A Vancouver expat residing in Toronto, Khalil Jamal is an industrial designer with experience in public art and architectural products. He experiments with new and old materials and fabrication processes to create housewares, hardware, and installations that are vibrant, playful and multifunctional.

Selected Engagements

In Conversation – Sustainable Futures Pt 1: Do It Yourself, Guest Speaker | Virtual, 2022

In Progress – A Sheridan College Exhibition, Faculty Advisor | Aquavato, Toronto, 2020

At Home in the World, Exhibitor | Towards Gallery, Toronto, 2019

Exhibiting Collaboration, Exhibitor | Crook Factory, Toronto, 2018

Outside the Box, Exhibitor | Industry City, Brooklyn, NY, 2017

Outside the Box, Exhibitor | Gladstone Art Hut, Toronto, 2017

Smorgasbord, Exhibitor | James Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, 2016

Studio North, Exhibitor | Interior Design Show, Toronto, 2016

DoDesign, Exhibitor & Guest Speaker | Hilary’s Pharmacy, Toronto, 2015

White Out, Exhibitor | Toronto Arts Council Art/Work Gallery, Toronto, 2015

Chair Affair, Designer | Furniture Bank, Toronto, 2014

Toronto Design Offsite Warm Up Party, Guest Speaker | Gallery 44, Toronto, 2014

Carded, Exhibitor | Design at Riverside Gallery, Cambridge, ON, 2013

Prototype, Exhibitor | Interior Design Show, Toronto, 2013

Selected Press & Awards

At Home in the World at Towards, Art Viewer, 2019

Fall Market Tabloid, Interior Design, 2017

16 Unique Fabrics & Wall Coverings, Interior Design, 2017

Spring Market Tabloid, Interior Design, 2017

8 Innovative Designs at WantedDesign 2017, Interior Design, 2017

What We Want, Interior Design, April 2017

Six designers to check out at the Interior Design Show, Toronto Star, 2017

The Toronto Design Offsite Festival returns with over 80 exhibitions, Global News, 2017

Vol 400, MD+, August 2016

A Straight Line North, Azure, May 2016

Issue 31, Curve, April-May 2016

Studio North, No Hands, 2016

Hand-picked furniture art from the Interior Design Show, Cityline, 2016

5 Emerging Designers That Rocked Toronto Design Week, Azure, 2016

Best Studio North Collection award, Interior Design Show Toronto, 2016

Herman Miller Juror’s Choice, DesignTo, 2016

Astrology, asymmetry and other top trends at The Interior Design Show, The Globe and Mail, 2016

Khalil Jamal Presents His First Collection of Modular Furniture, DesignMilk, 2016

Best of Design Week: The Interior Design Show – Part One, Designlines, 2016

Loud, over-the-top and colourful: Memphis, the Italian postmodernist design movement, is back, The Globe and Mail, 2015

Toronto designer Khalil Jamal creates a large-scale contribution to the PrideHouse Pavilion, Canadian Interiors, 2015

Herman Miller People’s Choice: Favourite
New Work, DesignTo, 2015

What to see at this year’s Toronto Design Offsite Festival, NOW Magazine, 2015

Best of Design Week, Pt 8: Steam-bent Ash and a Psychedelic Tea Party, Designlines, 2015

Sock It To Me chair by Toronto designer Khalil Jamal to make its debut at Chair Affair, Canadian Interiors, 2014

Toronto Design Offsite Festival Warm Up Party on Thursday!, Canadian Architect, 2014

Stylenews, Style at Home, February 2014

Object of Desire: Dinnerware, Avenue Calgary, 2013

Designphile, International Architecture and Design, 2013

Dispatch: 10 Emerging Canadian Talents at IDS, Azure, 2013