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On Thursday, January 27, a panel of 10 big thinkers and innovative designers – including Douglas Coupland and Hunter Tura (of Bruce Mau Design) – will talk crowdsourcing at the Conversations in Design symposium.

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 decidedly grown-up fair, Richard Lampert’s new kids line – designed by a star-studded cast that includes Doshi Levien, Bertjan Pot and Monica Förster – stole the spotlight.

IMM Cologne, the first furniture fair of the year, kicks off on Tuesday.

Last week, Alessandro Calligaris, third generation owner of the Italian furniture company Calligaris, was in town to officially open Toronto’s first showroom.

Sex and the City 2 set decorator Lydia Marks furnished Carrie Bradshaw’s Manhattan apartment with a Lola ottoman from the Finnish, London-based textile designer Anne Kyyrö Quinn. The film opens this weekend.

Alessi recently set up shop in Montreal to disperse the company’s whimsical, yet functional gift and tableware designs. Azure met with one of the third generation members to run this family company to discuss the new location – the company’s first North of the 49th parallel.

Facetiously positioning himself as a “lazy” designer, Michael Bierut, the prolific founder of Design Observer and partner at Pentagram’s New York office, shares his seven steps to success.

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

Call it American architecture’s best-kept secret. Few realize that the world’s largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings lie nestled together on a college campus in South Florida. In recent years, the leadership of Florida Southern College has painstakingly raised awareness and funds in an effort to restore their treasure trove of Wright structures to their former glory. The latest such building: a Theater-in-the-Round — Wright’s only such design — is currently on track for completion this June. And for those who can’t make it to Florida to check out the campus in situ, a new exhibit of Robin Hill’s photographs (such as the Water Dome shot shown above) at the Charles Cowles Gallery in New York City opens May 19th.