The Azure Trade Talks series annually features internationally celebrated designers and architects. There is no other event or show in North America that delivers this type of opportunity.  Since the show’s inception 13 years ago, we have been joined by:

2010

• Joshua Prince-Ramus, REX 
• Nipa Doshi, Doshi Levien 
• Jaime Hayon, Hayon Studio 

2009

• Christophe Delcourt
• Ben van Berkel, UN Studio 
• Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel, Studio Job

2008

• Arne Quinze, Quinze & Milan 
• Winka Dubbeldam, Archi-tectonics 
• Tom Dixon

2007

• Julien De Smedt, JDS Architects 
• Yves Béhar, Fuseproject 
• Patricia Urquiola, Studio Urquiola 

2006

• Renny Ramakers, Droog Design
• Jack Lenor Larsen

2005

• Winy Maas, MVRDV 
• Stephen and Michael Maharam, Maharam
• Fernando and Humberto Campana

2004

• Marcel Wanders
• Michael Gabellini, Gabellini and Associates 
• Brigitte Shim, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects 

2003

• Enrique Norton, TEN Arquitectos 
• James Irvine  
• Martha Schwartz

2002

• Ilkka Suppanen, Snow Crash
• Piero Lissoni, Studio Lissoni 
• Paola Antonelli

2001

• Nigel Coates
• Suzanne Tick
• Thomas Sandell, Sandellsandberg 
• Christophe Pillet

2000

• John Pawson
• Bill Sofield
• Richard Schultz

1999

• Dakota Jackson
• Holly Hunt
• Gijs Bakker
• Karim Rashid
• Lena Simonson Berge

Each year, a jury comprised of 3 esteemed members of the design community select the best booth designs.  For 2010, these were: Interior Designer Clayton Budd, 64th and Queen; Margot Austin, Editor, Style at Home Magazine; and Designer John Tong, 3rd UNCLE Design.

In 2010, IDS title sponsor, RADO, also presented the Radostar Design Awards for Studio North, Prototype and DesignGenNext.
Judges for these awards were: Designer Nipa Doshi, Doshi Levien; Nelda Rodger, Editor, Azure Magazine; and NY-based journalist Jesse Ashlock.
The individual winners each received the RADO r 5.5 watch designed by Jasper Morrison. The winning school received a $5,000 bursary.

50-199 sq ft
Gold Award:  KLAUS
Silver Award: The Felt Store

200-399 sq ft
Gold Award:  Blu Bathworks
Silver Award: Willis/Dupont Corian

400 sq ft
Gold Award:  Lightform/Metalarte
Silver Award: LEMA

401-600 sq ft
Gold Award:  Metropolitan Hardwood Floors (Eastern) Inc.
Silver Award: Modern Weave

601 sq ft and above
Gold Award:  IKEA
Silver Award: G.E. Monogram

Radostar Design Award for Best Studio North Collection: Brothers Dressler

Radostar Design Award for Best Prototype: Group Two Design

Radostar Design Award for Best School Award: George Brown College (Institute Without Boundaries)

Radostar Design Award for Best Student Work: Dylan McKinnon (Sheridan College) 

Meet the 2010 Booth Award winners, and the Radostar Design Award winners for best of Studio North, Prototype and Student projects. View the award winners here.