The Interior Design Show (IDS Toronto 2025) celebrates and promotes the best in global and Canadian design, from emerging designers to legacy brands. During January 23-24, the show is open for industry professionals, with a full seminar program, networking opportunities and the biggest industry party on January 25 where everyone is welcome.

From January 25-26, doors open to the public. Design lovers can take their time, enjoying the beautiful exhibition and meet renowned Canadian designers speaking on the main stage through the keynote program, included with show access.

Registration opens mid October. Stay tuned for updates!

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DesignTO Festival 2025 brings people together to celebrate contemporary design across Toronto. As Canada’s largest annual design festival celebrating design as a multidisciplinary form of thinking and making, the show hosts over 100 exhibitions and events forming Toronto’s design week each January. Since 2011, the DesignTO Festival has welcomed over 1 million visitors, showcased the work of over 6,500 artists and designers, and reached over 2 billion people through print and digital media.

Here are three ways you can participate in the Festival:

1. Independent Projects:

Independent Projects are exhibitions, events (e.g. tours, talks, workshops), and window installations that are wholly created and executed by an individual or organization during the DesignTO Festival at a venue of their choice (in-person or online).

2. Venue-Designer Matchmaking Program

This program pairs designers with a venue to host their project. Projects include exhibitions, events (e.g. tours, talks, workshops), and window installations that are wholly created and executed by an individual or organization during the DesignTO Festival at the host venue. Host venues provide their spaces free-of-charge and pay the registration fee.

3. DesignTO Projects

DesignTO Projects are exhibitions and events at the Festival curated and executed by DesignTO. Participation in these projects is through a combination of open calls for submission and by invitation.

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The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) is North America’s largest trade show dedicated to all aspects of kitchen and bath design. KBIS 2025, in conjunction with the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), is an inspiring and interactive event that showcases the industry’s latest products, trends, and technologies from hundreds of exhibitors.

Why attend KBIS 2025?

• Source the latest products, designs, and technologies from leading brands
• Earn CEU’s and learn from industry experts at the VFTI Conference
• Meet with manufacturers and establish new partnerships for your business

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Heimtextil 2025 will present a global range of product innovations in textile interior design. As the globally unique trade fair for home and contract textiles and textile design, Heimtextil 2025 sets the tone for the coming season: here you will discover trends, textile sustainability, the world’s largest variety of home textiles as well as product offers for interior design, hospitality, sleep and the carpet industry. Globally combined and passionately presented.

Heimtextil 2025 product groups include:

• Wall Decoration
• Textile Design
• Window & Interior Decoration
• Decorative & Furniture Fabrics
• Fibres & Yarns
• Carpets & Rugs
• Global Home Excellence
• Global Home Select
• Smart Bedding
• Bed, Bath & Living

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Design Miami 2024 is thinking big. The fair celebrates its 20th edition, and on this landmark occasion, curatorial director Glenn Adamson has dreamed up the driving theme of Blue Sky which explores of the boldest leaps of imagination happening in design today. Design Miami 2024’s program of collectible design galleries, curios, special projects and collaborations will highlight design as a risk-taking venture, with the potential to meet the challenges of the present.

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This Autumn, Serpentine will unveil a new site-specific mural by artist Esther Mahlangu. On view in the garden at Serpentine North, the monumental painting will celebrate concepts of community and unity. Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, which translates directly from Ndebele as ‘I am because you are’, will mark her first public artwork in the UK.Painted over sixteen wooden panels, the work depicts Ndebele shapes and patterns outlined with a black border.

Celebrated for her brightly coloured geometric paintings rooted in matrilineal Ndebele culture, Dr Esther Mahlangu (b. 1935, South Africa) has been creating large-scale and site-specific works for over eight decades. She began painting at the age of ten, learning the Ndebele techniques and visual language of covering houses in bold patterns from her mother and grandmother.

Mahlangu uses natural pigments mixed with clay, soil and cow dung to paint directly on the exteriors of structures in her village. Rather than using stencils and tape to achieve lines and shapes, she paints by hand with chicken feathers and an array of different brushes. The artist also works with acrylic paints on canvas, which allows her to explore different scales and a broader colour palette.

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The University of Waterloo School of Architecture invites you to celebrate a significant milestone, the 20th Anniversary of their Cambridge Campus. Since opening its doors in September 2004, the University of Waterloo School of Architecture Cambridge Campus has been dedicated to fostering creativity, innovation, and community engagement in the field of architecture. As they reflect on two decades of growth, excellence, and impact, they invite you to be a part of this special occasion.

