PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DX IS CLOSED FROM DECEMBER 24- JANUARY 2ND. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

DXA’s
Winning Entries on Display November 29 – January 27 2008

Design Exchange Awards
Presented by The Globe and Mail
Established in 1991, the DXAs are the most highly anticipated and the only national Canadian multi-disciplinary design competition to judge designer’s work on commercial effectiveness. Our mandate is to foster business and public understanding of the impact of design excellence on the economy, environment and quality of life.

Winning entries along with process drawings and models are on display in the Exhibit Hall.

From Home Ec to High Tech:
60 Years of Fashion Education at  Ryerson
November 7, 2007- January 27, 2008

In honour of Ryerson’s 60th anniversary in 2008, students are planning a retrospective of six decades of design education at Canada’s premier School of Fashion. This thematic exhibition will examine how fashion education has transformed the landscape of Canadian design and publishing. Grounded in its early years as part of a Home Economics curriculum, fashion at Ryerson still draws on costume history and artisan techniques of making and representing dress while looking towards a future in which fashion is increasingly made and disseminated digitally.

Klockwerks
December 1, 2007 - March 2, 2008

Design Exchange launches a series of exhibits exploring design enterprises that recycle materials in distinct ways.

Klockwerks: Shifting Gears, exhibits the work of Roger Wood an artist who meticulously assembles clocks out of myriad pieces, remnants, and parts of objects made obsolete by time.

Roger Wood worked as a heavy construction engineer, and years later, studied interior designer at Ryerson University, before embarking as creative lead of the Klockwerks studio, located in Toronto’s Liberty Village.

Klockwerks: Shifting Gears is curated by Paola Poletto, the Senior Director of Programs at the Design Exchange. Admission is free.

Universal Design Series
Are your designs excluding 20% of the market?
According to Health Canada, one in five Canadians will have reached the age of 65 by 2026.

Find out what essential factors you should take into consideration when making decisions, designing products, and looking at spaces to accommodate our rapidly aging population.  Keep your skills up-to-date! Learn principles, concepts, and practical applicability from our range of national and international speakers and researchers.

January 10, 2008
Universal Design for the Aging Population: Fashion and Apparel
1-5pm, DX
$75 ($60 for DX members)

This workshop will address the issue of sustainability in clothing designed for an aging population and work force. Teams may be asked to consider design challenges that relate to the specific needs of people of all ages and all levels of ability. The workshop will specifically help to develop a toolkit of preferred design criteria for people over the age of 55. Speakers will include Lisa Cook McGill, a recognized expert in the field of technical apparel assessment and President of Crux Design Industries, a consultant with the Department of National Defence and the GTAA. Of particular interest to those in the apparel design and production management fields.
Contact Catherine at 416-216-2120 or catherine@dx.org to register.

www.dx.org/universal
Contact catherine@dx.org  or call 416.216.2120
Download registration from here.

Youth Programming News

National youth design competitions are now launched for 2007/2008. To learn more about participating or sponsoring these programs visit:

Connect Competition open to post secondary students.
http://www.dx.org/whats_on/connect.html
Canadian National High School Competition.
http://www.dx.org/whats_on/competitions_hs01.html

New On The DX Website
POST YOUR JOBS ON-LINE WITH THE DX!

If you are looking for good designers or looking for a great place to work in the design industry, keep your eyes on “Careers in Design” on our website.
Postings run for one month at $150 and include a listing in this newsletter that includes a link. Contact Claudine with submissions at Claudine@dx.org or 416.216.2143

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Design Exchange on the road

DX At GTAA
In partnership with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), DX presents an exhibition of quirky, colourful, mid-century radios alongside a survey of contemporary, high profile Canadian designers and their work. You can visit the show in the Skylights Exhibits area of Toronto Pearson International Airport (November 23, 2007 – February 18, 2008).

DX at the Royal Ontario Museum
Check out a selection of objects from the Design Exchange's collection in the ROM's upcoming exhibition Canada Collects: Treasures from Across the Nation opening Saturday, October 6, 2007.

Visit http://www.rom.on.ca/exhibitions/special/canadacollects.php for more information.

HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS!!

Membership
Designer or aspiring designer on your holiday shopping list?
Need a unique gift for deserving staff? How about a membership at the DX?

One full year of on-going growth and enjoyment!
Contact Rosa at 416.216.2127 or rosa@dx.org

SHOP DX NOW OPEN
Want to send a gift that shows your support for the Canadian design industry? Visit our kiosk in the DX lobby for gifts this holiday season! The DX staff has selected a small collection of lovely items designed by Canadians including delicate tableware from Coe&Waito, silver jewelry from Wilk Designs, Mago5 spice containers, Ninutik maple syrup and creatures from Monstor Factory.
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Architectural Guide Map
Produced by the Toronto Society of Architects and now on sale at the DX! Available for $7.95 at the front desk. Please contact our main number for more information.

Teknion

Teknion has been a long time donor to the DX. As of December they have signed on as corporate members as well! We congratulate Teknion for being the first office furniture manufacturer to have its major systems and seating attain the new GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification for Indoor Air Quality. This particular GREENGUARD program is the most stringent indoor air quality program for products.

Be Involved
Joining the DX as a corporate member positions your company as a design led organization and provides an opportunity to market and network in numerous ways. Contact Claudine@dx.org to learn more!



