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MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US Building a better police headquarters – open, inclusive, state of the art – in Saskatoon. By Michael Totzke

31 TOWARD THE LIGHT At and around Maison & Objet in January, Paris did what it does best: celebrate art, fashion and design. By Leslie Jen

37 UNO, DOS, TRES... The exhibition See You in Valencia – held in the vibrant Spanish city in February – brings together three design events. By Enrico G. Cleva

40 KÖLN CALLING This year’s IMM Cologne (Germany’s biggest furniture event) proved to be a feast for all the senses. By Peter Sobchak

44 WORK IN PROGRESS Much has been written in the last 15 years about the

emergence of a “new office design paradigm.” But just how close is the “office of today” to those predicted trends? A special report by Rhys Phillips

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Ten years ago, for another design magazine, I wrote about a project that is still one of my favourites: Toronto Police Services’ 51 Division headquarters in the city’s Corktown neighbourhood, just north of the historic Distillery District. With the help of heritage architects E.R.A. Architecture, Stantec integrated Consumers Gas Station A – a handsome Renaissance Revival hulk designed by Bond & Smith, completed in 1898 – into a police station that is unlike any other. - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------Winner of a dazzling array of awards, 51 Division was a hit with architects and architecture buffs alike. “The forecourt on Parliament Street, created by the generous setback of the new addition,” noted the jury of the Toronto Urban Design Awards 2007, “is an important and appreciated civic gesture on one of the city’s oldest main streets.” Stepping inside, the visitor finds communityfocussed exhibits in an atrium-style lobby. A light touch is used throughout. This is a facility that is open, accessible and welcoming. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------As Chris Atchison points out in a recent Globe and Mail piece, “Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using their facilities as an architectural representation of their transparency.” The 51 Division station started a trend, a trend that Toronto-based CS&P Architects – one of only a dozen or so Canadian firms that can handle this kind of project – has benefitted from. - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------Which brings me to the new Saskatoon Police Service headquarters, designed by CS&P Architects in partnership with Saskatoon-based AODBT Architecture + Interior Design, which I write about in this issue (“May the force be with us,” page 25). Open, accessible and welcoming it is, but not to just the public. Only a small portion of the state-of-the-art facility is for our use, after all: the rest is a workplace for 650 police staff. “We strove to make the staff areas inviting and comfortable for everyone,” says Nicole Tiessen, AODBT principal interior designer. “Staff have told they really like to work in these spaces.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------•

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Colour was the overwhelmingly dominant theme of this year’s collections of interior fabrics and wallcoverings at Heimtextil in Frankfurt.

Cheerful and cozy, moody and coy, the entire spectrum was on display.

Particularly popular were light greens, flamingo and water-blue, often accompanied, as a warmer contrast, by honey, copper and coral. The more expensive the material, the more the design involved darker background colours like anthracite, midnight blue or mocha brown.

The range of patterns from floral to abstract is greater than ever before, and in their detail and gradations demonstrate the impressive advancements digital printing are continually making. - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------•

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Karim’s in your bathroom! When Karim Rashid gets his hands on something, sometimes it’s best to let him explain it. His Kolor my World collection for Grund “explores how our contemporary physical world can be soft, human and pleasurable yet be inspired from our digital world. The myriad of patterns and forms are all proposals for a more colorful, more energetic fulgent physical world that resonates with our data-driven age.” Okaaaaay… grund.cz

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Won’t let the sun go down on you Sunlight is great: no one argues that it isn’t. But with the push for interiors that allow more and more sunlight in means innovations need to be made to control side effects like glare and heat gain. The Swiss textile company Création Baumann debuted just such an innovation with its Metal Base Collection, which integrates a thin layer of metal – such as brass, copper, aluminium or steel – on the reverse of curtain fabrics, thereby increasing reflection and reducing heat ingress. creationbaumann.com

Way to go ColourTec Glow by Architects Paper (a brand of A.S. Création Tapeten) is a phosphorescent wallpaper that has been treated with a hydrophobic lotus-effect coating – a fancy way of saying this glow-in-the-dark novelty can be painted over in a variety of varnishes or colour schemes without loss of function. The long-lasting phosphorescent pigments are stimulated by either natural or artificial light, which means escape route signposts can be illuminated without the need for emergency power. architects-paper.com

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Nordic fun Studio Kelkka is a Finnish design group specializing in pattern and surface design, and its booth at Heimtextil radiated whimsy and humour, draped as it was in several of its lines including three new collections, one of which is the aptly named Wonderful Calm. studiokelkka.com

Noblesse oblige The Soroma Stars material by Skai (part of the Hornschuch Group) is reminiscent of the style of French No subtlety here STOF is a French interior and English royal houses of the 17th and 18th centuries. Dead decor brand whose massive Heimtextil booths typi- straight, diagonal quilted seams cross each other to create regular cally look like the colour spectrum had an orgasm. rhombi. The material looks quilted, but is the result of an innovative While a little overwhelming to the visual senses (and embossing process that gives a fine shimmer when used as either not exactly high design), STOF is nevertheless upholstery or wallcovering. hornschuch.com a good indicator of what the popular motifs will be in European home decor in the coming seasons.

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One more cup The German company Erismann came to the fair armed with a total of 14 new wallpaper collections, including seven brand-new styles.

The Ă la maison collection stood out with lively, fresh motifs for kitchens and bathrooms inspired by coffee aromas, the ocean and the seaside, injecting a kitschy graphic quality into the home. erismann.de

See the light Marburg Wallcoverings has been experimenting with light and wallpaper for some time, with varying degrees of success. Its newest offering on this front is Art Luminaire, which uses a technique of cladding fine plastic threads to a nonwoven wallcovering. The fibres, longer than the actual length of the wallcovering, end in a bundled source of light, feeding light into them. The technical explanations are boring, but the effect is dazzling. marburg.com

Sweet dreams Festival is a new collection by Belgian firm Wind that calls to mind feelings of lightness, colour and gaiety. Coming in two varieties, Twist (right) is a multi-coloured stripe that matches well with Blues (left) and its eye-catching floral embroidery. wind.be

Are you ready to rock? Amsterdam-based designer Ulf Moritz loves to experiment with materials, and for his new Imagination collection for Marburg, he picked an intriguing new toy to play with: basalt yarn. To fashion the yarns, basalt rocks are molten and hundreds of yarns pulled out of the melted mass; because basalt yarn is non-flammable and very flexible, it is used in the automotive industry and ship building. In this case, the basalt yarn makes the wallcoverings appear valuable and heavy. marburg.com

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Overleaf > The facade features red brick, Tyndall stone, metal panels and extensive glazing........ Below > All public areas are accessed from the lobby, designed to be light-filled, warm and visually open........ Opposite > In the generously scaled atrium, glass and stainless-steel stairs connect all four staff floor levels, encouraging interaction while promoting fitness and activity.

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ou might say that CS&P Architects, with regard to the planning and design of police projects, has an impressive rap sheet. Over the past 25 years, the full-service architectural and consulting firm, based in Toronto, has completed or is planning new police facilities for the London Police, Halton Regional, Peel Region, Guelph and the Ontario Provincial Police, all in Ontario; Regina and Saskatoon, in Saskatchewan; and Kelowna in B.C. Fewer than a dozen Canadian firms can handle such projects, CS&P principal in charge Peter Ortved tells this reporter: “Police buildings are complex design challenges because they comprise so many functions.” - - - - ---------------------------------To put it mildly. Take the new Saskatoon Police Service headquarters – one of the most comprehensive municipal police facilities in the country – designed by CS&P in partnership with Saskatoon-based AODBT Architecture + Interior Design. Set on six acres in the historic warehouse district (redubbed the New North Downtown Area, with a mixed-use community in the works), the $122.1-million construction project consolidates, into 390,000 square feet of space, work previously done – by a staff of 650 – in 12 separate buildings across the city. It includes a state-of-the-art forensics lab, along with property and evidence storage (police-services staff are required to analyze and store all manner of exhibits, including DNA and digital hardware/ software, for long periods of time). It includes an acoustically isolated indoor firing range, detention centre with over 50 holding cells, and underground fleet parking. It includes a caninetraining facility, 911 call centre and polygraph suite. It also includes a parade room (for daily briefing), patrol-writing room, physical-training facility, staff lockers and fitness area, interview rooms and staff lounge. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------Operating 24/7, with redundancies built into all the mechanical and electrical systems, “It’s designed to a much higher standard than most buildings,” says Ortved. (For instance, “A ‘progressive collapse’ structural design ensures that most of the building would remain standing if one section were targeted in a bombing,” notes Chris Atchison in The Globe and Mail.)

It’s designed to achieve LEED Silver. (Designation is pending.) And it’s designed to anticipate the future. (Staff is projected to grow to 800 over the next 50 years; the facility is designed to accommodate an equal number of men and women, should the Police Service reach its goal of 47 per cent female membership.) - - - - - - - ----------------------------------

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But the Saskatoon Police Services HQ is as much about quality as it is about quantity. Says Ortved, “In addition to the necessary, high-security areas, a priority has also been to develop a facility that is open, welcoming and accessible to the community as well as a healthy state-of-theart workplace for the staff.” Fronting onto a new east-west connector street, the building’s crisp facade pays homage to the early-20th-century brick-and-beam factories of the district. The main entrance is accessed from a public plaza.

The visitor steps into a light-filled lobby, two storeys high, “designed to be open and inviting while being secure,” says Saskatoon Police Service deputy chief Bernie Pannell. “These concepts don’t necessarily complement one another, but based on comments I’ve received from the public, the goal was achieved.” All public areas are accessed from the lobby, including service desks (designed so staff can talk to the public without glass barriers), public-records check, display cases, victim services and even a children’s play area. Also accessible are a community meeting room (which can be booked by the public) and gymnasium (ditto), as well as an aboriginal culture room, with special ventilation to allow for smudging ceremonies (relations between Saskatoon police and the native community have been widely criticized in the past).

Says Nicole Tiessen, AODBT principal interior designer, “These kind of spaces pull down the walls between police and community.” - - - - - - ---------------------------------Just beyond the public area is the heart of the building for police: a sunny three-storey atrium, CANADIAN INTERIORS 5/6 2015

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with open stairs and a wall displaying photos of the city and the force through the years. “We worked closely on the atrium with Police Services,” says Tiessen. “It’s a big space that reflects where they were and where they’re going.”

Notes Pannell, “Communication and information sharing between units is much easier in the new building, which increases productivity. The centre atrium in the secure area contributes greatly to the informal sharing of information, as members meet each other on the stairs.” - - - - ---------------------------------Throughout the building, Tiessen strove for design that is “classic and timeless and won’t date.

With the amount of security involved, it’s very difficult to make changes.” To reflect the history of the police, she chose a cool palette of navy blue and shades of grey. Light and spare and modern, the building bears no relation to the fortress-like police stations of the past century.

---------------------------------With ample room to expand, the project is well placed to face the future. “The new headquarters has become a source of pride among the police members and community itself,” says deputy chief Bernie Pannell. “The building is the cornerstone of the new downtown neighbourhood and as such defines the styles and architectural controls that will be incorporated.” Adds CS&P principal Peter Ortved, “We expect the new Saskatoon Police Service headquarters will play a defining role in the revitalization of the downtown warehouse district and the future well-being of the city.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------•

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Clockwise from opposite > Holding cells in the detention unit (there are 50 in total); acoustically isolated, 10-position firing range (“There’s a very strict requirement for training,” says architect Peter Ortved. “Every police officer has to be certified every 12 months”); chemical laboratory in the forensics identification unit (part of a locked-down property and exhibits handling area, ensuring tamper-free handling of all materials); patrol report–writing room (Ortved: “With police using laptops in their cars, a lot of what happens here now is digital”); bright and modern staff loung, with outdoor terrace in the background (“All the materials we used had to be durable,” says interior designer Nicole Tiessen, “such as this vinyl flooring with a no-polish finish and an excellent long-term lifespan”); spacious staff locker room (which patrol officers consider their unofficial office); heated underground parking for 146 fleet vehicles (with Bearcat tactical team vehicle); 911 communications centre (”With staff working 12-hour shifts, it was important to make it comfortable,” says Ortved. “It features very particular lighting controls”).

