Along with our neighbours and frequent collaborators, Crete Collective, we are opening our brand new studio/showroom to the public. See our made in Edmonton furniture while also checking out our door and railing samples. Get inspired for your next renovation or build. This is a free event, RSVP is encouraged on Eventbrite.

Tickets: FREE

Tour award winning buildings and open spaces, and the designers and owners that made them happen!

Join this downtown walking tour hosted by the Edmonton Urban Design Awards Committee and City of Edmonton Urban Designers. The focus of this tour will be buildings, streetscapes and open spaces that have previously won Urban Design Awards - and some that are in the running for 2023 awards!

This 3.5km walk will include stops at City Hall and the new City Hall Plaza, Rice Howard Way and Enbridge Centre, Jasper Avenue, Michael Phair Park, and the future Warehouse Park. During the tour you will be able to meet and converse with the designers and owners behind these exceptional examples of urban design in Edmonton

Tickets: $5

Join us for the closing night of Edmonton Design Week 2023 on Saturday, October 14th! MADE would like to celebrate all of the amazing events we enjoyed as a community this week. We hope that this week provided an opportunity to MELD with other professionals in media, architecture, design, industrial design, furniture makers, artists and many other disciplines. Thank you for joining us!

Your ticket includes a drink ticket and appetizers for the evening.

Tickets: $40

The intent of the lecture series is to discuss how design is not just a singular product output but a way of thinking and doing. It can be used as a form of embodied learning to understand or move through processes and situating that help us understand context. Both of these are relevant as we begin to increase the use of design for complex systems questions and explore potential futures.

Speakers:

Dr. Isabel Prochner (she/they) is an industrial designer and design researcher guided by design justice principles. Her research and practice focus on socially and community-engaged industrial design. She is an editor of Situating Design in Alberta, a book published with the University of Alberta Press in 2021 that makes the case that design has the potential to drive economic growth, improve quality of life, and promote sustainability in the province and across the country. Much of her research explores sex and gender equity in design. Her second book Designing for Sex and Gender Equity is in press with Routledge, and she has American and Canadian patents pending for a chest binder for transgender and gender-diverse folks.

Prochner is a faculty member in the Virginia Tech School of Design in the USA. She completed her master’s and doctoral studies at the University of Montreal and holds a Bachelor of Design in Industrial design from the University of Alberta.

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Chris Perron is a Senior Product Designer at the LEGO Group with over 7 years of experience designing products and play experiences with LEGO Bricks.

Since graduating from the Industrial Design program at the University of Alberta in 2014, Chris continues to explore the LEGO system of play with designs that use LEGO bricks in inventive and creative combinations. During his time at the LEGO Group, he has worked on over 50 products that span a wide variety of themes and franchises: from spaceships to monsters to mechs and fantasy locations. Chris' favorite projects to work on are those where he can combine interesting LEGO geometry, beautiful color combinations, and favorite movies like the recent product The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell.

Outside of work Chris continues to build LEGO models for fun as well as pursue his passion of 3D modeling & digital sculpting by working in a combination of Blender & ZBrush. Chris lives in Denmark with his wife Laura and their many outdoor cats.

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Laura Perron is a Product Designer at the LEGO Group with over 6 years of experience designing products and play experiences with LEGO bricks.

Since graduating from the Industrial Design program at the University of Alberta in 2016, Laura continues to seek out opportunities to craft joyful experiences through product design. In her time at the LEGO Group, she has played an integral role in shaping the tone-of-voice for the new line of products that appeal to those with a passion for arts & crafts, colors, and decorating (LEGO DOTS). Since 2022 Laura has been a part of the LEGO IDEAS team, where she was able to work on her dream project of converting the US comedy classic "The Office" into a LEGO product. Laura's favorite projects to work on are ones where she can combine interesting color patterns, create something silly, or capture the essence of a beloved TV or movie in LEGO brick form.

Outside of work Laura pursues her passion of art through watercolor & digital painting, 3D modeling in Blender, and sewing elaborate Halloween costumes. Laura lives in Denmark with her husband Chris and their many outdoor cats.

