Photo credit: Saghi Malekanian
The Toronto Design Offsite Festival (TO DO) has released its 2017 Festival Schedule, which includes over 100 events, installations and curated exhibitions. For one week annually, TO DO showcases talent throughout the city from January 16-22, 2017, featuring self-produced work from over 400 independent, local, national and international designers and artists.
The lineup presents international figures such as Alessandro Guerriero (Italy), Sheila Hicks (USA), and Binome (France), as well as Canadian brands like Mjölk, The Brothers Dressler, and Aubry / Levesque.
?Our 2017 programme celebrates design across the board, with emphasis on work created in Toronto,? says Deborah Wang, Creative Director at the Toronto Design Offsite Festival. ?Bold and innovative work by emerging and established creatives will fill storefronts, studios, galleries and public spaces in Toronto. The city-wide and eye-level aspects of our festival makes design accessible and engaging.? TO DO also offers attendees the opportunity to experience design with all of their senses through innovative programming like a Blindfolded Walking Tour, The Sniff Bar, Rorschach, I feel heard: Design for better listening, and My Meal is an Imposter!
In addition to the open projects, TO DO?s signature projects include the annual travelling exhibition ?Outside the Box?, TO DO Talks Symposium: Design and the pursuit of well-being, Compact Living, Living Well, Resurfacing Taddle Creek, TO DO Tou...