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At the start of 2026, during one of the biggest snowstorms in Toronto’s history, @idstoronto and@designtofestivalfestival lit a fire for design lovers. Azure‘s editors braved the cold to check out exciting launches:@ourse.ca, an all-Canadian brand, was making its official debut at IDS, where other wonderful studios, including@hollismorrisand@coolicanandcompany, were also displaying impressive furnishings. Ensemble (@ensssemble), a collective out of Quebec, beckoned us to an underground gallery where an achingly hip design scene coalesced around inventive pieces like our cover star, the Bolda floor lamp by@lambertetfils. Ensemble’s opening night party brimmed with true camaraderie, the Montreal-imported piquette fuelling animated conversations. The year in design, at least, was off to a good start.

This issue of Azure delights in the possibilities that started in January and will continue into spring, when the big international fairs begin. We look back at the best in Toronto and forward to what awaits in Milan. The latter kicks off our trends package, focused on products and perspectives — or design at every scale, from the teapot to the city. It might seem odd to contain such multitudes in a “trends” package, but Azure’s approach in covering trends has always been to identify the major directions in all the disciplines we cover: furniture, interiors, architecture and (increasingly) urbanism.

Also in this issue: We tour the Sydney Fish Market, Toronto’s new LRT line, and two residential projects — one in Toronto, one in Victoria — where a live-work program informs the interior plan.⁠

Get your copy on shop.azuremagazine.com to find out more.

Out Now: The Products and Trends Issue! Get it on newsstands now — or online at shop.azuremagazine.com⁠
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At the start of 2026, during one of the biggest snowstorms in Toronto’s history, @idstoronto and@designtofestivalfestival lit a fire for design lovers. Azure‘s editors braved the cold to check out exciting launches:@ourse.ca, an all-Canadian brand, was making its official debut at IDS, where other wonderful studios, including@hollismorrisand@coolicanandcompany, were also displaying impressive furnishings. Ensemble (@ensssemble), a collective out of Quebec, beckoned us to an underground gallery where an achingly hip design scene coalesced around inventive pieces like our cover star, the Bolda floor lamp by@lambertetfils. Ensemble’s opening night party brimmed with true camaraderie, the Montreal-imported piquette fuelling animated conversations. The year in design, at least, was off to a good start.

This issue of Azure delights in the possibilities that started in January and will continue into spring, when the big international fairs begin. We look back at the best in Toronto and forward to what awaits in Milan. The latter kicks off our trends package, focused on products and perspectives — or design at every scale, from the teapot to the city. It might seem odd to contain such multitudes in a “trends” package, but Azure’s approach in covering trends has always been to identify the major directions in all the disciplines we cover: furniture, interiors, architecture and (increasingly) urbanism.

Also in this issue: We tour the Sydney Fish Market, Toronto’s new LRT line, and two residential projects — one in Toronto, one in Victoria — where a live-work program informs the interior plan.⁠

Get your copy on shop.azuremagazine.com to find out more.

Out Now: The Products and Trends Issue! Get it on newsstands now — or online at shop.azuremagazine.com⁠
⁠
At the start of 2026, during one of the biggest snowstorms in Toronto’s history, @idstoronto and@designtofestivalfestival lit a fire for design lovers. Azure‘s editors braved the cold to check out exciting launches:@ourse.ca, an all-Canadian brand, was making its official debut at IDS, where other wonderful studios, including@hollismorrisand@coolicanandcompany, were also displaying impressive furnishings. Ensemble (@ensssemble), a collective out of Quebec, beckoned us to an underground gallery where an achingly hip design scene coalesced around inventive pieces like our cover star, the Bolda floor lamp by@lambertetfils. Ensemble’s opening night party brimmed with true camaraderie, the Montreal-imported piquette fuelling animated conversations. The year in design, at least, was off to a good start.

This issue of Azure delights in the possibilities that started in January and will continue into spring, when the big international fairs begin. We look back at the best in Toronto and forward to what awaits in Milan. The latter kicks off our trends package, focused on products and perspectives — or design at every scale, from the teapot to the city. It might seem odd to contain such multitudes in a “trends” package, but Azure’s approach in covering trends has always been to identify the major directions in all the disciplines we cover: furniture, interiors, architecture and (increasingly) urbanism.