FREE EVENTS (No registration required):

• Community Day Open House. November 2, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Arriscraft Canada Brick Speaker Series with Rosa Chang (BES ’96, BARCH ’99), moderated by Camille Mitchell (MArch ’09, BArch ’06). November 1, 6:30 p.m.

ON DISPLAY:

• Ron Sims Purchase Prize Exhibition, 1987-2024 on display in Riverside Gallery, curated by Rick Andrighetti
• Waterloo Architecture Retrospective Exhibition, on display at the School of Architecture, curated by Professor Rick Haldenby and Professor Robert Jan van Pelt

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN:

• Cambridge Campus 20^th Anniversary Evening Reception. November 2, 6:00 p.m. Limited space available, please register in advance. Registration fee includes dinner and refreshments provided by the Cambridge Mill. Free parking is available onsite.

For guests needing accommodations, a limited number of rooms are available at a special rate. Please contact: archadvancement@uwaterloo.ca.

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DesignThinkers Toronto is Canada’s largest annual conference for graphic designers and creative communications professionals. Over its 25-year history, DesignThinkers has spanned massive changes in the communication design industry, offering an opportunity for creatives to gather together and consider design’s impact as we confront fundamental global challenges.

This two-day event features over 35 engaging presentations and workshops, along with opportunities to network and connect with other attendees, speakers and industry vendors.

DesignThinkers Toronto Speakers include Annie Atkins (graphic designer for TV), Aries Moross (Founder of Studio Moross), Leland Maschmeyer (Co-founder and CEO of COLLINS), Mindy Seu (Designer and Technologist), Nicola Ryan (VP, Product Design at Condé Nast), Robert Wong (VP, Google Creative Lab) and Shantell Martin (Philosopher, Cultural Facilitator, Curator & Educator).

Presentations and workshops will address questions such as: Is it possible to create original design work anymore? How can we work better together when the world feels physically and emotionally divided? If AI is here to stay, how can we use it ethically and effectively? How can I craft a fulfilling career?

In-person and streaming tickets are available now.

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A global leader in design and technology — boasting sustainable, recyclable and naturally sourced ceramics — the Spanish ceramic sector continues to breaks new ground in architecture and interior design. This November, 11 top Spanish ceramic manufacturers using Tile of Spain products will showcase in the AZURE Talks x Tile of Spain exhibition and talk entitled Tile, Trends & Tapas that showcases the breadth, versatility and sustainability of Spanish tile — as well as the growing presence of Tile of Spain products across the North American market. 

Tile, Trends & Tapas will take place at the University of Toronto’s Hart House on November 8 along with a talk exploring the design possibilities offered by the Tile of Spain portfolio and the emergence of a Spanish-Canadian design culture. Moderated by Azure senior editor Stefan Novakovic, the talk will feature two of the country’s most acclaimed emerging designers, Aránzazu González Bernardo and Nicolas Koff, who will share their insights about Spanish ceramics and Spanish-Canadian design culture. 

Tile of Spain is used by more than 100 companies as a seal of guarantee of a product made in Spain manufactured under the highest quality standards. On November 8, Tile of Spain will be represented by an exhibition featuring 11 companies: ADEXUSA, Azteca, Cevica, Decocer, Estudio Cerámico, Natucer, Peronda Group, Porcelanosa, STN Cerámica, TAU, Vives Cerámica.

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Marking the Aga Khan Museum’s 10th anniversary, Light: Visionary Perspectives, the Museum’s newest major exhibition, explores light’s multifaceted impact. Featuring contemporary installations by prominent international and Canadian artists, architects, and designers, including Anila Quayyum Agha, Tannis Nielsen, Olafur Eliasson, Kimsooja, and Anish Kapoor, the exhibition delves into how light shapes history and continues to influence our perceptions, emotions, and understanding of the world. These installations use unique designs to illustrate various physical properties and symbolisms of light, showcasing its universal ability to unite individuals, inspire empathy, and highlight the significance of diversity.

Extending beyond the galleries, Light: Visionary Perspectives also explores how light interacts with the building’s architecture and design. The ephemeral yet essential qualities of light set the tone for the building’s design inspiration; from the granite exterior to the shadows cast by the mashrabiya pattern on the Courtyard’s surrounding glass, the omnipresence of light is felt and seen even on gloomy days. This notion of light was built into the Museum, serving as a metaphor for the pluralistic unity that flows through its exhibitions and offerings.

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