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At and around Maison & Objet in January, Paris did what it does best: celebrate art, fashion and design

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On the rocks The new 73 series of lights continues Bocci’s explorations in glass. The process begins by sewing a loose vessel of heat-resistant ceramic fabric and blowing hot glass inside, imbuing the glass with a formal and textural expression that becomes permanent as it cools. Forced air pressure creates the final form, while the temporary fabric shell provides both a shape and a texture counterintuitive to glass, evoking a formal language we intuitively associate with fabric. A flat LED lamp is positioned to fill the resulting volume with diffuse light, accentuating the perceptual dimensions of the piece. Resembling a clear jellyfish or an amorphous ice cube, each 73 is completely unique in proportion, size and shape. bocci.ca

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Paris, a city that pulses with unrelenting style, offered up a visual cornucopia during Maison & Objet this past January. Overlapping with Paris Déco Off and Men’s Fashion Week, along with the revelry surrounding the hotly anticipated and recently opened Frank Gehry– designed Fondation Louis Vuitton, the semi-annual Parisian trade show added to the cultural mix, featuring recent highlights from the global design community. And in the wake of the dark shadow cast by the horrific Charlie Hebdo events of the previous weeks, M&O provided a welcome reprieve from the heaviness pervading the city with an inspiring sampling of furniture and lighting from Europe, Asia and North America. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------5/6 2015 CANADIAN INTERIORS

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Freshly announced as the winner of the 2015 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Allied Arts Medal, Vancouver-based Omer Arbel presented an array of suspended sculptural installations at Bocci, the lighting company he founded in 2005. Launching the strikingly amorphic and cloudlike 73 series of lights created from glass blown into a ceramic fabric formwork, Bocci made a lasting impression at M&O after a five-year absence. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------Another highlight was the introduction of French porcelain company Bernardaud’s collaboration with artist Marina Abramović, the result of which is a limited-edition plate collection, entitled “Misfits for the Table.” Bernardaud has previously launched similar collections featuring the work of artists such as Sophie Calle, Alexander Calder, Jeff Koons and David Lynch. To mark the occasion, the artist screened her amusing 10-minute film entitled, appropriately, The Abramović Method: Misfits for the Table, at the David Lynch-designed subterranean nightclub Silencio. Lynch’s fingerprints are all over the city; at the venerable Fondation Cartier, there was a concurrent group exhibition inspired by and including the work of the auteur. And last year, a show of his photographs took place at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie during M&O’s winter edition. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------It is this spirit of collaboration and interdisciplinarity inherent in Maison & Objet – and in Paris – that results in the heady mix of culture and commerce that the city embodies, contributing to its welldeserved status as a global hub of art and design. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------•

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Wooly bully Designed by superstar Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola for French company Coedition, the Altay armchair is an evocative combination of the refined and the primitive. The elegantly proportioned contours of the solid beech frame contrast beautifully with a wild and woolly Mongolian goatskin seat and back. The frame is available in either a black gloss finish or a natural varnish, and the goatskin comes in complementary black and natural. coedition.fr Lucky stripe Havana-born, Paris-educated René Barba designed these charmingly graphic paper table lamps for Ligne Roset that amuse with their lollipop forms and handdrawn patterns. Utlilizing a lightweight, tear-proof, non-flammable and non-woven fabric to form a double-sided envelope that rests on a black lacquered-steel base, the lamp is a simple yet playful study in stripes or checks. Available in two sizes. ligne-roset.com Saints & sinners While available in a range of appealing colours, we like the bright canary-yellow version of Rodet’s Le Saint, a sculpturally whimsical coat rack designed

by Fred Rieffel. Made of powdercoated steel tubing, the rack can accommodate a variety of coats, jackets, bags and personal effects for both the tallest of adults and the smallest of children. rodet-home.net Get lucky Blackbody is making advances with OLED (organic light-emitting diode) lighting, and its Lucky Eye Lamp is no exception. Designed by Aldo Cibic and Tommaso Corà of Cibicworkshop, the piece has a dual function: it is both a mirror and a light source, with OLED panels arranged in a radial form around the convex surface of the mirror. The Lucky Eye Lamp captivated visitors with its reflective properties and an otherworldly light quality. blackbody-oled.com Steampunk English designer Tom Raffield creates handmade contemporary light shades and ceiling lighting through a proprietary process of steam-bending strips of wood, all sustainably crafted in Cornwall. The beautiful, sculptural form of the No. 1 is one of Raffield’s most iconic designs. Steam-bent strips of ash (shown), oak or walnut are woven, coiled and twisted around one another to produce a unique and stunning lampshade whether the light is on or off. Each No. 1 is individually handcrafted, signed and dated in the studio workshop. tomraffield.com Bed head Shanghai-based Neri & Hu, Designers of the Year for the 2015 edition of Maison & Objet Asia, introduced the Frame bed for the first time at M&O Paris. Designed for De La Espada, the Frame series comprises a sofa and a bed, both of which feature a straightforward wooden frame structure to which various accessories can be clipped, such as a tray or light. The bed comes in three sizes and three types of wood – ash, oak or walnut – with an upholstered fabric headboard. delaespada.com

We would The eye-catching Scarpa W from Portugal’s Wewood is an intricately crafted sideboard that emphasizes traditional joinery techniques. The structure and interiors are comprised wholly of solid walnut, and two drawers and two shelves permit a variety of objects to be stored efficiently in compartments.

Contrasting sliding doors provide visual and textural contrast; one of the doors is fabricated with both walnut and oak components, creating a three-dimensional hexagonal pattern. wewood.eu

I fell for Eiffel Conveniently stackable, the new Tour Eiffel chair

by Alain Moatti for Coedition boasts an epoxy-lacquered cast-aluminum structure, and is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.

The chair is available in a plethora of attractive colours, including black, white, red, aluminum and Eiffel. coedition.fr

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Revenge of the nerds Designed by David Geckeler, the Nerd chair

by Danish company Muuto is constructed of wood veneer form-pressed into shape for the back and seat, glued together with four solid wood legs, and finally lacquered in one of eight colours. It’s a classic form that’s quite familiar – the bright colour and uniformity of the material suggests plastic – but its all-wood construction is a surprise and its pronounced wood grain visible beneath the richly hued lacquer is lovely. muuto.com Plastique fantastique Designed by Jean Louis Iratzoki for Alki, a company located in the French Basque Country, the comfortable and generously sized Kuskoa Bi is the first chair on the market to be manufactured in bioplastic. Its semi-concave shell structure is cut in such a way as to optimize comfort and back and arm support, and is delicately placed on a solid wood trestle. Utilizing a bioplastic polymer made from plant-based renewable resources, the chair not only looks great in shades of pink, light blue, white and black, but it sets a new standard for sustainable furniture design. alki.fr

Lean on me Whether you prefer a single seat or a two-seater, the Lean series from Danish company Addinterior blends modern design with traditional craftsmanship. Consistent with clean-lined Scandinavian design, a shell of highresilience foam upholstered in black or grey wool or cognac leather “leans” on a frame of solid oak available in either a natural oiled or black lacquered finish.

The accompanying flat leather cushions are delicately stitched in a quilted pattern, evoking the classic Chanel handbag. addinterior.dk

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1 SHELF LIFE Designed by Rafa Ortega, Long is a program of shelves that makes good use of Cubox’s aluminium extrusion system. Shelves are made of oak and can be upholstered. Long is self standing or can be attached to a wall. cubox.es 2 THE LAYERED LOOK Designed by Ramos Bassols for Actiu, Shey is a collection of upholstered modular seats that combines overlapping layers. Sleek and comfortable, it hides a robust and sturdy metal structure. Actiu products are distributed in Canada by Tusch Seating International. actiu.com tuschseating.com

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by Cardeoli, a young studio created in 2014 by the industrial designer Ramon de Cardenas Olivares. Artistic began life as a large sculpture of carbon steel for an urban project, and has morphed into a chair for interior use (made of oak and steel) and another for outdoors (made of in iroko, teak or mongoy and steel). cardeoli.com

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This year’s IMM Cologne proved to be a feast for all senses Germany’s biggest furniture event got bigger this January, with attendance at IMM Cologne exceeding even 2013’s extraordinary performance. More than 146,000 visitors from 138 countries crossed the Rhine to engage in the business of design, and while the sound of sales jabber was bouncing off the booth walls, there was also plenty of good design to see. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------• CANADIAN INTERIORS 5/6 2015

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Hear that? Equally eye- and ear-catching, the Hommbru Phonic Range is both multifunctional lounge and media furniture. Inserting highquality sound into architecturally minimalist form, it can be a loudspeaker, a couch, storage space and a source of light – all at the same time. Combining sound and furniture is nothing new, but Hommbru does it in a way that avoids the typical kitsch. hommbru.com

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Call a friend Finally, an eye-catching alternative to those menacing spiders that occupy every board table, the Evoko Minto makes phone-conferencing look good. Wireless, compatible with cellphones, tablets or laptops, it recharges on a wall mount to free up space on the meeting-room table when not needed. evoko.se

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If you’ve got it, flaunt it Dauphin Home may seem like it’s been flogging the Perillo family of chairs for quite a while, but when you have a winner, you can’t be faulted. The new tweak this year is the slim Little Perillo XS dining chair, with a backrest/seat shell that spirals from the inside to the outside in one piece, making it instantly recognizable as a Perillo. dauphin-group.com

Un-starching that collar Furniture giant Walter Knoll had a huge array of offerings at IMM, including new lines, old ones, and a few unconventional ones, such as Seating Stones, designed by Ben van Berkel from UNStudio. Inspired by nature and not a straight line to be seen, this seating system attempts to bring informality to otherwise formal settings in the work world. walterknoll.de

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Candy crush In a different magazine, you’d think these were pieces of confectionary.

Designed to work on their own, in a triangle or in a group of six forming a circle, Ondarreta’s colourful Aia poufs make it feel like you’re in the waiting room of a Willie Wonka factory. ondarreta.com CANADIAN INTERIORS 5/6 2015

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Into darkness Things have taken a dark turn at Supergrau. Dark colours and lumbers dominate its 2015 lines, shown for the first time at IMM. The FS700 single-seater (right) features a black and oak-brown frame and cushion upholstered with perforated black nappa leather; it recalls lounge furniture of the ’50s. A study in contrasts, the Rust Table (left) comprises an industrial black-varnished grid carcass and a small, rectangular marble tabletop. supergrau.de

Ready to pop The Iris pendant lamp by Neo/Craft is so effervescent it seems almost like an optical illusion, like an iridescent soap bubble that will just not burst. This effect is achieved using a special dichronic coating that manipulates light so that wherever the viewer is standing, the intensity of the colours and reflections changes.

Give it the finger Netherlands-based Wood&Washi showed a brilliant new blinds system with individually adjustable slats, but without the need for messy cords. Turnalux is able to be mounted directly to glass and windows, and each individual slat is hand-adjustable into three different positions with just a flick of the finger.

Thin skin Light is pure, so why not make its casing equally pure? That is what Alessandro Zambelli tried with these luminous, airy voids. Designed for .exnovo, he calls the collection Afillia: in plant terms, it means “leafless, but not lifeless.” Available in table and pendant form, the base is Swiss pine locked on to a polyamide light shade sintered by 3D printing.

