IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2011 IIDEX, ARIDO Awards Gala 2011

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GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO CREATE WORKPLACE DESIGN & FURNISHINGS
IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2011
Despite stormy weather, both meteorological and economic,
attendance at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2011 – said to be Canada’s largest trade show for the built environment – held steady
at 15,000 on Sept. 22 and 23 at the Direct Energy Centre at
Toronto’s Exhibition Place. Indeed, one has to admire IIDEX’s
adroitness in coping with a host of adverse conditions. “So,”
said Tracy Bowie, VP, IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, “we worked with
the committee at IDC to find ways to keep the show exciting, relevant and new, and in the process developed something unique.
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IIDEX, ARIDO Awards Gala 2011
Canadian designers like to celebrate in style, and they certainly
do so at the annual ARIDO Awards and IIDEX/NeoCon Canada
Innovation Awards Gala Dinner held at the Liberty Grand, the elegant Beaux Arts-era party pavilion at Toronto’s Exhibition Place.
At more than 700 guests, with tables crowding onto the balconies, the evening was sold out. Yabu Pushelberg received the
Project of the Year award, a firm not modest in its self-acclaim.
IDC’s First Annual Top 5 Under 5 Awards
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of Canada) is going one better (or maybe its just a smaller pond)
with its new annual Top 5 Under 5 Awards, a newly launched
awards program aimed at recognizing the rising stars of Canadian interior design.
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IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2011
by David Lasker
Despite stormy weather, both meteorological and economic,
attendance at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2011 – said to be
Canada’s largest trade show for the built environment – held
steady at 15,000 on Sept. 22 and 23 at the Direct Energy
Centre at Toronto’s Exhibition Place. Indeed, one has to
admire IIDEX’s adroitness in coping with a host of adverse
conditions.
To paraphrase Francoise Villon, “Where are the ‘shows’
of yesteryear?” Most of them were no-shows. Previous-year
participants – Canadian systems-furniture manufacturers such as Global, Inscape, 3H and Tayco – were absent;
American office-furniture giants Steelcase, Herman Miller,
Knoll, Haworth etc. were long departed. Among “the
Show Floor
majors,” only Teknion and DIRTT Environmental Solutions were there to carry the flag. This development was
hardly surprising. In a down economy it hardly makes sense
for companies to blow their brains/pocketbooks out on a
two-day booth when they have big, beautiful showrooms a
kilometer or two away.
Presented with these lemons, IIDEX, owned by IDC (Interior Designers of Canada) and managed by Merchandise
Mart Properties (Canada) Inc., made lemonade. “The great
showrooms, the economy, it’s part of a perfect storm,” said
Tracy Bowie, VP, IIDEX/NeoCon Canada.
“So we worked with the committee at IDC to find ways
to keep the show exciting, relevant and new and in the
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Office Chair Hockey
process developed something unique.
We are always hopeful that it will make
sense for office furniture manufacturers to participate at some level. This
year we had the office chair hockey
tournament, which attracted office
chair manufacturers and dealers, who
partnered.”
Keilhauer’s PR manager Marilyn Maxim and Michael
Keilhauer, President
The popular Chair Hockey Tournament, a hockey game with a twist,
benefits Ronald McDonald House
Toronto. Interior designers, architects, facility managers, engineers,
sales and A&D reps faced off in the
most Canadian of sports in a series of
elimination playoffs culminating in the
Chris Campoli, Montreal Canadiens hockey star; ARIDO President-elect Sue Bennett of Bennett
Design Associates; and a family from Ronald McDonald House Toronto
championship showdown on Friday
afternoon. The rink was an adorable,
diminutive version of the real thing,
complete with branded signage along
the curving walls, only with logos for
InterfaceFlor, office furniture dealer
Grand and Toy and decorative panel
maker 3form instead of ads for Coke
or Toyota. The teams included dealers
Amovo, representing Allsteel; Brigholme, representing Haworth; Workplace
Resource, representing Herman Miller;
Holmes and Brakel, representing
Teknion; Harkell, representing Krug;
POI, representing Steelcase; and the
IDC-and-IIDEX team.
IIDEX attendees could support their
favorite team by donating to Ronald
McDonald House, with bonus points
going to teams with the most donations. Participants and sponsors raised
$40,000 toward the construction and
fit out of a new Ronald McDonald
home-away-from-home for out-of-town
families seeking medical treatment for
their seriously ill children. Adding a
star turn was Montreal Canadiens pro
Chris Campoli (formerly of the New
York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and
Chicago Blackhawks), who donated his
time on the ice. After the final game,
the chairs were raffled off on the trade
show floor and happy visitors wheeled
them off to the parking lots. All of this
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indicating that the industry’s altruism
genes have not been suppressed by
the difficult circumstances, or maybe
Club Cambria Lounge
Mariel Hemingway at the Cambria booth
it’s just Canada.
The inaugural enRoute Hotel
Design Awards Ceremony took place
in the Keilhauer Keynote Theatre,
wherein Air Canada’s in-flight magazine celebrated the best Canadiandesigned hotels around the world.
