The Interior Design Show (IDS) is back in Toronto today for its 19th year at The Metro Convention Centre. The event, which runs until Sunday, highlights the biggest trends and newest products and innovations in the world of home decor and design.

This year’s show will feature more than 300 exhibitors, with rising design talents showcasing their collections alongside design superstars such as Scott McGillivray, Tommy Smythe and Martyn Lawrence Bullard.

Whether you work in the design trade or are a design aficionado, IDS offers an opportunity to explore furniture and objects designed with the highest craftsmanship, and to celebrate local, independent design.

Here are six designers and their products to check out at this year’s show.

sachaGRACE

Sacha Nizami and Grace Neal first worked together as client and designer before collaborating in a creative partnership that has evolved into sachaGRACE, a Toronto-based design studio debuting its first collection of Lucite Designs, including the wishing vase and accent tables from their debut collection called “The Room.” According to the designers, Lucite, the trademarked name and brand of a high grade acrylic product, mimics glass but is more resistant and is unique in its ability to have foreign objects, such as rock or metal, suspended within it.

The Penny accent table consists of copper fragments that seem to float atop this accent table made of 100 per cent pure Lucite on a satin chrome metal base. $5,995, sachagrace.com.

Hamilton Holmes Woodworking & Design

Nicholas Hamilton designs and builds small-batch furniture from his studio based in Hamilton, Ont. According to Hamilton, the brand is built around quality and style, and he takes pride in producing furniture that will last generations.

The Danish Cord Bench is one of two products that Hamilton will present at the show. The minimalist Scandi-inspired bench features a handwoven seat and is available in three finishes: Canadian Black Walnut, Canadian Ash and Sapele. $2,450, hamiltonholmes.com.

Djuna Day

Djuna Day is a self-taught woodworker and metalworker who designs and builds beautiful residential furniture for clients across Canada from her shared co-op workshop in Toronto.

Day is known for her powerful Totem series, made of solid poplar with oil pigments. These Series 5 totems make a bold, sculptural statement as a cluster on a mantel, shelf or table. $300-400 each, djunadaystudio.com.

Khalil Jamal

Designer Khalil Jamal returns to IDS with a new collection after winning IDS16 Best Collection, Studio North Booth Award at last year’s show. Jamal is an industrial designer who experiments with new and old materials, and fabrication processes, to create housewares, hardware and large-scale installations.

Jamal, a Vancouver expat living in Toronto, will present his new collection featuring the BUOY Candle Holder, inspired by fishing buoys, made from mouth-blown glass. The single tea-light candles can be stacked. $90, khaliljamal.com.

Morgan Clayhall (Maker)

Morgan Clayhall is a custom furniture design studio established in Toronto. Partners Murray Duncan-Waithe, Jordan Tabachnik and Brett Paulin have combined their passion for functional furniture that focuses on craftsmanship and integrity to create furniture as art.

The trio will present their custom furniture at IDS for the first time, including this custom, made-to-order Graffiti Cabinet, a walnut cabinet with hand-finished doors with original graffiti art that sits on a steel base. $10,000, morganclayhall.com.

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Hennepin Made

Jackson Schwartz and Joe Limpert are glass-makers who design modern, hand-blown glass lighting for retailers and designers from their studio in Minneapolis, Minn.

They are bringing their handcrafted lights to IDS, including the Parallel Series pendants, a combination of spun aluminum and hand-blown glass, which are striking in a cluster. Prices start at $319 (U.S.) per fixture, hennepinmade.com.