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Rock on! Rock Table, by Jean-Marie Massaud for MDF Italia, conveys both elegance and stability, and is defined by a base made of UHPFRC (ultra-high-performance fibrereinforced cement) paste, a product of extreme strength but also pliability. Tops can come in wood fibreboard or tempered glass. mdfitalia.it

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Light loves felt The new Alice table lamp from Moree is covered from shade to foot in a coat of classic grey-wool felt, creating a homely Nordic lighting atmosphere. At just 50 cm, it is comfortable on both a table or on the floor. moree.de

Balancing act The M10 chair

by Patrick Norguet for Cassina challenges your perception of balance and stability. The innovative designer figured out how to suspend the body of the chair with an almost elegant indifference on the slim natural or stained black ashwood legs. cassina.com

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ecuted.” The question then becomes: is there a major disconnect between reported “trends” for successful offices and the real world?

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A new office paradigm was beginning to take shape in March 1999, when the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute and Steelcase released a report on 10 trends in office design. First was recognition of “collaboration” as the new work model in the emerging innovation/information economy. Supporting trends included flexible, activitybased design; the demise of private offices and spatial hierarchy but with enclosed spaces for focus work; technologically driven centralized files; and a hint of greater concern for employee well-being. - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------A review 15 years later of similar reports on office trends published recently, as well as media opinion pieces on “the curse of open offices,” suggest not a lot has changed. Of over a dozen trend reports, articles and blogs consulted, “collaboration facilitation” leads the way, followed by most of the other 1999 trends. Technology – now focussed on the spatial flexibility offered by Wi-Fi and the cloud – is even more important while employee health and well-being, attention to spatial balance, sustainability and a reverse trend toward reurbanization, receive more attention. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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But a trend is a trend, and not necessarily a reality for most office workers. What we do know is most North American office workers now occupy shrinking open offices. Up to 70 per cent work in low- or no-baffle workstations and benching, according to the International Facility Management Association. Estimates vary but the size of these assigned spaces has also dropped exponentially from 500 to 700 square feet per person in 1970 to just 176 by 2012, on its way We are now halfway through the second decade of the millennium, to 100 to 151 by 2017, even less for those in some sectors or assigned and it is interesting times as we recover haphazardly from the Great to “benching.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recession while simultaneously wrestling with an emerging but com-------------------------------------------------plex innovation economy, a need for sustainability and a striking deThe objectives of increased “collaboration” and “interaction” notwithmographic shift. All these macro variables influence the tenets of good office design that must now include worker well-being and en- INCREASED standing, less may not be more. It seems only a minority of workers toil in the envisaged high-functioning balanced offices. Andrea Wolfgagement core concerns. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WORKStrike, senior strategist and Canadian lead at Gensler, says the 2013 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PLACE DENSITY survey demonstrated that companies that were “great in their producMany research sources argue the physical office environment imtivity, great in their profitability” are the ones that provide balance, pacts significantly on personal job satisfaction, productivity and inchoice and focus. To Sheila Botting, Canadian real estate leader at novation. But an ongoing, raging debate pits advocates of the new Deloitte, the common “cube farm” office is based on nothing more than “collaborative” workspaces against media critics, often citing acapaper processing, territorialism, hierarchy, tethered technology and an demic research, ridiculing the “horrors” of the open office. In reality, erroneous assumption that employees spend almost all of their time at however, both sides may be right. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From 2010 their workstations (a brutal but not surprising assessment from the According to a 2013 U.S. workplace survey conducted by global to 2012, the person at the head of a radical embrace of “hot desking” – a personal average design firm Gensler, 75 per cent of workers simply do not work in square foot locker, smart phone and laptop but no assigned desk). - - - - - - - - - - preferred workplaces where a balance between focus and collabora- per person - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - With reality seemingly rarely aligning with optimism, media attacks on tive spaces is created. Peter Heys, a senior associate with IBI Group, dropped from 225 says that over the last 25 years most clients started with good inten- to 176. This “open-office design” are common. In an article bearing the provocative tions, but eventually base decisions on cost or (at best) aesthetics number is title “Google got it wrong, the open-office trend is destroying the won out. Jacqueline Castro, workplace strategist at Stantec, reports predicted to workplace” last December in the Washington Post, Lindsey Kaufman drop to as a similar outcome. The World Green Building Council’s (WGBC) low as 100 slammed its level of noise, distraction and increased illness. Similarly, excellent, evidence-based study released last fall, titled “Health, sf/person Maria Konnikova’s influential article “The Open-Office Trap” in The New Yorker argued that the open office is disliked by its occupants, Wellbeing & Productivity in Offices,” found “overwhelming” evi- by 2017 reduces productivity, increases illness and is plagued by disruptive dence of the positive impact office design can have but noted that Source: noise. David Craig, in an in-depth study of 38,000 workers, agreed this fact “has not yet had a major influence on the mainstream real Corenet with the findings but disagreed with her interpretation, saying that he estate sector.” As the article titled “Balancing ‘We’ and ‘Me’: The Global actually found that productive time lost due to distractions is not Best Collaborative Spaces Support Solitude” in Harvard Business significantly different for open and enclosed workplaces but are sigReview states, “It’s the right idea; unfortunately it’s often poorly ex-

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nificantly less for “mobile offices” where employees are offered opHOW WE WORK tions to select the right workspace for the work being done. - - - - - Breakdown of a typical -------------------------------------------------Top three workday at the office Konnikova also relies on a massive attitude study in 2013 by Austraelements lian academics Jungsoo Kim and Richard de Dear, titled “Workplace most wanted satisfaction: The privacy-communications trade-off in open-plan officin the collaborative es.” They found major differences in satisfaction between those in office space closed offices and all those in open offices in terms of noise levels as well as audio and visual privacy. Significantly, they conclude that their socializing findings “categorically contradict the industry–accepted wisdom that open-plan layout enhances communication between colleagues and learning improves occupants’ overall work environmental satisfaction.” - - - - - THE FUTURE -------------------------------------------------independent WORKSPACE Shooting back in an aggressively titled article “It Doesn’t Matter Percentage of Whether Or Not You Like Your Open Office” for FastTimes, Craig A SEARCH preferred workspace rips into Kim and De Dear’s underlying methodology. Individuals’ FOR QUIET opinions may be important, he says, but more important is the impact on actual productivity. His and others’ studies show that while flexible work closer working relationships may “at times be maddening,” they destination with collaboramay still be more productive: “We found that people in relatively tive spaces open concept open environments tended to have dramatically better interaction 77% of patterns than those in relatively enclosed workplaces.” Response employees mobile office times, especially from management, were twice as fast. The biggest prefer quiet hotelling flaw, according to Craig, is the spurious assumption that choice is when they need to limited to either “open” or “enclosed” offices. Additionally, Botting focus. notes, workers average 30 to 60 per cent of their time away from private office their desks, suggesting the quality of other available office spaces 69% are may be equally or more important. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dissatisfied with noise ti e er - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - levels at rop P d If there is common ground, however, it is the agreement that a singular their primary xfor Source: O focus on shrinking the office footprint to save money means “penny workspace. wise, pound foolish.” Yet ultimately, the basic fact acknowledged Source: 2013 throughout the literature on office design is that employees constitute Gensler GENERATIONAL VALUES 90 per cent of a company’s costs compared to approximately only six (WPS) per cent for its facilities. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Proximity 44% -------------------------------------------------to shops, 42% cafés and other -------------------------------------------------33%

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has drawn the link between views of nature and lower stress, improved cognitive function and enhanced creativity. - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------Studies suggest quality air results in a 35-per-cent reduction in absenteeism and an 11-per-cent improvement in productivity. Better HVAC systems, increased ceiling heights to permit stratification, floor-level delivery of fresh air, plants and strategies to limit pollutants are some Balance, balance, balance CHOOSING Not surprisingly, the overwhelming consensus is a balance between THE WORK- of the responses offered in the WGBC report. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------focus and collaborative space. Strategies to improve collaboration PLACE And yes, aesthetics matter. The study also identifies what it calls “Look will fail if space for focus work is absent. Oxford Properties Group’s and Feel” in which well-designed shapes, textures and colours impact December 2013 “Destination Collaboration: The Future of Work” positively on employees’ sense of well-being, help in carrying out cerstudy states that concentrated independent work averages around 58 tain tasks, and reinforce values and behaviour that supports a compaper cent of office work compared to 27 per cent collaborative, eight ny’s brand and ethos. Different colours engender different reactions; per cent social and seven per cent learning in Canada. This is consiscurves and contours are preferred but angular design and pointed tent with other findings and attitudes that all see access to quiet, re- 16% of flective space as imperative. In fact, effective focus space, collabora- employees forms tend to subconsciously support alertness and concentration when some tasks are undertaken. “Texture varieties in finishes imtion without sacrificing focus and driving innovation through choice believe they could are the only three trends the Gensler report chose to highlight, stat- focus most prove cognitive ability to access knowledge, helping the brain to stay ing that “When focus is compromised in pursuit of collaboration effectively alert and engaged,” states the report. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------neither works well.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - at home - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73% believe No means least significant is location and access to amenities, a variBut choice is more than simply focus versus open spaces. The ability they could able increasingly driving a re-urbanization of offices and, in part, recto choose from a wide variety of spaces and the autonomy to select focus most ognition of the growing importance of urban-focussed millennial taleffectively the right one in which to work at any particular time is also vital, in an office ent. The availability of amenities now ranks fourth on the list of location decision-making priorities for office occupants and, as resays Castro. Botting reports the new Deloitte offices have 18 differ- setting ported in the Financial Times in 2013, “the trend of catering to younger ent types of spaces and all workers are empowered to select what Source: 2013 workers who prefer to live and work downtown could leave suburban they need at any given time. Fully embracing the importance of Gensler choice may lead to an office much like Shopify’s new urban head- Workplace office complexes with vacancy issues.” Vibrant city cores provide the quarters in Ottawa, by LineBox Studio, replete in clusters of open Survey (WPS) services and dynamic public realm sought increasingly by workers. - -------------------------------------------------workstations, multiple small and large collaboration rooms, “phone Integrating well-being amenities directly into even urban-located fabooths,” crawl-in “hole-in-the-wall boxes,” nooks tucked along wincilities is also common in the best offices. This may include healthy dows with varied seating, open lounge spaces, small cafés, a grand AUTONOMY choice food services, wellness centers, nutrition classes, access to 3-D eight-storey “Spanish Stairs” and a two-story gourmet cafeteria– DRIVES cum–large social/meeting space. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PERFOR- printing, yoga classes and banking facilities. “We used to try to do this work/life balance; well not anymore as now it is basically about inte- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MANCE, REDUCES The consensus is reducing a firm’s increasingly high-cost urban foot- TURNOVER grated work life,” says Castro. “Everything is intertwined where you are doing personal stuff at work and work in your personal time.” - - - - - print must remain secondary. “Overall, it is not that people are typi-------------------------------------------------cally taking less square footage than they are reallocating into the right The debate about the “perfect office” hasn’t been settled and probably areas,” says Heidi Painchaud, managing principal for interior design at won’t be any time soon. While technology may be closing the time and B+H Architects. Botting, however, estimates a properly balanced office distance gap for some of today’s workers, the needs of the physical ofcan produce a 20 to 25 per cent space savings. Even if space saving is fice space remain as varied as the Canadians who work in them. But minimal, saving 10 per cent on a six per cent cost pales in comparison that said, what is abundantly clear from the research is that there is a to 10 per cent productivity improvement on a 90 per cent cost. This math is best understood when the C-suite is the driving force rather A Cornell significant return on investment of good, balanced office design through improved productivity and the attraction and retention of inthan delegated down to the facility management level. - - - - - - - - - - - Univer- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - sity study creasingly scarce talent, as well as socially responsible outcomes relatof 320 small Health, well-being and productivity businesses ed to health, well-being and sustainability. Commercial developers and Next to balancing focus and collaboration spaces, investing directly in showed that their architects will also need to understand that good office design the health, well-being and engagement of workers is crucial. Based on companies requires attention to form, structure and aesthetic detail, and achieving that grant extensive research undertaken by the WGBC, several design variables employees a smart office requires rigorous strategic planning centred on a thorare highlighted as having powerful and proven positive impacts on choice in ough understanding of how a business operates, what its needs are and well-being, productivity and engagement: acoustics and diversity of how to do how employee engagement is achieved. Done well, the vast majority of their work working spaces; circulation features, such as stairs, to encourage move- grew at four employees will not want to go back. Sadly, there is a long way to go ment; good indoor air quality; access to and control of thermal comfort; times the before the overwhelming majority of Canadian office workers are living exposure to both natural light and the availability of exterior views. - - rate and had the “trends” so frequently extolled. Having the best office, says Botting, one-third the - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - turnover vs. is about “a journey not a destination,” and there are just too many “Quality light and air are two of the most important drivers for hu- control-ori- stragglers lagging ever further back down the path. - - - - - - - - - - - - - man beings,” says Painchaud. “The evidence is unequivocal,” says ented firms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -• the WGBC, citing a range of studies on natural light’s impact on Source: Drive, — more canadianinteriors.com read full interviews with: sleep patterns, worker engagement levels, sick leave, energy levels Dan Pink Heidi Painchaud & Doug Demers / B+H Architects and even the perception of colour renderings. Closely related is acSheila Botting / Deloitte | Jacqueline Castro / Stantec Andrea Wolf-Strike / Gensler | Peter Heys / IBI Group cess to exterior views. Neuroscience and endocrinology research So what are the attributes of great office design that enhance collaboration, interaction, and innovation; that increase productivity while ensuring improved facility costs; and that maximize worker well being and attachment while supporting sustainability? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------