When it ended at 5 pm, the show floor
morphed into a giant cocktail party until the 6 pm closing for the IIDEX/NeoCon Canada Welcome Reception, with
bars scattered at the booths of show
partners (Beta LED, Dauphin, DIRTT,
InterfaceFLOR, Levey Wallcoverings,
Nienkamper, Stimex, and Teknion) and
in the Club Cambria Lounge located
on the main aisle. There, deejay Avi
Flombaum, co-founder of New York’s
DesignerPages.com, the information
and search platform for the A&D community, spun the discs.
Cambria, the natural stone surface
supplier and hostess with the mostest,
flew in movie star Mariel Hemingway
to schmooze and pose for photos with
her many admirers, including your
humble scribe. (Last year’s Cambria
celebrity was Cheryl Teigs, the Sixties
supermodel).
After six, visitors hopped onto shuttle
busses to enjoy a circuit of six downtown showroom parties, at Domison (a
showroom and retail store), Humanscale, IDC, Krug, Klaus by Nienkamper (an iconic furniture and accessories retail store), and Dark Tools
(architectural lighting distributor).
“The showroom tours were particularly appreciated by our out-of-town
visitors,” said Ms. Bowie. “We also offered a travel subsidy to 200 designers
from across Canada to come to IIDEX,
as well sponsorship from the government of Canada to bring over 50 U.S.
and international buyers.” [Sorry, no
subsidies for the press this year.]
Thursday afternoon’s hospitality
keynote, featuring Four Seasons Hotels
founder Isadore Sharp and Howard
Pharr, President, Hirsch Bedner Associates, set the tone for the whole
show. There’s a hospitality boom in
these parts the likes of which Toronto
has never seen before. A few years
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ago, Toronto counted not a single fivestar hotel. Suddenly there are several,
including four skyscrapers: the Kohn
Pedersen Fox-designed Ritz-Carlton,
Shangri-La, Trump International Hotel
and Tower Toronto, and the new Toronto flagship Four Seasons (yes, the
prestigious hostelry chain started here).
Show management heeded the vibe
and launched Hospitality Canada, a
new show-within-a-show featuring the
latest products and services for interior
designers, architects, hoteliers and
facility managers specializing in the
hospitality industry.
Also new in the hospitality vein was
Hospitality keynote: EnRoute editor Ilana Weitzman, Four Seasons Hotels founder
Isadore Sharp and Howard Pharr, Howard Pharr, President, Hirsch Bedner Associates
Stimex Booth
Dine by Design, showcasing leading
restaurants and bars designed by ARIDO and IDC members. The designer
of the restaurant was at the dinner
and gave a guided tour to explain the
design of the restaurant.
Even if you weren’t in a hospitality line of work, the VIP, hospitality
emphasis was (pleasantly) in your face
at IIDEX, literally right from the front
door, with grand, Deco- (or perhaps
Wiener Werkstatte) style entry doors
with doormen (door service by Junior
League of Toronto) that opened onto
the show floor and a concierge area
evoking a hotel lobby. (Anna Stranks
and Robin Zhao designed the doors
and the concierge area.)
Over at Teknion, Sales Director
Jean-Claude Champagne explained
the buzz about Expansion Casegoods, a product line introduced at
NeoCon 2011 but not promoted there
(Teknion’s marketing department
shined their spotlight on Dossier, the
higher-end, natural-veneer executive
wood line).
“I tasked my design team to take
traditional laminate casegoods, typically the most boring product in the
Hotel IIDEX, the Deco-inspired doors to the show floor
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office industry, and make it cool and
bold and urban, and create a ‘Wow!’
with the design community, whether in
San Francisco, New York or Toronto,”
said Mr. Champagne. “I wanted to get
people who would never have thought
of specifying laminate casegoods to
say, ‘Yes, I can use this in my project.’”
His team is semi-autonomous,
located as it is in Teknion’s 800-employee Quebec entity, Teknion Roy &
Breton. “Teknion purchased Roy &
Teknion booth, designed by Michael Vanderbyl
Teknion Roy&Breton Expansion System
Breton in 1999 and we make midmarket Teknion products. I wanted it
to be recognizably Teknion. I feel that
this is the perfect complement to Dossier and you can see a certain family
resemblance. In large corporations,
you could use Expansion Casegoods
for mid-managers and upper-level
mid-managers and Dossier for the C
suite. It’s not such a leap.”
The design process, he recalls,
took place against “the backdrop of
the worldwide recession, when I was
hearing from a lot of facility managers
and designers, ‘What can you do to be
cool, efficient and cost-conscious?’ I
think price was always a concern, but
after 2009, it became extremely important for design firms to show products
that were cost-conscious. Showing
a $25,000 office suite was not cool
anymore. This Expansion Casegoods
suite is $3,000 net and people are
pleasantly surprised, even shocked.
“Since its NeoCon launch, I’ve been
pulled to make presentations across
North America because people want to
see what we can do at this price point.
