The award-winning South St. Burger Co. Shops at Don Mills location was designed by Jump Branding & Design Inc.

Here’s to South St. Burger Co.

South St. Burger Co.'s Don Mills location will receive the 2011 Special Recognition Award for Innovation in Energy by the A.R.E. Sustainability Awards. The award will be presented at the A.R.E. Design Awards ceremony at Globalshop 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 28. The South St. Burger Co. Shops at Don Mills location…

March 9, 2011

Pixels turns a CGC metal ceiling or wall-mounted panel system into a "canvas" upon which images can be displayed.

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Pixels debuts

CGC Inc. has announced the launch of Pixels (TM), the first design product of its kind in Canada, aimed at the commercial marketplace. Pixels turns a CGC metal ceiling or wall-mounted panel system into a "canvas" upon which images can be displayed, transforming blank surfaces into customized, interactive visuals. "Pixels exemplifies CGC's tireless commitment to innovation and industry…

February 15, 2011

John Bradford, Chief Innovations Officer for Interface Americas, Division of Interface Inc., and a new member of the RBRC Board of Directors.

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Call2Recycle announces Interface executive as newest member of Board of Directors

Call2Recycle, a North America-wide free rechargeable battery and cell phone collection program, has announced the election of John Bradford, Chief Innovations Officer for Interface Americas, Division of Interface Inc., to the RBRC Board of Directors. The RBRC Board operates Call2Recycle, which recently announced a record-breaking 6.7 million pounds of rechargeable batteries collected in 2010. …

January 28, 2011

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Interface raises sustainability bar

Interface Inc. has announced that, as part of its "Mission Zero" commitment to eliminate negative environmental impact by 2020, the company pledges to obtain third-party validated environmental product declarations (EPDs) on all InterfaceFLOR products globally by 2012. The worldwide leader in design, production and sales of environmentally responsible modular carpet has also unveiled a report…

November 25, 2010

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Voila: Vika

Sweden's acclaimed designer Monica Förster taps into one of her country's most prized natural resources in the subtle gestures shown in her latest accomplishment, the Vika seating collection. This commission for Bernhardt Design marks her first major collaboration with an American company, subsequent to building a highly respected body of work for numerous leading European…

November 15, 2010

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Mau in Black & White

On Oct. 23, the Design Exchange (DX) will host its 7th annual Black & White Fundraising Gala. This year's event will honour visionary and world-leading innovator Bruce Mau, chairman and founder of Bruce Mau Design. Special guest Kathleen Bartels, director of the Vancouver Art Gallery, will present the 2010 honouree. The Black & White Gala…

August 25, 2010

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Bartlett & Saatchi & Saatchi

Inger Bartlett, principal and founder of Bartlett & Associates, will be presenting a design lecture at the world-renowned Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto this fall. Roger Martin, dean of Rotman, will host. Martin wrote last year's acclaimed best seller The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage.…

August 20, 2010

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Alessi comes to Montreal

Alessi, the world-renowned manufacturer of inspired design objects, opened its latest store in Montreal -- at 2085 rue Crescent -- on April 8. Alessi Montreal features products from the company's vast catalog of 3,000-plus design objects for the home, table, kitchen, office and more. The shop is Alessi's first company store to open in Canada…

June 10, 2010

Members of the Canadian delegation, from left: Desiree Martinez, Francois Gaudreau, Alain Dufour, Diane Menzies, Helen Fotopulos, Nadir Patel, Linda Irvine, Raquel Penalosa, Marie-France Polidori and Ana Masut.

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Montreal on a mission

Montreal has been chosen to host the 54th World Congress of IFLA, the International Federation of Landscape Architects, which will be held in 2017. IFLA is an international body representing Landscape Architecture professionals from 62 countries. The delegation, headed by Helen Fotopulos, executive committee member, responsible for Culture, Heritage, Design and the Status of Women…

May 31, 2010

Iannis Xenakis, 1922-2001. Study for the Polytope, Montreal (score for a light show). ca. 1966. Iannis Xenakis Archives, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris.

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The visionary Iannis Xenakis

The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) presents an exhibition exploring the fundamental role of drawing in the work of Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) in its Octagonal Gallery. This is the first North American museum exhibition devoted to Xenakis's paper-based works. The exhibition, which opened on Jan. 14 at The Drawing Center in New York, travels to…

May 28, 2010