Gallery of Modern Design. Photo courtesy of the ROM.
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) opened its new Gallery of Modern Design this month. Featuring the iconic work of designers including Frank Lloyd Wright and Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann among others, the gallery traces the development of design in Europe and North America, highlighting six design movements from 1910…
The Vancouver Art Gallery has announced BHARTI KHER Matter, the first major retrospective in North America of internationally acclaimed artist Bharti Kher.
Opening on July 9, this exhibition incorporates elements of painting, photography and sculpture that have been the hallmarks of her practice over the past two decades. Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and…
Presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr, Jr., and Philip Johnson spotlights a crucial, though little known, aspect of the development of American modern design: the collaboration between Alfred H. Barr, Jr., (1902‐1981), the first director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and Philip Johnson (1906‐2005), MoMA’s first…
The International Garden Festival is pleased to announce the names of the designers selected by the jury for the 17th edition presented at Les Jardins de Métis / Reford Gardens, from June 23 to October 2, 2016. Visitors will be invited to explore the 27 contemporary gardens, and enter the interactive spaces created by more than…
Members of the Architect Selection Committee and the Board of Directors of the Canadian Canoe Museum are proud, honoured and excited to announce that visionary architects heneghan peng Architects (Dublin, Ireland) and Kearns Mancini Architects (Toronto) have won the international competition for the new $45-million Canadian Canoe Museum to be located at the majestic site…
Montréal architectural firm Pelletier de Fontenay, founded in 2010 by Hubert Pelletier and Yves de Fontenay, has won the 2015 Phyllis Lambert Grant for its project entitled Architectures de la nature captive.
The grant, which comes with a $10,000 cash prize to be used for a professional development project, was awarded today by Chantal Rossi, associated…
October 26 sees the start of the registration for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016. Every year, the international design competition selects the best product designs in the world. In order to participate, manufacturers and designers register their products online and submit the original product for the judging process.
Entry conditions state that the products have…
On October 21, Ron Gilad, an internationally celebrated designer and artist, will discuss his artistic and commercial work with DX President and CEO, Shauna Levy. Gilad will provide insight into his creative process and how his products have been formed by his notion of home and how he strikes a fine balance between the abstract…
A sunflower labyrinth created to celebrate the opening of the new entrance building of the Van Gogh Museum on Museumplein in Amsterdam turns the city yellow