There’s a lot of interest. Our [Roy &
Breton laminate] product was already
strong in the traditional, dealer-driven
base of the market, but we weren’t
getting a good hook into the A&D community and with the corporate, moresophisticated areas, so we are now at
the forefront of what you can do with
laminate casegoods with this launch.”
The kit of parts offers more than
25,000 configurations, with the ability
to position the primary worksurface
anywhere along the secondary worksurface. At the Teknion booth, the
primary and secondary worksurfaces
were arrayed with the latter was at
bench-height, which gave a welcoming, casual and collaborative feel.
“Look at what’s happening now,” said
Mr. Champagne. “If my superior, my
boss, comes in and sits on the bench
instead of in a chair, it flattens the hierarchy. Visitors are in my bubble and
we’re collaborating.”
The bench-height worksurface offers practical advantages, too. “I’m a
corporate road man. I do 30, 40 trips
a year. When I put my bag on the floor,
it’s awkward to get to it; I’m always
bending down. It’s so much easier with
the bag on the bench.”
Later, in another area of Teknion’s
big booth, John Hellwig, who sports
the complex title of VP Design Strategy
and Research, Design and Corporate
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and complement each other.”
Speaking of Teknion, how many of
the majors still have their first product
introduction, launched decades ago,
in their catalogues and showrooms
Marketing, explained, “Over the years
we have been working more closely
with the designers at Roy & Breton to
get a resemblance. That’s intentional.
The designs all have similar thinking
behind them, such as the layering of
the worksurfaces, with a lower credenza and a built-in bench effect.
“It has a bit of casualness to it that
may not have been there in the past.
You bring people into the office and
gather round the desk for a meeting
and you can use a large flat-screen
monitor built into the [wall] storage.
What we are very good at now is having products that have the same spirit
and work in different parts of the office
Teknion’s John Hellwig
DIRTT booth with guest Murphy beds flipped out
Teknion Sales Director Jean-Claude Champagne and Director of Corporate
Marketing Anna Arsenault demonstrating Expansion Casegoods
DIRTT’s Clayton Smed and Julie Pithers in front of the Breathe
Living Wall
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and on their website? Teknion can
make that claim, with the T/O/S panel
system.
Moseying over to DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Julie Pithers,
who evidently occupies a very senior
marketing role now, explained how the
booth and its diverse display vignettes
“shows how DIRTT can react to differ-
DIRTT: Breathe Wall
CP Moebel Booth
ent environments: healthcare, corporate and residential. With the same
DIRTT bones, the designer has taken it
to the other world.”
Now that was intriguing. Steelcase
and Herman Miller, say, happily sell
their Leap and Aeron chairs in onesies
and twosies for home users. But who
could have imagined a manufacturer
of contract architectural wall systems
taking a similar tack?
No, the “residential” was not a slip.
DIRTT is committed to that segment
of the market, as Ms. Pithers said,
“When you build your kitchen you
always find out that something is a bit
out of reach. If you have a family, you
need low shelves for the young kids,
and then you want them higher as they
grow older. It’s another way to leverage
your investment. If you can change
the interior of your house to suit you
as time goes by, you won’t be forced
to move when the nest gets empty or
full. Your house is your most personal
place and you really don’t want to
have a cookie-cutter home. With our
software, you can design the home to
suit your own needs.
“At DIRTT, that’s what we do all day,
customize. It’s not a big deal for us to
do a small job. We do hundreds every
year that are under $100,000 and it
doesn’t stall our big jobs.” DIRTT is
open-source, so for residential customers, said Ms. Pithers, “This kitchen
cabinetry and the plumbing through
the walls works with Poggenpohl, IKEA
and everyone else.”
Visitors to the booth walked long lazy
circles around it, wanting to take in
all 17 vignettes, including guest cots
in a healthcare setting that flipped in
and out of the DIRTT wall like updated
Murphy beds.
Another vignette was the Breathe
Modular Living Wall. “It allows you
to create living walls in nearly every
space without needing the infrastructure that is typical of a modular living
wall,” said Ms. Pithers. “The plants
are kept in their own pots so they don’t
disrupt each other or get their roots
intertwined. They have wicks to selfregulate their watering, which uses a
straightforward gravity water system.
When the bucket is empty, you are
done watering. You can change plants
to suit seasons, or when one is dying.
Whereas in a typical living wall, when
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one plant is sick, they all get sick.
All these innovations, including the
green wall, can go on a DIRTT wall
that’s already up. It’s a simple change.
The product is non-generational and
permanently compatible. We will never
design something new that won’t go
with what came before.”
Ever since Gesika’s short-lived,
costly foray into Toronto in the early
Nineties, German office furniture
makers have treaded lightly in Ontario.
So it was gratifying to see CP Moebel,
from Landshut, Germany, in an IIDEX
booth of their own.
