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COVER — 29 Ludia office in Montreal, by For. Design Planning. Photo by Stéphane Brügger

CONTENTS

DEPARTMENTS

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INSIDE — 12

SHOW SOME ID —29 Five offices that tell the world, “This is who we are.”

By Michael Totzke

WHAT’S UP — 16

IN & OUT IN PARIS — 47 Highlights of Maison & Objet, summer 2014 edition.

By Michael Totzke ONE FELL SWOOP — 55 With a grand gesture – folding the roof down to the ground – Bortolotto Design Architect fashions a dramatically different residence north of Toronto.

By Leslie C. Smith

SHOW BIZ — 23 20 x 100% London’s major design show reaches a milestone.

By Enrico G. Cleva

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WHO’S WHO — 60 THAT WAS THEN — 62 Good intentions Introduced in 1964, Herman Miller’s Action Office revolutionized the workplace – in ways both enslaving and liberating.

By Michael Totzke

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Props to Propst Poor Robert Propst. Before he died in his late 70s, in 2000, the inventor best known for creating the Action Office for Herman Miller had become known, to his chagrin, as the “father of the cubicle.” As he said in a 1998 interview, “The dark side of all this [the influence of the Action Office’s mobile wall unit] is that not all organizations are intelligent and progressive. Lots are run by crass people who can take the same kind of equipment and create hellholes. They make little bitty cubicles and stuff people into them. Barren, rat-hole places.”

The fact is, Propst had created the Action Office (1964) to free the worker. His immensely successful and influentual Action Office II (1968), the refi ned version, provided a workstation for the “human performer,” consisting of three walls, obtusely angled and movable, allowing the user to create an ideal personalized workspace. Unfortunately, as he noted, companies it was intended for had no interest in creating autonomous environments for “human performers”; rather, they wanted to cram as many people as possible into a small space as cheaply as possible. Knockoffs of Action Office II, trapping people in giant, inflexible fabric-wrapped walls, indeed gave rise to the “age of the cubicle.” (For more about the Action Office, see “Good intentions” on page 62.)

In The Office: A Facility Based on Change, published in 1968, Propst shared his thoughts on what the office should and could be. He saw the workplace of the day as a “waster of effectiveness, vitality, health and motivation” and envisioned a “kinetic, active, alert, and vigorous environment.” Further: “Privacy isn’t the only answer to what we need. We need involvement. We cannot exist without a full and healthy exchange with others. Involvement is an essential need. A good idea...to be part of the family of activity.”

Propst would no doubt be pleased that, since his death, his forward-looking vision of freeing and engaging the worker has come to pass. Since the turn of the new century, it’s been out with the high, rigid cubicle, in with the low, flexible workstation; out with the corner office, in with the “all for one and one for all” open plan; out with cookie-cutter universal planning, in with individuality and creativity and collaboration.

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NOV./DEC. The best from the West The skills and creativity of British Columbian interior designers were lauded under bright lights and with bubbly drinks in late September. The industry gathered at the Vancouver Convention Centre to celebrate and promote those who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in interior design at the 31st annual Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia (IDIBC) Awards of Excellence.

Also called the Shine Awards, the IDIBC Awards showcase a wide range of interior design talent; 11 categories were considered, including Workplace, Residential, Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, and Food & Beverage. Judges selected 19 winning projects in total to honour, including six Awards of Excellence and 13 Awards of Merit.

Two firms reaped multiple trophies in the Awards of Excellence: Earls Design, for the head office of Earls Kitchen & Bar and for an Earls Kitchen & Bar location; and Joana Leong of Vancouver-based LIV Interiors Inc., for both the model suite and self-rotating storage and display system of the One Pacific condo presentation centre in Surrey. The other Awards of Excellence include a residential project (Squaw Valley Crescent) in Whistler, by Deborah Ross Design Company; and the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre Regina,

by B+H CHIL Design.

When looking across both levels (Awards of Excellence and Awards of Merit), this was

the year of the multiple winner: six firms won 15 awards, including B+H CHIL Design; SSDG Interiors Inc.; Square One Interiors Inc.; Kyla Bidgood Interior Design; Earls Design; and LIV Interiors Inc. The “Shines” not only demonstrated the talent of British Columbia’s Registered Interior Designers, but also their breadth: awards were given to projects from across North America and beyond, including Miami and London, England.

Interestingly, the Robert Ledingham Award was not handed out this year. This modified Best in Show award,

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inaugurated last year, is intended to be given to “one project that illustrates a high level of design excellence and creativity” that “must demonstrate comprehensive, in-depth and innovative use of interior design disciplines and recognize the health, safety and well-being of the public.” ­ A complete list of award-winning projects can be seen at idibc.org.

To see photos taken at the awards celebration, see Who’s Who on page 60.

Clockwise from top left Head office, Earls Kitchen & Bar, by Earls Design; Earls Kitchen & Bar, Miami Dadeland,

by Earls Design; Squaw Valley Crescent residence, by Deborah Ross Design Company; self-rotating storage and display system, One Pacific condo presentation centre,

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East is hard to beat In another glorious mid-September celebration of Canada’s interior design prowess, the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) announced the winners of its annual Awards program during a gala dinner at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.

Well-known and much-coveted in the industry, the ARIDO Awards recognize excellence, innovation and creativity in interior design. This year’s ARIDO judges (which included Angela Bourne of Fanshawe College + Neuro-Environments; Chen Cohen of Moriyama & Teshima Architects; Annie Bergeron of Gensler; Anna Stranks of STUDIO A Design Collaborative; and Bill Birdsell of J. William Birdsell Architect and president of the Ontario Association of Architects) handed out a Project of the Year, two Awards of Excellence and 27 Awards of Merit.

As in past years, the ARIDO Awards showcase a wide range of interior design talent: from retail to residential and from corporate to institutional, as well as major restoration projects. Notching an impressive “repeat” on her belt was ARIDO member Sharon Martens of the Calgary-based firm MartensGroup Licenced Interior Design Studio Ltd., who received the Project of the Year award for the law offices of Gowlings LLP: she won the same award for another law office last year. With this project, the judges felt Martens created a timeless space that is supportive of a contemporary workforce and attractive to a new clientele. “This law office conveys a progressive yet professional image befit-

ting a top-tier firm,” says ARIDO president Greg Quinn.

The two Awards of Excellence handed out this year went to a 2,300-square-foot residential project in Toronto (Home Theatre) by Nadia Cannataro of the firm Large [Medium] Design Office; and the Cornell Community Centre and Library in Markham, Ont.,

by Michelle M. Sta. Ana-Ascenzi of the firm Perkins+Will.

The Awards of Merit list this year is a healthy mix of project types, and with many returning stars. Arms laden with the most awards of the night belonged to Quadrangle Architects and Burdifilek (three awards each), but the night was generous to multiple winners, with eight design firms winning two or more awards.

To view the full list of winners, visit arido.ca. To see photos taken at the awards gala, see Who’s Who on page 60.

From top Law offices of Gowlings LLP, by MartensGroup; Home Theatre residence, by Large [Medium] Design Office; Cornell Community Centre and Library, by Perkins+Will.

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Fogo to go Fogo Island Inn and Fogo Island Shop in Newfoundland have partnered with Klaus by Nienkämper – Canada’s longest-running design showroom – to bring Canadian and international distribution to the distinctive line of furniture and accessories of Fogo Island Inn. Fogo Island Inn, designed by architect Todd Saunders, has received multiple prestigious international design and tourism awards since it opened last June. Its interior furnishings and accessories (everything from side tables and dining chairs to sconces and hangers) were custom designed by well-known designers from Canada and Europe. These designers travelled to Fogo Island

between 2010 and 2013 to immerse themselves in the island’s culture and to familiarize themselves with its traditional motifs, materials and craftsmanship; they worked closely with skilled local artisans to create contemporary pieces that draw on familiar, handmade forms.

“What attracted me to this collection was the concept of these skilled craftsmen, essentially boat builders, expertly crafting furniture from their native materials,” says Klaus Nienkämper. “It’s exciting to be able to bring this furniture folklore to life and to the presence of our design world.” c I

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20 X 100% London’s major design show reaches a milestone.

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It’s the end of an era. The 20th annual 100% Design staged a fitting farewell to Earls Court – London’s famous art deco exhibition centre — set for demolition. First staged in 1995 in a tent on King’s Road, 100% Design is London’s longest-running and largest contemporary design event, and the highlight of the weeklong London Design Festival.

The layout of the show was defined by six sections: Interiors; Office; Kitchen & Bathrooms; Eco Design & Build; Emerging Brands; and International Pavilions. Near the heart of London, Earls Court is an ideal location from which to venture out to design locations throughout the city – including Designjunction, which every year takes over a 1960s Sorting Office on New Oxford Street; and Tent London, held in East London’s design district. The former presented a powerful line-up of renowned international brands, smaller cutting-edge labels, pop-up shops, large-scale installations, eateries, flash factories and seminars talks; the latter offered installations and various booths displaying the works of creative young designers, not to mention international pavilions from countries like Japan and Norway.

As if taking stock and taking a fond farewell look back themselves, British designers and manufacturers showed products that had a retro feel, or updated a classic, or seemed warmly familiar. “Cozy” and “homey” were the words of the week.

Next year’s show will take place at Olympia London, an expansive exhibition centre in West Kensington, Sept. 23-26.

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3— On the rocks Buster + Punch began life in a small garage in East London, where Massimo Buster Minole and company discovered a passion for making things he loves, from motorcycles and leather jackets to light fittings and furniture. Rockstar is a cocktail bar made from either solid walnut, blackened ash or oak. The quilted back panel comes in Grey Berry Silk or Rockstar Black Leather. The bar is opened from the top with two doors on brass buffer hinges; it’s finished with custom brass buttons and knurled brass furniture handles. busterandpunch.com 4— Get a grip Born in England, John Reeves is an awardwinning designer whose passion lies in working locally and regionally with craftspeople of the planet. His Talon range comprises consoles and various-sized dining tables. The name derives from the organic form of the leg, which is sand-cast in recycled aluminum and plated in zinc. Tabletops come in solid oak or walnut. reevesd.com

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1— Sunrise, sunset Simon Lockwood is a Canadian designer who moved to Berlin for love. His cool, dark exhibit at Tent London included the new Eclipse, a pendant light hand made of laser-cut woodfibre board with a black lacquered steel ceiling cup and black textile cable. Playing peek-a-boo with its light source, Eclipse casts rings of shadow on the wall. simonlockwood.com 2— Sunny-side up One of Original BTC’s oldest and most recognized lights, the Titan – based on a 1940s design often seen in factories, offices, train stations and industrial units of the period – was launched five years after the brand was founded in 1990.

The shade is made of hand-spun aluminum; a version painted egg-yolk yellow celebrates the manufacturer’s 25th anniversary. originalbtc.com

3—A fresh angle Designed by Sir Kenneth Grange in 1934, the original Anglepoise Type75 lamp, which pioneered constant spring technology, enjoys iconic design status. Paul Smith’s new interpretation marries the unmistakable form and function of an Anglepoise and the sensibility of one of Britain’s foremost designers. anglepoise.com 4— Time gentlemen, please Based in Monaghan, Ireland, Mullan Lighting Design & Manufacturing Ltd. specializes in pub, restaurant, church and public-building lighting.

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Look what we can do” Dialog Edmonton

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“doing great work. enjoying the journey.

