Toronto host
Mar Reyes
@designbymar
About the speaker

Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a news curation editor at BuzzFeed News. His work has appeared in Maclean’s magazine, the Globe and Mail and The Guardian. He is a regular current affairs panelist for CBC News, and culture commentator for Q on CBC. Elamin writes a monthly column for Chatelaine magazine.
Local partners
Community Partner - BrainStation
BrainStation is a global leader in digital skills training. Working with instructors from the most innovative companies, we’ve trained over 50,000 professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world.
Venue Partner - Design Exchange
Design Exchange, is Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the pursuit of design excellence and preservation of design heritage. At the crossroads of multiple disciplines, from furniture and architecture to graphics and fashion, our exhibitions, talks, workshops, and youth education programs are curated to reflect the popular zeitgeist and contemporary culture while demonstrating the relevance and importance of design to everyday life. They are committed to delivering accessible design experiences and education and aim to provide the tools necessary to connect design learning to the ordinary and extraordinary.
Community Partner - Designlines
Designlines is Toronto’s Ultimate Guide to Design. Published four times per year, each issue provides reviews of top design stores along with stylish restaurants, new architectural projects and cutting-edge art galleries. Our Toronto Design Tour de Force, Best New Homes & Condos and Modern Renos issues are packed with modern-living ideas for urban dwellers kitting out their condos or houses designed by some of the best local architects. We also spotlight the city’s rising design talents as well as best new products and where to find them. And each spring we publish The Annual Shopping Guide, an issue devoted to exploring T.O.’s eight-plus design districts. This walking guide points out the hottest places to shop, eat and drink in each neighbourhood.
Location

Hosted at
Design Exchange
234 BAY ST
Toronto,, Ontario Canada M5K 1B2
When
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