Also in this issue: We tour the Sydney Fish Market, Toronto’s new LRT line, and two residential projects — one in Toronto, one in Victoria — where a live-work program informs the interior plan.⁠

Get your copy on shop.azuremagazine.com to find out more.

Out Now: The Products and Trends Issue! Get it on newsstands now — or online at shop.azuremagazine.com⁠
⁠
At the start of 2026, during one of the biggest snowstorms in Toronto’s history, @idstoronto and@designtofestivalfestival lit a fire for design lovers. Azure‘s editors braved the cold to check out exciting launches:@ourse.ca, an all-Canadian brand, was making its official debut at IDS, where other wonderful studios, including@hollismorrisand@coolicanandcompany, were also displaying impressive furnishings. Ensemble (@ensssemble), a collective out of Quebec, beckoned us to an underground gallery where an achingly hip design scene coalesced around inventive pieces like our cover star, the Bolda floor lamp by@lambertetfils. Ensemble’s opening night party brimmed with true camaraderie, the Montreal-imported piquette fuelling animated conversations. The year in design, at least, was off to a good start.

This issue of Azure delights in the possibilities that started in January and will continue into spring, when the big international fairs begin. We look back at the best in Toronto and forward to what awaits in Milan. The latter kicks off our trends package, focused on products and perspectives — or design at every scale, from the teapot to the city. It might seem odd to contain such multitudes in a “trends” package, but Azure’s approach in covering trends has always been to identify the major directions in all the disciplines we cover: furniture, interiors, architecture and (increasingly) urbanism.

Also in this issue: We tour the Sydney Fish Market, Toronto’s new LRT line, and two residential projects — one in Toronto, one in Victoria — where a live-work program informs the interior plan.⁠

Get your copy on shop.azuremagazine.com to find out more.

Out Now: The Products and Trends Issue! Get it on newsstands now — or online at shop.azuremagazine.com⁠
⁠
At the start of 2026, during one of the biggest snowstorms in Toronto’s history, @idstoronto and@designtofestivalfestival lit a fire for design lovers. Azure‘s editors braved the cold to check out exciting launches:@ourse.ca, an all-Canadian brand, was making its official debut at IDS, where other wonderful studios, including@hollismorrisand@coolicanandcompany, were also displaying impressive furnishings. Ensemble (@ensssemble), a collective out of Quebec, beckoned us to an underground gallery where an achingly hip design scene coalesced around inventive pieces like our cover star, the Bolda floor lamp by@lambertetfils. Ensemble’s opening night party brimmed with true camaraderie, the Montreal-imported piquette fuelling animated conversations. The year in design, at least, was off to a good start.

This issue of Azure delights in the possibilities that started in January and will continue into spring, when the big international fairs begin. We look back at the best in Toronto and forward to what awaits in Milan. The latter kicks off our trends package, focused on products and perspectives — or design at every scale, from the teapot to the city. It might seem odd to contain such multitudes in a “trends” package, but Azure’s approach in covering trends has always been to identify the major directions in all the disciplines we cover: furniture, interiors, architecture and (increasingly) urbanism.

Also in this issue: We tour the Sydney Fish Market, Toronto’s new LRT line, and two residential projects — one in Toronto, one in Victoria — where a live-work program informs the interior plan.⁠

Get your copy on shop.azuremagazine.com to find out more.

Out Now: The Products and Trends Issue! Get it on newsstands now — or online at shop.azuremagazine.com⁠
⁠
At the start of 2026, during one of the biggest snowstorms in Toronto’s history, @idstoronto and@designtofestivalfestival lit a fire for design lovers. Azure‘s editors braved the cold to check out exciting launches:@ourse.ca, an all-Canadian brand, was making its official debut at IDS, where other wonderful studios, including@hollismorrisand@coolicanandcompany, were also displaying impressive furnishings. Ensemble (@ensssemble), a collective out of Quebec, beckoned us to an underground gallery where an achingly hip design scene coalesced around inventive pieces like our cover star, the Bolda floor lamp by@lambertetfils. Ensemble’s opening night party brimmed with true camaraderie, the Montreal-imported piquette fuelling animated conversations. The year in design, at least, was off to a good start.