Always making a difference.” Such are the core values of dialog, one of canada’s largest fully integrated architectural, engineering, interior design, urban planning and landscape architecture firms, with offices in vancouver, calgary, edmonton and Toronto. Its new edmonton studio – open, airy, flexible, collaborative and bright – reflects these values. originally designed by architect James mcdiarmid in 1912, the revillon building served as the northern canadian HQ for revillon Frères, a fur-trading and wholesale company based in Paris. The dialog studio is located in the attached revillon Annex, a former fur warehouse that had sat abandoned for years. The designers stripped it back to its original architecture, exposing a board-form concrete ceiling, original brick walls and cast-inplace concrete columns.

The design concept is anchored by a double-volume space located in the centre of the studio flanking the public street. A raised floor was removed, allowing the main reception and meeting space to be at street level, with the studio and amenity spaces on the surrounding upper level. extensive new exterior windows engage the neighbourhood.

A generous central gathering space – which encourages collaboration across project teams – connects the north and south studios. Adjacent to this space are glass-fronted team rooms, which open to the studios and provided quiet areas for collaboration or independent work. “our new space brings everyone together on one floor,” says dialog intern architect michael rivest. “The open plan fosters creativity and embodies our culture of integrated design.”

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Clockwise from above The office is located in the Revillon Annex, a former fur warehouse with very good bones, stripped back to its original architecture; the generously glazed main reception area, at street level, engages the neighbourhood; in this view from behind the reception desk, stairs on the left lead to the north studio, while stairs on the right lead to the south studio.

Photography by Tom Arban

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From top Connecting the north and south studios is a large central gathering space; brand-new skylights in the north studio keep the space light and airy.

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Park Property Management manages rental accommodations across southern Ontario.

It’s a family-owned business, whose core values are long-standing relationships, quality, craftsmanship and family. Says Quadrangle Architects principal Caroline Robbie of the client, “This a company with a large portfolio that behaves like your friendly local shopkeeper rather than a faceless corporation.”

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life. We aimed to capture the romance of that era in a modern workplace.” The client was more than game; the programming requirements were simple: a few private offices, open workstations for staff, and document storage for 12 buildings managed from the location.

The whole was designed on an open plan, with two private offices that maximize light from both the south and north faces. Entering the office area through the elevator, the visitor encounters a cozy lobby space with a low ceiling; the walls are papered with a black-and-gold micro-print custom developed by Quadrangle from Park Property’s logo. A few steps in is a lightfilled, high-ceilinged “living room” popu-

lated with lounge chairs, compact sofa and coffee table.

Colours and patterns reminiscent of the era complement the original terrazzo flooring and integrate with custom walnut millwork and carpet tiles used to mimic area rugs. Contemporary workstations hobnob with classic pieces by Herman Miller. Beyond the workstations is an open meeting area with bright-orange shell chairs and smaller lounge area.

As Don Draper once said (Season one, “The Wheel”), “Nostalgia: it’s delicate, but potent… In Greek, ‘nostalgia’ literally means ‘the pain from an old wound.’ It’s a twinge in your heart more potent than memory alone.”

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From left In the main working area, contemporary workstations meet current workplace ergonomic and technology requirements; the light-filled, high-ceilinged “living room” is populated by lounge chairs, a coffee table and a compact sofa – set on carpet tiles by Interface, used to mimic area rugs; in the open meeting area (including small lounge), bright-orange shell chairs contrast with original terrazzo flooring.

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By For. Design Planning

Based in Montreal, Ludia is a fast-growing video-game developer and publisher specializing in interactive entertainment based on board games and game shows (among its portfolio: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Family Feud, Jurassic Park and Who Wants to be a Millionaire). When the company took over the floor above its existing studios in Old Montreal, nearly doubling in size, it challenged For. Design Planning to develop – in a space of 9,600 square feet – a workshop for 24 artists, IT lab, server room and multi-purpose lounge.

At the heart of the new office is an existing gateway with staircase, which links the two levels; bathed in a scintillating saturated orange, it also serves as a transition zone between the upper floor’s two areas: artist production lab and recreational lounge.

Architectural screens with tackboard surfaces subdivide the open studio space.

The lighting allows for different scenarios influenced by seasonal sun cycles and specific team tasks. Adjoining the workshop are multiple formal and informal collaborative spaces with full access to various technologies.

The heart of the office is the lounge, an expansive space for relaxation, exchange, events, conferences, parties, projection of Ludia sports games – and just plain fun. An explosion of colour and textures on a black background, it’s housed in a century-old space the designers stripped of finishes, keeping the original plaster molding, preserved and restored by local artisans. A large wall created by graffiti artists En Masse references video games produced by the company. The pièce de résistance is the “beach,” complete with carpet “lawn,” umbrellas and chaise longues.

Says For. Design Planning principal André Davignon, “We had a dream team: everyone worked in the same direction and the client trusted us. The project relates to them; it is coherent with the culture, the vision and the mission of the company.

They really use the space and enjoy it.”

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Photography by Stéphane Brügger

From top At the heart of the office is a gateway bathed in saturated orange - linking Ludia’s two levels (stairs are seen at left), and connecting the upper floor’s recreational lounge (glimpsed at centre rear) and artist production lab (foreground, featuring formal and informal collaborative spaces); in the production lab, freestanding elements made of wood, cork and aluminum punctuate the open space and serve as production boards for each project unit.

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Clockwise from above left The social heart and soul of the office, the large recreational lounge - an explosion of materials and colours on a black background – features a retro café/bar/prepping area (with a dazzling multi-colour mosaic by Olympia Tile); staff and guests can relax at the “beach” (complete with chaise longues, umbrellas and a grass-green carpet by Interface), play a game of pool, or test the latest project; comfy couches beside a giant mural by Montreal artist-collective group En Masse, referencing Ludia’s video games, beckon – as do white metal chairs around café tables.

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By Andrea Kantelberg Design

Toronto’s 52 Pick-up was founded in 1998 to help clients create brand identities that stand out; while the company was founded with a focus on design, the team has since expanded to include experts in web design, social media and strategic planning. To create a brand-appropriate design for branding experts, Andrea Kantelburg first set out to identify the core qualities of the agency: “Serious but laid back, humorous, creative, dynamic and original.”

The trick was to fit, in an L-shaped space, 22 desks, two boardrooms, communal-table area, reception area, admin office, production room and kitchen. Says Kantelberg, “The beautiful ‘A-ha!’ moment happened when I thought of the desks as a shape, rather than objects, and drew them as 25-foot-rectangular tables times two.” In the main workspace area, these two sets of tables are separated by a high table with stools. “behind each desk is a two-drawer filing cabinet for paperwork, concealed beneath floor-to-ceiling bookshelves with cubbies,” says Kantelberg.

“The bookshelves were designed to enhance the height of the space; the graphic repetition of the square shape creates visual interest.”

Kantelberg designed the furniture herself, in collaboration with local artisans. ditto the striking wall installation fabricated from scrap pieces of wood, pieced together like a puzzle with natural imperfections intact, enveloping the space with warmth.

Tying everything together are the choice of authentic materials (marble, metal, concrete, glass and wood) and the purity of white (suggesting an immaculate blank canvas).

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Clockwise from above Past the lightly glazed entrance, the reception area features a massive concrete column and a wood wall installation enveloping the space with warmth; in the main workspace area, two sets of 25-foot-long tables are separated by a high table with stools; in this view from reception, the communal area (with Plumen pendants hanging at random heights) is at left and the smaller of two boardrooms at right.

Photography by david bagosy

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We’re not your typical law firm” Pink Larkin Lawyers

By Design360 Inc.

A leading law firm in Atlantic Canada, with both national and international clients, Pink Larkin is recognized for legal excellence and social justice. Its progressive corporate culture sets it apart from competitors. The firm recently relocated to a new building overlooking the historic Halifax Public Gardens; a single large floor plate provided room to grow and improved staff communication.

The principals of Pink Larkin invited Design360 to “challenge all preconceived notions of what a law firm should look like.” As legal professionals who represent 44 CANADIAN INTERIORS November/december 2014

unionized workers, they asked that the office space not only be environmentally sensitive, but also be built by unionized trades, using as much local wood as humanly possible.

The design team created a warm, welcoming space, making use of polished concrete floors, red brick, locally sourced maple and spruce, natural felt fabric and area rug, and exposed plenum ceiling.

Design360 commissioned key custom furniture pieces from local artisans and designed lighting to accentuate the firm’s exceptional art collection.

Meeting rooms are consolidated into one large hospitality-driven area, allowing the space to serve as a social gathering space for firm functions and after-hours client events. In this area, a wooden corridor serves as a modern reminder of the Halifax boardwalk that the firm’s previous office overlooked.

As managing principal and founding partner Ron Pink is quoted as saying in Progress Magazine, “Space makes a lot of difference. People like the freshness and the airiness of this office. I think our ideas are cleaner. Our minds are cleaner.” c I Photography by Halifax Digital Images

Counterclockwise from above Art provides a focus in one of the many meeting rooms; a wooden corridor serves as a reminder of the Halifax boardwalk the firm’s previous office overlooked; in the reception area, polished concrete and locally sourced maple keep thing light; the internal “casual meeting room” overlooks the historic Halifax Public Gardens.

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I spent three days in September in Paris in the “now”: two days at Maison & Objet’s now! design à vivre and a day at M&O’s now! le off.

For the uninitiated, showwithin-a-show now! design à vivre occupies Hall 8 at Paris’s pleasant Parc des Expositions; and show-outside-the-show now! le off takes place at Les Docks: Cité de la Mode et du Design, an artful industrial space on the banks of the Seine between Gare d’Austerlitz and the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand.

The former features the coolest indoor and outdoor furniture at Maison & Objet, from both large and small companies; the latter showcases the work of “emerging talents and young artists.”

This edition of now! le off – now in its third year – was a truly international affair: on hand were 110 designers from 20 different countries.

Both shows are highlights of Paris Design Week, also in its third year, turning the City of Light into Design Central.

In the following pages, you’ll find my favourite indoor and outdoor introductions at now! design à vivre (pages 48-50) and three innovative items that drew me in at now! le off (page 51).

When I wasn’t inside checking out the latest design, I was strolling though the grand avenues, squares, boulevards, formal gardens and narrow, meandering street of Paris – whose charms keep a person firmly in the “now.”

—By Michael Totzke Inside/outside Lansdowne sofa

by Terence Woodgate for SCP (see page 49); Yard chair by Stefan Diez for Emu (see page 50).

IN & out in Paris Highlights of Maison & Objet, summer 2014 edition.

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1-Czech fusion Based in the Czech Republic, Brokis keeps alive the age-old Bohemian glassblowing tradition.

