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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
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showcase in
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, where numerous design exhibitions take place over a period of approximately one week towards the end of January.


DesignTO (formerly Toronto Design Offsite Festival)

Concurrently, the annual
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Toronto Design Offsite Festival (DesignTO) hosts over 100 design-related exhibitions, events, talks, and workshops at various venues across Toronto, including th
TO DO Festival Symposium
the Interior Design Show, Outside the Box
Living WellTO DO Festival Party
Gladstone Hotel's '' Come Up To My Room'', an established annual alternative showcase for local design in its own right. Schools with design programs, including
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also organize student exhibitions during the Festival.


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.


References

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