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The Interior Design Show Toronto 2026 welcomed tens of thousands of designers, architects, brands, students, and design lovers to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for four days of exploration, experimentation, and exchange.
This year’s edition positioned the show floor as a laboratory - using space itself as a medium for inquiry rather than a backdrop for display. Across three major features - How We Work, Furniture Forecast, and ILLUMINATE - IDS shifted from traditional product presentation toward immersive, spatial experimentation. Visitors moved through surreal environments that explored urgent cultural questions: what the workplace means as boundaries between office, home, and hospitality dissolve; how quality and longevity in furniture are being redefined amid material reckoning; and how light is increasingly becoming architecture itself.
Anchoring these explorations were a powerful lineup of keynote speakers, including Yves Béhar, Eames Demetrios, and Tatiana Bilbao, whose talks underscored design’s expanding role in shaping culture, technology, and the future of daily life.
“IDS has always been about creating a platform for ideas, not just products,” said Will Sorrell, National Director, IDS Canada. “This year we leaned into experimentation - inviting designers, brands, and visitors to experience design as a living discipline and to test new ways of thinking about space, materials, and how we come together. Even in the snow, the energy on the show floor was extraordinary.”