The Capsula pendant light designed by Lucie Koldova is composed of two convex capsules, one overlapping the other and then fusing into a singular sculptural form. brokis.cz 2-Light & heavy Hamburg’s Concrete Home Design aims to “make concrete beautiful.” Case in point: its new Lamp Idée Folle, designed by Clément Terreng, which adds crystal glass and textile cable to the rough-with-the-smooth mix of materials. concrete-home-design.com

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3-Go with the flow For a first collaboration with Matière Grise, the design team of Andrea Quaglio and Manuela Simonelli created the aluminum Ponant coffee table. Meant to mimic a lightweight flowing fabric, the metal is folded in soft, curving lines. Ponant is available in a wide range of colours. If desired, two tables can be stacked to form a two-colour box – “rather like a simplified origami.” matieregrise-decoration.fr 4-Early bird Lee Jung Hoon – part of the sizable Korea Craft & Design Foundation contingent at Maison & Objet – creates and constructs furniture of uncommon

delicacy. His Wormhole Cabinet is made of red oak and aluminum. From a technical perspective, bending, wood turning and ottchil (traditional Korean lacquer art) are the main techniques used to make this work. kcdf.kr 5-Inside the box A multitude of intros from Normann Copenhagen included Box, created by Peter Johansen. Says the designer, “Even though the Box table is made of lacquered steel, it has a light feel, just like when two pieces of paper are glued together.” Available in two sizes, it comes in cream, cement grey, turquoise, blue green and midnight blue. normanncopenhagen.com

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6-Neon bright The elegant Neon table designed by Sebastian Herkner for Paris-based Haymann is available in round and oval versions, both small or large, in pink, green or orange. It’s made of onyx, acrylic and steel. haymanneditions.com 7-Classic lines Terence Woodgate designed the Lansdowne sofa – a low-lying modern interpretation of the classic English chesterfield – for London’s SCP. It’s also available as a conventional armchair or chaise longue, or as a versatile modular sofa system to allow for L-shaped configurations. scp.co.uk

8-Easy does it Home-furnishings companies Fab, Massivkonzept and One Nordic have come together to create the online “global home for design” Hem, based in Berlin: “Our heart is truly global, with teams working from Berlin, Helsinki, New York, Pune [India], Stockholm and Warsaw.” Among its debut collection is the Alle table by Staffan Holm, made of oak and birch, and able to be assembled without tools. hem.com 9-Dual personality Among the offerings from La Subtile ­– a new creative industrial studio in Rennes, France – is Pupitre, a metal bench for kids that transforms

into a desk. According to the young designers, “Pupitre is an emblematic creation of the La Subtile studio, representing its values of freshness, industrial creativity and refinement.” lasubtile.fr 10-Et tu, Bruut?

Says Dutch designer Ruud van Oosterhout of the latest addition to his Bruut furniture collection, the Maison Deleneau sofa, “I never had the urge to design a sofa until I met a couple who asked me to make one for their boutique hotel.” After much experimentation, the result is a sleek beast in traditional fabrics like mohair. A poof is also available. bruutdesign.com

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Yard is available in a new matte finish in black, red, blue, brown, white and a fresh shade of green. emu.it 2-In bloom Lotus is the name of a collection from My Croisette, comprising planter, lamp and lounge chair, all made of polyethylene. The latter - suitable for use both indoors and outdoors - is

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designed to resemble the silhouette of a lotus flower; several of them can be stacked onto a spindle for storage. mycroisette.com 3-Here comes le soleil Maiori Design’s La Lampe is a state-of-the-art collection of solar lamps. It draws its inspiration from the historical streets of Paris; back in 1677, its réverbères (gas lamps) earned the French capital the nickname City of Light. La Lampe can be used as both a hanging or standing lamp. maiori.com 4-On the double Based in Burgundy, Binome – the duo of Ingrid ¯

Michel and Frédéric Pain - designs its own furniture and sculpture: “We are inspired by everything we see in our environment, including nature.” The Akène bench brings together raw concrete, smooth resin and oak. binomedesign.com 5-Bilingual Through a collaboration with famed Londonbased designer Terence Conran, Fermob has created a fusion of British and French outdoor living styles. The Kintbury table and chairs feature the intricate cast-iron work that is a hallmark of the quintessential French furniture manufacturer. fermob.com

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greetings on the website: “To our dearest students who will begin a new era with fearsome intelligence and burning ambition! Our Charter is premised on creative, practical and competent humanistic principles that are founded on truth, justice and love for the past 70 years.”) I couldn’t take my eyes off their Flavor-Ambient, a table inspired by the process and ceremony of drinking blended tea, with its various flavours and scents.

In the trio’s rather poetic words, “Just as blended tea refreshes our daily lives, we wanted to express that sensibility in our furniture.

Various polymers containing water and light are in harmony and make a pleasant and light atmosphere.”

3-Crowd favourite In 2012, Sylvain Charpiot and Samuel Javelle met at a campus FabLab creation project in Lyon, France. They have since created a robotic arm 3D printer that they refer to as Galatea, named after the sculpture made by Pygmalion, the mythological Greek sculptor; this Galatea is capable of 3D printing very large objects, including furniture. As the newly formed company Drawn, Charpiot and Javelle showed a chair and vases.

The layer quality of these objects is extremely uniform, smooth and consistent, creating an eye-catching effect. drawn.fr

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With a grand gesture – folding the roof down to the ground – bortolotto Design Architect fashions a dramatically different residence north of Toronto.

—by Leslie C. Smith

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The House in Kings Cross is a perfect example of a rebuild gone terribly right (so right, in fact, that it recently picked up an ARIDO Award of Merit). Start with one mid-’60s-era home situated on 2.3 acres in King City township, an upscale country neighbourhood half an hour north of Toronto. Add in a client couple, Rebecca and George, with the smarts to see that a completely new structure would be far more accommodating to their needs than a costly remodel. Then stir things up by hiring Tania Bortolotto, principal of Toronto’s Bortolotto Design Architect. A partisan of natural light, sensuous curves and, when called for, the grand gesture, Bortolotto crafted a space true to her maxim that “the site and its context can’t be separated.”

Situated on the border of Southern Ontario’s Oak Ridges Moraine, a geological landform filled with deep river valleys and rolling hills, the new split-level home was built with minimal invasion on its predecessor’s footprint. But there the similarities between the two houses – or, indeed, any other house – ends.

At the front, the facade performs a playful riff on the mansard roofs of farmhouses found in the region, folding all the way down to the ground and enveloping two sides of the home. Triple-layered grey slate, held on the diagonal by exposed stainless-steel clips, flips traditional roof patterning on its side. Its dark texture is prevented from complete dominance by the sheer relief of a glassed-in mahogany portico entrance, as well as slashes of a two-level window to the left and a high clerestory opening on the right.

The roof-cum-wall acts both as a street-side privacy screen and an abrupt break from the rest of the world. Once you enter the home and move past the floor-toceiling teak that divides hallway from kitchen enclave, you are in a space that both embraces the natural and defies the conventional.

Generous windows and a huge, sinuous glass wall that stretches across the structure’s entire back length and rises a full two storeys from cedar deck to cedar soffits bring the beauty of the pastoral setting into the home at every turn. The interior’s neutral palette of light wood, oyster white and dashes of granite grey allows nature to play centre stage, obviating the need for other artwork.

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Photos: top by Tom Arban; above and opposite by Shai Gil

Poetry in motion At the main entrance (opposite top), stairs lead to the great room (this page and opposite bottom). The architect’s overhead, inverted paean to the area’s rollicking landscape balances the room’s extra-large dimensions, adding unexpected grace notes of intimacy and whimsy. The ceiling morphs into an upper-level pod, containing bedrooms and bathrooms, each with its own stupendous view.

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In and of itself Throughout the house, spacious windows and open stair risers maximize the circulation of natural light, further reflected in polished floors. A neutral palette of light wood, oyster white and dashes of granite grey allows exteriors views to act as “environmental artwork.”

edge of the kitchen area and morphs into dual built-in desks, remain lost to the casual observer, however. Eye and mind instead are captured and held by the symphonic sweep of the great room’s ceiling. It dramatically swoops down to cradle the upstairs bedroom level. It curves and billows out, almost touching the inward slope of the front wall (“The 58 CANADIAN INTERIORS November/december 2014

drywallers hated us,” Tania Bortolotto comments dryly). It is like a living, breathing thing, replete with scenic parallels to the backyard landscape of lowering ravine and rising hills.

The ever-changing dimensions seem to make the house breathe too. “Throughout the home,” says Bortolotto, “you find compression and expansion. There are lots

of surprises as you move through the space – including the fact that there are so many spots where it feels surprisingly intimate.

Your focus also changes, from exterior to interior and back again.”

Just like the view that both informs and envelops the House in Kings Cross, nothing remains static. Yet everything simply exudes tranquility. c I Photo by Tom Arban

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ARIDO AWARDS

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The annual gala dinner to announce the winners of the ARIDO (Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario) Awards moved this year to the Westin Harbour Castle Conference Centre.

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1—Jeremy Vandermeij, director of marketing, IIDEXCanada, Informa; Carrie Stinson, senior designer, Dialog; Silke Stadtmueller, VP and architect, Johnson Chou; Martin Spreer, publisher, Canadian Interiors; and the eponymous Johnson Chou.

2—David Feldberg, president, and Jane Henderson, senior A&D market manager, Teknion; Suzanne Bettencourt, principal, Figure3; and Michel Arcand, principal, In8 Design.

3—Nuno Moreira, senior designer, Gensler; Jillian Warren (foreground), senior associate, Perkins+Will; and IBI Group’s Paula Margaritis, senior designer, and Sarah-Lynn Schnare, interior designer.

4—Designstead principals Jeff Wortley, Andrew Gallici and Bradley Marks.

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DESIGN BY NATURE AT THE BRICK WORKS

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HRH the Crown Prince of Denmark graced a champagne reception at the Klaus by Nienkämper store to celebrate a CanadianDanish design collaboration. Nienkämper will make and sell Randers+Radius’s Grip Table for North America; Randers+Radius will do likewise with Nienkämper’s Gateway collection for Europe.

1—Klaus Nienkämper, Sr., president of Nienkämper (at right) with visitors from Denmark: Niels Kastrup, owner, Randers+Radius; HRH Crown Prince Frederik; and His Excellency Niels Boel Abrahamsen, ambassador.

2—Fashion consultant J.S. Vann, creative director, Dirtysox Creative; II BY IV Design principal Keith Rushbrook; Melanie Coates, director, marketing and business development at Newfoundland’s trendy Fogo Island Inn; and II BY IV Design principal Dan Menchions.

3—Valerie Gow, partner, Gow Hastings Architects; architect Meg Graham, principal, Superkül; and interior designer Helen Cordeiro, principal, Creative Scale, flank Canadian Interiors editor Michael Totzke (sitting on Danish design team Busk+Herzog’s Bass chair, designed exclusively for Nienkämper for open-office areas where you need a little privacy for a phone call, say).

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The winning artistic teams of the third annual Teknion-sponsored Design by Nature sustainable-design competition were honoured at Evergreen Brick Works.

All seven pieces comprise at least 50-per-cent recycled or pre-existing materials, including discarded city wood from last year’s ice storm and from architectural salvage.

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2—Andrew Jordan, carpentry and design assistant at upholstered-furniture maker Whittington & Co.; Miles Keller, principal, Dystil, and Best of Show winner; designer Nihan Basak; and Moriyama and Teshima architect Christian Simionescu.

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The Swan and Egg chairs, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 as part of the interiors program for his SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, have attained the status of mid-century-modern design icons. A few dozen of their smaller sister chair, Egg, evoking Mr. Conehead, were made for the hotel bar, but the hotel’s manager promptly yanked them, sending the chair into a Rip Van Winkle slumber. To celebrate Drop’s relaunch, manufacturer Fritz Hansen and the Danish embassy hosted a luncheon at Evergreen Brick Works.

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2—American architect and Danish design expert Michael Sheridan and Style at Home associate editor Sara Cation flank a Drop chair.

3—Sue Gravelle, director, professional development, Interior Designers of Canada; design marketer Matthew Searle; Stephen Teeple, partner, Teeple Architects; and Mitchell Hall, principal, KPMB Architects.

