Students
Top 5 Under 5 Award Winners
In partnership with InterfaceFLOR and KNOLL, IDC Presents: Top 5 Under 5 Awards Program. Meet Canada’s next generation of top interior designers—a group of award-winning, up-and-coming Intern/Provisional IDC members who are recommended by their supervisors to submit their designs in IDC’s inaugural, Top 5 Under 5 Awards program. The Awards, created by a national committee of Provisional and Intern members (better known as EPIC), was designed to highlight the talents of designers within the first five years of their career. Submissions are judged by an international panel of interior designers and award-winning projects will be on display at the EPI-Centre on the IIDEX show floor. Winners will be on-hand each day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to speak to their work and answer your questions.
Top 5 Under 5 winners will be awarded their prize on stage at the IDC Annual Meeting, Friday at 3:30 p.m. – don’t miss this EPIC event.
Program support provided by: Canadian Interiors, Flight Centre, Tim Forbes, and 3form
Student Charrette
Now in its fifth year, the IIDEX Student Charrette always brings a “twist” to the show floor and this year is of no exception. Students from schools across the country are invited to participate in teams of five selected by their program coordinators. Armed with only a few tools, students are charged with building and creating structures to win prizes. New this year, the Student Charrette will be integrated throughout the show.
Watch their design’s come to life from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day as interior design students compete on Thursday, and architect students compete on Friday. Be there as the team’s gather to crown this year’s winning teams! Winners each day will be announced at 3PM in booth #820.
IDA AWARDS CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Another IIDEX first, the IDA Awards, (International Design Awards) will hold their awards ceremony on the keynote theatre stage on Friday, September 23. The IDA Awards is a bi-yearly event which invites design students from all over the world to create forward-looking, innovative and unusual solutions in furniture design and furniture-making . The awards are sponsored by two leading European manufacturers, HETTICH and REHAU who belive the talents of students should be fostered to showcase the trends and visions of tomorrow.
HOME GROWN TALENT WINS GOLD - The 2010 Awards selected four winners, two of whom are local talent, a group project assignment by the Ontario College Arts & Design, who designed “Wave”, a clever and interactive unit for storing, refrigerating and freezing food.
The second Canadian winner is Mae Shaban from the University of Toronto, who designed “Algeoli”, a concept that recycles spent and dirty air as well as dirty water in small membranes in the user’s direct surroundings. The recycling process is visualized by different light intensities, the LED’s become brighter as system activity increases.
To see all the winners, please make sure to attend the IDA Awards cermony at IIDEX on Friday, September 23 at 12:00 PM in the keynote theatre. This is a free event.
