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Toronto design firm picks up international award
Flora Di Menna Designs, a Toronto-based interior design firm, has been awarded the Best International Interior Design Private Residence category at the 22nd annual International
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Susan Wiggins resigns IDC post for ASID role
Susan Wiggins will step down from her post as CEO of the Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) at the end of this year, announced the IDC’s board of directors.
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Lemay acquires Andres Escobar & Associates
On Dec. 1, the award-winning architectural firm Lemay announced its acquisition of Andres Escobar & Associates, a renowned interior design firm. This acquisition will further
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Shauna Levy to be honoured by IDC/IIDA
Shauna Levy, president of Design Exchange (DX), also known as Canada’s Design Museum, will be honoured with the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Leadership Award
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Batik Blue named interior design colour of 2016
Robert Allen, an interiors industry mainstay due to the company’s use of colour in textiles, furniture and design services, has announced that Batik Blue has
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Match Marketing forgoes move for office reno
The recent renovation of Match Marketing’s Mississauga offices delivered a cafe and patio — both features that have become must-haves for ad agencies.
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Design firm Ware Malcomb relocates T.O. office
Award-winning international design firm Ware Malcomb has moved its Toronto office to a new, larger space at 180 Bass Pro Mills Dr., Suite 103, in Vaughan,
Design Quarterly
The fine art of managing samples
With so many samples to juggle, and as technology has become forever intertwined in our lives, documenting information in a digital format appears to be the perfect solution.
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Thermal exchange embedded in office furniture
In future, a desk could serve double duty as a thermal exchange unit that helps save energy and enhance indoor environmental quality. French designers have
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Lessons from the rise of co-working centres
The popularity of co-working centres has less to do with the physical environment and more to do with people, which has implications for large companies.
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Expanding the frontiers of universal design
Universal design encompasses much more than physical accessibility, as three Interior Designers of Canada members recently explained in a panel discussion.
Design Quarterly
2015 kitchen design trends
Like the fashion scene, kitchen design trends change from year to year. So, what are the latest styles being embraced by designers in 2015?
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The latest trends in hardwood floors
Wider boards, textured surfaces, and natural grey toned patinas are the current trends in hardwood floors.
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New award honours interior design researchers
Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) has partnered with Milliken for a new award that highlights the achievements of Canadian interior design researchers.
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Hullmark revives aging Liberty Village property
The more than 100-year-old brick building at 60 Atlantic Ave. was facing near-certain demolition when Hullmark Developments bought it. President Jeff Hull saw in the
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Inside U of T Mississauga’s Innovation Complex
To subsume or not to subsume. That was the question presented by the project brief for the expansion and renovation of University of Toronto Mississauga’s
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Karl Lagerfeld to design Toronto condo lobbies
Karl Lagerfeld, a German designer, artist and photographer based out of Paris, France, has partnered with CD Capital Developments and Freed Developments to design two lobbies in the new Art Shoppe Lofts + Condos mixed-use development in Toronto, Ont. The condominium will be the first project in North America to involve Lagerfeld’s influential and creative direction.