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1—Ryerson’s Michelle Dionne, graduate program director, psychology; architect Andrew Frontini, principal and design director, Perkins+Will; Elisabeth Stroback, executive lead, capital projects and real estate, Ryerson; and Michael Buckley, VP at structural engineers Halsall Associates.

2—Rye Hi quartet: Ryerson’s Elaine Santa Mina, associate director, post diploma degree program, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing; Audrey McEvenue, fourth-year nutrition and food student; Usha George, dean, Faculty of Community Services; and Donald Rose, Cockwell School director.

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SHINE AWARDS British Columbia’s interior design community gathered at the Vancouver Convention Centre to fëte the winners of the 31st annual IDIBC (Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia) Shine Awards. (Photos by Julia Marincat, Marincate Photography) 1— Santiago Arcila, designer, SSDG; and Abigail Stephens, designer, Earls Design.

2— Stantec in the house: designers Erin Saucier and Namyi Gwag; senior interior designers Harry Berg and Beth Thompson; and interior designer Annie Hsu. 3—Terri Burkhart, principal owner, MTSquare Interiors Agency; Michael Blackburn, principal, Blackburn Young Office Solutions; and Rebecca Phillips, sales rep Western Canada, Momentum Textiles.

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That Was Then

Good intentions Introduced in 1964, Herman Miller’s Action Office revolutionized the workplace – in ways both enslaving and liberating.

—By Michael Totzke

In the April 1965 issue of Canadian Interiors, assistant editor Susan Gemmell reported on Herman Miller’s Action Office, a colourful new line of furniture meant to promote activity in the workplace. Inventor Robert Propst had researched the project for three years; innovative industrial designer George Nelson created the furniture. As Gemmell put it, “Everything in the series has a specific function. The tables and chairs are various heights and sizes but all the legs are out of the way and the writing surfaces are smooth. Every corner is rounded. Filing space and thus the files are at hand for immediate use; the built-in cabinets can be covered quickly for privacy and a second working surface. The Action Office provides an

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environment which simplifies procedure and so speeds thought.”

Though hailed in the design press, Action Office proved too modern for conservative office managers and didn’t sell. So it was back to the drawing board for Propst and Nelson, who were soon fighting over how to proceed. Unable to come to an agreement, Nelson was taken off the project and Propst was free to explore his notion of allowing the employee a degree of privacy. The final result was Action Office II, which enclosed the entire workstation on three sides with interlocking adjustable walls covered by tackboards.

Released in 1968, Action Office II was an unprecedented success, quickly copied by other manufacturers. As Nikil

Saval writes in his recent book Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace, “But the copycat Action Offices were starting to have strange, unforeseen effects on other workplaces. Rather than making them more flexible, they in fact appeared to be making them more regimented.”

Herman Miller dropped the Action Office I series in 1970; in 1978, Action Office II was simplified to Action Office and continues to carry that name today.

In 1997, Robert Propst said that he hoped his ideas would “give knowledge workers a more flexible, fluid environment than the rat-maze boxes of offices,” but regretted that these ideas had evolved to just the opposite, saying “the cubicle-izing of people in modern corporations is monolithic insanity.” c I

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dimensions magazine VOL. 4 /2014

12 pg.

idc board of management conseil d’administration IDC Board of Management 2014/15 Denis Chouinard, President, QC/Président, Qc Aandra Currie Shearer, 1st VP, BC/1ère Vice-présidente, C.-B. Clinton Hummel, 2nd VP, ON/2e Vice-président, Ont. Ada Bonini, Past President, BC/Présidente sortante, C.-B. Anne-Marie Legault, Director/Treasurer, QC-Directrice/ Trésorière, Qc Kimberley Murphy, Director/Secretary, NB-Directrice/ Secrétaire, N.-B Ellyn Berg, Director, SK/Directrice, Sask.

Karla Korman, Director, MB/Directrice, Man. Michele Roach, Director, AB/Directrice, Alb. Fran Underwood, Director, NS/Directrice, N.-É.

Sally Mills, Director, BC/Directrice, C.-B. Caroline Robbie-Montgomery, Director, ON/Directrice, Ont. Amy Barbour, Director, NL/Directrice, T.-N.-L. Kara MacGregor, Director at Large, NS/Administratrice générale, N.-É.

Jason Kasper, Director at Large, MB/Administrateur général, Man. Andy Stilin, Director, Industry, BC/Directrice, industrie, C.-B. Karin Vandenberg, Director, Intern, ON/Directrice, stagiaire, Ont. Susanne Koltai, Director, Education, QC/Directrice, éducation, Qc Trevor Kruse, IIDEXCanada Liaison, ON/Liaison avec IIDEX, Ont. David Gibbons, Chair, Board of Governors, ON/Directeur, Conseil des gouverneurs, Ont. Susan Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer, ON/Chef de la direction, Ont.

Dimensions is the official magazine of IDC (Interior Designers of Canada) ©2010 Dimensions est le magazine officiel des dic (Designers d’interiéur du Canada) ©2010

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Under New Management Sous un nouveau régime Less hierarchy, more all-opinions-welcome.

Is holacracy the next big thing in office structure, or just another name for how your design firm is already run?

Moins de hiérarchie. L’opinion de tous est la bienvenue. L’ «holacratie» sera-t-elle le cadre pour les bureaux du futur ou juste un autre terme pour définir comment votre firme de design est déjà administrée?

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Healthy Buildings Des bâtiments sains A new approach to health and wellness in the built environment. How the WELL Building Standard will change the spaces in which we live, work and play.

Une nouvelle approche de la santé et du bien-être dans l’environnement bâti.

Comment la norme WELL Building Standard changera les espaces dans lesquels nous vivons, travaillons et jouons.

dimensions team l’équipe de dimensions Publisher/Éditrice : Susan Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer, IDC Chef de la direction, DIC swiggins@idcanada.org Editor/Éditrice : Julia Salerno, Manager, Communications, IDC Directrice des communications des DIC dimensions@idcanada.org Editorial Advisory Board/ L’Équipe éditoriale : Donna Assaly, AB/Alb. Lise Boucher, MB/Man. David Chu, SK/Sask Ron Hughes, ON/Ont. Johane Lefrançois-Deignan, ON/Ont. Carolyn Maguire, NS/ N.-É.

Susan Steeves, BC/ C.-B. canadian interiors team l’équipe de canadian interiors Publisher/Éditeur : Martin Spreer, mspreer@canadianinteriors.com Deputy Editor/Éditeur : Peter Sobchak, psobchak@canadianinteriors.com Art Director/Directeur artistique : Ellie Robinson erobinson@bizinfogroup.ca French Translation/Traduction française : Pierre-Éric Villeneuve

10/11 Q + A/ Q&R 18/19 legal corner/ le coin juridique 20/21 marketplace/ le marché 22/23 trade talks/ pourparlers 24 industry members/ membres d’industrie

idc staff l’équipe des dic Susan Wiggins Chief Executive Officer/Chef de la direction Irma Kemp Executive Assistant/Assistante administrative Maya Vnukovsky Administrative Assistant /Assistante administrative Tony Sienes Manager, Accounting/Directeur des finances Jaime Shea Director, Business Development /Directrice, Développement des affaires Sue Gravelle Director, Professional Development / Directrice, Développement professionnel Gustavo Espinola Member Services Coordinator/Coordonnateur des services aux membres Debora Abreu Manager, Marketing Barbora Krsiakova Marketing Coordinator/Coordonnatrice de marketing Julia Salerno Manager, Communications/Directrice des communications Sarah Bradbury Communications Coordinator/Coordonnatrice des communications

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Summer is now a distant memory, and there is still a lot of winter ahead of us. As we bid farewell to warmer weather, we also say goodbye to spending lots of our time outdoors. Long walks, late nights on the patio, sitting at the water’s edge, all will be replaced with winter activities, which might include skiing, snowboarding, skating, or celebrating the magical holiday season.

It’s funny that as Canadians, we either love or hate winter. We might be proud Canadians, but we’re not necessarily happy Canadians between January and March.

A January, 2014 survey – conducted when old man winter was being relentless – indicated that 75% of Canadians were sick of the hand that mother nature had dealt us. Only 25% of Canadians had chosen to embrace the wintery white and bitterly cold conditions.

As we embrace the 2015 winter season, let’s find new ways to celebrate being part of Canada’s interior design community. Let’s be true Canadians! But let’s be Canadians, indoors – admiring the work of our profession. IDC’s tagline is – “Professionals designing exceptional spaces – Where you live, work, and play.” Let’s – as IDC members – spend the winter discovering those exceptional spaces.

Recently, both Ontario and British Columbia held their awards ceremonies.

Winning projects included numerous restaurants, hotels, community centres, and condo sales centres and model suites. All spaces open to the public and viewable by you. Two world renowned museums opened in September this year; the Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg and the Agha Kahn Museum in Toronto. Brian Everton, PIDIM member was the accessibility consultant for the Human Rights Museum and tells a fascinating story of his involvement on the project.

Whether it’s the work of our members, our architectural colleagues or an international designer, whether the project is where you live, where you will stay on your winter vacation, or in the restaurant where you had the worst or best meal ever, there are endless opportunities to be indoors to appreciate good interior design. There are

Denis Chouinard, President/Président Susan Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer/Chef de la direction

L’été est désormais derrière nous et il y a encore tout l’hiver à nos portes. Tandis que nous disons au revoir aux températures plus chaudes, nous savons que le temps passé à l’extérieur est terminé. Les longues marches, les longues soirées passées sur les terrasses près de l’eau, tout cela sera remplacé par les activités extérieures de l’hiver, qui peuvent inclure le ski, le patin ou simplement célébrer le Temps des Fêtes.

C’est amusant de voir comment les Canadiens aiment ou détestent l’hiver. Nous sommes peut-être fiers d’être Canadiens, mais nous ne le sommes pas toujours entre janvier et mars. Le sondage de janvier 2014, complété au moment où l’hiver était le plus retors, indique que 75 % des Canadiens étaient fatigués de dépendre de Dame nature. Seulement 25 % des Canadiens étaient en harmonie avec les blancheurs de l’hiver et les températures les plus froides.

Tandis que nous embrassons la saison hivernale 2015, trouvons de nouvelles manières de célébrer le fait que nous faisons partie de la communauté du design d’intérieur du Canada. Soyons de vrais Canadiens! Mais soyons des Canadiens de l’intérieur, en admirant le travail de notre profession. Le credo des DIC est «Des professionnels qui créent des espaces exceptionnels. Ou vous vivez, travaillez et jouez.»

Prenons le temps, comme membre des DIC, de découvrir ces espaces exceptionnels.

Récemment, l’Ontario et la Colombie-Britannique ont tenu leur cérémonie de prix. Les projets gagnants comprennent de nombreux restaurants, des hôtels, des centres communautaires, des centres de ventes de condos et des espaces modèles. Ce sont des espaces ouverts au public et vous pouvez les visiter. Deux musées réputés ont ouvert leur porte en septembre, le Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne de Winnipeg et le Musée Agha Kahn de Toronto. Brian Everton, membre de PIDIM, était le consultant des questions d’accessibilité pour le Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne et raconte l’histoire fascinante de son implication dans ce projet.

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plenty of warm and inviting spaces to admire the work that you do every day and to see the impact that it has on the people who use the space. You create space that matters. Let’s spend the winter finding some excellent examples.

In Januar y, IDC will launch a social media campaign inviting you to share “Canada: The Great Indoors.” We want to learn how you are inspired by the spaces that surround you indoors. We want to share those stories with the public to inspire them, to educate them, to tell our story. Watch for details of our campaign and contest in our newly designed idconnects newsletter.

