at various venues across Toronto, including the TO DO Festival Symposium, the Interior Design Show, Outside the Box, Living Well, TO DO Festival Party, Gladstone Hotel's Come Up To My Room, an established annual alternative showcase for local design in its own right.^[4] Schools with design programs, including OCAD University, Ryerson University, Sheridan College, and George Brown College also organize student exhibitions during the Festival.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Interior Design Show

The biggest self-produced event during the festival is the annual Interior Design Show with over 50,000 visitors, the largest consumer fair of its kind in Canada.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto Design Week 2010 . Wallpaper Magazine . 4 Feb 2010 . 31 March 2014.
2. Web site: Retail Therapy: Canadian design at MADE at Home . National Post . 28 Jan 2011 . 31 March 2014 . Nathalie Atkinson.
3. Web site: Toronto's Alternative Design Week: TO DO Festival . Huffington Post Style . 21 Jan 2014 . 31 March 2014 . Andrea Carson.
4. Web site: Toronto Design Offsite Festival on now! . Canadian Architect . 20 Jan 2014 . 31 March 2014.
5. http://www.ocadu.ca/export/about_ocad/articles/stories/01172014_OCADU_CelebratesDesignWeekwithTCOUO3.htm OCAD U celebrates Design Week with TC+OUO3
6. http://www.ryerson.ca/fcad/news/stories/toronto-design-week.html Toronto Design Week Features SID Student Designs
7. http://sheridanartsblog.com/2013/02/19/sheridan-furniture-students-exhibit-in-downtown-toronto-during-design-week/ Sheridan furniture students exhibit in downtown Toronto during Design Week
8. http://designedgecanada.com/news/lots-to-see-and-hear-during-toronto-design-week/ Lots to see and hear during Toronto Design Week
9. Web site: IDS 2012: Highlights from Studio North & Prototype . Azure Magazine . 27 Jan 2012 . 31 March 2014 . Tory Healy.
10. Web site: Slideshow: the 21 coolest home products on display at the Interior Design Show 2014 . Toronto Life . 24 Jan 2014 . 31 March 2014 . Jean Grant.