Tickets: $25 (MADE Members: $15)

Edmonton Design Week is just around the corner in Edmonton and we’re getting in on the celebration!

They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but in museums, designers use their own set of specialized skills as a mighty tool for storytelling!

At RAM, our designers specialize in graphic, exhibit, and user experience design, creating captivating galleries and experiences for diverse audiences.

In honour of Edmonton Design Week, we’ve put together a behind the scenes tour that will reveal the inner workings of exhibit design at Western Canada's largest museum.

Spaces are limited and pre-booking is required, so book your spot fast!

Tours will be held on Thursday, October 12 from 6-7pm, and Saturday, October 14 from 2-3pm.

Tickets: $35

*General admission is included with tickets for Design - Behind the Exhibits at RAM.

Join Alberta Craft for the reception of our Feature exhibition Furniture and our Discovery exhibition Proven Form - Modern Perspective by Ralph Reichenbach

Furniture highlights thirteen artists and makers who explore contemporary craft and furniture from a variety of perspectives, techniques and materials.

Participating artists: Anna Burger-Martindale, Crete Collective, Anthony Eslava, Kevin Farmer, FORGE 53°, Mient Groen, Michael Holton, Robert King, René LeBel, Geof Lilge, Karla Mather-Cocks, Jean-Claude Prefontaine, and Douglas Pueschel

Proven Form - Modern Perspective is an exhibition of woodwork by Edmonton designer craftsman, educator and gallerist Ralph Reichenbach.

This event is free and tickets/registration are not required.

What's a counter? Who is George Stanley? Whether you're a seasoned industry professional or a design student, dust off your niche design knowledge and join the RGD at our first-ever Design Trivia Afternoon in Edmonton! Have some weekend fun, compete for bragging rights, and some amazing prizes (including streaming tickets to DesignThinkers Toronto 2023), and make some new connections while you're at it. Appetizers are on us!

Tickets: $30 (MADE and RGD Members: $20)

Join Alberta Craft for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour to local design studios Bay 1 Gallery/Reichenbach Design, Crete Collective, and FORGE 53°

Full Event Description: Join the Alberta Craft Gallery as we visit three local design studios - Bay 1 Gallery/ Reichenbach Design, Crete Collective, and FORGE 53° for a special tour as part of Edmonton Design Week.  All three studios are currently represented in Alberta Craft Gallery’s current exhibitions; the Group Feature Exhibition Furniture, and the Discovery Gallery Solo Exhibition Proven Form - Modern Perspective with Ralph Reichenbach. Gain unique insight into each studio’s vision and process as they share their passion and artistry for design and furniture. 

Following the event we invite you to join us and the artists downtown for a public reception of both exhibitions at the Alberta Craft Gallery from 2-4pm. There is free parking behind the building. Please note that the Alberta Craft Gallery is not wheelchair accessible, for full information see here.

About the Studios:

Bay 1 Gallery is dedicated to representing a roster of Canadian fine furniture makers artisans, and artists. Gallery owner and founder Ralph Reichenbach is a self-taught artist, furniture maker and designer having grown up in his father's wood shop Eberhard's Manufacturing. He attended NAIT in the cabinet making program, graduated the program in one year, at the top of his class and then continued on as an instructor in the advanced woodworking and apprenticeship program for two years.  Over a number of years, he taught various workshops at NAIT and Red Deer Collage in marquetry. He specializes in the use of wood veneers and combines them with solid wood to create aesthetically pleasing, decorative and functional objects. His fine furniture pieces and wall hangings are often accented with the age-old craft of marquetry to create pictures that are inspired by his values and experience in life.  

Ralph will also be giving a marquetry workshop on October 28, for more information see our Events page.

We are  Crete Collective, founded by Sam Wilkins and Dallyn Volkman in 2020, a custom concrete fabrication firm that produces a line of bespoke concrete sinks and custom concrete projects for both residential and commercial spaces. Our products are designed and handcrafted to complement and enhance any space, reflecting the unique style and personality of all our clients. Our team of 3 meticulously designs and casts each product by hand. Every one of our pieces undergo careful hand-sanding and sealing to achieve a consistent and stunning finish. The collective in our name reflects our passion to work with others in our community to bring new concepts to life.

