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It’s Design Week in Toronto. That means the Toronto International Design Festival is on from January 20-24. Anchored by the Interior Design Show (IDS), the city is set to burst into little design flames with shops, galleries and even schools opening their doors to celebrate design and innovation.
Curated and promoted by Design Exchange, there are a number of events that span the disciplines of design: fashion, interiors, graphics, architecture, and environmental.
My top pick? I’d like to hear Bruce Mau share his thoughts on “A World Without Oil” at IDS. Opinions of Mau are polarized, but he’s clearly a design thinker who contributes across many disciplines and he’s been a longtime proponent of lateral, collaborative work in efforts to cause positive social change.
Unfortunately, it will cost you dearly for the privilege: $125 for a half day of talks.
Then, of course, we have Advertising Week. It picks up where Design Week leaves off. January 25-29, to be exact. Promoted by the Institute of Communication Agencies (ICA), it will be held concurrently in six Canadian cities and will include film screenings, talks, networking events, exhibits and the like.
Apparently Advertising Week is for people in “creative industries and those who aspire to be creative.” That covers just about everybody, doesn’t it?
There are a lot of great picks here, ranging from Toronto advertising celebrities such as Terry O’Reilly and living legend Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at MaRS with ideas, tools and inspirations for “Leading Social Change.”
The only downside to all this action is that it’s impossible to take it all in. Maybe somebody will design a time machine. Or at least a better way to track the growing number of relevant events now that things are really getting interdisciplinary.
David Morgan
January 21, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
Sounds like an interesting couple of weeks. Too bad I don’t have anyone to go with or I would definitely make my into the city to check it out.
Oh and I’m pretty sure my professor just sent my resume to someone at Grip, so I hope you like it ;)
/Davemorgan
Stuart Thursby
January 22, 2010 @ 10:42 am
Hey, I’m Stuart Thursby, the community coordinator here at Applied Arts. Just wanted to spread the word that next week we’ll be liveblogging Advertising Week on our blog (http://www.appliedartsmag.com/blog). There’s only so much we can cover, of course, but it should give a pretty good idea of what it’s all about for those who aren’t able to make it down for the weeklong festivities.
Ian Mackenzie
January 25, 2010 @ 3:18 pm
Thanks for the heads up Stuart. Just retweeted your link @bigorangeslide.