Design Groups Toronto

Desi Singles Board Game Night

**Date & time:** Sunday, October 18, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM **Location:** Jeju Cafe, 191 Dundas St W #2F, Toronto, ON M5G 1C7 **Attendee limit:** 12 **Fee:** Free to RSVP. Please order one drink or snack at the café. **Description:** Hey everyone! 👋 End your weekend with bubble tea, bingsu and a fun, relaxed **board game night** with fellow Desi singles! It’s a no-pressure way to meet new people, laugh a lot, and maybe find your next game partner (or more 😉). **🎮 Games we’ll play:** Uno · Codenames · Taboo · Jenga · Exploding Kittens · Ludo Feel free to bring your favourite game too! **📅 Schedule:** * **6:00 PM:** Arrive, grab a drink and get your name tag * **6:15 PM:** Quick welcome and icebreaker * **6:30 PM:** Game round 1 * **7:15 PM:** Switch tables. Round 2 with new people! * **8:00 PM:** Round 3 * **8:45 PM:** Wrap-up and mingle **✅ Good to know:** * Please **order at least one item** to support the café that’s hosting us ☕ * Arrive on time so you don’t miss the icebreaker * **Update your RSVP if you can’t make it**, so someone on the waitlist gets your spot * Be friendly and respectful. Everyone’s here to have a good time 💛 **👤 Host:** Akaash Vishal Hazarika organizer. Look for the person with the name tags! See you there! 🎲✨

An SD walk in the park

**An autumn service safari through Toronto's Vale of Avoca and Moore Park Ravine** We’ll meet at David A. Balfour Park and head through the Vale of Avoca and Moore Park Ravine. Along the way, we’ll introduce and try out a classic service design tool — the **[service safari](https://servicedesigntools.org/tools/service-safari)**[ ](https://servicedesigntools.org/tools/service-safari)— using the ravine as our real-world playground. We’ll walk, observe, and capture what we notice about how we find, navigate, and experience the place. Our timing is interesting too: The City of Toronto is [currently exploring improvements to the Vale of Avoca](https://haveyoursay.toronto.ca/vale-avoca-ravine-improvements). We’ll compare what we notice, spot patterns and see what questions and opportunities emerge. We’ll also borrow lightly from Design Council’s [Skills for Planet](https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/skills-for-planet/), widening our lens beyond our own experience to notice the environment around us. **No slides. No presentations. Just curious people, a beautiful fall walk, some service design in the wild and hopefully some good fall colours. 🍁** Bring: comfortable shoes, weather-appropriate layers + a charged phone. No service design experience required - curiosity is plenty. -- Bonus: After the walk, we’ll bring what we learn together into a short set of SDD field notes that we could share with the Vale of Avoca project team.

Food Styling Workshop: an Immersive Food Photography Experience

IMPORTANT: YOU MUST ALSO REGISTER AT THIS LINK: [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/henrys-church-sony-food-photography-workshop-food-styling-fundamentals-tickets-2002955832814?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.eventbrite.ca/e/henrys-church-sony-food-photography-workshop-food-styling-fundamentals-tickets-2002955832814?aff=oddtdtcreator__;!!O7_YSHcmd9jp3hj_4dEAcyQ!zzE6xi2zlA67MElcbYe2Kjo4mk81FPArAbm9kftkK7e9rvKGDeIr-D3FPwpghSSE5-hZkQtc8ePumRXEz5J92A3uDkf3kpE$) **Sony Food Photography Workshop - Food Styling Fundamentals: Isaac Tang** Discover how thoughtful food styling can bring your photography and video to life. Join chef and food photographer **Isaac Tang** for a beginner’s introduction to food photography class exploring how food composition and settings can elevate the look of food. Through practical examples and live styling demonstrations, Isaac will share techniques for creating appetizing food scenes. Styling for photography and video: Explore how to prepare and arrange food for still images and moving shots. **Working with lighting:** Understand how light direction, softness, and shadows shape the appearance of food. **Creating a cohesive scene:** Bring together plates, props, backgrounds, and food placement to create a moment . **Live styling demonstrations:** Follow Isaac’s process as he builds and refines setups, explaining the choices behind the looks. Ideal for beginners, content creators, and photographers looking to learn more about food. Sony Specialist will be on hand for live demonstration and for you see some of the latest Sony cameras. Remember to register here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.eventbrite.ca/e/henrys-church-sony-food-photography-workshop-food-styling-fundamentals-tickets-2002955832814?aff=oddtdtcreator__;!!O7_YSHcmd9jp3hj_4dEAcyQ!zzE6xi2zlA67MElcbYe2Kjo4mk81FPArAbm9kftkK7e9rvKGDeIr-D3FPwpghSSE5-hZkQtc8ePumRXEz5J92A3uDkf3kpE$

