DESIGNLINES

DESIGNLINES is Toronto’s ultimate guide to contemporary design. Four times a year, we review top furniture showrooms and decor shops, along with stylish restaurants, new architectural projects and cutting-edge art galleries. Each issue is packed with entertaining news on local designers, the latest trends and ideas for urban living.

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Hot Ticket • Fun and mind-expanding things to do this season

Gift Guide • Colourful gift ideas – inspired by design’s complementary pigments – for everyone topping your holiday hit list

Urban Update • Five projects putting a fresh spin on seasoned city spaces

Food Dept • Bert Archer dishes on the tastiest developments in restaurant design

Bits & Pieces

Knead to Know • What makes Biscotteria Forno Cultura – a minuscolo Italian cookie shop located in Union Station – an essential food and design destination

Look Book • Let Torontonians’ favourite boutique hotels inspire your own masterful bedroom decorating

Brick Magnifique • In the facades of three light-filled homes, this traditional building material is a blockbuster

The White House

Round Two • StudioAC breathes new life into a now-curvaceous east-end loft

Peak Interest • By building up, Post Architecture makes a small Etobicoke bungalow delightfully modern

Hitting New Heights • Two studios join forces to transform a builder’s special into the pinnacle of modern design

Shop Here • Your guide to the city’s top furniture showrooms, home decor shops, expert services & much more

End Note • Alexandra Caufin traces the local roots of Corn Flower glass, the essential Canadian design story you’ve never heard