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In the 11 year history of the Interior Design Show, the Space Concepts feature has inspired, intrigued and excited over half a million visitors. IDS 09 was no exception. Five of Canada’s most innovative and inspiring design firms were assembled, each of whom represent very different design disciplines – production and retail design; industrial design, luxury architecture, luxury residential interior design, and landscape architecture.
Representing a combination of emerging and under the radar designers coupled with established design celebrities, the five selected firms share some things in common – innovation, inspiration and talent…and for you, they each designed and created a living space that reflects their own personal notion of good design, free of client demands or budget restrictions…we hope that you enjoyed the trip.
See behind the scenes in the IDS 09 Concept Spaces Video>>
Clayton Budd and Callum Maclachlan
64th and Queen
Interior Designers and Production Designers
With a background in production design and art coupled with retail design, 64th and Queen bring an exciting dimension to the IDS space concepts. A Toronto-based boutique-style design agency formed by principals Clayton Budd and renowned production designer Callum Maclachlan, 64th and Queen is an intersection of art and design, ideas and innovation, and a creative merging of retail, hospitality, graphic and web design disciplines. 64th and Queen’s current clients include jacflash, Converse Canada, CBC and CTV to name a few.
Clayton is an ARIDO Award-winning designer specializing in retail & hospitality interior design as well as environmental, print and multi-media graphic design. His interiors can be found throughout the world, from Dubai to England, Toronto to Mexico City. Previously with International Design Group (IDG), his clients have included Cineplex Entertainment, La Maison Simons (Quebec), South Hill Home, Air Canada Centre, Deportes Marti (Mexico City) and Goldsmith Jewellers (UK). Most recently, Clayton was awarded for his design work for jacflash at the 2008 ARIDO Awards.
Callum’s background is in fine art. His work has shown at notable galleries across North America, and at the prestigious Art Basel and Art Miami fairs, as well as included among several private collections in New York, Toronto and beyond. Callum is also one of Canada’s most in-demand production designers and has been featured on CBC, CTV, NBC, CBS, Fashion Television, Star!, MTV Canada and MuchMusic. In addition to numerous music videos, Callum has created production designs for the MuchMusic Video Awards, The Juno Awards, The Giller Book Prize, Project Runway Canada and Canada’s Next Top Model. In 2007, Callum won a Gemini Award for Best Production Design for CBC’s The Hour. As well as being a talented designer and fine artist, Callum is also co-owner of The Beaconsfield Lounge in Toronto’s West Queen West area.
Committed to design excellence, and taking full advantage of the duo’s combined breadth of knowledge and vast experience, 64th and Queen aims to set a new benchmark…for the Interior Design Show…and for the design industry, at large.
Brian Richer and Kei Ng
Castor
Industrial designers
Castor is Brian Richer and Kei Ng and others. According to Brian “Above the plebian comfort objections the structural dynamic analysis must utilize and be functionally interwoven with the philosophy of commonality and standardization.” Kei agrees and expands on their principles by stating: “In the final rationalization the massing of major elements presents extremely synergistic challenges to study of true fecundity in the state of the art”.
From conception, fabrication to installation Castor combines technical knowledge, craftsmanship and design sense to create uncommon objects. Brian Richer trained as an architectural stone carver and studied English Literature and Philosophy. Kei Ng- the Malaysian assassin- studied architecture at the University of Manitoba prior to art directing and running his own restaurant.
Castor has worked with Nike (NY), Sid Lee (Amsterdam), The Chelsea Hotel, Aspen Restaurant (NY), Claude Cormier and many international clients. Their products are available in Toronto (Klaus by Knienkamper), Matter (NY), Sid Lee Collective (Amsterdam). Castor has been considered for the MOMA, Venice Biennale and has recently won a large public art commission. They have also recently opened their own restaurant in the heart of Toronto’s contemporary gallery scene on West Queen West, called Oddfellows.
Their reclaimed, reassembled and innovative products like the pendant light made of used flourescent tubes or Castor Canadiana like concrete tables whose legs have been “chewed up by a beaver” or antler headphones are seen on the pages of international magazines like Azure, World of Interiors, Metropolis Magazine and Surface.