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GE Monogram Appliances and AyA Kitchens added cachet to Toronto’s Castlefield Design District with the opening of their shiny new showroom – designed with flair and wit by Hariri Pontarini Architects – featuring 4,000 square feet of display space on the Corten steel-clad ground floor, and a 2,500-square-foot cooking school upstairs. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1—Philippe Meyersohn, general manager, marketing and training at GE appliance distributor Mabe Canada; Siamak Hariri, founding partner, Hariri Pontarini Architects; Dave Marcus, president, AyA and Avani Kitchens; and CityBites wine critic Konrad Ejbich. 2—Donna Dooher, owner of Mildred’s Temple Kitchen resto; Cityline do-it-yourself guest expert and interior decorator Nicholas Rosaci; and Jonathan Steinman, manager at Nicholas Rosaci Interiors. 3—Devica Harvey, showroom manager, Monogram Design Centre; and Leslie Jen, associate editor, Canadian Architect.

Creative Matters kaffeeklatsch

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KitchenAid at T I F F

At the Toronto International Film Festival’s home, the TIFF Bell Lightbox, KitchenAid unveiled its new appliance lines. Playing starring roles were the smart new satin-black, non-glare stainless-steel finish, and a dishwasher with a window matching that of the companion oven and microwave. - - - - - - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1—Peloso Alexander Interiors principal designers Glen Peloso and Jamie Alexander flank KitchenAid senior marketing manager Aleksandra Stratton. 2—Michelle Major, owner, and Lisa D’Agostino, design associate, at interior and kitchen design firm Foxglove Design; Evelyn Eshun, principal designer and ARIDO intern at her self-named firm, and her junior designer, Alyssa Jacoby. 3—Andrea Nagel, designer at Peloso Alexander Interiors; Shoana Jensen, CityLine lifestyle expert; and Jason Tippetts, lead industrial designer at Benton Harbor, Mich.-based Whirlpool, the world’s leading manufacturer of major home appliances, including KitchenAid.

High design at Rye

Harbingers of spring: early crocus, forsythia blooms and the annual exhibition of projects by fourth-year, graduating students at Ryerson University’s School of Interior Design. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------

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2—Mimi Lam, admin co-ordinator, Ryerson School of Interior Design, with Lillian Goncalves, BMO bank teller. 3—Gio Tan Design Associates partners Sidney and Jason Tan flank Keilhauer sales reps Jean Capewell and Chris Rock. 4—Fourth-year Ryerson design students comprising the Yes X RSID year-end show committee: Jacky Lac, Colleen Lee, Carly Villeneuve, Vivien Li, Julian Paulo Rodrigues Carlos Won, Erin McDermott and Megumi Kimura Sandoval.

Arteriors comes up Trumps

Dorya and Trump Home by Dorya, a designer and manufacturer of home and hospitality furnishings based in Turkey, launched at its exclusive Canadian venue, the Arteriors showroom in Toronto’s Castlefield Design District. As Dorya founder Doruk Yorgancioglu explained, the design director (his American wife) has found design inspiration from sources as diverse as an arch at Turkey’s Temple of Diana, North Pole ice floes and the original Trump Tower, on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•

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In a Winnipeg suburb, 5468796 Architecture turns a dull strip-mall space into a dynamic chiropractic centre

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By Michael Totzke

Maples Chiropractic in Winnipeg is a “maximized living” clinic that takes a drug-free, holistic approach. Along with on-site spinal correction, it offers at-home spinal-care exercises, nutritional recommendations, workshops and more. The clinic recently moved to a location that seems ill suited to house a “temple of wellness”: a nondescript, one-storey strip mall in Winnipeg’s suburban Maples neighbourhood.

-------------------------------------------------Enter 5468796 Architecture, hired by the design-conscious owner to work more than a little magic. The talented 13-member firm was confronted with a typical long rectangular box, with windows on the short, front end only, overlooking a parking lot. Johanna Hurme, who founded 5468796 in 2007 with Sasa Radulovic, outlines a further challenge: “The actual chiropractic treatment differs drastically from others we have encountered, with the actual adjustment taking place in a group setting, which allows the owner to treat a large volume of patients in a very short time frame.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------The finished project has backbone, both literally and figuratively. The major design element is a sturdy “spine” spanning the length of the clinic, housing a number of functions; it’s rendered in standard dimensional lumber (spruce), “to keep a sense of honesty and authenCANADIAN INTERIORS 5/6 2015

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IDC Board of Management 2014/15 / conseil d’administration des DIC, 2014-2015 Denis Chouinard, President, QC/Président, QC Aandra Currie Shearer, 1st VP, BC/Première vice-présidente, BC Clinton Hummel, 2nd VP, ON/Deuxième vice-président, ON Ada Bonini, Past President, BC/Ancienne présidente, BC Anne-Marie Legault, Director/Treasurer, QC/Directrice/ Trésorière, QC Kimberley Murphy, Director/Secretary, NB/Directrice/ Secrétaire, NB Ellyn Berg, Director, SK/Directrice, SK Karla Korman, Director, MB/Directrice, MB Michele Roach, Director, AB/Directrice, AB Fran Underwood, Director, NS/Directrice, NS Sally Mills, Director, BC/Directrice, BC Caroline Robbie-Montgomery, Director, ON/Directrice, ON Amy Barbour, Director, NL/Directrice, NL Kara MacGregor, Director at Large, NS/Administratrice générale, NS Jason Kasper, Director at Large, MB/Administrateur général, MB Andy Stilin, Director, Industry, BC/Directeur, Industrie, BC Karin Vandenberg, Director, Intern, ON/Directrice, stagiaire, ON Susanne Koltai, Director, Education, QC/Directrice, Éducation, QC Trevor Kruse, IIDEXCanada Liaison, ON/Représentant auprès d’IIDEX, ON David Gibbons, Chair, Board of Governors, ON/Président du conseil d’administration, ON Susan Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer, ON/Directrice générale, ON

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

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Future skills Les compétences de l’avenir You’ve graduated with lots of design knowhow – but what does it take to really make it in the business? We’ve gathered the top five non-design necessities for success in the design field.

Vous avez décroché votre diplôme et vous avez en main beaucoup de connaissances en design – mais qu’est-ce qu’il vous faut de plus pour avoir du succès dans le domaine? Nous vous présentons notre inventaire de cinq compétences parallèles essentielles au succès dans le domaine du design

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Rekindling the office romance Rallumer la passion professionnelle Lost the passion for your work? Don’t quit, it might be worth reigniting that old flame.

Votre travail vous semble moins séduisant qu’à vos débuts? Ne perdez pas espoir!

Il y a moyen de rallumer votre passion et l’amour de votre travail.

dimensions team/ l’équipe de dimensions Publisher/Éditrice : Susan Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer, IDC/ directrice générale, DIC swiggins@idcanada.org Editor/Rédactrice : Julia Salerno, Manager, Communications, IDC/ directrice des communications, DIC Editorial Advisory Board/Équipe de rédaction Donna Assaly, AB Lise Boucher, MB David Chu, SK Ron Hughes, ON Johane Lefrançois-Deignan, ON Carolyn Maguire, NS Susan Steeves, BC canadian interiors team/ l’équipe de canadian interiors Publisher/Éditeur : Martin Spreer mspreer@canadianinteriors.com Deputy Editor/Éditeur délégué : Peter Sobchak psobchak@canadianinteriors.com Art Director/Directrice artistique : Ellie Robinson erobinson@annexnewcom.ca French Translation/Traductrice : Marie Lauzon

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 de l’industrie

idc staff/ l’équipe des dic Susan Wiggins Chief Executive Officer/Directrice générale Irma Kemp Executive Assistant/Adjointe de direction Tony Sienes Manager, Accounting/Directeur, Comptabilité Jaime Shea Director, Business Development/Directrice, Développement des affaires Sue Gravelle Director, Professional Development/Directrice, Développement professionnel Sophie Bézieau Member Services Coordinator/Coordonnatrice des services aux membres Debora Abreu Manager, Marketing/Directrice, Marketing Barbora Krsiakova Marketing Coordinator/Coordonnatrice du marketing Julia Salerno Manager, Communications/Directrice, Communications Sarah Bradbury Communications Coordinator/Coordonnatrice des communications

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We invited 40 of the country’s most engaged and passionate emerging professionals to a weekend in Montreal to discuss and explore the future of the profession. The theme of IDC’s new annual conference, held at the end of May, is What’s Your Amazing?

For the IDC Board, our amazing, as approved at our recent strategic planning meeting, is that by 2017 IDC will be a stronger, more financially secure organization that can deliver better value to the professional membership. We also plan to be more regulated and recognizable as a brand.

In the context of the ultimate goal for the profession, what would be your amazing?

If you’re an interior designer who has been practising for many years, and perhaps even considering retirement, your amazing is most likely to never have to answer the question: “What colour should I paint my living room?” If you’re an interior designer who’s just made senior designer, or opened your own firm, your amazing may be to not have your clients show you the design solution they just found online.

As a new grad, just starting out in your career, your amazing might be to showcase your design skills and talents to employers and clients using the latest technology and social media.

Whatever category of amazing you fall into, demonstrating value and getting clients to understand the role of an interior designer is something we all face every day. This has come through loud and clear during our conversations with emerging professionals, in roundtable discussions and in surveys we conducted in advance of our strategic planning weekend.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if, like law yers, and accountants, the public could understand an interior designer’s scope of work? Wouldn’t it be amazing if your fees were respected and not challenged? And wouldn’t it be amazing if the profession of interior design had a strong brand value?

IDC has a vision. A big, audacious goal to get us there. We have a board and staff team committed to building our resources in terms of membership and finances.