Happy winter, everyone!

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“There are plenty of warm and inviting spaces to admire the work that you do and to see the impact you make on the people who use the space.”

«Il y a plusieurs espaces chaleureux et invitants qui permettent d’apprécier le travail que vous faites tous les jours et de voir son impact sur les individus qui habitent et utilisent les espaces.»

Qu’il s’agisse du travail de nos membres, de nos collègues en architecture ou d’un designer international, que le projet soit où vous vivez, où vous resterez lors de vos vacances hivernales ou encore d’un restaurant où vous avez déjà mangé le meilleur ou le pire repas de votre vie, il y a mille occasions d’être à l’intérieur et d’apprécier un design d’intérieur supérieur. Il y a plusieurs espaces chaleureux et invitants qui permettent d’admirer le travail que vous faites tous les jours et de voir son impact sur les individus qui habitent et utilisent les espaces. Vous créez des espaces qui comptent. Passons l’hiver à trouver des exemples de design d’intérieur excellents.

En janvier prochain, les DIC lanceront la campagne «Canada : les grands intérieurs » sur les médias sociaux. Nous voulons savoir comment vous êtes inspirés par les espaces intérieurs qui vous entourent.

Nous voulons partager ces récits avec le public pour les inspirer, les informer et pour raconter notre histoire. Surveillez les détails de notre campagne et de notre concours dans le nouveau bulletin idconnects.

Je souhaite un bel hiver à tous et chacun!

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Q+A Q&R

Dimensions speaks with IDC member Gary Hewson.

Le magazine Dimensions échange avec le membre des DIC, Gary Hewson.

By / Par Julia Salerno

How did you decide on a career in interior design? What path did you take through your career to get where you are today?

As a young child I was always fascinated with buildings and houses. A friend of the family told me about Ryerson’s interior design program, and I was immediately interested. I was fortunate that my high school had many ways to help me prepare for my future. I also had an art teacher who was very interested in my path to becoming a design student.

At the time, Ryerson was one of two institutions offering a degree in design, and although I was accepted into other programs, I was interested in having a degree.

After graduation, I accepted a full-time job as a junior designer for a national department store and grew to love retail design. From there I joined a national bank and designed banks and offices for them for several years.

After practicing interior design for eight years, I made the decision to transition into the industry and worked with different manufacturers from flooring to furniture for many years.

What inspired your decision to change careers from an interior designer to an industry professional, and then back to an interior designer? Tell me about that journey.

I made the decision to move from interior designer to industry professional after the purchase of my first home. I liked the flexibility it offered and the compensation was much more attractive to me at the time.

At first I missed the creativity of design work, however I quickly found ways to introduce creativity through expanding presentations, or creating them, and through working with others in a team.

In 2013 I moved from Toronto to Kingston for family reasons. I also realized I hadn’t worked anywhere but Toronto and it was time for a change. In the fall of 2013, I took

Name: Gary Hewson What I like the most: How social and tight-knit the industry is.

What I like the least: Lack of professional recognition from our provincial governments.

Nom: Gary Hewson Ce que j’apprécie le plus: Comment l’industrie est sociale et solidaire.

Ce que j’apprécie le moins: Le manque de reconnaissance professionnelle par nos gouvernements provinciaux.

Comment avez-vous décidé de faire carrière en design d’intérieur? Quelle trajectoire avez-vous privilégiée dans votre carrière pour arriver là où vous êtes aujourd’hui?

Lorsque j’étais jeune, j’étais fasciné par les bâtiments et les maisons. Un ami de la famille m’a parlé du programme de design d’intérieur de l’Université Ryerson et cela m’a immédiatement intéressé. J’ai été chanceux, car mon école secondaire avait plusieurs atouts et pouvait m’aider à préparer mon avenir. J’avais également un professeur en arts plastiques qui s’était intéressé à mon parcours pour devenir un étudiant en design. À ce moment là, Ryerson était l’une des deux institutions offrant un programme de design, et même si j’étais accepté dans les autres programmes, je voulais obtenir un diplôme. Après la graduation, j’ai accepté un emploi comme designer junior pour un grand magasin national. J’ai alors commencé a apprécier le design du commerce de détail. J’ai ensuite travaillé pour une banque nationale pendant plusieurs années.

Après avoir pratiqué le design d’intérieur pendant huit ans, j’ai voulu changer de milieu dans l’industrie. J’ai travaillé pendant plusieurs années pour divers fabricants de revêtements de sol et de meubles.

Qu’est-ce qui a motivé votre décision de changer de carrière, de designer d’intérieur à professionnel de l’industrie, pour devenir à nouveau un designer d’intérieur?

Racontez-nous votre parcours.

J’ai pris la décision de passer du statut de designer d’intérieur à celui de professionnel de l’industrie après avoir acheté ma première maison. J’ai apprécié la flexibilité que cela offrait et, à ce moment là, les avantages de ce travail étaient plus attrayants pour moi.

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all of my experience and opened my own practice.

I’ve enjoyed working here on residential and commercial projects ever since.

What tips or advice can you offer emerging design professionals about the various career paths an interior designer can take?

I would strongly suggest to work first as an interior designer. The knowledge and experience you will gain can give you a competitive edge on the industry side of the business.

W hen I star ted wor k ing as an industr y professional and my clients asked me for sameday samples, or gave me just one day to price something, I understood their deadlines to be very real. Sometimes stuff needs to happen right now, in real time, because your client just asked for it! I wouldn’t have known that if I hadn’t practiced design first.

lead discussions helps contribute to one’s success. Strong communication skills are also an asset in this line of work.

What has been the most memorable moment in your career to date?

My most memorable career moment was when I was president of ARIDO in 2005.

Listening to members’ feedback, working with a diverse board and exceptional staff made for some very interesting times. The exposure to the industry on a much greater scale was incredibly interesting and what was most surprising was how the challenges we faced in Ontario were similar to what other provinces and states are challenged with.

It was extremely rewarding to work alongside so many talented and knowledgeable professionals. That was certainly a very exciting and educational year!

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What makes for a successful interior designer or successful industry professional?

I think the most successful people working in any aspect of design are those who truly listen to what their client wants. Having the knowledge to ask the questions they haven’t thought of and being able to

“Successful people working in design truly listen to what their client wants and have the knowledge to ask them the right questions.”

« Les gens les plus accomplis qui travaillent dans le design sont ceux qui savent réellement écouter ce que veulent leurs clients et qui ont les connaissances pour leur poser les vraies questions »

Au début, je m’ennuyais de la créativité du travail du design. Mais j’ai rapidement trouvé des façons d’intégrer la créativité en élargissant les présentations, ou en les créant, et aussi en collaborant avec les autres membres de l’équipe.

il me donnait 24 heures pour compléter une estimation de produits. J’ai compris rapidement que leurs échéanciers étaient réels. Parfois les choses doivent avoir lieu sur-le-champ, parce que votre client vous le demande! Je n’aurais pas su cela si je n’avais pas exercé mon métier dans le design en premier lieu.

En 2013, j’ai quitté Toronto pour aller vivre à Kingston pour des raisons familiales. Je réalisais aussi que je n’avais pas travaillé ailleurs qu’à Toronto et qu’un changement s’imposait. À l’automne 2013, j’ai rassemblé toutes mes expériences et j’ai ouvert ma propre entreprise. Depuis, j’ai aimé travaillé ici sur des projets résidentiels et commerciaux.

Quels conseils donneriez-vous aux professionnels débutants sur les différents parcours qu’un designer d’intérieur peut envisager?

Je recommanderais fortement de travailler d’abord comme designer d’intérieur. Les connaissances et les expériences que vous gagnerez pourront vous rendre plus compétitif dans le contexte de l’industrie.

Lorsque j’ai commencé à travailler comme professionnel de l’industrie, mes clients me demandaient parfois des échantillons au jour le jour, ou

Qu’est-ce qui fait qu’un designer d’intérieur a réussi?

Je pense que les gens les plus accomplis et qui travaillent dans les divers secteurs du design sont ceux qui savent réellement écouter leurs clients et leurs besoins.

Le fait de savoir comment poser les questions auxquelles ils n’avaient pas pensé et de diriger les discussions contribue à la réussite d’un individu. Le fait d’avoir des aptitudes de communication est un atout dans ce domaine de travail.

Quel a été le moment le plus mémorable de votre carrière jusqu’à aujourd’hui ?

Le moment le plus mémorable de ma carrière est lorsque j’ai été le président d’ARIDO en 2005. Écouter les commentaires des membres et travailler avec un conseil d’administration aussi varié et exceptionnel correspond à une période extraordinaire. Et ce qui est surprenant, c’est de constater comment les défis de l’Ontario sont aussi les mêmes que ceux des autres provinces.

C’était très gratifiant de travailler avec des professionnels aussi talentueux et connaisseurs. Ce fut certainement une année stimulante et éducative!

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under new management sous un nouveau régime

Is holacracy the office framework of the future – or just another name for how your design firm is already run?

L’holacratie sera-t-elle le cadre pour les bureaux du futur ou juste un autre terme pour définir comment votre firme de design est déjà administrée?

By / Par Leslie C. Smith

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A new organizational model called “holacracy,” already in use by several U.S. companies (most notably notfor-profits and those with a strong IT foundation), appears to be gaining in popularity. The process promises zero CEOs, managers, and boards of directors; and only a short corporate ladder to climb.

Developed by entrepreneur, Brian Robertson, and publicly launched in 2007, holacracy places emphasis on consensual, all-opinions-welcome decision-making. The business model shares

Un nouveau modèle orga­ nisationnel, l’«holacratie» est déjà utilisé par plusieurs compagnies aux États-Unis (en particulier auprès des organis­ mes à but non-lucratif et ceux avec une forte fondation IT) et semble gagner en popularité.

Le processus promet le degré zéro des membres exécutifs, des gestionnaires et des conseils de directeurs et, enfin, une très courte échelle corporative à monter.

L’ «holacratie » a été développée par l’entrepreneur Brian Robertson et lancée sur le marché en 2007.

Ce concept met l’emphase sur un processus décisionnel basé sur le consensus, sur le fait que

many similarities with the LEAN/Six Sigma precepts – where pressure for quality and speed drives the requirement for measures that reduce waste and defects – which has been driving most manufacturing firms for the past decade. It empowers employees to make decisions on behalf of the company without consulting supervisors – as long as their actions are in line with a corporate constitution and a set of rules that all workers commit to.

The trademarked name derives from the same Greek root (holos, meaning “whole”) as the word “holistic.” Holacracy views the workplace as a single system functioning through the interaction of autonomous and self-reliant units – “holons” – that nevertheless are still dependent on the greater organizational whole, rather like the way brain cells work on individual synaptic tasks that come together to create a unified thought or action.

In structure it is circular and fluid, as opposed to the rigid triangular hierarchic pattern. Small, self-contained circles are given specific tasks to complete. Semi-regular governance

meetings seek input on each circle’s policies, and elect workers to be responsible for one or several roles that may change over time. The circle establishes its own method of task completion and measurement; a “link” member liaises with other circles to ensure the task is aligned with the broader organization’s mission and strategy. Regular, rapid-fire tactical meetings are also used by each circle to keep track of their task’s progress. Contrary to many media reports, holacracy does not do away with hierarchy. Broader circles umbrella themselves over the smaller circles, with the “lead link” sitting at the top, ensuring that everything runs smoothly.