Three years ago, Castor exhibited at IDS with a shipping container retrofitted as a sauna. Last year, selected as one of IDS’ Canadian Innovative Designers, they created an ice fishing hut – made of concrete and stained glass windows in the shape of a cross. Castor is the first product design firm to have been invited to create one of the concept spaces in the IDS’ 11 year history…we look forward to seeing what they come up with next…
Dee Dee Taylor Hannah
Taylor Hannah Architect Inc.
Architect and Designer
Dee Dee Taylor Hannah is a WonderWoman of sorts. She is a Toronto-based architect and designer, television personality, journalist, jewellery designer, philanthropist and mother of two.
Dee Dee graduated from the University of Toronto Architecture School, and is a member of the Ontario Association of Architects and the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada. Her full-service firm, Taylor Hannah Architect Inc., has been responsible for over hundreds of projects from yachts and planes to metropolitan estates and luxury condos.
Dee Dee is a partner in Montclair Construction, as well as Ellis Fine Cabinetry, which specializes in high-end millwork.
Dee Dee hosted HGTV’s Love By Design, and was one of the four hosts for the Canadian HGTV Designers’ Christmas Special. She has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including three visits to The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her writing credits include a regular column for the National Post newspaper entitled “Constructive Criticism.”
Dee Dee recently completed a line of jewellery with Myles Mindham. This year, her charity commitments include co-chairing the “Gala in the Garden” for Toronto Botanical Gardens and hosting “Luncheon on Kilbarry” for Sheena’s Place. This year, she will also be participating in the Junior League of Toronto Showhouse, and has previously been chosen for Toronto Designers’ Showcase, the Gardiner Museum’s Designers’ Twelve Days of Christmas, the University of Toronto Lecture series and various speaking engagements.
Dee Dee is no stranger to IDS. She exhibited several years ago, as well as participated in a panel presentation last year. This however, will be the first time that Dee Dee will design and create one of the feature concept spaces. Join us at IDS 09 to see Dee Dee’s superpowers at work.
Melandro Quilatan and Tania Richardson
Tomas Pearce Interior Design Consulting Inc.
Interior Designers (ARIDO)
While Tomas Pearce Interior Design Consulting Inc. might be a relative newcomer on the design scene, principals Melandro Quilatan and Tania Richardson are well acclimatized to the rigor of putting a space together for the Interior Design Show. The two talented ARIDO interiors designers have been involved with the design of IDS space concepts and exhibits since the show’s inception 11 years ago, as part of Gluckstein Design. The difference is that this year, they join us as principals of their own firm - Tomas Pearce Interior Design Consulting Inc.
Leading a team of energetic and experienced designers, architects, stylists and graphic designers, the TPIDC team has designed interiors for private residences, vacation homes and resort properties both in Canada, the U.S.A. and abroad. Some of the residential units include The Regency Yorkville, Turtle Creek Dallas, One St. Thomas, 100 Yorkville, Thornwood, One Bedford, 399 Adelaide, NXT, The Windermere, The Lonsdale, as well as, the soon to be arriving Bridal Path Lane.
Additionally, Melandro and Tania have also teamed up with Toronto’s leading high end condominium developers and builders in designing their sales offices, model suites and common areas.
Melandro and Tania see their style as international, and are motivated by a love of good design - both modern and traditional…we invite you to join us for TPIDC’s coming out at IDS 09…
James Dale, Joel Loblaw,
Kennedy McRae, Lorne Hancock
Earth inc.
Landcape Design Team
James Dale, Joel Loblaw, Kennedy McRae, and Lorne Hancock are the driving force behind landscape architecture firm, Earth inc. You may recognize their faces or their work from their new hit HGTV series, Dirty Business; the hundreds of gardens and exterior spaces they’ve created; the IDS exhibit floor over the last 5 years; or from tooling around town on their bicycles.
Earth inc converts ordinary gardens into dazzling works of imagination. The four designers draw on decades of experience, varied tastes and a hunger for originality to create outdoor settings that please the eye and the soul. The team manages all aspects of each project : design, construction, sourcing of materials and craftspeople, from concept to completion.
They characterize their work as an alchemy of architecture and horticulture, and have won many awards and mentions in prestigious publications.
And now comes the real test --- how does one landscape team create one exterior space that accommodates and satisfies 4 disparate design firms so that it is all seamless? Join us IDS to see Earth inc’s exterior space for the spaces feature.