This issue of Azure delights in the possibilities that started in January and will continue into spring, when the big international fairs begin. We look back at the best in Toronto and forward to what awaits in Milan. The latter kicks off our trends package, focused on products and perspectives — or design at every scale, from the teapot to the city. It might seem odd to contain such multitudes in a “trends” package, but Azure’s approach in covering trends has always been to identify the major directions in all the disciplines we cover: furniture, interiors, architecture and (increasingly) urbanism.

Also in this issue: We tour the Sydney Fish Market, Toronto’s new LRT line, and two residential projects — one in Toronto, one in Victoria — where a live-work program informs the interior plan.⁠

Get your copy on shop.azuremagazine.com to find out more.

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

Stand in any thriving public space: Maybe it’s the waterfront, families strolling slowly, little ones lagging behind, entranced by waves lapping against the shore. Or perhaps it’s the library: barely audible expressions of awe as books crack open into faraway worlds, heads nodding to music drifting from an audio room where local youth are learning new instruments. Or even the annual festival, women in brightly coloured feathers and sparkling accessories, submerged in the drum’s beat, breath and bodies merging as one. All of these dimensions of public life are made possible by infrastructure — buildings, closed-off roadways, natural resources, and yes, public joy. While most people would view the civic scenes above as being supported by infrastructure that results in expressions of delight, the Public Joy Framework situates joy itself alongside hard infrastructure as an equal scaffold and container for thriving public life and collective flourishing.

Swipe to explore @jay_pitter's Public Joy Framework — and read more at the link in bio.

🖌️ : @jaketobindraws

The 2026 AZ Awards Gala is less than two weeks away, and the anticipation is building. We can’t wait to celebrate with you — so this year, for the first time, we’re kicking off the festivities early with a special pre-gala gathering at @montauksofa’s new Toronto showroom! Drop in on May 28 from 4–6 PM for refreshments, light bites and conversation as we raise a glass to this year’s finalists, winners and the industry at large. The pre-party is included with your gala ticket, making it an easy first stop before the celebration begins.

Register for free at the link in bio.

At EuroCucina 2026 and beyond, the kitchen emerged as both a technological frontier and a canvas for architectural expression. Our highlights from the biannual showcase of kitchen products suggest a movement toward spaces that are both ingeniously functional and aesthetically refined, with brands pushing boundaries through seamless integration, sculptural forms and modular layouts. Rather than simply adding new features, designers are also rethinking how kitchens relate to the rest of the home, creating environments that adapt to evolving lifestyles and invite creative expression. Below, we round up four products that stood out for their design as much as performance.

Read the full roundup at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Minimal Style by @fisherpaykel
2 - Kora by @antonio_citterio_arch for @arclinea_official
3 - Expressive Series by @gaggenauofficial
4 - Flair by @scavolini

At EuroCucina 2026 and beyond, the kitchen emerged as both a technological frontier and a canvas for architectural expression. Our highlights from the biannual showcase of kitchen products suggest a movement toward spaces that are both ingeniously functional and aesthetically refined, with brands pushing boundaries through seamless integration, sculptural forms and modular layouts. Rather than simply adding new features, designers are also rethinking how kitchens relate to the rest of the home, creating environments that adapt to evolving lifestyles and invite creative expression. Below, we round up four products that stood out for their design as much as performance.

Read the full roundup at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Minimal Style by @fisherpaykel
2 - Kora by @antonio_citterio_arch for @arclinea_official
3 - Expressive Series by @gaggenauofficial
4 - Flair by @scavolini

At EuroCucina 2026 and beyond, the kitchen emerged as both a technological frontier and a canvas for architectural expression. Our highlights from the biannual showcase of kitchen products suggest a movement toward spaces that are both ingeniously functional and aesthetically refined, with brands pushing boundaries through seamless integration, sculptural forms and modular layouts. Rather than simply adding new features, designers are also rethinking how kitchens relate to the rest of the home, creating environments that adapt to evolving lifestyles and invite creative expression. Below, we round up four products that stood out for their design as much as performance.

