IDS Vancouver: Interior design show highlights global trends
Credit to Author: Mary Beth Roberts| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 13:24:29 +0000
There’s always a lot to see—and think about—as attendees explore the unconventional, the innovative and, yes, sometimes the traditional at Interior Design Show Vancouver (IDS), Western Canada’s premier showcase of all things design, September 26 to 29.
This show’s theme, “Design DNA,” is a nod to the building blocks that make each person an individual while acknowledging where they come from, says show director Jody Phillips. Leveraging that theme and translating it to the show results in a range of speakers, features and exhibitors all sharing their own unique piece of design’s DNA.
Judson Beaumont returns to IDS with his surfboad cabinets.
“There are so many creative people—makers, architects and interior designers—it’s a place to network and find your tribe in terms of design,” says Phillips.
New this year is a foray into food with programming that explores the future of food through a feature exhibition, Edible Futures: Food for Tomorrow. There will be a keynote address by “eating designer” Marije Vogelzang, who also designed the Central Feature: Seeds, as well as a panel discussion, Eating by Design: The Future of Food, featuring Great Canadian Baking Show judge Bruno Feldeisen, Zach Berman, co-founder of The Juice Truck, and Amanda Huynh of Edible Projects.
Other keynotes include Emily Forgot, the London-based designer who describes her work as “playful, bold and surreal.” Forgot is also creating the entrance feature, A Sense of Place, that includes—among many hues—the show’s four official colours, Benjamin Moore’s Jet Black, Limelight, Monmouth Green and Pale Iris.
The London-based multidisciplinary artist Emily Forgot will take the Caesarstone Stage on Friday, September 27.
At the heart of the show are the 300 exhibitors who present a dazzling array of goods that range from sound systems, wall art and lighting to plumbing fixtures and appliances. Major brands including Caesarstone, SMEG and GermanHaus will be on the show floor alongside a range of local designers and companies such as East Van Light and Vancouver Candle Co.
Every year IDS welcomes exhibitors who regularly return to the show as a well as a range of newcomers.
First-time exhibitor Justin Nelson of Fernweh Woodworking is making the trip from his home in Portland, Oregon, to take advantage of the show’s reputation among small-batch designers and craftspeople.
ustin Nelson of Fernweh Woodworking will showcase his products in the Studio North marketplace.
A former Marine officer and more recent member of a woodland firefighting crew, the self-taught woodworker started making small home décor pieces in the off-season from his firefighting job. He launched the Sling Chair, made from walnut and high-quality Horween leather, in his own furniture line in 2018. He will be pitching the chair in the Hot New Next competition at IDS.
Judson Beaumont of Straight Line Design returns to IDS this year after taking a break for a couple of years while he travelled around the world and introduced people to his whimsical furniture. At this year’s IDS, Beaumont is showing a new creation, West-Coast-Tofino-inspired surfboard cabinets, designed to take advantage of the vertical space in Vancouver’s small homes.
While not every show can be a hit in terms of selling product, Beaumont has picked up some of his most exciting commissions at design shows. “At a Las Vegas show, someone from Disney walked by and saw my work and the next week I was on a plane to Florida,” he recalls.
That’s just one reason why he encourages other makers to exhibit at the show. “All artists need exposure and people need to see our products,” Beaumont says, “and we want to see what everyone else is doing too.”
IDS is held at Vancouver Convention Centre West on September 26, 27 (trade day), 28, 29.
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