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

Nous avons invité 40 des professionnels débutants parmi les plus engagés et passionnés à venir passer un week-end à Montréal, afin de discuter avec nous de l’avenir de la profession. Le thème de ce nouveau congrès annuel organisé à la fin du mois de mai par les DIC est le suivant : « Quel est votre incroyable? » Pour le conseil des DIC, note incroyable, qui a été approuvé lors de la rencontre de planification stratégique tenue récemment, est que d’ici 2017, les DIC sera un orga­nisme encore plus fort et financièrement solide, et qui pourra offrir encore davantage de valeur à ses membres praticiens. Nous planifions également une réglementation plus complète et une meilleure reconnaissance de notre marque.

Alors, que se passerait-il si vous combiniez pour vous-même ces deux incroyables?

Et quel serait votre incroyable dans le cadre de l’objectif global de la profession?

Si vous êtes designer d’intérieur et que vous pratiquez la profession depuis de nombreuses années, il y a de fortes chance que votre incroyable ne se limite pas à la question : « De quelle couleur est-ce que je devrais peindre mon salon? » Si vous êtes designer d’intérieur et que vous venez d’être nommé chef d’équipe ou de démarrer votre propre firme, votre incroyable n’est sans doute pas que vos clients vous montrent la solution de design qu’ils viennent de trouver sur Internet.

En tant que nouveau diplômé en début de carrière, votre incroyable consiste sans doute à mettre vos compétences et vos talents en vitrine pour vos employeurs et clients potentiels, au moyen des dernières technologies des médias sociaux.

Peu importe notre gamme de talents, nous devons régulièrement démontrer notre valeur et faire comprendre à nos clients le rôle des designers d’intérieur. C’est un aspect de la profession qui a été souligné maintes et maintes fois au cours de nos conversations avec des professionnels débutants lors des tables rondes et des sondages que

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We will create new, meaningful programs, including a national awards program, that suppor t brand value. And we will continue to support provincial associations in their pursuit of greater recognition of the interior design profession through legislation and/or regulation.

In short, we will make sure that the answer to What’s Your Amazing? is simply – I’m a qualified interior designer. Just like it would be for other professionals..

We are committed. We are inspired. We are strong in numbers – pass it on.

Continue the conversation: @idcanadatweets

“Wouldn’t it be amazing if, like lawyers and accountants, the public could understand an interior designer’s scope of work?” nous avons menés en prévision de notre week-end de planification stratégique.

Ne serait-il pas merveilleux que le public puisse comprendre le champ de compétence des designers d’intérieur, tout comme c’est le cas pour les avocats et les comptables? Ne serait-il pas fantastique que vos tarifs soient respectés, et non mis en doute? Et ne serait-il pas idéal que la profession de designer d’intérieur ait une forte image de marque?

Les DIC ont une vision pour y arriver, un objectif audacieux et de grande envergure. Nous avons un conseil et une équipe d’employés engagés à fortifier nos ressources et à faire grandir notre base d’inscrits et nos capacités financières. Nous prévoyons créer de nouveaux programmes pertinents qui soutiennent la valeur de la marque, y compris un programme de prix d’excellence à l’échelle nationale. Nous continuerons de soutenir les associations provinciales dans leurs efforts d’obtenir une meilleure reconnaissance de la profession de designer d’intérieur par les lois et la réglementation.

Bref, nous allons nous assurer de faire en sorte que la réponse à la question « Quel est votre in­croyable? » soit simplement : « Je suis designer d’intérieur qualifié. »

« Ne serait-il pas merveilleux que le public puisse comprendre le champ de compétence des designers d’intérieur, tout comme c’est le cas pour les avocats et les comptables? » Tout comme les font les professionnels dans d’autres domaines.

Nous sommes engagés. Nous sommes inspirés. L’union fait la force – alors passez le mot!

Pour continuer la conversation: @idcanadatweets

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Dimensions speaks with IDC member Anne Marie Legault Le magazine Dimensions échange avec Anne Marie Legault, membre des DIC. By /par Julia Salerno

What path did you take in your career to get where you are today?

I graduated from Dawson College in Montreal with an interior design diploma. My first job was a facility planner with Bombardier, which directed my early career towards corporate environments, something I have focused on ever since.

My 25 years as an interior designer have been as varied as the cities I have lived in. I left Montreal in the mid-nineties to explore other cities in Canada, with each one offering different opportunities to explore my design training. In Toronto, I put to use my CAD skills and knowledge of systems furniture and facility management working as a freelance CAD technician and junior designer. During my short time in Vancouver I worked with a small firm in Gastown, with a focus on high-end residential and corporate environments.

I focused on institutional design in 2000, when I joined ACI Architecture, in Edmonton.

Working with the architecture team, I was involved in designing interiors for hospitals, schools, police departments, and even a few veterinary clinics. When I moved back to Montreal in 2006, I worked for DFS, and Lemay, before trying my hand in corporate furniture sales.

Soon after that you changed careers to become an interior design educator. What inspired that decision?

During my time in corporate furniture sales, I developed a relationship with my alma mater. I created the Haworth Sustainable Design Scholarship, which continues to recognize student projects that encompass sustainability as part of the design solution. I was often invited to be a guest critic to review and comment on student work throughout the semester. It was during this time that I realized how much I enjoyed the teaching environment, and was excited to be offered a part-time, then full-time position.

Name: Anne Marie Legault Enjoy the most about interior design: The opportunity to meet new people and guide them through the design process.

Enjoy the least: The competitiveness of the industry and the challenges that go with it.

Nom : Anne Marie Legault Ce qu’elle préfère à propos du design d’intérieur : Les nouvelles rencontres et les occasions de guider les gens tout au long du processus de conception.

Ce qu’elle aime le moins : La compétition qui règne dans le domaine et les difficultés qui l’accompagnent parfois.

Quelle trajectoire avez-vous privilégiée dans votre carrière pour arriver là où vous êtes aujourd’hui?

J’ai obtenu mon diplôme en design d’intérieur au collège Dawson, à Montréal. Pour mon premier emploi, j’étais planificatrice des installations chez Bombardier. Cette expérience a orienté ma carrière vers les environnements d’entreprise, qui sont devenus ma spécialité.

Mes 25 ans de carrière en design d’intérieur ont été aussi variés que les villes où j’ai habité : j’ai quitté Montréal au milieu des années 1990 pour explorer les autres villes du Canada, et chacune m’a offert des occasions d’approfondir mes compétences en design. À Toronto, j’ai pu mettre en pratique mes compétences en CAO et mes connaissances en systèmes d’ameublement de bureau et en gestion des installations, en travaillant comme technicienne pigiste en CAO et comme designer junior. Pendant un court séjour à Vancouver, j’ai travaillé avec une petite firme de Gastown qui se spécialise dans les environnements d’entreprise et résidentiels de haut de gamme.

En 2000, je me suis jointe à ACI Architecture, à Edmonton, où j’ai travaillé principalement en design institutionnel. En collaboration avec l’équipe d’architectes, j’ai participé à la conception d’intérieurs pour des hôpitaux, des écoles, des postes de police, et même quelques cliniques vétérinaires. Lorsque je suis revenue à Montréal en 2006, j’ai travaillé pour DFS, puis Lemay, pour ensuite me faire la main dans la vente de mobilier d’entreprise.

Peu après cette période, vous avez réorienté votre carrière pour devenir enseignante dans le domaine du design d’intérieur. Qu’est-ce qui a motivé votre décision?

Pendant que je travaillais dans la vente, j’ai établi une bonne relation avec mon alma mater. J’ai fondé la bourse Haworth Sustainable Design Scholarship, qui continue

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Have you experienced any major changes to interior design education since the start of your career?

Technology and sustainabilit y are the t wo key areas of design education that have evolved since I graduated in the early 90s. When I graduated, Dawson had just started teaching AutoCAD as a drafting tool. Now, in addition to CAD, students are also learning Photoshop, Illustrator, 3ds Max, and SketchUp. The quality of renderings has definitely evolved over the past 20 years!

Sustainability is at the root of our design process and teaching. Students are experimenting with materials, processes, and planning ideas that support the notion of a healthy built environment. Our building systems, human factors, and professional practice courses have all evolved to include sustainable design principles.

Certainly, sketching skills are an asset so that you can come away from a lunch meeting with a napkin full of great ideas!

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In your opinion, what skills make for a successful interior designer?

A skilled interior designer is a well-rounded individual. They must have analytical thought processes, the ability to effectively listen to a client, and the courage to challenge conventional design solutions.

“A skilled interior designer is a well-rounded individual.”

« Un designer d’intérieur compétent est une personne qui a des compétences variées et équilibrées. »

de reconnaître les projets d’étudiants en design qui incorporent la durabilité environnementale. J’étais souvent invitée à venir juger et commenter les projets des étudiants tout au long du trimestre. J’ai alors réalisé que j’adorais l’environnement pédagogique, et c’est avec joie que j’ai accepté un poste à temps partiel, puis à temps plein.

expérimentant avec les matériaux et les procédés; ils développent des idées qui soutiennent la notion d’un environnement bâti sain. Nos cours sur la mécanique du bâtiment, l’ergonomie et la pratique professionnelle ont tous évolué pour inclure des principes de design durable.

Avez-vous constaté des changements importants à l’éducation en design d’intérieur depuis le début de votre carrière?

La technologie et la durabilité sont les deux aspects principaux de l’éducation qui ont beaucoup évolué dans le domaine du design depuis la fin de mes études, au début des années 1990. Quand j’ai obtenu mon diplôme, le collège Dawson commençait à enseigner l’utilisation d’AutoCAD en tant qu’outil de dessin technique. Maintenant, en plus de la CAO, les étudiants apprennent à utiliser les logiciels Photoshop, Illustrator, 3ds Max et SketchUp. La qualité des rendus a définitivement évolué au cours des vingt dernières années!

La durabilité est à la base de notre processus de conception et de notre enseignement. Les étudiants

Selon vous, quelles sont les compétences qui favorisent la réussite pour les designers d’intérieur?

Un bon designer d’intérieur est une personne qui a des compétences variées et équilibrées. On doit développer une pensée analytique et une bonne capacité d’écoute auprès des clients, et avoir le courage de remettre en question les solutions de design conventionnelles. C’est certain que les compétences en dessin sont un avantage. Qui n’aime pas finir une réunion de travail au restaurant avec une serviette de papier recouverte de bonnes idées?

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future skills les compétences de l’avenir

The top five non-design necessities for success in the design field.

Cinq compétences parallèles essentielles au succès dans le domaine du design.

By / par Leslie C. Smith

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After years of hard study, you’ve at last nailed a job in interior design. You’ve heard about how equally tough and rewarding working life can be, and now you’re experiencing it for yourself. You’ve got the creative chops, the project management training and the technical expertise, but what else is necessary to really make it in the business?

We asked four professionals – Carol Jones, principal at Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning; freelance interior designer Aandra Currie Shearer; Susan Steeves, principal at SSDG Interiors; and HOK vice-president and senior HR manager Tanya Piazza – for their advice before arriving at this topfive list.

Après de longues années d’études, vous avez enfin décroché un emploi en design d’intérieur. Vous aviez entendu dire que la vie au travail pouvait être à la fois ardue et satisfaisante, et maintenant, vous en faites l’expérience vous-même. Vous avez une créativité foisonnante, une formation en gestion de projets et l’expertise technique nécessaire... mais quelles sont les autres compétences qui peuvent vous aider de façon tangible à réussir dans le domaine?

Nous avons posé la question à quatre professionnels – Carol Jones, designer en chef de Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning; Aandra Currie Shearer, designer d’intérieur indépendante; Susan Steeves, designer en chef chez SSDG Interiors; et Tanya Piazza, vice-présidente et directrice des ressources humaines chez HOK. À partir de leurs recommandations, nous avons élaboré cette liste de cinq conseils clés.

