Design Exchange Awards
presented by the Globe and Mail
GET NOTICED!

Call for entries now out for the 2007 DXA′s, an annual juried program that celebrates function, aesthetics and business success across the design disciplines. Approximately 40 design firms are awarded across the country. Winners are announced at the Awards Dinner on Thursday November 29th as well as in the Globe & Mail. Work is exhibited at the DX November 20-January 27. Deadline for submissions is October 4th.

Design Exchange Awards are sponsored by Audi, Aeroplan, Enville Catering and Exclusive Affair Rentals.

www.dx.org/dxa

Submission Guidlelines as pdf.

DIGIFEST: WATER′S EDGE
July′s ‘Adapting to Water Disasters’, the first in a series of interdisciplinary workshops leading up to the 2008 digifest festival, was a great success, bringing together over 40 new media artists, academics and government representatives to explore unconventional solutions to a world-wide problem.

The next water-related workshop will take place at Harbourfront in late September; please check www.dx.org/digifest for more information about upcoming registration. Digifest is presented in partnership with the Ontario Science Centre and Harbourfront Centre and supported by Canadian Heritage.

DX Design Camps
Summer camps are in full swing! A few spaces still available for creative kids:

Comic Book Camp
August 20-24
Ages 10-15

Interior Design Camp
August 27-31
Ages 7-12

More information: www.dx.org/education/summercamp

If you are interested in registration – or sponsoring a child to attend camps please Contact Katie at 416 216 2114. For registration www.dx.org/education/summercamp

Coming Next Month:
Universal Design Professional Development Series:
Designing places and spaces for the aging population.
Participation in these workshops is a great way to build your CV and learn new skills about a timely design issue. The first workshop is planned for September; please visit www.dx.org/universal for more information in the coming months.

DX News
Historic Stock Exchange gets a new trading floor!
Just one of many new upgrade initiatives at the DX!
In addition new Ripple chairs from Keilhauer that are both elegant and extremely comfortable allowing us to seat up to 560 guests on the historic trading floor.

The DX is a stunning and unique location to hold your next corporate event! Fall is booking up very quickly. Contact meeting and event services to book a tour and see all of the new upgrades!

meet@dx.org or 416.216.2140

DX STUDIO will soon open its doors!
Now in the final phases of renovations – the DX Studio will soon be the home to some fabulous programming and events – watch the next Express for more details!

Many thanks to our generous supporters: Benjamin Moore, Eversoft, Forbo Flooring and The Knotty Carpenter. Stay tuned for more information on this dynamic space and the sponsors that have supported it.

Save The Date! October 20th
This years theme is "Feel This"
Tickets on sale soon!

Sponsored by Audi and TD Financial.

Permanent Collection
This July, the DX Collection Committee accessioned the following objects into the Permanent Collection:

Westinghouse hand-held vacuum cleaner, c. 1945

Reliable Plastics Company toys (airplane and cement truck), c. 1950

Fabric, " Meadow Life," number 2G-4B, c. 1955

Clairtone Regent stereo (Stowaway Series), 1963

RCA record player, 1967

Electrohome stereo, model 701, 1967

Lightweight demining helmet, 1998-2002

Fox40 marine water safety throw and bailer kit, c. 2003

The Fred Moffatt Archive (1940’s-1990’s)

Curator Dr Michael Prokopow and Collections Manager Daniela Bryson thank the members of the Design Exchange′s volunteer Collection Committee, who are an invaluable part of our team: Linda Lewis (Chair), Annmarie Adams, Stephen Boake, Marie DunSeith, Robert Fones, DC Hillier, Andrew Jones, Morton Rapp, Robert Stacey and Ross Young.

