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Design

Art & Design showcased at the Gladstone Hotel - Tanja Tiziana

The Toronto area is Canada's largest design centre and has the third largest design workforce in North America (after New York and Boston). With a number of post secondary institutions offering training the workforce here is highly talented and often on the cutting edge of innovation, doing business around the globe. Design in and around Toronto focuses on six key disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, interior, industrial, graphic and fashion design. On Bay Street in downtown Toronto the Design Exchange is Canada's only institution devoted to promoting Canadians' understanding of the value of design, hosting numerous education programs and exhibitions each year.

Design Features

Density done right: Our Feb. 16 panel looks at creating neighbourhoods with room for everyone

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Join Yonge Street on Thursday, Feb. 16, for a discussion on how smart design and planning can help us get the best out of Toronto's increasing density. Our fourth public event will focus on how the city's built form can accommodate a growing population. Toronto Star columnist Royson James will moderate the panel. The Yonge Street Speaker Series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.

What works in cities: Why placemaking requires passion even more than big budgets

Michelle Bruch Wednesday, October 19, 2011

In one of an occasional series of articles looking at how other North American cities wrestle with their challenges, Minneapolis-based writer Michelle Bruch examines how public input helps the bottom line as much as it helps build places where people want to be.

Join us for our Sep. 22 event on Toronto's public spaces

Yonge Street Staff Thursday, September 08, 2011

The inaugural event in the Yonge Street Speakers Series, taking place on Sep. 22, will examine how Toronto's public spaces shape our lives in ways both dramatic and subtle. The series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.

Distillery jewelry designer Lara Bazant has a keen eye for beauty & a fair mind for business.

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Lara Bazant's ethical jewelry business is the perfect combination of intricate design, fair trade materials and chemical-free processes. With a varied background and extensive travel, she also chose Toronto to set up her growing business.

Access, availability and design: Can Danielle Svec find affordable, accessible housing in Toronto?

Paul Carlucci Wednesday, June 22, 2011

When people think of affordable housing, they don't always think of accessible housing, even though experts say the disabled make up huge swaths of low-income people. In Ontario, the numbers are jolting. Almost two million Ontarians are disabled. People like Danielle Svec are negotiating the slowly-improving system.

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