1. Be Proactive & Prepared The ability to see the big picture, and make critical and informed decisions is a must. Strategic thinking allows you not only to always be ready for upcoming meetings, presentations and site visits, but capable of staying one step ahead. Aandra Currie Shearer adds that this will help engender the ability to prioritize: “With today’s time constraints, it is critical to know when something needs to be done perfectly versus when it just needs to get done.”

2. Be a Team Player “A strong can-do attitude can help advance your career,” says Tanya Piazza. “I’m not interested in anyone

1. Être préparé et proactif La capacité d’avoir une vue d’ensemble et de prendre des décisions stratégiques informées est un atout essentiel. La pensée stratégique vous permet non seulement d’être toujours prêt ou prête pour les réunions, présentations et visites sur place, mais également d’avoir une longueur d’avance.

Aandra Currie Shearer ajoute que cette approche facilite aussi l’établissement de priorités : « Avec les contraintes de temps que le monde d’aujourd’hui nous impose, il est crucial de savoir si une tâche doit être accomplie à la perfection, ou simplement faite, afin de pouvoir passer à autre chose. » 2. Développer un esprit d’équipe « Une attitude dynamique et productive

with a ‘that’s not my job’ mentality. We no longer have the luxury of compartmentalized thinking.” Collaboration and relationship building, Carol Jones says, are integral in a profession that thrives on creative synergy: “Seek out complementary skills in other team members, and mentor others” when you reach a certain level. This can extend to cross-discipline and crossfirm coalitions. Work well with others and your job will be more enjoyable, your reputation will grow, and your client relationships will be more meaningful and longer lasting. As a bonus, you’ll teach yourself along the way how to become a great team leader.

3. Put Your Listening Ears On Good listening skills, says Susan Steeves, are vital. “Listen to client needs, listen to your co-workers and bosses. Make sure you understand what people are asking you to do before you start, because it is important to do things right the first time.” Paying attention to what others around you say will help you develop interpretive, analytic and synthesizing

vous aidera à faire avancer votre carrière, explique Tanya Piazza. Les gens qui ont une attitude nonchalante du type ‘Ce n’est pas ma responsabilité’ ne m’attirent pas. Nous ne pouvons plus nous permettre d’avoir une attitude compartimentée. » Carol Jones ajoute que la collaboration et le déve­ loppement des relations interpersonnelles sont fondamentaux dans notre profession, qui est optimisée par la collaboration en synergie : « Recherchez des compétences complémentaires chez les autres membres de l’équipe et servez de mentor à d’autres » quand vous arrivez à un certain niveau de compétence. Ces recommandations peuvent s’étendre aux équipes multidisciplinaires et à celles qui regroupent plusieurs firmes. En travaillant bien avec les autres, vous rendez votre travail plus agréable, bâtissez votre réputation, et rendez vos relations avec vos clients plus solides et durables.

En prime, c’est une excellente façon d’apprendre à devenir un bon chef d’équipe.

3. Valoriser l’écoute Selon Susan Steeves, de bonnes compétences d’écoute sont très importantes. « Écoutez vos clients pour bien comprendre leurs besoins, écoutez vos

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proficiencies. You’ll also learn a lot, and you never know, what you hear may be helpful in future.

4. Become an Effective Communicator “Knowing how to do something well and telling people about it are two separate things,” Jones states. Can you craft a written report with the same expertise you bring to an interior space?

Do you have the ability to speak with confidence in front of groups? Are your arguments logical and persuasive – even more, do they inspire people? If you’re in doubt, there are courses you can take and self-help books you can read. You can also train yourself by watching the way the people you work with structure their conversations and presentations, and imitate the most successful of these exemplars.

Piazza underscores how helpful good communication skills can be: “A lot of the time, designers are presenting solutions, alternate ways of working or living, and they need to be able to present their vision in language the client can understand and relate to.”

5. Show Your Passion “Be enthusiastic,” says Steeves. “Keenness counts and it doesn’t go unnoticed.” However, as

collègues et vos patrons. Assurez-vous que vous comprenez ce que l’on vous demande de faire avant de commencer, pour ne pas avoir à recommencer. » Accorder de l’attention à ce que disent les gens qui vous entourent vous aide à développer vos capacités d’interprétation, d’analyse et de synthèse. De plus, l’écoute permet d’apprendre, et une information attrapée au vol pourrait vous être utile un jour!

4. Communiquer efficacement « Savoir bien faire une chose est très différent de savoir l’expliquer à d’autres », selon Carol Jones.

Savez-vous rédiger un rapport avec la même expertise que vous concevez un espace intérieur? Êtes-vous à l’aise de vous adresser avec confiance à un groupe de personnes?

Est-ce que vous savez convaincre de façon logique et persuasive, voire inspirer les gens qui vous écoutent? En cas de doute, il est possible de prendre un cours ou de lire des livres sur le sujet. Vous pouvez aussi vous entraîner en observant la façon dont vos collègues structurent leurs conversations et leurs présentations, puis suivre leur exemple en appliquant les méthodes qui vous ont semblé efficaces.

Tanya Piazza souligne l’importance d’une bonne communication : « Les designers présentent souvent à leurs clients des solutions qui sont aussi des manières différentes de travailler ou de vivre au quotidien. Il est donc important que nous puissions présenter cette vision en employant un langage que les gens peuvent comprendre et s’approprier. »

Currie Shearer adds, “design alone does not make the person.” Your passion should extend to a broader selection of hobbies, art and music, sports and leisure activities, and travel.

Outside pursuits not only shape the well-rounded human being, they also give you experience to draw on when designing spaces for other human beings.

Although this last recommendation isn’t a life skill per se, Susan Steeves has one more useful tip for designer newbies: “Do the dirty work. Most designers don’t like paperwork. If you get invited to join in on a meeting, take minutes and write them up for the team. If you are invited to the site, take notes so you can write up a Field Review. Learn how to do scheduling and offer to draft the first schedule up for the team to review.”

Becoming the “go-to” junior in the office not only shows off your eagerness to senior designers, it also broadens your knowledge exponentially. Both of these factors will increase your value to your

firm, and could well be the key to your success.

5. Démontrer votre enthousiasme « Soyez passionné, recommande Susan Steeves. L’enthousiasme compte pour beaucoup, et il ne passe pas inaperçu. » Toutefois, Aandra Currie Shearer ajoute que « le design n’est pas le seul aspect qui définit une personne. » Il est également avantageux d’étendre votre enthousiasme à d’autres activités : passe-temps, arts, musique, sports, loisirs et voyages. Les intérêts connexes à la profession favorisent un épanouissement de la personne dans son ensemble et sont une source d’expérience et d’inspiration pour la conception d’espaces de toutes sortes.

Bien que ce ne soit pas une compétence en soi, Susan Steeves avait un conseil de plus à donner aux jeunes designers : « Mettez la main à la pâte pour les tâches ingrates. La plupart des designers n’aiment pas la paperasse.

Si on vous offre d’assister à une réunion, proposez-vous comme secrétaire et rédigez un compte-rendu pour l’équipe.

Si on vous invite sur le site d’un projet, prenez des notes et préparez un rapport de visite sur le terrain. Apprenez à monter un échéancier, puis offrez vos services pour préparer une ébauche d’échéancier pour l’équipe d’un nouveau projet. »

En devenant le ou la jeune designer sur qui on peut compter, vous démontrez votre zèle aux designers d’expérience et vous multipliez vos occasions d’apprentissage. Ce sont deux aspects qui vous permettent d’accroître votre valeur pour votre employeur et de favoriser votre succès.

Continue the conversation: @KasianDesign @SSDGInteriors @HOKNetwork

Pour continuer la conversation : @KasianDesign @SSDGInteriors @HOKNetwork

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rekindling the office romance rallumer la passion professionnelle

Lost the passion for your work? Don’t quit, reignite that old flame.

Votre travail vous semble moins séduisant qu’à vos débuts? Ne perdez pas espoir! Il y a moyen de rallumer votre passion.

By / par Julia Salerno

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Has the 9 to 5 grind got you feeling down? Do you find yourself counting down the hours until it’s time to clock out? The honeymoon phase with your work might be over, but that doesn’t mean you have to make a career move.

Chances are you can rekindle that old spark and once again love what you do.

Let’s face it; most of our day is spent either at work, or thinking about work. And if you find that you’ve lost the passion for what you do, even the slightest of bad days can make you feel like you just can’t do it anymore.

Est-ce que le 9 à 5 vous ronge? Vous surprenezvous à compter les heures et à attendre impatiemment la fin de la journée? Votre lune de miel professionnelle est peut-être terminée, mais cela ne signifie pas que vous devez changer d’orientation pour autant! Il y a de bonnes chances que vous parviendrez à rallumer votre enthousiasme pour votre travail.

C’est une réalité : nous passons une très grande part de notre temps à travailler ou à penser au travail. Si on se rend compte qu’on a perdu de l’intérêt pour ce que l’on fait, même les petites difficultés peuvent être décourageantes.

Denice Kronau, author of Falling in Love With Work: A Practical Guide to Igniting Your Passion for Your Career, is a big fan of making small changes right away in order to make yourself happier. She says, “I think that we get overwhelmed by the routine of work, and because of this, we fall into a rut that feels too deep to climb out of. We often underestimate how much small changes can help.”

If you can remember why you’re doing what you’re doing and what made you happy about it in the first place, then you can probably resurrect those feelings.

“The easiest way to figure out what makes you happy is to ask yourself what do you like the least? Is the opposite of that what makes you happy?” she says. “Make a list and once you can go through it without making any changes, you’ll have a prioritized list of what you hate about work. All of a sudden, you can identify and get closer to what makes you happier.”

The average small business owner works more than the typical forty-hour

work week. Kornau recommends tracking how you spend your time for three to four weeks to understand what an average week looks like. This information can help you make fact-based decisions and can make you more productive.

“Track your time in 15-minute increments and ask yourself if your time is 100 percent billable,” says Kronau.

“If it’s not, then what are you doing if you’re ‘working’ but not getting paid?

What is the proportion of hours spent on creative activities versus administrative tasks? Are you happy with it?”

This self-awareness can lead to effective changes that can completely alter your perception about a certain task, and ultimately your job. Kronau’s self-employed friend couldn’t stand creating invoices, and because she hated it, she dragged it out.

“To get it over with faster, she forced herself to write-off Mondays to doing admin work. What she used to spend three days doing, she cut down to one, and if she stuck to that schedule she was much happier.”

Denice Kronau, auteure de Falling in Love With Work : A Practical Guide to Igniting Your Passion for Your Career, est une adepte convaincue des petits changements à faire dans l’immédiat pour se remonter le moral. « Je crois que la routine au travail peut devenir étouffante et nous faire tomber dans une ornière qu’il devient difficile de quitter, dit-elle. On sous-estime souvent l’effet de petits changements positifs. » Si vous vous rappelez pourquoi vous avez choisi votre travail et pourquoi il vous a déjà apporté de la joie, vous serez probablement en mesure de réveiller cette passion. « La meilleure façon de comprendre ce qui nous rend heureux consiste à se demander ce qu’on aime le moins, explique Denice. Est-ce le contraire de cela qui vous rend heureux? Élaborez une liste de ce que vous détestez; une fois que vous pouvez la relire sans apporter de corrections, vous aurez en main une liste de priorités sur ce que vous détestez le plus au travail. Cette prise de conscience vous permettra d’identifier ce qui vous apporte bonheur, et de vous en rapprocher. » En moyenne, les propriétaires de petites entreprises travaillent plus de quarante heures par semaine. Denice recommande de tenir un journal de vos

occupations pendant trois ou quatre semaines, pour mieux comprendre ce à quoi ressemble une semaine moyenne pour vous. Cette cueillette d’information peut vous aider à prendre des décisions factuelles et à améliorer votre productivité. « Faites un suivi de vos activités, par intervalles de 15 minutes, puis demandez-vous si votre temps est facturable à cent pour cent, dit-elle.

