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.

DESIGNLINES • Vol. 19, No. 1

When Love Comes to Town

Contributors • Our team explores Toronto’s minimalist and maximalist spaces

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

One Thing • Stacklab’s disruptive Felt Series starts with materials. The design? That comes later

Eat Here • High-end Italian marketplace meets restaurant Eataly joins Toronto’s Mink Mile

Fresh Faces of Design • Three creatives to seek out during Toronto’s design week

Trends Forecast • Locally available examples of the shapes, textures and techniques topping 2020

Hot Hood • Five reasons to explore the King East Design District*

Inside & Out • Five all-season pieces that easily transition from den to patio

Good on Paper • Wallpaper is making a comeback – but the designs are all new

Master(ful) Plans • It’s not just about condo towers anymore. Kicking off Toronto’s already roaring ’20s, developers are thinking bigger, with mixed-use, masterplanned communities set to transform the GTA. So how will it all look? Pretty good. Combining transit, public space and lots of street-level activity, this new wave of mega-projects is poised to define the next urban decade

Return to Form • How a once-derelict heritage theatre got a new lease on life

Living Large • Local architects rework modestly sized living rooms for maximum impact and comfort

In Good Company • Two ambitious and heartwarming tales of four friends, three businesses and two loft homes on not-so-conventional Geary Avenue

Right Angles • How a furniture designer and a florist carved a homey space from a blocky industrial loft

Living Lab • Tamira Sawatzky and Elle Flanders test new design ideas in their warehouse conversion

SUPERKÜL • 2020’s Designer of the Year takes the crown for its super contemporary and innovative private homes – and its cool additions to the city’s public realm, too

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Smarter Glass, Smarter Workspaces • Smart Glass Ontario offers an easy way to more versatile, user-friendly and energy-efficient offices

LADY MARMALADE

STUDIO PAOLO FERRARI

SHOP GUIDE • INSIDE: MASTERFUL, SWEET STUFF FOR THE BEDROOM

Contemporary Furniture

Design Accessories

Flooring, Surfacing & Tiles

Home Entertainment Systems

Kids’ Furniture

Kitchen & Bath

Lighting

Outdoor Furniture

Rugs & Carpeting

Textiles

Vintage & Reclaimed Furniture

Wallcoverings & Paint

Windows, Doors & Fireplaces

Workplace Furniture

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