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The Seattle design studio has designed a piggy bank with a chalkboard surface and a set of utensils with colourful handles.

Toronto’s design week isn’t just about checking out the latest furniture and fixtures – it’s also about rubbing shoulders and clinking glasses with the design world’s brightest stars.

Following a strong debut last year, the Toronto International Design Festival returns with an expanded program that includes the first annual Do West Design event. From January 27 to 30, Dundas Street West (between Bathurst and Grace streets) transforms into a giant exhibition space, with contemporary works on display in 28 venues, including storefronts, bars, showrooms, and even a lumber yard.

At the newly renovated Groninger Museum, there’s a lounge by Studio Job, a computer centre by Jaime Hayón and a restaurant by Maarten Baas.

As the Jan/Feb issue issue hits the newsstands – with its compendium of eco-smart dishwashers, stoves and laundry machines – check out these sleek streamlined range hoods from Bulthaup, Faber and Scholtès.

An architectural competition in the coastal town of Boscombe in Bournemouth, England draws beach hut designs from across the globe.

If the Wry & Ginger by Azure exhibit in New York at Design Within Reach teaches us anything, it’s that Canadian designers need not shy away from being Canadian. The show, featuring iconic symbols, traditional techniques and materials native to the True North Strong And Free, makes one thing clear: when it comes to design, Canada rocks!