Sinon, que faites-vous quand vous êtes au travail, mais que vous n’êtes pas rémunéré? Quelle est la proportion d’heures passées à faire des activités de création, par rapport aux activités administratives? Est-ce que cette proportion vous convient? » Cette exploration, qui permet une meilleure connaissance de soi, peut amener des changements significatifs et changer complètement votre perception de certaines tâches et de votre travail dans son ensemble. Par exemple, une amie de Candice, travailleuse autonome, détestait faire de la facturation et à cause de cela, prenait énormément de temps à terminer cette tâche. « Pour s’en débarrasser plus rapidement, elle a décidé de réserver ses lundis exclusivement au travail administratif.

Elle accomplit maintenant en une seule journée ce qui lui prenait trois jours à

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When you start to examine your negative feelings about your job, you might be surprised to find that you don’t dislike it – in fact, you might find that you actually love what you do.

“When I got burned out it was because I had lost sight of what I loved about my job by chasing the urgent and not the important. Once I realized this, the urgent didn’t get my attention as it did before and I consciously spent more time on the important, which made all the difference in how I felt about my work.”

So what’s the secret to being happier at work?

According to Kronau, “Lower your expectations and celebrate little victories. Your internal dialogue can get in the way of setting unrealistic expectations.”

Karla Korman has practised interior design for 16 years. She experienced job fatigue early in her career: “When I first graduated from university, the job market for interior designers in Manitoba was very dry. I was without a full-time job for about a year and a half and worked some low-paying contract jobs. I seriously questioned my career path at that time.”

For Korman, pushing forward in the field was especially important after investing a lot of time and money into her education. “I really wanted to give interior design another try. Once I finally got

a position, it opened my eyes to how engaging and challenging design is as a career.”

Korman adds, “I think falling out of love with your job comes from reaching a point where you are stagnant and not developing your skills any longer.

The best way I find to remain engaged in my work is to continue to educate myself and stay on top of new streams of design work.”

A little motivation and appreciation at work can often be just the ticket to our workplace happiness. “Each time I get to work on something I’ve never done before, it makes me happier,” says Korman. “I think interior designers want the same thing in a workplace as everyone else: a positive atmosphere, a chance to grow and expand in their work, and the opportunity to use their potential.”

faire. Elle a constaté que quand elle respectait son nouvel horaire, elle était beaucoup plus heureuse. » Quand on prend le temps de se pencher sur les émotions négatives liées au travail, on peut être surpris de constater qu’on ne le déteste pas; en fait, on peut au contraire réaliser qu’on adore ce qu’on fait. « Quand j’ai connu un épuisement professionnel, c’est surtout parce que j’avais perdu de vue ce que j’aimais à propos de mon travail. Je courais après les urgences, au lieu de voir ce qui comptait vraiment. Une fois que j’ai compris cet aspect, les urgences me prenaient moins d’énergie et j’ai intentionnellement passé davantage de temps sur ce qui était important, ce qui a fait une grande différence dans ce que ressentais à propos de mon travail », raconte Candice.

Alors, quel est le secret du bonheur au travail?

Selon Candice, la réponse consiste à « réduire nos attentes et célébrer les petites victoires. Notre dialogue intérieur peut nous nuire, en nous portant à viser des attentes peu réalistes. » Karla Korman est designer d’intérieur depuis 16 ans. Elle a connu de l’épuisement professionnel tôt dans sa carrière : « Quand j’ai obtenu mon diplôme universitaire, le marché du travail pour les designers d’intérieur au Manitoba était très peu actif. Je n’ai pas eu de travail à temps plein pendant environ 18 mois et j’ai fait quelques contrats très peu lucratifs. J’ai sérieusement remis en question mon choix de carrière à cette époque. » Pour Karla, persévérer dans le domaine était particulièrement important, car elle avait investi beaucoup de temps et d’argent dans son éduca-

tion. « Je voulais donner une deuxième chance au design d’intérieur. Une fois que j’ai décroché un emploi, j’ai commencé à comprendre combien le design peut être une carrière intéressante et dynamique. » Elle ajoute : « Je crois que quand on n’aime plus son travail, c’est surtout parce qu’on se trouve à une étape de stagnation et qu’on a arrêté de développer ses compétences. Le meilleur moyen que j’ai trouvé pour demeurer impliquée dans mon travail consiste à continuer d’apprendre et de rester au courant des nouvelles avenues dans le domaine du design. » Un peu de motivation et d’appréciation au travail peuvent souvent être la clé du bonheur professionnel. « Chaque fois que j’entreprends un projet dans un domaine nouveau, je me sens heureuse, raconte Karla.

Je crois que les designers d’intérieur désirent la même chose que tout le monde dans l’environnement de travail : une ambiance agréable, des occasions de croissance professionnelle et l’espace nécessaire pour faire valoir leur potentiel. »

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legal corner le coin juridique “Inappropriate tweet about Maple Leafs’ Joffrey Lupul airs on TSN” – The Globe and Mail, March 2, 2015. « Un tweet inapproprié à propos de Joffrey Lupul des Maple Leafs annoncé sur TSN » – The Globe and Mail, 2 mars 2015.

By / par Peter Silverberg

Peter Silverberg is a lawyer and Ryan Osbourne a student-at-law at Beard Winter LLP, a full-service law firm. Peter has extensive corporate/commercial experience and can be reached at psilverberg@beardwinter.com.

Incidents like this one underscore how quickly the use of social media can devastate a brand or ruin a reputation. Within 24 hours, the tweet went “viral,” made national news, and attracted immediate threats of legal action seeking substantial damages. In an industry like interior design, where your name and reputation are of paramount importance, it is essential that you and your employees use social media cautiously to preserve your good name and avoid exposure to liability.

The first step is to implement a social media policy (SMP), which can easily be incorporated into existing employee handbooks or employment contracts.

An SMP can clarify the ground rules for the acceptable use of social media, including whether it is permitted during work hours, how it will be used to communicate with stakeholders, its ownership and employee permission to post items. It can protect you if you need to terminate someone for posting negative or offensive material which could embarrass, offend, or expose you to liability.

An SMP that establishes clear rules and expectations from the outset may prevent an aggrieved employee from later arguing in court that they did not know any better, and may help protect you from paying damages for wrongful dismissal if you decide to terminate the employee.

Many professionals write blogs or online articles as a means of interacting with others to showcase their work and expertise. As professionals, interior designers can be relied upon for their knowledge and advice, not only regarding design, but also with respect to serious technical issues such as fire and building codes, the flammability and toxicity of building materials, and whether a proposed design may safely be implemented. The danger, however, is that someone might rely on that information to make changes to their home which could result in property damage or personal injury. Therefore, it is important that you include legal disclaimers for such articles or postings, so that readers understand that the information provided online is not a substitute for a professional, in-person consultation, as what may be valid for one situation may not be valid for another.

Peter Silverberg est avocat et Ryan Osbourne est étudiant en droit au cabinet juridique multidisciplinaire Beard Winter LLP. M e Silverberg possède une vaste expérience dans les domaines commercial et d’entreprise; pour le joindre : psilverberg@beardwinter.com.

Des incidents comme celui-ci illustrent la vitesse à laquelle les médias sociaux peuvent ruiner une marque ou briser une réputation. En l’espace de 24 heures, ce tweet était devenu « viral », faisait la une des médias d’actualités partout au Canada, et il en découlait des menaces de poursuite en justice accompagnées de réclamations substantielles. Dans une industrie comme le design d’intérieur, où votre nom et votre réputation on énormément de poids, il est essentiel que vous et vos employés utilisiez les médias sociaux avec prudence, afin de protéger votre image et de ne pas risquer des poursuites en dommages.

La première étape recommandée pour ce faire consiste à mettre en vigueur une politique d’utilisation des médias sociaux, qui peut ensuite être facilement intégrée au guide de l’employé ou aux contrats de travail. Une telle politique vous permettra de préciser les règles de base d’une utilisation acceptable des médias sociaux : Est-elle permise pendant les heures de travail? Comment doit-elle servir à communiquer avec les intervenants d’un projet? Qu’en est-il de la propriété intellectuelle? Les employés ont-ils la permission de publier du contenu? Cette politique peut aussi vous protéger dans le cas où vous devez renvoyer un employé qui a publié du contenu négatif ou offensant qui peut nuire à votre réputation ou vous exposer à des poursuites. Quand une politique d’utilisation des médias sociaux qui décrit clairement les règles et les attentes à ce sujet a été communiquée, un employé qui s’estime lésé ne pourra pas argumenter en cour qu’il n’en avait pas été informé. Si vous devez renvoyer l’employé, une telle politique peut vous protéger contre les réclamations pour congédiement injustifié.

Par ailleurs, de nombreux professionnels publient des articles en ligne sous forme de blogue ou de site Web, afin de mettre en valeur leur travail et leur expertise. En tant que professionnels, les designers d’intérieur sont considérés somme étant des personnes de confiance, non seulement pour ce qui touche leurs connaissances et leurs conseils en

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You can also attract liability by taking credit for another person’s work or ideas. When posting online, always give credit where it is due. If you post a photograph or video that you do not own, state the source in small print underneath it and obtain the requisite approvals. The same applies to statistics or quotes.

When in doubt, always err on the side of caution. While social media is here to stay, you can never be too careful when your reputation is at stake. Before hitting the send button, take an extra moment to consider the content of your message.

This article provides a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstance.

“While social media is here to stay, you can never be too careful when your reputation is at stake.”

« Les médias sociaux sont là pour rester, et le risque d’entacher votre réputation exige de porter une attention particulière à leur importance. »

matière de design, mais également sur des sujets techniques touchant à la sécurité des personnes, tels que les codes de prévention des incendies et les codes de la construction, l’inflammabilité et la toxicité des matériaux et la sûreté de mise en œuvre des solutions de design proposées. Il existe un risque qu’un lecteur se fie à ces renseignements pour apporter des modifications à son domicile et que ces travaux entraînent des blessures, ou encore des dommages à la propriété. Il est donc d’une grande importance d’inclure des avis juridiques de non-responsabilité avec les articles de ce type, afin que les lecteurs sachent que l’information fournie en ligne ne remplace pas une consultation sur place par un professionnel, puisque des solutions valables dans une situation donnée peuvent ne pas convenir dans une autre.

Une autre façon de se mettre à risque de poursuites juridiques découle des emprunts du travail ou des idées d’autres personnes. Lorsque vous publiez en ligne, attribuez toujours la source du contenu. Si vous comptez publier une photo ou une vidéo dont vous ne détenez pas les droits, obtenez d’abord l’autorisation de l’auteur, puis indiquez la source en petits caractères sous l’image. Cette règle s’applique aussi aux statistiques et aux citations.

En cas de doute, optez pour la prudence. Les médias sociaux sont là pour rester, et le risque d’entacher votre réputation exige de porter une attention particulière à leur importance. Avant de cliquer sur le bouton d’envoi ou de publication, prenez quelques instants pour vérifier la teneur de votre message.

Cet article se veut un guide général. Veuillez consulter un spécialiste pour obtenir des conseils pertinents à vos circonstances particulières.

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1. Weavers Art - Reflection Reflection uses some of the world’s finest wools and silks.

With custom colours and sizes available, this hand knotted piece is the perfect complement to any space.

2. Octopus Products - OctoTerra OctoTerra is hand-made by Portuguese artisans. It combines different species of wood into dimensional wood panels. Many designs are stocked for immediate delivery, and custom designs are available.