Read the full roundup at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Minimal Style by @fisherpaykel
2 - Kora by @antonio_citterio_arch for @arclinea_official
3 - Expressive Series by @gaggenauofficial
4 - Flair by @scavolini

At EuroCucina 2026 and beyond, the kitchen emerged as both a technological frontier and a canvas for architectural expression. Our highlights from the biannual showcase of kitchen products suggest a movement toward spaces that are both ingeniously functional and aesthetically refined, with brands pushing boundaries through seamless integration, sculptural forms and modular layouts. Rather than simply adding new features, designers are also rethinking how kitchens relate to the rest of the home, creating environments that adapt to evolving lifestyles and invite creative expression. Below, we round up four products that stood out for their design as much as performance.

Read the full roundup at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Minimal Style by @fisherpaykel
2 - Kora by @antonio_citterio_arch for @arclinea_official
3 - Expressive Series by @gaggenauofficial
4 - Flair by @scavolini

Transformative in design, usage, and appearance, a public sports court in Veracruz, Mexico, is now an accessible gathering space to play, laugh, and enjoy la bulla — the joyful noise of everyday life. Conceived by @tallermulti, the project began in June 2020 with the goal of reimagining a neglected 15,000-square-metre recreational area on the city’s north side, once overrun with trash and remnants of incomplete renovations.

Explore the full project at the link in bio.

Transformative in design, usage, and appearance, a public sports court in Veracruz, Mexico, is now an accessible gathering space to play, laugh, and enjoy la bulla — the joyful noise of everyday life. Conceived by @tallermulti, the project began in June 2020 with the goal of reimagining a neglected 15,000-square-metre recreational area on the city’s north side, once overrun with trash and remnants of incomplete renovations.

Explore the full project at the link in bio.

Transformative in design, usage, and appearance, a public sports court in Veracruz, Mexico, is now an accessible gathering space to play, laugh, and enjoy la bulla — the joyful noise of everyday life. Conceived by @tallermulti, the project began in June 2020 with the goal of reimagining a neglected 15,000-square-metre recreational area on the city’s north side, once overrun with trash and remnants of incomplete renovations.

Explore the full project at the link in bio.

Transformative in design, usage, and appearance, a public sports court in Veracruz, Mexico, is now an accessible gathering space to play, laugh, and enjoy la bulla — the joyful noise of everyday life. Conceived by @tallermulti, the project began in June 2020 with the goal of reimagining a neglected 15,000-square-metre recreational area on the city’s north side, once overrun with trash and remnants of incomplete renovations.

Explore the full project at the link in bio.

Transformative in design, usage, and appearance, a public sports court in Veracruz, Mexico, is now an accessible gathering space to play, laugh, and enjoy la bulla — the joyful noise of everyday life. Conceived by @tallermulti, the project began in June 2020 with the goal of reimagining a neglected 15,000-square-metre recreational area on the city’s north side, once overrun with trash and remnants of incomplete renovations.

Explore the full project at the link in bio.

Transformative in design, usage, and appearance, a public sports court in Veracruz, Mexico, is now an accessible gathering space to play, laugh, and enjoy la bulla — the joyful noise of everyday life. Conceived by @tallermulti, the project began in June 2020 with the goal of reimagining a neglected 15,000-square-metre recreational area on the city’s north side, once overrun with trash and remnants of incomplete renovations.

Explore the full project at the link in bio.

