Design Meets, 213 Sterling Road, Toronto, ON (2026)

Name: Design Meets
Address: 213 Sterling Road, Toronto, ON, M6R2B2, CA
Telephone: 416-203-1660

The design meets and mixers are about bringing together Canadian designers from all walks of life. We are about creating a truly interdisciplinary platform where designers have the opportunity to meet and mingle with other design professionals. This is about collaboration and building a stronger, more connected Canadian design community — and having a little bit of fun while we’re at it too!

02/02/2026

🎙️ Meet Dr. Mark Nowaczynski, Clinical Director of House Calls

Dr. Nowaczynski is the Clinical Director of House Calls, an interprofessional program providing ongoing comprehensive home-based primary care to frail, marginalized, and house-bound seniors whose needs cannot be met by typical office-based primary care delivery due to a combination of medical, social, and cognitive frailty.

Using photography to raise awareness and advocate for change, his work has been profiled in national print, radio, and television media as well as in the Gemini Award winning National Film Board of Canada documentary film ‘House Calls’. A solo exhibit of his photographs, ‘House Calls with my Camera’, opened at the Royal Ontario Museum in 2010 and remained on display for over a year. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

February 11, join us alongside Dr. Nowaczynski as we explore the ways in which love might become a more intentional design principle for the futures we create.
🔗 Tickets available at the link in bio

01/29/2026

🎙️ Meet Ryan Donais, founder of Tiny Tiny Homes ()

Ryan’s work is deeply rooted in lived experience. Having experienced firsthand the trauma of homelessness and addiction, he founded Tiny Tiny Homes with a clear belief: everyone deserves a safe place to sleep.

With over 15 years in the construction industry, Ryan uses this expertise to provide dignified transitional housing that replaces unsafe tent encampments with a secure place for individuals to breathe, rest, and rebuild. Storytelling, system design and community building all intersect in his work — because he knows that housing is not just a structure, but a platform for transformation.

🔗 Join us on February 11 to hear Ryan’s story and perspectives. Link in bio.

01/27/2026

We’re thrilled to welcome Sarah Tranum as the moderator for our upcoming conversation on the Love Economy 🎉

Sarah is an Associate Professor of Social Innovation Design at OCAD University and Founder & Design Strategist at TrickleUp Design. She is an expert in participatory design projects for women’s economic empowerment and has collaborated with a broad range of international stakeholders to develop systems-based solutions to complex challenges.

Her global research initiatives include a multi-year study on women’s health and women-centred production in India, an investigation of food waste and opportunities for a circular food economy in Canada, and implementation of system-based approaches for delivering menstrual hygiene products and education in low-resource communities in Zimbabwe.

Sarah has created and taught courses across the Faculty of Design at OCAD University that guide students in using design as a tool for social change. She co-authored and guides the OCAD University’s popular Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation Minor program and spearheads the Social Innovation Design Pathway.

Join us February 11 and be a part of the conversation.
🎟️ Tickets available in bio.

01/15/2026

Join us for our first event of 2026 💌

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, DesignMeets and are coming together for a timely conversation on how design can more intentionally support the Love Economy—the essential yet often undervalued space where care, connection, and nurturing take place.

Through real-world examples and insights from community innovators, we’ll explore what the Love Economy is, why care-centred systems matter, and how love might become a more intentional design principle.

🎟️ Tickets available at the link in bio

01/08/2026

DesignMeets is built for our community— and that starts with you.

As we kick off the new year, your feedback can help us design more exciting, intentional events for 2026.

Take the anonymous survey and enter for a chance to win a free ticket to any 2026 DesignMeets event of your choice! The winner will be contacted February 2, 2026.

✍ Fill out the survey at the link in our bio

Address

213 Sterling Road
Toronto, ON
M6R2B2

Telephone

416-203-1660

Website

http://designmeets.ca/

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