Proponents of the system, such as Olivier Compagne, partner in the Pennsylvania-based organization HolacracyOne (holacracy.org), say that it provides “clarity of accountability and avoids micromanagement, removes much company red tape while speeding up reaction time in the face of new challenges, and engages employees while engendering creativity and innovation.” Naysayers might point to the

toutes les opinions sont les bienve­ nues. Ce modèle d’affaires partage quelques points avec les principes du LEAN/Six Sigma, où la pression pour la qualité et la rapidité gouvernent les exigences pour mesurer les pertes et les défauts. Ces composantes sont d’ailleurs à la base de toutes les firmes de fabrication pendant les dernières décennies. Ce modèle stimule les employés à prendre des décisions au nom de la compagnie sans superviseur consultant, tant et aussi longtemps que leurs actions restent dans la perspective de la constitution de l’entreprise et des règlements auxquels tous les employés doivent se soumettent.

Le nom de cette marque provient de la racine grecque du mot «holos» qui veut dire «entier» comme dans le mot «holistique». L’holacratie voit le milieu de travail comme un système unique fonctionnant grâce à l’interaction d’unités à la fois autonomes et indépendantes (holons). Ces unités sont toutefois dépendantes d’un tout organisationnel supérieur, un peu comme les cellules du cerveau travaillent à des tâches synaptiques précises et se retrouvent pour créer des pensées et des actions unies.

La structure de l’holacratie est circulaire et fluide, à l’opposé d’un cycle

triangulaire hiérarchique et rigide. Des cercles autonomes doivent accomplir des tâches spécifiques. Il y a des rencontres de gouvernance sur une base semi-régulière pour recueillir les commentaires de chacun des cercles, dans le but de choisir des employés qui seront responsables d’un ou de plusieurs rôles, rôles qui peuvent changer dans le temps. Chacun des cercles établit sa propre méthode de réalisation des tâches et d’évaluation. Un membre de liaison élabore des ponts avec les autres cercles pour assurer que les tâches soient alignées avec la mission et la stratégie de l’organisation au sens large. Des rencontres plus rapides et tactiques sont aussi de rigueur pour chacun des cercles afin de voir au bon déroulement et au progrès de leurs tâches. Contrairement aux rapports des médias, l’holacratie ne fait pas disparaître la hiérarchie. Des cercles plus larges servent de parapluie aux plus petits, un lien leader surveille et veille au bon déroulement de l’ensemble.

Les promoteurs du système, comme Olivier Compagne, partenaire dans l’organisation HolacracyOne (holacracy.org) basée en Pennsylvanie, affirme que cela fournit une «clarté des responsabilités, permet d’éviter la

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weightiness of holacracy’s “constitution,” plus the fact that so many meetings are required to run things properly and upper management still has the final say on all business matters.

Much of this organizational concept will already be familiar to architecture, interior design, consulting and other firms that rely on team synergy and the creative process. According to Jim Fisher, Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, it has also long been followed by such companies as office equipment supplier Pitney Bowes, WLGore of Goretex fame and, as early as 1990, Danish hearing-aid maker Oticon, among others. He does not, however, call it holacracy: “At its essence, it is pretty well exactly what design-type firms have been doing forever. People are organized into teams around a project or subproject. They take on roles which are appropriate to their knowledge, experience and interest. There is a lead, but they are for 99% of their time working along as a team.”

The system, he continues, “works when there are very clear targets and where everyone knows the rules of the game. And it works best in a setting where there is an expectation that people will ‘step up and speak up’ and that behaviour is reinforced.”

Whatever it’s called, Fisher says this organizational structure “likely will become more prevalent,” given the fact that modern work centers more and more on the creative and intellectual.

“There is not that much grinding-it-out, which is better fitted to hierarchies and job descriptions and the like. But even in ‘grind it out’ work settings, project teams are put together to work on specific improvement projects.”

Is it realistic, expecting people who have spent their entire career seeking the top to give up the status of recognized job titles? Is introducing yourself at parties as the “lead link” of a company instead of its “president” going to cause giggles, or force you into a longwinded explanation of the concept?

“Resistance,” says Fisher, “will come from the management group who worked their way up and don’t want to let go of their prerogatives. Most senior people like it, but middle managers hate it. And, yes, you have to be in a really creative industry to get away with those new titles.”

microgestion, favorise l’élimination des contraintes administratives de la compagnie en augmentant le temps de réaction face aux nouveaux défis et stimule des employés en valorisant la créativité et l’innovation.» Les opposants ne manqueront pas d’évoquer la lourdeur de la «constitution» de l’holacratie, dans le fait que plusieurs rencontres sont nécessaires et que la haute direction a toujours le dernier mot sur toutes les questions d’affaires.

Ce concept organisationnel sera déjà familier aux firmes d’architecture, de designs d’intérieur, de consultants et d’autres compagnies qui dépendent des synergies d’équipe et du processus créateur. Selon Jim Fisher, professeur émérite de la School of Management de l’Université de Toronto, cette démarche a été adoptée depuis longtemps par le fournisseur d’accessoires et d’équipements de bureaux Pitney Bowes, par WLGore de Goretex et, au début des années 90, par l’inventeur de l’appareil auditif, le Danois Oticon, parmi d’autres.

Ce dernier n’utilise pas le terme «holacratie» : «Dans son essence, c’est pratiquement ce que les firmes de design ont fait depuis toujours. Les gens sont organisés selon différents projets ou sousprojets. Ils jouent des rôles qui correspondent à leurs expertises, à leurs expériences, à leurs intérêts. Il y un leader, mais il passe 99 % de son temps à travailler pour une équipe.»

Il affirme que le système «fonctionne lorsque les objectifs sont clairs et lorsque chacun est conscient des règles du jeu. Et cela fonctionne encore mieux dans une situation où il y a l’expectative que les gens «oseront se montrer et prendre la parole»

et que ce comportement est renforcé.»

Peu importe comment on l’appelle, cette structure organisationnelle deviendra «plus courante», selon Fisher, étant donné que la notion de travail, à notre époque moderne, est de plus en plus centrée sur les aspects créatifs et intellectuels. Il ajoute: «Il n’y pas de dissémination, cela fonctionne mieux avec les hiérarchies et les descriptions d’emplois ou autres. Même si on réussi à faire disparaître les milieux de travail, les équipes de projets travaillent ensemble à l’amélioration de projets spécifiques.”

Est-ce réaliste d’espérer que les gens qui ont passé leur carrière entière à convoiter des postes au sommet de l’échelle renonceront au statut associé à des postes reconnus? Le fait de vous introduire lors d’événements sociaux ou dans un party comme le «lien leader» de la compagnie, au lieu de « président », fera-t-il rire les gens, ou vous forcera-t-il à une justification interminable du fameux concept?

Monsieur Fisher dit que la «résistance viendra des dirigeants qui ont travaillé fort pour atteindre le sommet et qui ne sont pas enclins à perdre leurs prérogatives. La plupart des dirigeants seniors l’apprécient, mais ceux au milieu de l’échelle le détestent.

Et, certainement, il faut appartenir à

une industrie vraiment créative pour s’en sortir avec ces nouveaux statuts professionnels.»

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healthy buildings des bâtiments sains

Revolutionizing human health and well-being in the built environment.

Une révolution de la santé des humains et du bien-être dans l’environnement bâti.

By / Par Julia Salerno

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North Americans, on average, spend 90 percent of their time indoors1 where they are more highly exposed to contaminants in the air and water, and to the possible detrimental effects of artificial light to our body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. The International Well Building Institute (IWBI) is a U.S. corporation who’s mission is to improve human health and well-being through the built environment.

While the link between the built environment and its relationship to the natural environment has long been established through sustainable design principles, the connection between human health and the spaces in which we live, work and play has been less widely adopted.

“We are committed to improving the way people live by developing spaces that enhance occupant health and quality of life,” said IWBI founder, Paul Scialla. “We created IWBI to share the WELL Building Standard globally.”

In April 2014, the International Well Building Institute and the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) entered a partnership that aims to represent global best practices in sustainability and human health and well-being in the form of the newly launched WELL Building Standard, administered

by IWBI and third-party certified by GBCI. The Standard was developed following seven years of evidencebased research, and through consultation with leading professionals from the building industry and the scientific and

medical communities. It is a performance-focused system that measures, certifies, and monitors features of the built environment that impact human health and well-being, including air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind. An on-site post-occupancy audit of features including air and water quality is required for WELL certification, and re-auditing every three years is required to maintain certification.

Each of the seven attributes of a healthy building has set pre-conditions and a WELL certified building must meet performance thresholds and introduce select solutions, protocols and technologies that are not only preventative measures, but improvements to occupants’ overall wellness.

In a building where food preparation is a major function of the space like in a restaurant, the nutritional performance category recommends applying nonporous countertops to minimize contamination by preventing the collection of food particles that encourage bacteria growth.

Les nord-américains passent en moyenne 90 % de leur temps à l’intérieur,1 où ils sont largement exposés aux contaminants présents dans l’air et dans l’eau, sans compter les effets nocifs de la lumière artificielle sur le corps et sur le cycle naturel de veillesommeil. L’International Well Building Institute (IWBI) est un institut américain dont la mission est d’améliorer la santé et le bien-être des humains en considérant l’environnement bâti.

Même si le lien entre l’environnement bâti et ses relations avec l’environnement naturel est établi depuis longtemps à travers les principes de design durable, la connexion entre la santé des humains et les espaces où nous vivons, travaillons et jouons, ont été largement moins adoptées.

Le fondateur de l’IWIB, Paul Scialla le souligne: «Nous sommes engagés à améliorer la façon dont vivent les gens en développant des espaces qui améliorent la santé et la qualité de vie des résidents.

Nous avons créé l’IWBI pour partager les normes du bâtiment en fonction du bienêtre (WELL), globalement.”

En avril 2014, l’International Well Building Institute et le GBCI ont formé un partenariat qui souhaite représenter les pratiques globales en matière de développement durable, de santé humaine et du bien-être sous la forme d’une norme nouvelle, le «WELL Building Standard», administré par l’IWBI et une tierce-partie certifiée par le GBCI. Cette norme a été développée suite à sept (7) années de recherches basées sur des données probantes et à une consultation avec les professionnels leaders de l’industrie du bâtiment et des communautés scientifiques et médicales. C’est un système basé sur la performance qui mesure, certifie et surveille les différents aspects

de l’environnement bâti qui ont un impact sur la santé humaine et le bienêtre. Ces aspects incluent notamment l’air, l’eau, la nourriture, la lumière, la condition physique, le confort et l’esprit.

Une vérification après-aménagement des aspects incluant la qualité de l’air et de l’eau est requise pour obtenir la certification WELL. Une vérification ponctuelle au trois ans est obligatoire pour maintenir cette certification.

Chacun des sept (7) attributs associés à un bâtiment sain forme les conditions obligatoires. Un bâtiment certifié WELL doit satisfaire aux exigences de performance de base, en plus d’introduire des solutions sélectives, des protocoles et des technologies qui ne forment pas seulement des mesures préventives, mais des améliorations du bien-être général des résidents. Dans le cas d’un immeuble où la préparation de la nourriture est une fonction majeure de l’espace comme un restaurant, la catégorie de la performance nutritionnelle recommande l’usage de comptoirs non poreux afin de minimiser la contamination, enrayant ainsi la possibilité d’une accumulation de particules alimentaires qui pourraient encourager la croissance de bactéries.