Member News

IN MEMORY

DX remembers industrial designer and long standing member Roderick L. Gerrard, RCA, Gerrard Design, Ancaster Ontario. Mr. Gerrards’ portfolio included prominent naval architects, designers, custom yacht builders and product manufacturers. Rod was one of the principal architects for the creation and re-branding of Chris Craft’s present product line where he established a working relationship with C. Raymond Hunt Associates Inc. Rod will be fondly remembered by the yachting world in which his immeasurable talent and expertise will never be duplicated.

66 Degrees
66degrees.com is a new and innovative global online business that promotes and markets high-end, one-of-a-kind products from talented artists and designers from around the world. The 66degrees.com concept is a marriage between an exclusive shopping site and an online community, unlike anything ever done before. The products offered by 66degrees.com are all unique, one-of-a-kind, or produced in very limited numbers and consist mainly of designer works, art, fashion, lifestyle, and entertainment related products. Driven by the exclusivity and uniqueness of its products and its integrated social networking functionality, 66degrees.com strives to become a major promoter of art and design. Nothing would please us more than to promote Canadian designers.

Our efforts are currently focused on locating artists/designers to showcase on our site when it opens publicly in about six weeks. If you are interested in contributing to the 66degrees.com experience or would like to hear more about us, please feel free to call Rick or Claudio at 416-619-7802 or send an email to
info@66degrees.com.
http://www.66degrees.com/News/Blog/index.php

Canstruction
For the ninth time in Toronto, leading design, engineering and architectural firms competed to create structures built entirely out of canned and packaged food for the benefit of Daily Bread Food Bank.

Canstruction 2007 attracted 16 teams, as well as five student teams, to participate in this fun and creative competition at the Toronto Dominion Centre and Simcoe Place. Structures from this year’s event weighed in at over 70,000 pounds. Structures were on display from November 6 to 11, 2007. Structures were in six locations: TD Bank Tower, TD Waterhouse Tower, Canadian Pacific Tower, Royal Trust Tower, Ernst & Young Tower, and Simcoe Place. Canstruction 2007 is organized by the Society of Design Administration Canada and is supported by Consulting Engineers of Ontario, Design Exchange, and the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario, for the benefit of Daily Bread Food Bank.

Egodesign.ca
Boasting more 200,000 monthly unique readers, and growing, Egodesign.ca is Canada's first bilingual Web Magazine dedicated to global design - from design, architecture, art to fashion - because we think they all permeate one another and inform each other.

Avec un lectorat de plus de 200 000 lecteurs unique mensuels, Egodesign.ca est le premier magazine Internet bilingue et canadien, consacré au design global - le design, l’architecture, la mode, l’art - car nous savons que ces disciplines sont perméables et s’influencent les unes les autres.



Toronto Arts Coalition
2007 Arts Holiday Shopping Guide is now available on the Coalition website www.torontoartscoalition.org. Check out all of the great ideas for holiday giving… including DX Membership!

Creative Convergence Project Research Study
Participate in a major collaborative research initiative that explores the unique characteristics of communities, neighbourhoods and districts in which talented artists, entrepreneurs, firms and organizations thrive. Help inform public policy makers on how to better protect and promote these critical local habitats of infrastructure and services that sustain Toronto's cultural and creative sectors. To take the survey and for more information on the project and its partners, please go to http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca/creative_convergence_project/.

Job Opportunities

Le Chateau
Ladieswear Assistant Designer,Montréal
Menswear Assistant Designer, Montréal

Are you intimately linked to trends and tastes hat change at a moment’s notice? We are
currently seeking talented, innovative, and ambitious Fashion Designers with a fashion-
forward vision and commercial insight.

Job Summary: Our Designers create original garments and also design garments influenced by the newest designer-led fashion trends.
Click here for full description

VOLUNTEER PROJECT AT DESIGN EXCHANGE
Have strong graphic and web skills? Looking for an opportunity to gain valuable work experience?
Why not make new contacts and help out our non-profit organization!
The DX is looking for two volunteers to help on a web-based project.
Please send your resume to the attention of Daniela.mason@dx.org if you are interested in lending a hand and building your portfolio!

Billboards

Really, I dislike them. Actually - that is too polite. I hate them. They are visual pollution - blocking our views and distracting drivers rushing down the highways. Billboards that top buildings are extra atrocious, perching like vultures ready to pluck the next consumer. Equally terrible: covering buildings with oversized vinyl banners - even if the buildings are derelict or just plain ugly. Isn't there a more creative, less offensive way to advertise?

Sam Sannella, President

Volunteer Your Time And Learn About Design!
The DX has programs, lectures and many activities for the public, and we need your help! We are always looking for new people to join our volunteer corps. Whether it′s working on an event, graphic or web design, or assisting in our admin. office, you can be sure your time and help will make a difference! Your energy and imagination will help us deliver our programs! Find out how to register call Daniela Mason at 416 216 2160 or daniela.mason@dx.org

Suppliers And Vendors, Contribute In-kind To The DX!
Calling all design suppliers! The DX is looking for suppliers and vendors to help keep our facility on the leading edge of interior design. If you have products that you would like to showcase, we can help each other! We are always looking to update our areas with the newest products - carpeting, flooring, paint, lighting, equipment, furniture, signage, etc. Over 250,000 people see our spaces each year so this is a great opportunity for you. As well, we can promote you via this Express newsletter and on our website. If you are interested, please don't hesitate to call Claudine @ 416.216.2134.