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1. Weavers Art - Réflexion Fabriqué à partir de laines les plus fines et les soies du monde, ce noués à la main pièce est parfaite pour ne importe quel espace.

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2. Octopus Products – OctoTerra Les produits OctoTerra sont fabriqués à la main par des artisans du Portugal. Il s’agit de panneaux tridimensionnels qui combinent différentes essences de bois. Les modèles les plus en demande sont en inventaire, prêts à livrer; l’entreprise offre également des produits sur mesure.

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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 ont été sélectionnés par le comité éditorial des DIC parmi l’offre de nos membres de l’industrie. Nous vous les présentons ici en répondant à la question suivante: « Pourquoi les designers d’intérieur aiment-ils ce produit? »

3. Lauzon Flooring - Émira Series The new Émira Series pairs a wide plank, pearl hickory high-quality hardwood floor with Lauzon’s Pure Genius air-purifying technology available in four trendy colours.

4. Allseating – You® Allseating’s You® seating line has revolutionized the way people sit. Its unique U-shaped back suspension is designed to ‘lift’ you into the proper position, encouraging you to sit fit.

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3. Lauzon Florring - Série Émira Découvrez notre nouvelle série Émira, une oasis de beauté naturelle. Planches larges, fini perle, ainsi que notre technologie purificatrice d’air Pure Genius, cette série est composée de 4 magnifiques planchers de Hickory qui saurons vous séduire.

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4. Allseating - You® La gamme de chaises et fauteuils You® d’ Allseating a révolutionné la façon dont les gens s’assoient. Sonincomparable armature en forme de U est conçue pour vous faire vous redresser correctement, vousencourageant à adopter une bonne position assise.

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trade talks pourparlers By / par Julia Salerno

Dimensions asked three interior designers “What’s the best business advice you’ve ever received?”

Dimensions a posé la question suivante à trois designers d’intérieur: « Quel est le meilleur conseil que vous ayez reçu? »

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Jane Lawson, Walker Lawson Interior Design Inc., Calgary, AB

Michel Arcand, IN8 Design Inc., Toronto, ON

Geralynne Mitschke, Geralynne Mitschke Design, Delta, BC

“I’ve received two pieces of great business advice, the first: treat your clients like gold. It takes more energy and resources to gain a new client than it does to keep one. After all, our clients pay the bills, so service is paramount! And second, learn to love the hard times. They can make you stronger, wiser and more willing to take risks.”

“When I was thinking of starting a new business, the most consistent message I got from fellow entrepreneurs was ‘give it five years.’ One of them warned me about how difficult it would be, but reinforced that I had to believe in us. I hung in there because of her sound advice.”

“I can thank my previous employer, the late Robert Ledingham for this piece of advice. He was the ‘master of the pause’. Silence is golden.

Learn when to stop talking during design meetings/presentations and get comfortable with pauses.

Providing those “aha” moments is exciting and energetic and results in the most rewarding outcomes.

For the most beneficial interactions, allow the invested party time to digest your design solutions.”

“Silence is golden. Learn when to stop talking during design meetings/presentations and get comfortable with pauses.”

Jane Lawson, Walker Lawson Interior Design Inc., Calgary, AB

Michel Arcand, IN8 Design Inc., Toronto, ON

Jane Lawson, Walker Lawson Interior Design Inc., Calgary, Alberta

Michel Arcand, IN8 Design Inc., Toronto, Ontario

« J’ai reçu deux excellents conseils pour mon entreprise. Le premier : traiter mes clients aux petits oignons. L’énergie et les ressources nécessaires pour acquérir un nouveau client dépassent de loin ce qui est requis pour conserver un client existant.

Après tout, c’est grâce à nos clients que nous arrivons à payer nos factures, alors la qualité du service qu’on leur offre est primordiale! Un deuxième conseil que j’ai reçu : apprendre à apprécier les moments difficiles. Ils peuvent nous donner de la force et de la sagesse, et nous encourager à prendre des risques. »

« Quand je planifiais de démarrer une nouvelle entreprise, le message que j’ai reçu le plus souvent de mes confrères entrepreneurs pour le projet était de ‘lui donner cinq ans’.

L’une d’entre eux m’a prévenu que ce serait difficile, mais a souligné que je devais croire en mon équipe. J’ai tenu bon grâce à cet excellent conseil. »

« Le silence est d’or. Pendant une présentation ou une réunion de conception, il est utile d’apprendre à se taire à l’occasion et d’être à l’aise avec les pauses. »

Geralynne Mitschke, Geralynne Mitschke Design, Delta, BC

Geralynne Mitschke, Geralynne Mitschke Design, Delta, Colombie-Britannique « Je dois remercier mon ancien employeur, feu Robert Ledingham, pour ce conseil. Robert était le ‘maître de la pause’, et son conseil était que le silence est d’or. Pendant une présentation ou une réunion de conception, il est utile d’apprendre à se taire à l’occasion et d’être à l’aise avec les pauses. Les pauses donnent le temps à notre auditoire de réfléchir à ce qui se dit et de le comprendre, injectent de l’énergie dans les interactions et donnent les meilleurs résultats qui soient. Pour une interaction optimale, il est important de laisser à la personne investie le temps de digérer nos solutions de design. »

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*Membres de l’industrie IDC Industry - Partner/ DIC Industrie - Partenaire Architex Caesarstone Canada CeilTrim Inc. Cosentino North America Hunter Douglas LP. Interface Knoll North America Corp.

Lauzon Distinctive Hardwood Flooring Levey Industries Inc. Mohawk Industries Patcraft Philips Renin Canada Corp.

Shaw Contract Group Teknion Limited Williams-Sonoma Inc. Designer Marketplace IDC Industry - Tier III/ DIC Industrie - Niveau III 3M Canada - Architectural Markets Allseating American Standard Brands Ames Tile & Stone Ltd. Elite Crete Systems Canada ELTE and Ginger’s Formica Canada Inc. Gaylord Hardwood Flooring GLOBAL GROUP Haworth Kravet Canada Lutron Electronics Canada Inc. Masonite International Milliken & Company Mirolin Industries Richelieu Hardware Richway Furniture Suite 22 Interiors Tailored Living featuring Premier Garage IDC Industry - Tier II/ DIC Industrie - Niveau II Acoustics With Design Allsteel Beaulieu Commercial Benjamin Moore & Co. Ltd. Cambria Natural Quartz Surfaces Ceragres Tile Group Contrast Lighting M.L. Inc Crown Wallpaper & Fabrics Dauphin North America DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. Distinctive Appliances Inc. DORMA Canada Hettich Canada L.P. Inscape I-XL Masonry Supplies Ltd. Julian Ceramic Tile Inc. Kinesik Engineered Products Kohler Canada Co. Mapei Inc. MapleTherm Engineering Inc. MARANT Construction Ltd. Metropolitan Hardwood Floors Inc. Momentum Group Odyssey Wallcoverings PC350 Porcelanosa East Canada Royal Lighting Runway Flooring Couture Steelcase Canada Stone Tile International Inc. Three H. Furniture Systems TORLYS Smart Floors Vibrant Canvas Prints Vintage Flooring

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IDC Industry - Tier I/ DIC Industrie - Niveau I 3form 3G Lighting Inc. Abet Corp.

ACO Systems Inc. AcoustiTECH Actual Design & Decor Adore Floors Inc. Advance Marble & Granite Aeon Stone & Tile Inc. Alendel Fabrics Limited Altro Canada Inc. Amala Carpets Anti-Slip Anywhere Appliance Love Applied Electronics Ltd. Arconas Armstrong World Industries Astro Design Centre Atlas Carpet Mills Inc. Avant Garde division of Master Fabrics Baldwin | Pfister | Weiser Banner Carpets Ltd. Barrisol Canada Barrymore Furniture Co. Ltd Bay Resource Group Inc. Beckwith Galleries BerMax Design Ltd bf workplace BL Innovative Lighting Blackburn Young Office Solutions Inc. Blue Sky Agency Blum Canada Ltd. BRC Canada Brown Daniels Associates Buckwold Western Ltd. Burritt Brothers Carpet and Floors

by PeterandPauls.com Staples (Business Interiors) Buy Rite Office Furnishings Source California Closets Camlen Canadel Cantu Bathrooms & Hardware Ltd. Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, Inc. Carpenters Union, Local 27 Cascadia Design Products Cavavin CD/M2 LIGHTWORKS Corp.

Century Wood Products Inc. CGC Inc. Chase Office Interiors Inc. Ciot Coast Wholesale Appliances Cocoon Furnishings Colin Campbell & Sons Ltd. Commercial Electronics Ltd. Connect Resource Managers & Planners Inc. Convenience Group Inc. Coopertech Signs and Graphics Creative Custom Furnishings CTI Working Environments Cyan Design c/o Norlite Inc. Canadian Distributor Dala Décor Daltile Canada Decor-Rest Furniture Ltd. Denison Gallery 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 E9 Halo Eden Textile Element One Elite Draperies & Home Decorating The Ensuite Environmental Acoustics Envirotech Office Systems Inc. Erv Parent Group EZ Lay Flooring Co. Ltd. FloForm Countertops Flux Lighting Inc. Fontile Kitchen and Bath Forbo Flooring Systems Canada GL Stone Ltd. Greenferd Construction Inc. Grohe Canada Inc. Grosfillex Inc. Hari Stones Ltd. Heritage Office Furnishings Ltd. Herman Miller Canada Inc. High Point Market Authority hitplay Holmes & Brakel Humanscale Illumination Lighting Intermerge Studios Inc. International Design Guild Ireland & Company Isted Technical Sales JCO & Associates Joel Berman Glass Studios Johnsonite Jones Goodridge KAARMA KANDY Outdoor Flooring, Inc. Kartners Bathroom Accessories Keilhauer Kinetic Design Products Inc. Kitchen & Bath Classics (Wolseley) 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 Livingspace Interiors LSI Floors Mac’s II Agencies McIntyre Group Maharam Malvern Contract Interiors Limited Mannington Commercial Marble Trend Ltd. Marble View Inc Marco Products (W Group) Maritime Window Film Specialists 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. NewWall Novanni Stainless Inc. NUCO Systems Inc. Nuvo Sales Group Octopus Products Ltd. Office Source Inc.

OfficeMax Grand & Toy Olympia Tile International Inc. Panasphere Premium Surfaces Panolam Surface Systems Pentco Industries Inc. Pine and Bamboo Ceramics POI Business Interiors Powell & Bonnell Home Inc. Pravada Floors Quadra Marketing & Sales Robert Allen Fabrics Canada Rockfon, LLC Roman Bath Centre Roya Manufacturing & Supply Canada Inc. RS Homes 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. Stone Port Stonequest Inc. Streamline Sales & Marketing Inc The Sullivan Source Inc. Sustainable Solutions International SwitzerCultCreative TA Appliances and Barbecues Tapis Rugs & Carpets Taymor Industries Ltd. Textile Trimmings The Brick Commercial Design Centre Midnorthern Appliances The Interior Design Group The Pentacon Group The Sliding Door Company Tierra Sol Ceramic Tile TOR The Office Resource Toronto Refurbishing Limited TORP Inc. Trail Appliances Tremton Construction Inc. Tri-Can Contract Inc. Trigon Construction Management Turkstra Lumber Company Ltd. Tusch Seating Inc. Urban Mode Valley Countertops Industries Ltd. Vantage Controls Vertuu Design Inc. Vesta Marble and Granite Vifloor Canada Ltd. W Studio Decorative Carpets Wanderosa Weavers Art Weston Premium Woods Westport Manufacturing Co. Ltd. WILLIAMBOSC Willis Wilsonart Canada XL Flooring IDC Media Partner / Partenaires des médias des DIC Canadian Interiors Homes Publishing Group * As of April 13, 2015 * En date du 13 avril 2015

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