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
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
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
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