About

IDS 10

The Interior Design Show/IDS 10 is Canada’s largest contemporary design event. Since our inception in 1998, over 500,000 design professionals, consumers and media have attended. The newest and most innovative in international and Canadian products are annually presented by 300 exhibitors. Inspirational exhibits feature both emerging and established designers; and highlight international interior design, architecture and industrial design trends. The most influential architects and designers from around the world share their design philosophies and experiences within the international keynote speakers program.

IDS is more than just a show. It is the total design experience.

History

IDS was created in Toronto in 1998 by Steven Levy and Shauna Levy. With a combined 25 years of trade and consumer show and design industry experience, the Levys recognized an opportunity in the market for a sophisticated, urban and contemporary design event where both design trade professionals and the public could access and specify the very best in design for the home.

The first Interior Design Show was held in January 1999 with tremendous fanfare and was wildly received by the media, design trade and consumers alike. Attended by 25,000 visitors, it was an unprecedented event in North America that was launched by Wallpaper* Magazine founder, Tyler Brule and featured speakers like The Netherlands’ Droog Design’s Gijs Bakker and American Furniture designer and manufacturer, Holly Hunt. Canada’s leading interior design firms, Cecconi Simone, Del Terrelonge, Gluckstein Design Planning, and Powell & Bonnell each created a 600-square-foot living space reflecting the most current in residential design trends and 275 exhibitors showed the best in design.

In 2001, The Interior Design Show was purchased by Chicago-based Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. (MMPI), one of the world’s leading trade and consumer show producers, including Neocon Chicago, Armory Art Fair and Art Chicago. Within its stable of other Canadian properties are IDS WEST (in Vancouver, BC), One of a Kind Shows, IIDEX Neocon Canada Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF) and Construct Canada.