DesignThinkers 2007
October 17 to 19
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Join the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario and over 800 members of the design community from October 17 to 19 in Toronto to reflect on design and its role in society and commerce and express your views. DesignThinkers, Canada′s premier graphic design conference, is a stimulating interactive thinkfest: your chance to absorb the ideas of exciting innovators and explore the issues defining your work. Register before Sept 21 to take advantage of special early-bird rates.

www.designthinkers.com

Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction
This international design competition celebrates innovative, future-oriented and tangible sustainable construction projects from around the globe and provides prize money of USD 2 million per three-year competition cycle. The Holcim Awards recognize any contribution to sustainable construction - irrespective of scale - in architecture, landscape and urban design, civil and mechanical engineering and related disciplines. The next cycle of the Holcim Awards competition will open on June 1, 2007. The submission deadline is March 2008. Please visit the official website at www.holcimawards.com.

Packaging Association Of Canada
Preparing tomorrows packaging leaders today
Harness the power of PAC′s Packaging Certificate Program and repackage your career for success! PAC Education Program returns in a new expanded format visit www.pac.ca for more details.

Marksman Design Award 2007-2008
Design students from more than 60 countries are invited to participate in this competition initiative by PF Concept International, which specializes in high-quality business gifts. This year′s theme is "writing instruments". For more information on this competition visit: www.marksmandesignaward.com

The Design Buzz from Winnipeg, submitted by Sandra Sasaki
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects has awarded National Design Awards to two Winnipeg firms.

A Regional Honour Award went to Scatliff Miller Murray for their design of Waterfront Drive - the $10 million street that runs along the banks of the Red River in the East Exchange District. The roadway includes landscape features along the riverbank, round-abouts as well as artwork by local artists.

David Wagner Associates received a Regional Citation Award for transforming the bus loop into the Valour Road Commemorative Plaza. This plaza honours the memory of First World War soldiers Cpl. Leo Clarke, Sgt.-Major Frederick Hall and Lieut. Robert Shankland all who were awarded the Victoria Cross, the British Commonwealth′s highest award for gallantry in battle. All three lived on Valour Road.

Work Opportunity
Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd has an open position for a Product Development Manager
The Innovation Management Group′s mandate is to establish a sustainable pipeline of Exciting, New and Exclusive (ENE) products/programs that satisfy unmet needs of our customers and meaningfully differentiate CTR from its competitors. The Product Development Manager′s role is to be a thought leader with respect to product development. Acting as an internal consultant, the Product Development Manager collaborates with the Innovation Managers & Category Management merchant group by facilitating concept/product development work with strategic vendors and third party design providers.

Download full job description

Canadian Tire generously supports Connect at the DX. Connect is a design competition for aspiring young designers in post secondary programs.

Work Opportunity
The National Capital Commission in Ottawa, Canada is seeking to hire two (2) in-house Environmental Graphic, Industrial Designers. Annual salary $54 - 72K.Please contact Vel Craig:613-239-5246 or activate the following link:

http://www.recruitingsite.com/csbsites/ncc/english
/jobDescription.asp?JobNumber=538130<

New Product from Rosco
Rosco LitePads provide a low profile light source that generates a soft even light for applications where larger, traditional luminaries just won’t fit. Rosco LitePads are light weight, use long-life LED technology (100,000 hours), are incased in a high density acrylic which is impact & water resistant, produce very little heat and draw just a few watts of power. For full specs visit www.rosco.com

Pet Peeve
Skirting the UD issue.
Many times, as designers (and clients), we skirt the issue of Universal Design. Recently, when giving a workshop, I asked the audience if anyone had or has considered themselves disabled. Silence. No one raised their hands. I asked if anyone had ever broken a leg. Hands raised. An arm? Two arms, two legs, broken back? Not surprisingly, I had an audience full of people who had been disabled at some point in their lives. One gentleman had two broken legs from a skiing accident. One person suffered two broken arms from a motorcycle accident. One woman had a broken back. In life, our bodies and their abilities change constantly. Our time as children is frustrating and our time as elderly people will be challenging. Our health is unpredictable. It is the responsibility of the designer to design for all abilities to the maximum extent possible - knowing that at any given time - the users of the products or environments may have varying abilities. Design for all.

Sam Sannella, President