Scialla le précise: « Il y a plusieurs composantes de la santé et du bienêtre basées sur des données proban-

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Scialla notes, “There are so many evidencebased health and wellness features and technologies that can be easily implemented to significantly improve the health and well-being of occupants.”

Approximately five million square-feet of projects to date have applied the Standard to new construction and major renovations in corporate office, healthcare and institutional projects. The rating system can be used in tenant improvements with a compliance path to core and shell developments. There is an ongoing pilot for multi-family residential buildings.

The world’s first commercial office space to be both certified under the WELL Standard pilot program and LEED Gold certified is CBRE Group Inc.’s new global headquarters in Los Angeles.

Through the integration of evidence-based wellness designs and technologies, CBRE offers an office environment that optimizes the health and well-being of its employees and sets a new standard for healthy office spaces.

CBRE’s new headquarters incorporates stateof-the-art designs and innovative wellness features, such as smart lighting systems, energy absorbing flooring, advanced air purification, water filtration systems and photo-catalytic coatings on all surfaces. It’s believed that this new office environment will change the way people work.

“People spend a significant amount of time in the office and employees are a company’s most important asset,” said Scialla. “We are recognizing work environments that actively enhance employee health, improve productivity, and increases their energy, and because of that, the WELL Building Standard is revolutionizing the workplace.”

The International WELL Building Institute makes the case that health and wellness in the built environment needs to move from predominately leadership oriented implementation into mainstream practice. They say, in order for the Standard to be widely adopted as a baseline, built industry professionals need to position it as part of their value proposition to clients. In fact, to date, there is approximately less than a three percent increase in cost per square foot. When that cost shifts from dollar per square foot to per employee, the savings are even more significant.

“It’s a square-foot investment in your employees,” said Scialla. “With an array of scientific evidence to support claims that employees are more productive,

tes et des technologies qui peuvent être facilement implantées pour améliorer la santé et le bien-être des résidents de manière significative.»

Il y a environ 5 millions de pieds carrés de projets qui ont respecté ces nouvelles normes de construction et de rénovations majeures dans divers projets d’espaces pour les entreprises, le milieu de la santé ou institutionnel. Le système d’évaluation peut être utilisé pour des rénovations favorables aux résidents, tout en respectant la conformité souhaitée pour les espaces intérieurs et extérieurs du bâtiment. Il y a un projet pilote pour des bâtiments résidentiels multi-familiaux.

Le premier édifice commercial au monde à être certifié de la bannière du programme pilote WELL Building Standard et LEED Gold est le siège social de la firme CBRE Group Inc., à Los Angeles. Grâce à l’intégration de designs et de technologies favorables au bien-être basés sur des données probantes, CBRE offre un environnement de travail qui optimise la santé et le bien-être de ses employés, en plus de créer un nouveau standard d’espaces à bureaux sains.

Les bureaux du siège social de CBRE incorporent les designs de pointe et les produits les plus innovateurs du bien-être, comme des systèmes d’éclairage intelligents, des revêtements de sol économes en énergie, des systèmes avancés de purification de l’air et de filtration de l’eau, des protections photocatalytiques sur toutes les surfaces, en plus des 50 accessoires et plus conçus pour la santé et le bien-être. Certains croient que ce nouvel environnement de bureaux changera la manière

dont les gens travailleront.

Scillia ajoute: «Les gens passent beaucoup de temps au bureau et les employés sont l’atout le plus important d’une compagnie. Nous reconnaissons les environnements de travail qui améliorent la santé des employés, augmentent la productivité et leurs énergies.

C’est pour cela que la nouvelle norme WELL Building Standard révolutionne les milieux de travail.»

L’International WELL Building Institute plaide que la santé et le bien-être dans l’environnement bâti doit faire le passage d’une implantation orientée selon la prédominance de leadership à des pratiques courantes. L’institut affirme, dans le but que la norme soit largement adoptée comme principe de base, que les professionnels de l’industrie du bâtiment doivent lui donner une place importante dans leurs propositions aux clients. En fait, à ce jour, il y a environ moins de 3 % d’augmentation des coûts par pied carré. Lorsque le coût se déplace d’un dollar par pied carré à un dollar par employé, les économies sont encore plus significatives.

Scialla l’indique: «Il est question d’un investissement du pied carré dans vos employés. Avec plusieurs données probantes qui soutiennent l’argument que les employés sont plus productifs, qu’il

are retained for longer, and take fewer sick days in healthier work environments. The focus is put on the people who use the space and their employers can measure the benefits.”

The WELL Accredited Professional Program will roll out in mid-2015 and will be available to any professional working in the built environment. As IWBI continues to work on the design of the credential, their focus will be to make it complementary to the work and continuing education professionals are already required to do as part of maintaining their existing credentials.

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restent plus longtemps et prennent moins de journées de maladie dans des environnements de travail plus sains.

L’accent est mis sur les gens qui utilisent l’espace et les employés peuvent en mesurer les avantages.»

Le WELL Accredited Professional Program sera en vigueur au milieu de l’année 2015. Il sera disponible à tous les professionnels qui travaillent dans l’environnement bâti. L’IWBI continuera de travailler à établir de nouveaux critères. Le mandat de l’institut est de les rendre complémentaires au travail que font déjà les professionnels engagés dans la formation continue pour maintenir leurs critères actuels.

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legal corner le coin juridique Sleeping Under Bridges Dormir sous les ponts By / Par Derrick Leue, President, LMS PROLINK Ltd.

In ancient times, the Romans forced engineers to sleep under the bridge they designed once it was completed. Your clients will hold you accountable in a different way than the approach used by the Romans, and may seek compensation by suing you.

Risk Management Client expectations are high. They often hold their interior designer responsible for every element of a project when it is your design. There are a number of risk management practices that will help reduce your exposure to financial loss.

1. Incorporate: This is the first line of defense in protecting your personal assets.

2. Take precaution if you take on the role of project manager. As project manager, it’s wise to direct your clients to contract directly with the sub-contractors. If you hire any sub-contractor or sub-trades then ask to be added as an additional insured to their Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy. Do not hire a sub-contractor if they do not have their own CGL insurance.

3. Documentation: Strong documentation will help avoid a “he said, she said” scenario.

4. Purchase liability insurance: Unfortunately, simply following the first three items on this list will not prevent you from being sued by a third party. Liability insurance is critical because you cannot control the actions of a third party (i.e., client) and their aggressive lawyer.

What Type of Liability Insurance Should you Purchase?

The two mandatory forms of liability insurance for interior designers are: Professional Liability / Errors & Omissions Liability (E&O) and Commercial General Liability (CGL).

Derrick Leue is President of LMS PROLINK Ltd. LMS PROLINK is the proud insurer of IDC’s Professional Liability Program, exclusively available to members. To learn more about IDC’s Insurance Program, visit www.lms.ca/idc, or email: idc@lms.ca..

Derrick Leue est président de LMS PROLINK Ltd., une firme de courtage d’assurance et de gestion des risques au service des programmes nationaux d’assurance pour les associations de professionnels leaders au Canada. LMS PROLINK est fier d’être le courtier du programme d’assurance responsabilité civile des DIC, disponible exclusivement aux membres. Pour en savoir plus au sujet du programme d’assurance des DIC, visitez le www.lms.ca/idc, ou communiquez par courriel à idc@lms.ca.

Dans les temps passés, les Romains obligeaient les ingénieurs à dormir sous les ponts qu’ils avaient créés une fois qu’ils étaient achevés. Vos clients vous tiendront responsables d’une manière différente que cette approche préconisée par les Romains et trouveront peut-être une compensation en vous poursuivant devant la justice.

La gestion des risques Les attentes du client sont élevées. Le client tient souvent le designer d’intérieur responsable de chacun des éléments d’un projet lorsqu’il s’agit de votre design. Il y a des pratiques de gestion des risques qui peuvent vous aider à réduire vos possibles pertes financières.

1. L’incorporation: c’est la première démarche à suivre pour se défendre et pour protéger vos avoirs personnels.

2. Faites attention si vous prenez le rôle de gestionnaire de projet. Comme gestionnaire de projet, il est avisé de diriger vos clients directement aux divers fournisseurs engagés en sous-traitance. Et si vous engagez des fournisseurs ou des sous-traitants, demandez d’être ajouté parmi les personnes additionnelles assurées sur leur police d’assurance responsabilité civile d’entreprise. N’engagez pas un sous-traitant qui n’a pas ce genre assurance.

3. Documentation: des documents rigoureux vous épargneront les litiges des discours rapportés « il a dit, elle a dit ».

4. Achetez des assurances responsabilité civile : malheureusement, le fait de suivre à la lettre les trois premiers éléments de cette liste ne vous protègera pas contre la poursuite d’une tierce-partie. L’assurance responsabilité civile est importante parce que vous ne pouvez pas contrôler les actions d’une tierce-partie et l’agressivité de son avocat.

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E&O Liability: Professionals are liable for their acts, errors or omissions in the rendering or failure to render professional services, whether acting as an independent consultant or under the umbrella of a partnership or larger entity.

covered under a CGL policy unless the injury is a result of professional services rendered by the designer. If you purchase E&O and CGL from different insurers then you risk having insurers argue over who is responsible to defend a claim falling within a “grey area.” IDC partnered with LMS PROLINK to provide members a bundled liability solution with customized coverage for interior designers at a highly discounted price.

CGL: CGL protects you in situations involving bodily injury or property damage sustained by a third party (i.e., client) that is not as a result of your professional negligence.

This document is intended for informational purposes only and is not legal advice or a substitute for consultation with a licensed legal professional in a particular case or circumstance.

How Does Liability Insurance Protect You? Your insurer hires a lawyer experienced in defending interior designers. The legal costs incurred to defend you and any damages or settlements paid to a third party are covered up to the policy limit purchased. Contact your insurance broker as soon as you receive a demand letter or statement of claim.

How IDC and LMS Are Working Together It is critical for interior designers to purchase both E&O Liability and CGL from the same insurer because many claims brought against them can include allegations falling under either liability policy. For example, bodily injury claims are typically

“There are a number of risk management practices that will help reduce your exposure to financial loss.”

Quel type d’assurance responsabilité civile professionnelle devez-vous acheter?

Les deux formes d’assurance responsabilité civile professionnelle obligatoires pour les designers d’intérieur sont : l’assurance responsabilité civile professionnelle/ assurance erreurs et omissions et l’assurance responsabilité civile d’entreprise.

« Il y a des pratiques de gestion des risques qui peuvent vous aider à réduire vos possibles pertes financières. »

menté dans les défenses des designers d’intérieur. Les frais d’avocats, ceux associés aux affaires légales pour vous défendre, les autres dommages ou les ententes payées à une tierce partie sont couverts en fonction de la limite de la police d’assurance achetée. Veuillez communiquer avec votre courtier d’assurance dès que vous recevez une lettre de demande ou une déclaration.

L’assurance responsabilité civile d’entreprise: Cette assurance vous protège dans certaines situations impliquant les dommages corporels ou matériels causés par une tierce-partie (par exemple, le client) et qui ne résultent en rien de votre négligence professionnelle.