“We hit the U.S. market running
CP Moebel furniture detail
Leland’s Shanna Anderson, VP Sales; Matt Wieringa, President; and Helen Gillard, A&D Liaison at
CTI Working Environments, Leland’s Canadian dealer. Ms. Anderson and Ms. Gillard sit on Pluto;
the Ease chair is stacked to the right.
when we landed there two years ago,
and we spent most of the first year
developing our rep network,” said Andrew McGillivray, Business Development at CP Moebel. “Within a month
our New York and Washington reps got
projects. It wasn’t a question whether
we are German or Irish whatever, it
was a question what do we offer different in the market.”
Ah, but they are German, echt
(really) German, in the way that the
Helvetica font is Swiss. CP Moebel
product has that purist look that Dieter
Rams design-directed at Braun in the
Eighties and Nineties. “Dieter Rams,
from the Ulm school of design,” said
Mr. McGillivray. “He was king of
Bauhaus minimalism and you can’t remove it from German design. Anything
made in Germany nowadays still has
elements of the Bauhaus in it. It’s hard
to describe, it’s all the nuances. You
feel comfortable with it, with the cleanliness and the no frills, floral designs
or ogees.
“For instance, the radius of the
tilting mechanism under the desk is
Bauhaus design: It shows you what
the product does through its design. If
you didn’t know the desk was tippable,
you would see that radius and suddenly know that it is. The radius acts
as a signal, and so enhances ease of
use. You don’t need an instruction
manual.”
In the realm of seating, Leland,
repped by CTI Working Environments,
made an impression with a collection
that looked like it had stepped out
of the pages of Wallpaper. Shanna
Anderson, VP Sales, pointed out that
the family business is named after the
town in northern Michigan where her
folks spent summer vacations.
“Our seating,” she said, “has a
European look that Canadians really
like, but it’s US-engineered and manufactured, so it’s more durable. A lot of
European product is not built to our
weight capacity and typically doesn’t
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Teknion Panel: Tom Vecchione, VP and Design Director, Gensler, New York; Sonya Dufner, Director of Workplace, Perkins + Will,
New York; Michael Parker, Senior Designer, Dialog, Calgary; Kay Sargent, VP, Architecture, Design and Workplace Strategies,
Teknion; and moderator David Patterson, VP Canadian Sales, Teknion
pass BIFMA tests. We reengineer
European-designed products, like the
Hammok chair, so that it’s technically
bariatric and can support someone
who’s 500 lbs.
“The bariatric look, the giant chair
that seems like it was made for two
people – we don’t want that. We
have started a nice niche in bariatric
Dauphin Booth
and hospitality seating that doesn’t
look heavy and bulky and has sleek
contemporary design. The population
isn’t trim and lightweight, so retail,
food-court and airport designers want
to know that they are spec-ing something that’s really heavy-duty and will
last 20 years instead of needing to be
replaced every five years.”
Ease, a 30-high stacker resembling
David Rowland’s renowned 40/4, with
no exposed screws or bolts, finds use
as guest seating in patient rooms and
in cafeteria areas. Pluto is a colorful,
tapering elliptical bench by British
designer Simon Pengelly that has been
ordered for Google, Apply and Skype.
Offering plenty ample room for one
or a tight squeeze for two, it evokes
chocolate candies and adds a humorous touch to public seating.
“We wanted a product that defines
personal space and could be used in
multiples,” said Ms. Anderson. “We
saw a need for this from the way people pile their things in the seats next
to them when they’re in an airport, to
keep people away from their ‘zone.’”
Exactly how man exhibitors were at
the show? That depends on how you
count ‘em. As part of the strategy to
compensate for the missing majors,
IIDEX invited eight rep groups to host
booths that embraced several companies each. In this way, new and
smaller firms had a face on the show
floor; visitors were glad to make their
acquaintance. Actually a good idea
that Metrocon in Texas has used for
years.
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Mr. Parker:
>I hate “work-life balance” because it
says that there is a division
>Health and sustainability and wellness is now one world. It used to be
an add-on, like LEED. Now every
company is a healthcare company,
concerned about the wellness of their
employees
>Clients say, we’re not a bank or an ad
agency, we’re a technology company
dressed as a bank or an advertising
agency. We’re all just companies just
dressed as technology companies
>I said to my 10-year-old son, “What
do I do with this single-function device,
my watch?”
>Carlton Wagner of the Wagner Color
institute [based in Santa Barbara,
CA], says, and it’s accepted by the
US and Canadian retail associations,
that 60% of the acceptance of an
interior is the color. If the color isn’t
right, nothing is right. Calgary is a
gold-collar culture and everyone is a
professional and the Oil Patch is notorious for big bonuses. He walks out
at lunch hour and buys a car. But he
ordered his Porsche in black-and-gold
pinstripe. If it arrives with a greenand-orange stripe, no, “I won’t drive
that thing,” and it won’t be the chick
magnet he thought it would be.
>Complex colors take many adjectives to describe, like pinkish taupe-ish
grey. Structured workers [such as
accountants] like simple colors, like
cherry red and lime green.
Ms. Sargent:
>People sometimes tell me, I don’t
think it makes a difference what color
something is. I say, I don’t care what
you like, you can do what you like in
your house; you didn’t hire me for that.
