Design Victoria is a four day festival celebrating the city and the island’s design sector. We are also home to the Island Design Excellence Awards (launched in 2025), the Forum talk series and other community events.
Design Victoria aims to create opportunities to collaborate across the creative sector; to shine a spotlight on things that are designed and made on Vancouver Island; and to show the value and power of good design.
Design Victoria, Vancouver Island’s first and only design festival, will return April 29 - May 2, 2027 for its fifth year. Showcasing the city’s vibrant design community through more than 50 (mostly) free events that span architecture, interior design, graphic and product design and fashion.
Carla is an advocate for the creative industries, arts and cultural initiatives in Victoria. She has over two decades of experience in the creative sector as a journalist, content consultant, and business coach to creative entrepreneurs in Canada and the UK.
Sarah brings to the team her experience in residential real estate and marketing, with a more recent focus on heritage conservation and design. Originally from Vancouver, Sarah moved to Victoria in 2017 after working in Amsterdam and London.
Design Victoria’s newly launched brand identity and supporting graphic materials were designed by Ross Chandler and Joe Thoong of Becoming Design Office. The studio creates compelling and relevant strategic brands, identities, campaigns, product packaging and interiors.