Less Than a Truckload (LTL) is a street-level activation that gives participating brands the opportunity to curate a selection of emerging designers and nonprofit organizations to take part in Fulton Market DesignDays. Sponsoring brands support offering designers a platform during Chicago's Design Week while giving brands a meaningful way to achieve large-scale PR exposure. This year, AZURE Magazine is proud to partner with LTL for this special activation.

https://fultonmarketdesigndays.com/

Less Than a Truckload (LTL) is a street-level activation that gives participating brands the opportunity to curate a selection of emerging designers and nonprofit organizations to take part in Fulton Market DesignDays. Sponsoring brands support offering designers a platform during Chicago's Design Week while giving brands a meaningful way to achieve large-scale PR exposure. This year, AZURE Magazine is proud to partner with LTL for this special activation.

https://fultonmarketdesigndays.com/

Less Than a Truckload (LTL) is a street-level activation that gives participating brands the opportunity to curate a selection of emerging designers and nonprofit organizations to take part in Fulton Market DesignDays. Sponsoring brands support offering designers a platform during Chicago's Design Week while giving brands a meaningful way to achieve large-scale PR exposure. This year, AZURE Magazine is proud to partner with LTL for this special activation.

https://fultonmarketdesigndays.com/

CONTACT Festival (@contactphoto)’s three decades of success is no small feat for any organization. And it’s this eye on the future of photography that makes it evermore relevant. In the last 29 years, it has exhibited 8,500 artists to over 20 million attendees. Darcy Killeen, the festival’s CEO, emphasizes that, despite being the world’s largest photography event, CONTACT remains a grassroots organization at its core. “We are a festival for artists and very proud to put young and emerging photographers side by side with national and international super stars,” he says. This year’s festival, which kicked off on May 1st, taking over sites across Toronto, promises to arouse just as much fervour.

Read the full story at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Grow Up #1, 2022, by @jakekimble
2 - Pow, Right in the Kisser, 2025, @jakekimble
3 -An Abundance of Plenty, 2025, by @thandiwe_muriu
4 -Dissidant, 2025, by @sheidajanam

CONTACT Festival (@contactphoto)’s three decades of success is no small feat for any organization. And it’s this eye on the future of photography that makes it evermore relevant. In the last 29 years, it has exhibited 8,500 artists to over 20 million attendees. Darcy Killeen, the festival’s CEO, emphasizes that, despite being the world’s largest photography event, CONTACT remains a grassroots organization at its core. “We are a festival for artists and very proud to put young and emerging photographers side by side with national and international super stars,” he says. This year’s festival, which kicked off on May 1st, taking over sites across Toronto, promises to arouse just as much fervour.

Read the full story at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Grow Up #1, 2022, by @jakekimble
2 - Pow, Right in the Kisser, 2025, @jakekimble
3 -An Abundance of Plenty, 2025, by @thandiwe_muriu
4 -Dissidant, 2025, by @sheidajanam

CONTACT Festival (@contactphoto)’s three decades of success is no small feat for any organization. And it’s this eye on the future of photography that makes it evermore relevant. In the last 29 years, it has exhibited 8,500 artists to over 20 million attendees. Darcy Killeen, the festival’s CEO, emphasizes that, despite being the world’s largest photography event, CONTACT remains a grassroots organization at its core. “We are a festival for artists and very proud to put young and emerging photographers side by side with national and international super stars,” he says. This year’s festival, which kicked off on May 1st, taking over sites across Toronto, promises to arouse just as much fervour.

Read the full story at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Grow Up #1, 2022, by @jakekimble
2 - Pow, Right in the Kisser, 2025, @jakekimble
3 -An Abundance of Plenty, 2025, by @thandiwe_muriu
4 -Dissidant, 2025, by @sheidajanam

CONTACT Festival (@contactphoto)’s three decades of success is no small feat for any organization. And it’s this eye on the future of photography that makes it evermore relevant. In the last 29 years, it has exhibited 8,500 artists to over 20 million attendees. Darcy Killeen, the festival’s CEO, emphasizes that, despite being the world’s largest photography event, CONTACT remains a grassroots organization at its core. “We are a festival for artists and very proud to put young and emerging photographers side by side with national and international super stars,” he says. This year’s festival, which kicked off on May 1st, taking over sites across Toronto, promises to arouse just as much fervour.

Read the full story at the link in bio.