There is a science to what we do, and
if you don’t know it, it just comes down
to what you like.
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Ms. Dufner:
>There is massive change in how we
design offices. The office is a place
that you go to to connect with people.
People are going to the office because
it is a resource. More and more, we
will see companies hiring people as
contract employees, to bring them
in as a resource for a short period of
time. The freelancers union has 42
million members. 40% of the work-
force will be completely contract by the
end of the decade.
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Kirsten Sales Agencies, for
instance, reps six companies, all of
them Canadian except for Versteel
(which has a Montreal facility). They
include Three H, a maker of laminate
casegoods and systems; Nightingale,
a venerable seating firm, dating from
1928 and boasting its own ANSI/
BIFFMA testing lab; and D & E
Wood Industries, with a new line of
dormitory furniture for the education
sector. Everything affixes to a laminate wall so that students can’t walk
off with the furniture. However, the
furniture doesn’t hook onto the room
wall and doesn’t become a permanent fixture.
Finally, what IIDEX show would be
complete without a roundtable seminar or two to stimulate and inspire?
Teknion hosed a standing-roomonly crowd for two hours on Thursday
morning at CoCreate: New Thinking
about the Collaborative Workplace.
Some impressive industry panelists
were on deck. Taking part were Tom
Vecchione, VP and Design Director,
Gensler, New York; Sonya Dufner,
Director of Workplace, Perkins + Will,
New York; Michael Parker, Senior
Designer, Dialog, Calgary; and Kay
Sargent, VP, Architecture, Design and
Workplace Strategies, Teknion, who
previously participated as a principal
of IA Interior Architects. David Patterson, VP Canadian Sales at Teknion,
moderated.
Some of their more memorable
pensées:
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share what worked well, but often
clients hire us because they want
to learn what worked with our other
clients. [Ed.: That must be the reason
for all of the fuss about confidentiality
clauses in design contracts. Hm.]
>I start every marketing presentation
by saying, “You’re not questioning my
ability to design, you’re asking what
can I do differently that will benefit
your company.”
>Sometimes a space is too open.
Studies are saying that collaboration
is being hampered by the fact that
people are so open. To collaborate
you have to trust and open up and a
lot of people won’t do that where anyone can hear them, so there should
be lots of little enclaves. People don’t
want to be overheard and someone
says, “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve
ever heard.”
Sustainable Dance Floor
>It used to be that the workspace was
too loud. Now, it’s too quiet. No one
is talking on the phone or typing, so
it’s more distracting when you hear
someone talking across the room.
This is why people are so happy
to work in a coffee shop, like Tim
Horton’s. It’s loud, but you can focus
because you can’t hear what they’re
saying. You’re not distracted, it’s just
background noise.
>Years ago the mechanical system was
our white noise. We spent thousands
of dollars putting baffles on the mechanical systems to make them quiet
and then put in white noise. I won’t
even say anything about it.
>All the big companies have ergonomists on staff so they won’t be sued,
and we send people home to work at
the kitchen table with the crappiest
chair in the house. I don’t care where
the people are working, if they get
injured we’ll get sued.
>When I’m designing the right space
for your company and clients say, “I
love the space you did for that company; I want to see it,” I say, “You are not
that company and you cannot import
that solution. You would need to understand the DNA of that company. It’s
like me saying, ‘I love your dress and I
want to wear it, but you are a size two
and I am a size whatever.’”
>Why are people coming to the office
when they can work at home? People
are coming to the office to collaborate
and share and engage. I think the
word “office” will disappear and it will
be “collaboration place.” We’re not really designing environments anymore,
we’re designing the experience, the
culture, the color.” n
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IDC’s First Annual Top 5-Under-5 Awards
There are many 40-under-40 lists, but
IDC (Interior Designers of Canada) is
going one better (or maybe its just a
smaller pond) with its new annual Top
5 Under 5 Awards, a newly launched
awards program aimed at recognizing
the rising stars of Canadian interior
design. (See full list of winners below.)
No, IDC is not reaching down to
those just beginning their formal
(sort of) education, but is recognizing
Intern/Provisional Members of their
association within the first five years of
their professional experience. Those
chosen are believed to be “individuals well on their way to establishing
themselves as qualified, successful
professionals in their field.” Winners
were selected based on glowing recommendations from their supervisors
as well as their unique solutions to a
design concept dilemma: designing
a self-contained living space survival
pack for victims of natural disasters.
(We trust that do regard was given to
avoid the formaldehyde filled trailers
provided by FEMA to people displaced
by Hurricane Katrina.)
The Top 5 Under 5 Winners were
honored at the IDC Annual Meeting on
September 23, 2011 as part of IIDEX/
NeoCon Canada 2011. Each winner
received a distinctive sculpture by Canadian artist and sculptor Tim Forbes,
who was commissioned for the project.
“These five winners are the ones to
watch!” said Donna Assaly of Assaly
Interior Design Inc. incoming IDC
President and one of five judges who
evaluated entries. “Their submissions
were innovative, thoughtful and impressively presented. Plus, all entrants
to the Top 5 Under 5 Awards program
came very highly recommended from
some of the top professionals in the
industry.”