Forge 53° is an Edmonton-based architectural metalwork firm founded in 2015. Inspired by the Canadian landscape, history, and industry, Forge 53° specializes in architectural metalwork such as railings, steel and glass doors, partition walls, interior cladding, custom furniture, and other custom interior design features. They have worked on projects across North America including Edmonton, Calgary, Kelowna, Vancouver, Montreal, California, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, and more. All of the product design and fabrication takes place in Edmonton, located on the 53rd northern parallel. 

Tickets: Alberta Craft members: $10 / General: $15

The buildings that Edmontonians see every day embody the stories of working people - people whose lives and contributions are not remembered. This tour features buildings and major infrastructure projects that reveal the issues of the day affecting working families in the ever-changing economy of Edmonton.

We will hear about attitudes towards women’s work, early workforces and unions, the General Strike of 1919, and relief work provided by governments in the 1930s. The General Hospital, Holy Child School (formerly Grandin School), the High Level Bridge, the Alberta Legislature, and the baseball park are the sites of these stories.

The tour starts at the General Hospital on Jasper Avenue and 111 Street, and ends at the east end of the Legislature grounds. The round trip, if returning to the General Hospital site, is 2.2 km.

Each participant will receive a free copy of ALHI’s newest booklet Edmonton Working Class Heritage Buildings. The booklet covers many more sites of significance that participants can explore on their own.

The tour will be led by Cathy Roy, a retired museum curator and fourth-generation settler in central Edmonton.

The Government Centre LRT station, west exit, is the closest access to the General Hospital. This walking tour is for anyone over 12 years of age interested in Edmonton history who is capable of walking up to 2km.

Sponsored by: Alberta Labour History Institute

Tickets: $5

Show support to the other breweries in the Hop Pocket with a self-guided brewery hop of the neighborhood, and join in with fellow creatives at Arcadia at the end of the evening!

This event is an opportunity to continue the conversation from the Architecture school panel with a late-night venue. We will have the second-floor event space to ourselves.

The best part: We’ll have custom EDW beers! Your ticket includes 1 beer and snacks/apps throughout the evening.

Tickets: $25

A forum (presentations - panel discussion - exhibition) for discussing the creation of an Architecture School in Edmonton, this event will consist of a panel that will illustrate the influence of an Architecture School on a community or city. The event will include Edmonton’s missed opportunities from not having a school of architecture, in the form of a small exhibition. Rob Lederer, from the U of A, will discuss the history and state of the most recent school of architecture application and geography of local academia. Rusty Smith and Betsy Farrell Garcia, from Rural Studio in Alabama will discuss the design-build model, tangible community outputs and process implications. Shane Hauser, with D’Arcy Jones Architects will discuss how his experience in an Architecture school, Dalhousie, gave him the opportunity to think differently about Edmonton. There will be design studio projects on display as part of a small exhibition that explore the potential of architecture school thinking.

Tickets: $25

From its newly-expanded sewing studio in Bonnie Doon, Unbelts now makes 100% of its sustainable belts right here in Edmonton, shipping to retailers and e-commerce customers across North America.

Join founder Claire Theaker-Brown for local refreshments, a tour of Unbelts’ HQ and studio, and an honest, informal presentation and AMA of how Unbelts:

- Establishes and sustains relationships with ethical offshore and domestic manufacturers;

- Tests and implements circular design practices, including repair programs and studio waste upcycling;

- Upholds environmental and social sustainability its overall operations

- Has learned from some epic mistakes, and how you can, too

Networking and discussion of purpose-based business/sustainable design practices to follow if time permits.

Unbelts is a Certified Living Wage Employer and Edmonton’s longest-standing Certified B Corporation. Since its inception, Unbelts has centred its product design around user experience and sustainability, offering uniquely comfortable, bulk-free, size-inclusive belts made from recycled materials by a fully living-wage supply chain. Unbelts have been featured on the Oscars Red Carpet™, Good Morning America, The View, Today’s Parent, and ELLE, and Claire holds the dubious honour of being the most pregnant person to ever appear on Dragons’ Den™.