Shown:
1 - Grow Up #1, 2022, by @jakekimble
2 - Pow, Right in the Kisser, 2025, @jakekimble
3 -An Abundance of Plenty, 2025, by @thandiwe_muriu
4 -Dissidant, 2025, by @sheidajanam

As sobered-up millennials and Zoomers bypass bars to seek community through fitness classes instead, sports clubs have been (somewhat sardonically) christened the new nightclubs. But the boom in boutique gym openings means rising competition, leaving athletic studios working hard to distinguish themselves from the growing crowd. Not one to shy away from a faceoff, Montreal’s @rebl.club — a boxing studio in the city’s Griffintown neighbourhood — set out to refresh its five-year-old lobby for another round. To deliver the desired hit of personality, the owners turned to local studio @bylemoignan. “What clients like about what I do is that it’s always driven by an experience that’s a bit quirky,” says Tony Lemoignan, the studio’s founder. “You don’t know what I’m going to do next.”

Step inside at the link in bio.
📸: @alexlesage__

As sobered-up millennials and Zoomers bypass bars to seek community through fitness classes instead, sports clubs have been (somewhat sardonically) christened the new nightclubs. But the boom in boutique gym openings means rising competition, leaving athletic studios working hard to distinguish themselves from the growing crowd. Not one to shy away from a faceoff, Montreal’s @rebl.club — a boxing studio in the city’s Griffintown neighbourhood — set out to refresh its five-year-old lobby for another round. To deliver the desired hit of personality, the owners turned to local studio @bylemoignan. “What clients like about what I do is that it’s always driven by an experience that’s a bit quirky,” says Tony Lemoignan, the studio’s founder. “You don’t know what I’m going to do next.”

Step inside at the link in bio.
📸: @alexlesage__

As sobered-up millennials and Zoomers bypass bars to seek community through fitness classes instead, sports clubs have been (somewhat sardonically) christened the new nightclubs. But the boom in boutique gym openings means rising competition, leaving athletic studios working hard to distinguish themselves from the growing crowd. Not one to shy away from a faceoff, Montreal’s @rebl.club — a boxing studio in the city’s Griffintown neighbourhood — set out to refresh its five-year-old lobby for another round. To deliver the desired hit of personality, the owners turned to local studio @bylemoignan. “What clients like about what I do is that it’s always driven by an experience that’s a bit quirky,” says Tony Lemoignan, the studio’s founder. “You don’t know what I’m going to do next.”

Step inside at the link in bio.
📸: @alexlesage__

As sobered-up millennials and Zoomers bypass bars to seek community through fitness classes instead, sports clubs have been (somewhat sardonically) christened the new nightclubs. But the boom in boutique gym openings means rising competition, leaving athletic studios working hard to distinguish themselves from the growing crowd. Not one to shy away from a faceoff, Montreal’s @rebl.club — a boxing studio in the city’s Griffintown neighbourhood — set out to refresh its five-year-old lobby for another round. To deliver the desired hit of personality, the owners turned to local studio @bylemoignan. “What clients like about what I do is that it’s always driven by an experience that’s a bit quirky,” says Tony Lemoignan, the studio’s founder. “You don’t know what I’m going to do next.”

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📸: @alexlesage__

At the mouth of Toronto’s newly renaturalized Don River, a new paradigm for waterfront urbanism is slowly beginning to take shape. The opening of Biidaasige Park last summer offered an early glimpse of the formerly industrial area’s potential, quickly drawing hikers, cyclists and kayakers to the reconfigured river landscape. For now, the park functions primarily as a destination for visitors from across the city. But as the surrounding Ookwemin Minising neighbourhood (previously known as Villiers Island) comes to fruition, it is also poised to become a defining public space for future residents. Formed through the Port Lands Flood Protection project, the new man-made island on the eastern waterfront will see parks, housing and ecological infrastructure developed in tandem. On April 30, the design — a collaboration between professional services firm @ghdglobal, Danish landscape and urbanism studio @sla_architects, Indigenous consultants @trophicdesign and architectural lead @alliesandmorrison, among others — was unanimously approved by @waterfront.to’s Design Review Panel.

Explore the full design at the link in bio.