While professional qualifications and
educational standards vary slightly
from province to province, full IDC
membership requires the completion
of a three to four year interior design
college diploma or university degree,
five years experience under a qualified
and registered full IDC Member as well
as passing of the National Council for
Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)
examination. “As Intern/Provisional
Members within the first five years of
their experience and under the supervision of Registered Members, winners
of the Top 5 Under 5 Awards are on
the right track to becoming qualified
professionals.”
“The experience of judging the Top 5
Under 5 Awards has reminded me that
the future is bright for Canadian interior
design,” said Ms. Assaly. “The winners
not only exhibit rare talent, but have
made a commitment to being involved
and upholding the highest standards
or qualification and professionalism,
a testimonial to the future generation
practicing in our profession.”
This year’s winners and their related
citations are:
Siavash Mahdieh
>Siavash Mahdieh: With a glowing
recommendation from Allen Chan,
principal with the Toronto-based interior design firm The Design Agency,
Mr. Mahdieh proved exceptional
creativity and insight with his design
solution submission and rose brilliantly to the challenge of this awards
program. “Most importantly, it’s been
our pleasure to have him as part of our
team,” said Mr. Chan. “Sia is a consistent team member and is always eager
to push the process forward.”
Bradley Marks
>Bradley Marks: Bradley Marks is
an exceptionally talented designer
who joined the Toronto-based interior
design firm figure3 after graduating
from the Ryerson University interior
design program. Allan Guinan, principal designer with figure3, expressed
enthusiasm for Mark’s candidacy to
the Top 5 Under 5 Awards Program:
“He is respected by his peers for his
talent, work ethic and personality, and
admired by our clients for his maturity,
responsiveness and understanding of
their business needs.”
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Heather Waters
Karol Wojoaszka
Rolanda Simone williams
>Heather Waters: Cathy Knott of
xdesign Inc. recommended Heather
Waters for the Top 5 Under 5 Awards
based on her sincere passion for the
interior design profession. “She has a
quiet talent and drive to succeed that
has proved to be a refreshing addition
to our team,” said Ms. Knott. “What’s
rare is Heather’s ability to exude calm
even under pressure.” Ms. Waters is
a graduate of the Interior Design Program at Sheridan College.
>Karol Wojoaszka: Karol Wojoaszka
was put forward as a candidate for
the Top 5 Under 5 Awards program
by Antonio De Gregorio, principal with
architecture and design firm DePM
Inc. “He has been a great asset to the
design team,” said Mr. De Gregorio.
“I’m consistently impressed with his
willingness to take on challenges,
his commitment to a project and his
pleasant demeanor.”
>Rolanda Williams: Rolanda Williams
graduated with honors from Sheridan
Institute of Technology & Design in
2009 with an advanced Diploma of
Interior Design and is the 2008 winner
of the Global Group Bursary for Outstanding Achievement in this Program.
Her glowing recommendation from
MMMC Architects’ Managing Architect for their Brantford Studio, Dwight
D. M. Lander, further underlines her
commitment to excellence in the field.
Of Ms. Williams, Mr. Lander said, “Her
educational accomplishments attest to
her drive and enthusiasm, which have
continued into her career with MMMC
Architects.” Ms. Williams is currently
studying for LEED GA and her goal is
to continue toward her LEED AP+ ID
qualification.
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MATERIAL LIST
33'-4"
1/4" THICK COMPRESSED
RECYCLED CARDBOARD
3'-2"
3'-2"
1"
1'-62
3'-3"
2" 1"
3'-3"
1"
1'-62
3'-3"
2" 1"
1"
1"
3'-3"
3'-3"
2"
LED PORTABLE LIGHT FIXTURE
C/W RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
1"
1'-62
1"
1'-62
3'-3"
1"
1"
2"
3'-0"
3'-3" 3'-3" 3'-0"
1
1
1"
2"
2"
12'-8"
2"
INNER LAYER- 1/4" THICK COMPRESSED RECYCLED CARDBOARD
HEAVY DUTY FLEXIBLE FIBER
TAPE
EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT
33'-5"
SIAVASH MAHDIEH
3'-3"
1"
3'-3"
1"
3'-3"
3'-3"
1"
1"
1'-72
1" 1"
3'-3"
1"
1"
1'-72
1"
1'-72
3'-3"
3'-3"
1" 1" 1"
3'-3"
1"
1"
1'-72
1"
[email protected]
ASSEMBLY OF 2 LAYERS :
3'-3"
1'-4"
NOTE:
SINCE THE DIMENSION OF EACH
PANEL IS SMALLER THAN 1M,
EACH LAYER CAN BE FOLDED INTO
ONE CUBIC METER PACKAGE.
