Toronto Design Week
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.{{cite web | url=http://www.wallpaper.com/design/toronto-design-week-2010/4270 | title=Toronto Design Week 2010 | publisher=Wallpaper Magazine | date=4 Feb 2010 | accessdate=31 March 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/28/retail-therapy-canadian-design-at-made-at-home/ | title=Retail Therapy: Canadian design at MADE at Home | publisher=National Post | date=28 Jan 2011 | accessdate=31 March 2014 | author=Nathalie Atkinson}}{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/andrea-carson/toronto-design_b_4628978.html | title=Toronto's Alternative Design Week: TO DO Festival | publisher=Huffington Post Style | date=21 Jan 2014 | accessdate=31 March 2014 | author=Andrea Carson}}
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 [http://todesignoffsite.com/event/to-do-talks-symposium-design-and-the-pursuit-of-well-being/ TO DO Festival Symposium], the Interior Design Show, Outside the Box, [http://todesignoffsite.com/event/living-well/ Living Well], [http://todesignoffsite.com/event/festival-party/ TO DO Festival Party], Gladstone Hotel's Come Up To My Room, an established annual alternative showcase for local design in its own right.{{cite web | url=http://www.canadianarchitect.com/news/toronto-design-offsite-festival-so-much-on-offer-next-month/1002790592/?&er=NA | title=Toronto Design Offsite Festival on now! | publisher=Canadian Architect | date=20 Jan 2014 | accessdate=31 March 2014}} Schools with design programs, including OCAD University, Ryerson University, Sheridan College, and George Brown College also organize student exhibitions during the Festival.[http://www.ocadu.ca/export/about_ocad/articles/stories/01172014_OCADU_CelebratesDesignWeekwithTCOUO3.htm OCAD U celebrates Design Week with TC+OUO3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304092647/http://www.ocadu.ca/export/about_ocad/articles/stories/01172014_OCADU_CelebratesDesignWeekwithTCOUO3.htm |date=2014-03-04 }}[http://www.ryerson.ca/fcad/news/stories/toronto-design-week.html Toronto Design Week Features SID Student Designs] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140304070123/http://www.ryerson.ca/fcad/news/stories/toronto-design-week.html |date=2014-03-04 }}[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][http://designedgecanada.com/news/lots-to-see-and-hear-during-toronto-design-week/ Lots to see and hear during Toronto Design Week]
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.{{cite web | url=http://www.azuremagazine.com/article/ids-2012-highlights-from-studio-north-prototype/ | title=IDS 2012: Highlights from Studio North & Prototype | publisher=Azure Magazine | date=27 Jan 2012 | accessdate=31 March 2014 | author=Tory Healy}}{{cite web | url=http://www.torontolife.com/style/toronto-homes/2014/01/24/25-best-products-interior-design-show-2014/ | title=Slideshow: the 21 coolest home products on display at the Interior Design Show 2014 | publisher=Toronto Life | date=24 Jan 2014 | accessdate=31 March 2014 | author=Jean Grant}}