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Colourful mural along McCaul Street.
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Design

Art & Design showcased at the Gladstone Hotel
Art & Design showcased at the Gladstone Hotel - Tanja Tiziana
The Toronto area is Canada's largest design centre and has the third largest design workforce in North America (after New York and Boston). With a number of post secondary institutions offering training the workforce here is highly talented and often on the cutting edge of innovation, doing business around the globe. Design in and around Toronto focuses on six key disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, interior, industrial, graphic and fashion design. On Bay Street in downtown Toronto the Design Exchange is Canada's only institution devoted to promoting Canadians' understanding of the value of design, hosting numerous education programs and exhibitions each year.

Design Features

The digital world provides new opportunities for art and commerce

The digital age has made high quality artwork just a click away. Yonge Street tracks down three Toronto companies -- Art Bomb, Wondereur, and Art From Concentrate -- that are using technology to change the way people market, discover and buy art. 

Bootstrapping it: Startup game developers self-finance releases

Gaming platforms such as the App Store and Steam have made it easier than ever for developers to release independent games onto the market. Yet financing these games is a different story. A new generation of small Toronto game development companies are raising money on their own.

Underground living: Has PATH become more than just a place to eat lunch & escape the cold?

With a history going back to the early 1900s, PATH has made life easier for downtown workers. But with more residential buildings tapping in, could it be turning into a real neighbhourhood?

A neighbourhood that brings the old & new together

The Junction has always been one of Toronto's most distinctive areas. But the recent influx of entrepreneurs has given its retro main street a much more fashionable vibe.

Keesmaat kismet: Has the city's new chief planner arrived at the right time?

Our new chief planner has joined the city's building boom mid-party. But Jennifer Keesmaat's Toronto-loving pro-pedestrian approach might be what we need to liven things up.
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