1'-4"
OUTER LAYER- 1/4" THICK COMPRESSED RECYCLED CARDBOARD
1
SMART INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
PLANS AND ELEVATIONS :
DOUBLE SIZE
FOLDABLE MATTRESS
3" LINEAR BUTTON WITH STRING TO HOLD
CORNERS OF STRUCTURE
1"
8'-52
PLANS :
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
1"
8'-52
NOTE:
UNITS CAN BE LINKED TOGETHER
TO PROVIDE BIGGER SPACE FOR
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
3" LINEAR BUTTON WITH
STRING TO HOLD CORNERS
OF STRUCTURE
STORAGE BOX WILL PROVIDE
STABILITY AS WELL
FIRST FOLDING LINE
FIRST FOLDING LINE
LINE OF OUTER LAYER CARDBOARD
LINE OF INNER LAYER CARDBOARD
ELEVATIONS :
ALUMINUM HOOKS FOR
HANGING CLOTHES
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
FOLDING LINE
LINE OF OUTER LAYER
CARDBOARD
1"
6'-32
FOLDING LINE
STORAGE BOX
FOLDING LINE
LAYERS OF CARDBOARD WILL FOLD FROM MATCHING
FOLDING LINES AND WILL STAY FIRM ON OTHER PARTS
DUE TO STRENGTH OF 1/4" COMPRESSED RECYCLED
CARDBOARD, SINCE FOLDING LINES DON'T MATCH
FOLDING LINE
emergency supply
kit, designed by
Siavash Mahdieh
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STORAGE BOX
3'-0" 3'-0" 3'-3"
1
1
1"
2"
2"
12'-8"
3" LINEAR BUTTON WITH
STRING TO HOLD
CORNERS OF STRUCTURE
SHEETS OF COMPRESSED
RECYCLED CARDBOARD ARE
ATTACHED TOGETHER BY
HEAVY DUTY FIBER TAPE
LINE OF INNER LAYER
CARDBOARD
STORAGE BOX WILL ALSO
PROVIDE STABILITY FOR THE
STRUCTURE SINCE ITS ATTACHED
TO OUTER LAYER OF CARDBOARD
2
3
INSTALLATION :
SINGLE UNIT RENDERING :
1
2
3
FIRST FOLDING LINE
INNER LAYER OF CARDBOARD
FIRST FOLDING LINE
OUTER LAYER OF CARDBOARD
4
FOLD 2 LAYERS FROM FIRST FOLDING LINE AND INSERT INSIDE EACH OTHER
5
STORAGE PART IS ATTACHED TO OUTER LAYER OF CARDBOARD AND
WILL HELP TO STABILIZE THE FORM
6
LAYERS OF CARDBOARD WILL FOLD FROM MATCHING FOLDING LINES AND WILL STAY FIRM ON OTHER PARTS DUE TO STRENGTH OF 1/4" COMPRESSED
RECYCLED CARDBOARD, SINCE FOLDING LINES DON'T MATCH.
CORNERS WILL STAY FOLDED WITH BUTTONS AND STRINGS PROVIDED AT EACH CORNER.
RECHARGEABLE LED LIGHT FIXTURES WILL PROVIDE READING LUMINANCE WHILE 6'-4" HIGH COMPRESSED RECYCLED CARDBOARD PARTITIONS PROVIDE
YOU WITH PRIVACY. FOLDABLE DOUBLE SIZE MATTRESS IS PROVIDED AS WELL AS ALUMINUM HOOKS FOR YOUR HANGING CLOTHES.
5
4
COMMUNITY RENDERING :
6
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i.c.o. arrives at s
Elasticized stra
kit to be unpack
column anchori
away shelving o
or end table. An
themselves an
i.c.o. designed by
bradley marks
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i.c.o.
[in case of...]
Design problem: to create an “emergency supply kit” of no larger than 1 cubic meter
that will provide temporary refuge for 2 persons and can be handed out to individuals,
couples and/or families with children as they arrive at a gymnasium.
Taking inspiration from the marine sector the i.c.o. offers a flexible kit of parts capable of changing over time depending on the needs of its users.
The intention is to create a dwelling capable of supporting a range of activities while providing an adjustable level of privacy. At initial displacement people may want increased privacy as they
familiarize themselves with their new surroundings and neighbours. As time progresses however a community will develop and evolve and relationships will be established. As this occurs the
i.c.o. offers users the ability to open their lives to their neighbours thereby encouraging social interaction and enforcing a sense of community. Through the use of tensioned sailcloth users
can determine how open or closed they would like their i.c.o. to be at any given time.
The components within the shelter can be arranged in a number of ways to accommodate sleeping, lounging, socializing, dining, etc. The shelters themselves can be arranged individually or
in clusters to provide dwellings for individuals, couples, families with young children or large family units by linking 2-3 i.c.o. units together. The manner in which this occurs results in enclaves
for neighbours to gather and socialize.
Designed by: Bradley Marks, © August 2011
kit of parts
Consists of elements designed to allow users to customize their i.c.o. to satisfy their needs.
LED fabric – small strips of LED fabric sewn to a
portion of the interior face of the sailcloth provide
overhead lighting within the i.c.o. Battery operated,
these sections provide light to users once the overhead
gymnasium lights have been turned off.