TFPUG Oct 2026 Event: FabCon Data Eng Updates, Osmos AI & Medallion Architecture

For the event details and registration, use the user group event link: [TFPUG Oct 2026 Event: FabCon Data Eng Updates, Osmos AI & Medallion Architecture | Microsoft Fabric Community](https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/event/torontofabricusergroupoccasion-board/tfpug-oct-2026-event-fabcon-data-eng-updates-osmos-ai--medallion-architecture/5373965) The RSVP here is not considered a registration. It's just to announce the event to the meetup community. TFPUG Team [Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group | Microsoft Fabric Community](https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Toronto-Fabric-User-Group/gh-p/TorontoFabricUserGroup) [Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group | Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/toronto-fabric-user-group/) [Toronto Fabric & Power BI User Group | LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/toronto-fabric-user-group/)

Service Design Connect

**Welcome to Service Design Drinks** Connect with like-minded service designers, share ideas, grow together, and make friends Join us at the Duke of York for a fun night of design conversation and light activities **Format: Casual meet & greet** **What to Expect** ✅ Fun Icebreakers – Thoughtfully designed to help you connect effortlessl ✅ Exciting conversations – Enjoy connecting with creative professionals in the cit ✅ A Relaxed, Welcoming Atmosphere – Come as you are, leave with new friend 📢 RSVP here so we can plan accordingly. It reflects the actual signup

FIGURE & FORM DUO WORKSHOP

FIGURE & FORM DUO WORKSHOP - AFTERNOON

Legacy Code Doesn't Have to Suck

Say "legacy software" in a room full of developers and watch the faces drop. We tend to picture old, fragile code that nobody understands, nobody wants to touch, and everybody hopes to avoid. And to be fair, that's often exactly what it is But here's the thing: legacy software is software that survived. It makes money, it has real users, and it's been doing its job for years. That's more than most shiny new projects can say In this talk we'll look at how to approach a legacy project without dread, how to find the quick wins that build momentum, and how to gradually turn a codebase people avoid into one they actually want to work on. Being stuck with ugly, boring code isn't a law of nature. It's a choice, and we have the power to make a different one If you've ever inherited a project and wondered what you did to deserve it, this one's for you. Presented by: Ihor Herasymenko and Ivan Guravel **About the venue** Free Times Cafe has bistro-style seating and a full food and drink menu. Please consider helping to support the venue by planning to have supper during the talk

Toronto Pencil Sketching Shape and Shade Basics

**🎨 An Hour of Sketching, With Feedback on Your Drawing** An hour-long sketching class that starts at this event's start time. Bring a pencil and a few sheets of paper, open the link, and draw along step by step with everyone booked into the same session. You'll be drawing in **First Lines**: the basics of holding the pencil, seeing in shapes and shading so things look solid. Every class ends with personal written feedback: upload a photo of your drawing and get specific tips on how to improve it. You don't need talent, just a pencil and an hour. **An RSVP on its own won't get you in.** Register through the link below to book your spot. ### [✏️ BOOK YOUR PLACE ✏️](https://sketchhour.vercel.app/product/SketchFirstLines?city=Toronto&groupurlname=creative-hands-social-sketching-meetup-group&productId=400101&startgmtdatetime=2026-10-23T18:00:00Z) --- ✅ **What you get:** - Personal written feedback on the drawing you make - Just a pencil and paper, nothing to buy - Reference images on screen while you draw - Everyone in the session draws along at the same time - A chat shared with the people booked into your session Find a pencil and we'll see you there. 🖼️

Lingerie/Fashion Implied/Fine Art - with Watermelon

Fashion Implied/Lingerie/Fine Art w/ Meg Modelling - Britain

Natural Light Fashion Implied & Fine Art w/ Fanny Lee from Hungary