IDSwest
September 29 – October 2. 2011
Vancouver Convention Centre
The Interior Design Show West (IDSwest) is Western Canada’s annual premiere residential design show featuring 200 exhibitors showcasing quality products and services to an audience of industry professionals, architects, designers, consumers and media. Returning for its seventh year, IDSwest will take over the Vancouver Convention Centre West September 29 – October 2.
CTV and IDSwest would like to congratulate the following unofficial winner, Katherine Sharpe of Fort Langley, who has won the $4000 shopping spree at Moe’s Home Collection plus a 2 hour design consultation!
IDSwest is forecasting the future at this year’s premium design event with keynote speaker and international award winning industrial designer Ross Lovegrove. As someone who creates what many in the design community see as the new aesthetic expression for the 21st century, Lovegrove will certainly bring a plethora of experimental and progressive ideas to the stage.
Lovegrove’s resume spans nearly thirty years. His projects include some of the most memorable designs of each decade, including Walkmans for Sony and computers for Apple. Lovegrove is also the author of the widely successful Alessandri Office System. Winner of numerous awards, Lovegrove’s work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum (NY), the Pompidou Centre (Paris) and the Design Museum (London), where in 1993 Lovegrove curated the first permanent collection. Lovegrove is also author of the book SUPERNATURAL, The Work of Ross Lovegrove by Phaidon. Design professionals and the public alike are invited to join this forward thinker at 5:00PM on Friday, September 30th, 2011 at IDSwest.
Also joining IDSwest this year will be award winning lighting designer Jeremy Cole. As someone who counts Harry Winston, Bulgari and Anne Fontaine as clients, Cole has honed his handmade lighting into a luxury design phenomenon. His work can be found in hotels, restaurants, retail stores and offices worldwide. Cole will be addressing visitors to IDSwest on Friday, September 30th at 3:00PM.
Rounding out this year’s key presenters is local design darling Omer Arbel, Creative Director of Bocci, whose latest pieces include the 2010 Winter Olympic medals. Arbel’s designs cover a broad range, from luxurious private residences such as the nearly complete 23.2 house to bespoke lighting installations such as the 28 chandelier; to the innovative yet accessibly priced electrical wall units of the 22 series (which retail at $15 per component in North America). Arbel will be presenting on the main stage at 7:00PM on Friday, September 30th, 2011.
NEW AT IDSWEST
Straight from the UK and presented by Inform Interiors, the Tom Dixon pop-up bar is set to be the hottest spot to meet up on the IDSwest floor. In true Tom Dixon style, this pop-up bar will have a dockside atmosphere decked out with Jack Lights, Slab tables and Fluoro chairs. Etch lighting will provide ambience overhead and Etch candleholders will sit along the bar counter, where signature cocktails will be served to match.
IDSwest is examining the most cutting-edge in art, architecture, lighting and design from September 29th to October 2nd, 2011.
For full event details visit: idswest.com
For information on Moe’s visit: moeshomecollection.com