📸 : @sla_architects

At the mouth of Toronto’s newly renaturalized Don River, a new paradigm for waterfront urbanism is slowly beginning to take shape. The opening of Biidaasige Park last summer offered an early glimpse of the formerly industrial area’s potential, quickly drawing hikers, cyclists and kayakers to the reconfigured river landscape. For now, the park functions primarily as a destination for visitors from across the city. But as the surrounding Ookwemin Minising neighbourhood (previously known as Villiers Island) comes to fruition, it is also poised to become a defining public space for future residents. Formed through the Port Lands Flood Protection project, the new man-made island on the eastern waterfront will see parks, housing and ecological infrastructure developed in tandem. On April 30, the design — a collaboration between professional services firm @ghdglobal, Danish landscape and urbanism studio @sla_architects, Indigenous consultants @trophicdesign and architectural lead @alliesandmorrison, among others — was unanimously approved by @waterfront.to’s Design Review Panel.

Explore the full design at the link in bio.

📸 : @sla_architects

At the mouth of Toronto’s newly renaturalized Don River, a new paradigm for waterfront urbanism is slowly beginning to take shape. The opening of Biidaasige Park last summer offered an early glimpse of the formerly industrial area’s potential, quickly drawing hikers, cyclists and kayakers to the reconfigured river landscape. For now, the park functions primarily as a destination for visitors from across the city. But as the surrounding Ookwemin Minising neighbourhood (previously known as Villiers Island) comes to fruition, it is also poised to become a defining public space for future residents. Formed through the Port Lands Flood Protection project, the new man-made island on the eastern waterfront will see parks, housing and ecological infrastructure developed in tandem. On April 30, the design — a collaboration between professional services firm @ghdglobal, Danish landscape and urbanism studio @sla_architects, Indigenous consultants @trophicdesign and architectural lead @alliesandmorrison, among others — was unanimously approved by @waterfront.to’s Design Review Panel.

Explore the full design at the link in bio.

📸 : @sla_architects

At the mouth of Toronto’s newly renaturalized Don River, a new paradigm for waterfront urbanism is slowly beginning to take shape. The opening of Biidaasige Park last summer offered an early glimpse of the formerly industrial area’s potential, quickly drawing hikers, cyclists and kayakers to the reconfigured river landscape. For now, the park functions primarily as a destination for visitors from across the city. But as the surrounding Ookwemin Minising neighbourhood (previously known as Villiers Island) comes to fruition, it is also poised to become a defining public space for future residents. Formed through the Port Lands Flood Protection project, the new man-made island on the eastern waterfront will see parks, housing and ecological infrastructure developed in tandem. On April 30, the design — a collaboration between professional services firm @ghdglobal, Danish landscape and urbanism studio @sla_architects, Indigenous consultants @trophicdesign and architectural lead @alliesandmorrison, among others — was unanimously approved by @waterfront.to’s Design Review Panel.

Explore the full design at the link in bio.

📸 : @sla_architects

At the mouth of Toronto’s newly renaturalized Don River, a new paradigm for waterfront urbanism is slowly beginning to take shape. The opening of Biidaasige Park last summer offered an early glimpse of the formerly industrial area’s potential, quickly drawing hikers, cyclists and kayakers to the reconfigured river landscape. For now, the park functions primarily as a destination for visitors from across the city. But as the surrounding Ookwemin Minising neighbourhood (previously known as Villiers Island) comes to fruition, it is also poised to become a defining public space for future residents. Formed through the Port Lands Flood Protection project, the new man-made island on the eastern waterfront will see parks, housing and ecological infrastructure developed in tandem. On April 30, the design — a collaboration between professional services firm @ghdglobal, Danish landscape and urbanism studio @sla_architects, Indigenous consultants @trophicdesign and architectural lead @alliesandmorrison, among others — was unanimously approved by @waterfront.to’s Design Review Panel.

Explore the full design at the link in bio.

📸 : @sla_architects

Thoughtful workspace design makes room for more than productivity alone. By incorporating areas for informal gathering, quiet pause and flexible working, today’s workplaces can better support the rhythms of the day — creating environments that feel as comfortable as they are functional.

At the link in bio, we round up four lounge chairs that support relaxation in casual yet bustling working environments.

