Tradeshows

IDS Toronto wrapped this weekend, and DesignTO continues on. We’re taking a moment to capture the amazing talent we’ve seen thus far. Here’s our top 10.

For Caesarstone’s annual installation – which debuted at IDS Toronto and will travel to future fairs – Dutch “eating designer” Marije Vogelzang has conjured a poetically immersive experience.

Aga Khan Award-winning Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, who delivers a talk this week at IDS Toronto, tells Azure about courtyard culture, empowering villagers through architecture and why she avoids real estate developers.

IDS Toronto kicks off the new year of design fairs with inspiring talks, immersive installations and a dual focus on residential and commercial markets. Here are Azure’s top 10 must-sees.

At IMM Cologne, the annual furniture and lighting show that sets the pace for the year to come, Studio Truly Truly interprets the idea of future living through an expression of ambiguity.

Join Azure on Friday, January 18, 2019, for an inspiring breakfast panel on how Canadian designers can establish international relationships with five amazing talents: Jessica Nakanishi and Jonathan Sabine of MSDS, Abraham Chan, Jamie Wolfond and Lukas Peet.

Last week, we headed to Bologna to explore Cersaie 2018, the ceramic tile expo boasting breathtaking booths and star-studded group exhibits. Here’s what stood out, from ABK’s florals to 41zero42’s geometric patterns and Florim’s 3D surfaces. 

In New York, the curated Colony furniture gallery boldly reinvents the retail model.

This year’s LDF was as dazzling as it was varied, featuring impressive work from emerging talents and old hands alike.

At IDS Vancouver and its offsite program, installations, furniture, lighting and accessories by Snarkitecture, Leah Amick, Knauf and Brown – among many others – caught our eye. Here are 25 standouts from the show and beyond.