Sailcloth – lightweight colourful sailcloth unfolds from within the
tower to create a covering for users and provide visual privacy. The
cloth can be adjusted at various increments down the length of the
mast to provide a customizable level of openness. A drawstring along
the bottom hem allows the user(s) to pull the cloth taught through
the hooks at night which provides an added degree of security.
Multifunctional crates – two crates can be used
for a number of functions including headboard, crib,
lounge seating, bench, table, portable storage, etc.
Accordion mats – can be used in a
variety of ways including mattress,
cushion for seating, etc.
Mast – coiled tubing is fed through a pocket in the sailcloth
and provides a link between the storage column and
anchored hook. Incremental holes in the mast allow the
sailcloth to be gathered and secured at predetermined
points to provide varying degrees of openness.
Anchored hooks – a semi-permanent nondamaging 3M adhesive on the underside
secures the hooks to the gymnasium floor.
They in turn anchor the sailcloth and mast.
Essential Kit – provides basic essentials
such as toothbrushes, toothpaste,
earplugs, towels and soap. All get wrapped
within a terry cloth bath towel.
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emergency supply
kit designed by
Heather waters
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from a 1m
2
box...
to an 81 ft
2
living space
1
Once you receive your
kit, be sure you know
where your site is (the
sites will be marked out
with tape on the floor)
+ head over there to
assemble your kit
Next, undo the straps
holding the kit together
+ unstack all of the
pieces
It is best to start by
laying out the perimeter
pieces. Each piece of
velcro is numbered, just
match the numbered
pieces together
Once your perimeter is
assembled it will look
like this. Note the
door location + be sure
that the kit is oriented
properly on your site
2
3
You are now ready to lay
in the 4 floor tiles (again
velcro by numbers) to
make your space a bit
more cozy
If you open up all the
boxes, you’ll find the
rest of the materials
that you’ll need to finish
building your kit
There are 24 pole
sections, each 28” long
Screw 3 sections
together to make eight
7’ high poles
There are 8 sleeves of
fabric that will wrap
around the 8 poles + get
zippered closed. Match
the number on the sleeve
to the number on the
base beside the hole
4
5
There are 4 sleeves
that go at the corners,
the zippers are at 90
degrees
There are another 4
sleeves that go on the
sides, the zippers are at
180 degrees
After the poles are
installed in their
assigned holes, there are
top caps + cross bracing
to be installed between
the vertical poles
Now you’re ready to
attach the wall panels
which attach to the
poles by colour coded
zipper
6
7
Inflate the 2 air
matresses with the pump
found in the boxes.
The air matresses have
velcro on the bottom to
secure them to the tops
of the boxes
You will find pillows,
blankets + fitted sheets
in the boxes as well
(sheets can be washed
in the laundry facilities)
The 5 boxes can be used
for storage of whatever
you like
The top of the corner
box can be turned into
a table by unfolding the
legs like a card table
8
9
The head of this LED
lamp can be unscrewed
and brought outside
to recharge the 2 AA
batteries through solar
power. The lamp is to
be used in conjunction
with the gym lights
10
A combination lock has
been provided to you
that can lock the door
flap of your kit
There are hooks supplied
that fit over the top rail
of the kit that can be
used for towels, clothes,
etc.
If you’re going to join
2 kits together for your
family, simply don’t
attach 2 side panels as
shown above (a right
hand + left hand unit
are required)
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koti
karol wojdaszka
koti, designed by
Karol Wojoaszka
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description
natural disasters in Canada
Exploring the works of architects who helped
design housing for individuals in need, has inspired me to examine the ‘need’ factor in what
is required to feel comfortable in a space. This
has lead me to Koti, Finnish for home, it brings
the components of walls, sleeping/sitting,
storage and comfort together in a package for
the end user to explore. With costs and aspects of sustainability playing a large role in
the design, I chose to make all components
from recycled corrugated cardboard. A sustainable material itself, it has the strength and
versatility that this design requires.
complete package
sleep/sit:
the pieces of the bench & bed
cardboard
biodegradable
7.4% storm
efficiently recycled
17.8% drought
it takes 75% of the energy to recycle as it does to manufacture
new cardboard
32.3% wild fire
recycling creates less sulfur dioxide emissions into the atmosphere than the processing of pulp from trees
41.8% flood
rcycling one ton of carboard can save about nine cubic yards of
space in a landfill and can save 46 gallons of oil
by lessening the demand for new cardboard we can conserve
trees and limit the air pollution that accompanies pulp production
components that can be picked up separately
bench
the division of the 4 components
bed
wall:
the pieces that make up the wall system
comfort: on the bed the memory foam would
act as a mattress that can be stored
in the bench during the day. also in
this component is a pillow and flanel
blanket for the user
the bed within the built environment
the bench and storage within the built environment
the bench within the built environment
the wall system allows for the user to connect with others. the more
connections made the less panels that are needed to connect and
therefore less material being used
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flexus, designed
by Rolanda Simone
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to see details)

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2011 IIDEX, ARIDO Awards Gala 2011

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