Shown:
1 - Archipen by @katerynasokolova for @noomhome
2 - Hout by @afteroom_studio for @keilhauer_design
3 - Talina by @claudiobellinistudio for @arcadiacontract
4 - Deneuve by @patrick_norguet for @bernhardtdesign

Thoughtful workspace design makes room for more than productivity alone. By incorporating areas for informal gathering, quiet pause and flexible working, today’s workplaces can better support the rhythms of the day — creating environments that feel as comfortable as they are functional.

At the link in bio, we round up four lounge chairs that support relaxation in casual yet bustling working environments.

Shown:
1 - Archipen by @katerynasokolova for @noomhome
2 - Hout by @afteroom_studio for @keilhauer_design
3 - Talina by @claudiobellinistudio for @arcadiacontract
4 - Deneuve by @patrick_norguet for @bernhardtdesign

Thoughtful workspace design makes room for more than productivity alone. By incorporating areas for informal gathering, quiet pause and flexible working, today’s workplaces can better support the rhythms of the day — creating environments that feel as comfortable as they are functional.

At the link in bio, we round up four lounge chairs that support relaxation in casual yet bustling working environments.

Shown:
1 - Archipen by @katerynasokolova for @noomhome
2 - Hout by @afteroom_studio for @keilhauer_design
3 - Talina by @claudiobellinistudio for @arcadiacontract
4 - Deneuve by @patrick_norguet for @bernhardtdesign

Thoughtful workspace design makes room for more than productivity alone. By incorporating areas for informal gathering, quiet pause and flexible working, today’s workplaces can better support the rhythms of the day — creating environments that feel as comfortable as they are functional.

At the link in bio, we round up four lounge chairs that support relaxation in casual yet bustling working environments.

Shown:
1 - Archipen by @katerynasokolova for @noomhome
2 - Hout by @afteroom_studio for @keilhauer_design
3 - Talina by @claudiobellinistudio for @arcadiacontract
4 - Deneuve by @patrick_norguet for @bernhardtdesign

At the heart of the Gaggenau Expressive Series is a design that balances presence and restraint. The outer frame defines a precise architectural boundary, while the inner frame forms a refined passepartout of stainless-steel set behind smoked glass — strength resolved with elegance. Across the Expressive Series lineup, appliances align flawlessly in form and finish, allowing horizontal or vertical configurations to become a unified architectural statement.

Explore the full collection here: https://www.azuremagazine.com/spec-sheets/gaggenau-expressive-series/

At the heart of the Gaggenau Expressive Series is a design that balances presence and restraint. The outer frame defines a precise architectural boundary, while the inner frame forms a refined passepartout of stainless-steel set behind smoked glass — strength resolved with elegance. Across the Expressive Series lineup, appliances align flawlessly in form and finish, allowing horizontal or vertical configurations to become a unified architectural statement.

Explore the full collection here: https://www.azuremagazine.com/spec-sheets/gaggenau-expressive-series/

At the heart of the Gaggenau Expressive Series is a design that balances presence and restraint. The outer frame defines a precise architectural boundary, while the inner frame forms a refined passepartout of stainless-steel set behind smoked glass — strength resolved with elegance. Across the Expressive Series lineup, appliances align flawlessly in form and finish, allowing horizontal or vertical configurations to become a unified architectural statement.

Explore the full collection here: https://www.azuremagazine.com/spec-sheets/gaggenau-expressive-series/

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.

Jay Pitter (@jay_pitter) is an award-winning public space practitioner and researcher creating joyful public spaces that foster belonging, prosperity, and cultural memory. She advances this work through cultural planning, policy frameworks, and storytelling — bridging rigour and collective imagination to advance public joy as essential urban infrastructure and a human right. Her most recent book, Black Public Joy (Penguin Random House Canada), celebrates Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions and the ways in which they experience safety, belonging and delight in public space. In a new series for Azure, Pitter introduces her broader public joy framework as a civic, cultural and spatial city-building tool and explores how public joy can be applied as a design prompt and social prescription — in deliberate ways that go well beyond the notion of the happiness index.

Swipe to explore her ten Public Joy Principles — and read the full story at the link in bio.