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Best in Design Awards Deadline Extended!

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Enter by October 18, 2024

Great news! We’re excited to announce that we’ve extended the entry deadline for the Best in Design Awards by one week. You now have until Friday, October 18, 2024, to submit your most innovative, bold and impactful design projects from across Toronto and the GTA.

Celebrating the best in interior design, this year’s awards aim to showcase the creativity and craftsmanship that shapes the spaces we live, work, and play in. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or an emerging talent, this is your opportunity to gain citywide recognition for your work and share your unique design story with our passionate audience.

Why enter?
Winning a Best in Design Award not only brings prestige but also positions your project as a benchmark in Toronto’s dynamic design community. Winners will be featured on Designlines, reaching thousands of design-savvy readers.

By extending the Best in Design Awards deadline, we hope to give you extra time to put the finishing touches on your entry and present your project at its best. Don’t miss this chance to stand out in one of the city’s most anticipated design competitions!

Enter now, and let’s celebrate the best in Toronto design together!

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For the first 16 years of my life, the bat cave at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)—a reconstruction of an actual cave in Jamaica—was among my favourite places in the city. The cave was decorated with cast stalactites and wax bat models, which hung from the ceiling and threw jagged shadows on the walls. A few other features imbued it with spooky verisimilitude: the drip-drip-drip sound effects, the mirrors arranged to create the illusion of infinite depth, the strobe lights strategically placed to make the shadows flutter. When I visited as a five-year-old, the bat cave scared me. When I visited as a stoned fifteen-year-old, it scared me even more. Then came the renovation.

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