DESIGNLINES is Toronto’s ultimate guide to contemporary design. Four times a year, we review top furniture showrooms and decor shops, along with stylish restaurants, new architectural projects and cutting-edge art galleries. Each issue is packed with entertaining news on local designers, the latest trends and ideas for urban living.
Designlines Magazine
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One Thing • The simply beautiful Twofold Light by Rebecca Sun Collins
Hot Ticket • I AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces
Space We Love • The Drake’s new wing is an inspired canvas layered with patterns, colours and textures
Belgian Modern • Ilse de Cleene wanted to bring the luxurious, innovative designs of her home country to Canadians. Now, top Belgian lines are easily accessible through her eponymous IDC Home and select local retailers. Here, some of our top picks.
Colour Therapy • Beautiful paint palettes for a crazy world: our top picks for 2022
Moving House • St. James Town is on the rise… again
Tonya Hart • A beautiful collision of light and sculpture, Hart’s pieces pop up where you’d least expect them
Shower Thoughts • Three tranquil bathrooms ready to inspire early-morning epiphanies
Ahead of the Curve • Architect Heather Dubbeldam radically rethinks a fusty Victorian semi
Art and Soul • An art advisor enlists Superkül to compose a family home as conducive to toddlers as it is to canvases
Mighty Small • A King West house gives new meaning to downsizing by trading square footage for more life
SHIP SHAPE • An architect’s brilliant solution to a staircase conundrum
Closet Systems
Contemporary Furniture
Design Accessories
Flooring, Surfacing & Tiles
Home Entertainment Systems
Kids’ Furniture
Kitchen & Bath
Lighting
Outdoor Furniture
Rugs & Carpeting
Textiles
Vintage & Reclaimed Furniture
Wallcoverings & Paint
Windows, Doors & Fireplaces
Workplace Furniture
Boom Town • An unusual welcome wagon animates the Gardiner’s endlessly dreary underpasses