Comment les DIC et LMS travaillent ensemble Il est très important pour les designers d’intérieur d’acheter les deux, une assurance erreurs et omissions et une assurance responsabilité civile d’entreprise. Il est aussi important de les acheter chez le même courtier d’assurance parce que plusieurs déclarations de litiges peuvent comprendre des allégations qui relèvent du domaine d’une police d’assurance responsabilité ou de l’autre. Par exemple, les déclarations associées aux dommages corporels relèvent typiquement du domaine de la police d’assurance responsabilité civile d’entreprise, à moins que les dommages soient le résultat de services professionnels rendus par un designer. Si vous achetez l’assurance erreurs et omissions et l’assurance responsabilité civile d’entreprise chez des courtiers différents, vous risquez de vous retrouver avec des assureurs qui s’obstinent sur leurs responsabilités dans la défense d’une déclaration située dans une «zone floue». Les DIC ont formé un partenariat avec la firme LMS PROLINK dans le but de fournir aux membres des DIC une solution d’assurance responsabilité avec une couverture adaptée aux besoins des designers d’intérieur, à un prix largement réduit.

Comment l’assurance responsabilité civile vous protège-t-elle?

Votre courtier d’assurance engage un avocat expéri-

Ce document est prévu à titre d’information uniquement. Il ne représente pas un conseil légal et ne tient pas lieu de consultation avec un professionnel des questions légales, dans aucun cas ou sous aucun prétexte.

L’assurance erreurs et omissions: Les professionnels sont responsables de leurs actes, erreurs et omissions en livrant ou en dérogeant à la livraison de leurs services professionnels, qu’ils agissent à titre de consultants indépendants ou sous la bannière d’un partenariat ou d’une plus large entité professionnelle.

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marketplace Le marché

1. Ceragres - MURO41 MURO41 is a beautiful artisanal porcelain tile that is distinguished by its soft undulating edges and subtle shade variations. This Italian tile can be used in both traditional and contemporary settings.

2. Mirolin - Carrera Relax in the lap of luxury with the Carrera freestanding bath by Mirolin. Minimalistic in style, the seamless design adds trend to any bathroom.

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1. Ceragres - MURO41 MURO41, une magnifique porcelaine artisanale qui se démarque par ses délicates bordures ondulées et ses variations de tons. Une série italienne à explorer aussi bien dans des ambiances traditionnelles que contemporaines.

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2. Mirolin – Carrera Détendez-vous dans l’opulence de la baignoire autoportante Carrera de Mirolin. De style minimaliste, sa conception sans joint ajoute un accent tendance à toute salle de bain.

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The showcased products are by IDC Industry member companies and respond to the question: “Why do interior designers love this product?” The products are selected by IDC’s editorial committee.

Ces produits des membres d’industrie des DIC ont été sélectionnés par le comité éditorial des DIC. Ils répondent à la question suivante: « Pourquoi les designers d’intérieur aiment-ils ce produit?

3. Distinctive Appliances Inc. Fhiaba Applied Luxury Fhiaba’s fridge, freezer and wine columns are available in 24”–36”. Features include, 1/16” tolerance for true integration, stainless interior, optional stainless panels, LED lighting, and Fresco™ 3rd Zone Food Preservation.

4. Tapis Rugs & Carpets – Ash Grey Collection A modern heirloom, the Ash Grey Collection is made from raw New Zealand wool and is completely processed by hand. Artisans intentionally weave unmatched quality yarn into the rug to create a natural abrash appearance.

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3. Distinctive Appliances Inc. – Fhiaba - Adhérez au luxe Les colonnes de réfrigération, de congélation et de conservation de vin Fhiaba sont disponibles en largeur de 24” / 30” / 36”. Principales caractéristiques: tolérance de 1/16” pour une complète intégration, intérieur en acier inoxydable, panneaux en inox optionnels, éclairage DEL, 3e zone de température avec compartiment Fresco MC.

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4. Tapis Rugs & Carpets – Collection de gris cendre Un héritage modern, la collection de gris cendre est fabriquée à partir de laine brute Nouvelle-Zélande et soit complètement traitée à la main. Artisans tissent intentionnellement filé de qualité inégalée dans le tapis pour créer une apparence naturelle.

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trade talks pourparlers By / Par Julia Salerno

Dimensions asked three interior designers “What is the strangest space you’ve ever designed?”

Dimensions a posé la question suivante à trois designers d’intérieur: «Quel est l’espace le plus inouï que vous avez créé?»

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Inger Bartlett, Bartlett & Associates Ltd., Toronto, ON

Adele Bonetti, Concetto Interior Design Ltd., Grande Prairie, AB

Kelly VanderHooft, Urban Studio Interior Design, Lethbridge, AB

A sex therapist’s office in downtown Toronto. We used a sofa with Thai purple silk by Jim Thompson. The desk enclosed a TV that rolled out for videos. It was a calming space that attracted patients and provided an environment for therapeutic resolution of a difficult topic.

The most unusual space that we’ve ever designed was a fish and wildlife warehouse. It needed to house a walkin freezer for animals that ranged in size from rabbit to moose and have a hoist to transport the large animals. Our assignment was to layout the shelving item by item, design the overall warehouse, and to design the hoist.

While working on a vet clinic, I was more than a little surprised to be colour matching animal remains to select finishes for the crematorium equipment. This particular day, I went from colour matching animal ashes to my next client meeting: a candy shop. You never know what experience your next project will bring!

“This particular day, I went from colour matching animal ashes to my next client meeting: a candy shop. You never know what experience your next project will bring!”

Inger Bartlett, Bartlett & Associates Ltd., Toronto, ON

Inger Bartlett, de la firme Bartlett & Associates Ltd., à Toronto, en Ontario Un bureau de sexologue au centre-ville de Toronto.

Nous avons utilisé un sofa en soie de Thaïlande pourpre par Jim Thompson. Il y avait une télévision encastrée dans un bureau, que nous pouvions sortir selon les besoins de vidéos. C’était un espace calme, attrayant pour les patients et qui, de plus, fournissait un environnement propice aux résolutions thérapeutiques dans ce domaine difficile..

Adele Bonetti, Concetto Interior Design Ltd., Grande Prairie, AB

Kelly VanderHooft, Urban Studio Interior Design, Lethbridge, AB

Adele Bonetti, de la firme Concetto Interior Design Ltd., à Grande Prairie, en Alberta

Kelly VanderHooft, de la firme Urban Studio Interior Design, à Lethbridge, en Alberta

L’espace le plus inouï que j’ai créé était un entrepôt de poissons et d’animaux sauvages. Cet espace comprenait un congélateur-chambre pour des animaux de tailles variées, allant du lapin à l’orignal, avec un élévateur pour transporter les gros animaux. Notre mandat était de conceptualiser des étagères, installées une à la fois, et de faire le design de l’ensemble de l’entrepôt et celui de l’élévateur.

Pendant que je travaillais à un projet de clinique vétérinaire, j’ai été plus que surprise de choisir des couleurs correspondant à celles de restes d’animaux, de voir aux finitions des équipements de crématoriums. Durant cette journée particulière, je suis passée d’une sélection de couleurs harmonisées aux cendres d’animaux à une rencontre avec mon prochain client : une boutique de bonbons. Vous ne savez jamais quel genre d’expérience apportera votre prochain projet!

«Durant cette journée particulière, je suis passée d’une sélection de couleurs harmonisées aux cendres d’animaux à une rencontre avec mon prochain client : une boutique de bonbons. Vous ne savez jamais quel genre d’expérience apportera votre prochain projet!» dimensions 19

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Centanni Tile Inc. Century Wood Products Inc. CGC Inc. Chase Office Interiors Inc. Cherrywood Studio Ciot CMDS Agencies Coast Wholesale Appliances Cocoon Furnishings Commercial Electronics Ltd. Connect Resource Managers & Planners Inc. Convenience Group Inc. Coopertech Signs and Graphics Creative Custom Furnishings CTI Working Environments Custom Chic Cyan Design c/o Norlite Inc. Canadian Distributor Dala Décor Daltile Canada Decor-Rest Furniture Ltd. Dell Smart Home Solutions Denison Gallery Design Lighting Design Living Centre DesignDocs Inc. DesignRepublic Digital Smart Homes Diversified Technology System Inc. (DTS) Dominion Rug & Home

DPI Construction Management Drechsel Business Interiors DuPont Canada Eden Textile Elite Draperies & Home Decorating Ensuite, The Entertaining Interiors Environmental Acoustics Envirotech Office Systems Inc. Erv Parent Group Eventscape Inc. FloForm Countertops Flux Lighting Inc. Fontile Kitchen and Bath Forbo Flooring Systems Canada Greenferd Construction Inc. Grohe Canada Inc. Grosfillex Inc. Handle This!

Heritage Office Furnishings Ltd. Herman Miller Canada Inc. High Point Market Authority hitplay Holmes & Brakel Humanscale Icon Flooring Inc. International Design Guild Ireland and Company Isted Technical Sales Isted Technical Sales JCO & Associates Joel Berman Glass Studios Johnsonite Jones Goodridge KAARMA KANDY Outdoor Flooring, Inc. Kartners Bathroom Accessories Keilhauer Kitchen & Bath Classics (Wolseley) Kraus/Floors with More Krish Deco Ltd. Krug La Scala - Home Automation and Integrated Audio/Video Leber Rubes Inc. Lee Wilder Design/Art Space Studio Leonardi Construction Ltd. Leon’s at the Roundhouse Light Resource LightForm Linea Ceiling & Wall Systems Livingspace Interiors LSI Floors Mac’s II Agencies Maharam Malvern Contract Interiors Limited Manchee Leather Mannington Commercial Marble Trend Ltd. Marco Products (W Group) Maritime Window Film Specialists Marketing Your Design Marshall Mattress Martin Knowles Photo/Media McKillican Canadian Mega Furniture Imports Ltd. Melmart Distributors Inc., Atlantic Division Metro Wallcoverings Inc. Miele Gallery Caplan’s Miller Thomson LLP MOEN INC. Monk Office Interiors M-Tec Inc. Muskoka Living Interiors Nester Furniture Inc. NewWall

Novanni Stainless Inc. NUCO System Inc. Nuvo Sales Group Octopus Products Ltd. Office Shop, The Office Source Inc. OfficeMax Grand & Toy Oi Furniture Olympia Tile International Inc. Panolam Surface Systems Pentco Industries Inc. POI Business Interiors Powell & Bonnell Home Inc. Pravada Floors Prevaleo Quadra Marketing & Sales Inc. Robert Allen Fabrics Canada Roman Bath Centre Royal Decor Steel Inc. Salari Fine Carpet Collections Samsung Electronics Canada SaveMore Plumbing & Lighting Schluter Systems Canada Inc. Skyfold smitten creative boutique SOFA - Source of Furniture and Accessories SpecConnect Square, Inc. Star Building Materials Stone Port Stonequest Inc. Streamline Sales & Marketing Inc Sullivan Source Inc., The Sustainable Solutions International SwitzerCultCreative Symmetry Lighting TA Appliances and Barbecues Tapis Rugs & Carpets Taymor Industries Ltd. Textile Trimmings The Brick Commercial Design Centre Midnorthern Appliances The Interior Design Group The Michael Thomas Group The Pentacon Group The Sliding Door Company Tierra Sol Ceramic Tile TOR The Office Resource Toronto Refurbishing Limited Trail Appliances Tremton Construction Inc. Trespa Tri-Can Contract Inc. Trigon Construction Management True Pixel Turkstra Lumber Company Ltd. Tusch Seating Inc. Valley Countertops Industries Ltd. Vantage Controls Vestacon Limited Vifloor Canada Ltd. Vertuu Design W Studio Decorative Carpets Weston Premium Woods Westport Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Willis Wilsonart Canada IDC Media Partner / Partenaires des médias des DIC Canadian Interiors Homes Publishing Group As of October 23, 2014 * À partir du 23 octobre 2014

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