What to Expect at #IDS16

What to Expect at #IDS16
Can you feel it? Great design is in the air.

Canada’s largest design fair, the Interior Design Show (IDS16) will be returning to Toronto January 21-24. A showcase of innovation and excellence in design with awe-inspiring features, exhibits and talks – if you like great design, you won’t want to miss it.

Never been? Or, don’t know where to start? Girls of TO has a sneak peek at 7 of this year’s hottest highlights:

Opening Night Party: The design event of the year just got even better with this year’s opening evening feature … guest of honour Tom Dixon!
STUDIO NORTH – Painted Circles Pattern by Leah Phillips
A star-studded lineup of design makers: Everyone from Tom Dixon, Ora-ïto, Lee Broom, Craig Dykers, Omer Arbel & Omar Gandhi, Jesse Carrier & Mara Miller and Orlando Soria
New & Hot in Canadian Design: Don’t miss Studio North, an always-favourite curated collection of emerging practitioners on the Canadian design scene
STUDIO NORTH – Gereghty Desk Co – Wall Mounted Standing Desk
Shop: A personal fave, the Designboom Mart pop-up shop and Designboom’s only Canadian location for buying jewellery, accessories, textiles and furniture from their sources is back and created by Toronto’s Arc & Co. Design Collective
Got Wood: WOODLOVE is a curated space that helps consumers identify and purchase locally made Ontario Wood Products
STUDIO NORTH – Oscar & Kennedy Q9 Chairs CMYK
Limited Edition: Last year’s hit feature MAKER is back for a second year and is now doubled in size! Featuring a selection of North American designers and limited runs from: Coolican & Company (booth 2030), fig40 (booth 2132), KROFT + CO (booth 2130), Miles & May (booth 2028), Coo Studio (booth 2127), 1925 Workbench (booth 2128) and Wood Anchor (booth 2231)
Have a Seat: Celebrating all things art and chairs, Caviar20 and founder Troy Seidman will be showcasing his signature curated mix of art and design in an exhibit entitled “Decades of Chairs”

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Lisa Raffaele

I'm Lisa, a real born and bred Torontonian in every sense of the word. I'm a PR practitioner by day with a fabulous client list, at a very cool boutique firm in the core with a view of the city that can make anyone want to move here. I have a mild to moderate hat obsession, and you’ll usually find me searching the city for the next big chef, and rarely without a fashion or décor magazine in my purse. Before PR, I was a travel writer/editor/photographer, and spent most of my time travelling the world and bringing my stories back here. The rest of the time I spent indulging in the city's untapped culinary scene as Post City Magazine's main restaurant photographer. But, no matter where I am in the world, nothing beats coming home. That's why I've spent the last few years planting my roots here, moving from Toronto’s uber-chic west side to the heart of Greek Town in a modern Victorian semi (a.ka. my lifelong décor project), with my husband and super-stylish son. Yes, I'm one of those moms, the one who won't give up her sense of style post-baby bump; and why should I?! I aspire to have my cake and eat it too - I am Italian after all. And, now why my 2-year-old in tow, I can bring him along for the ride.

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