Unbelts HQ + Studio Is located at 8815 92 St. NW, on the second floor (across from The Colombian in the French Quarter). Your ticket includes refreshments and a $5 Unbelts gift card.

Tickets: $5 (Students get in for free; please show your ID at the door)

Join us for happy hour at hcma's interdisciplinary design studio and an informal Watch & Wine screening of our The Space Between video series, including a sneak peek at season two. You'll also get to meet the team, see the space, and learn more about projects in the works. 

This event is free and all are welcome.

The Space Between

For some time now, we've been talking about The Space Between: the humble, sometimes overlooked, in-between spaces, where spontaneous connections occur. The conversation held with a stranger while watching a game, the coffee shared between neighbours, the mentorship provided to someone learning a new skill. This is where the magic happens. 

After 40 years, we have heard a lot of stories emphasizing the importance of these spaces. With The Space Between video series, we're sharing them – giving you a look inside some of our favourite community buildings to hear about moments of community and connection. 

hcma

hcma designs buildings, brands, and shared experiences that connect people. We’re interdisciplinary by design. Designers, architects, researchers, strategists, all working together to create the lasting change we want to see in the world.

Tickets: FREE

Architecture is a “continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time.” -Vincent Scully

Join us for a lunchtime discussion on the state of the practice through the eyes of senior (RAIC) fellows and young up and coming architects in the field. What is architecture today? What was the practice like 50 years ago? Where is it heading and what does it mean?

Lunch by Tee Pee Treats is included with your ticket.

Speaker Bios:

Ian Mulder, AAA, MRAIC

Before finding architecture, Ian Mulder worked for many years as an artist producing murals, developing educational programs and working with communities throughout Canada and beyond. He later trained as an architect (M. Arch, University of Toronto) and helped to design and manage a variety of commercial and institutional projects. Ian Mulder is currently an architect with the City of Edmonton’s facility planning group, and Chair of the Edmonton chapter of RAIC.

David Murray, Architect AAA, FRAIC

David graduated from the University of Toronto in 1969 and established his own practice in 1984. He was a founding member of the Architecture Lecture Series which delivered an annual series of well-attended public lectures in Edmonton at the Provincial Museum over the course of a decade. His practice developed a specialty in architectural conservation with many historic building restorations, main street projects and urban design studies. In the 1990s and early 2000s, David was a founding member of the Innovative Practice Group in Architecture, delivering the professional practice course to University of Calgary architecture students. Following this, David spent a decade teaching in the architecture program at Athabasca University. All along, the practice has continue to focus on the study and conservation of Alberta’s designated historic resources. David became a Fellow of the RAIC in 2002.

Barry Johns, DDes, FRAIC, (HON) FAIA, RCA

Barry Johns is an award winning, widely published architect in Edmonton,Alberta. He is a former Chancellor of the College of Fellows, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada from 2011 – 2017 and Director of Practice for the Alberta Association of Architects from 2015 – 2019. His career includes an extensive tenure with Arthur Erickson in Vancouver and spansprivate practice, teaching and public service. He is the first international recipient of the Leslie M. Boney medal from the American Institute of Architects where he is an Honorary Fellow, for outstanding service to the profession. He received the Doctor of Design (DDES) from the University of Calgary in 2023 for his pioneering work in developing BAAKFIL, an approach to addressing the housing crisis in Canada, soon to be published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. A monograph entitled Barry Johns Architects, was published by TUNS Press in 2000 and an eBook on the firm’s later work is available at www.bjalstudio.ca.

Rebecca Cey, B. Des, M.Arch, Intern Architect, AAA

Rebecca is an intern architect with DIALOG where her project experience includes mixed use, residential, health care, and laboratory typologies. She holds a Bachelor of Design from the University of Alberta and completed her Master of Architecture at the University of Calgary in 2020, when she was awarded the RAIC Student Medal. Rebecca is especially interested in harnessing computational design and other emerging technologies to improve the quality, performance, and sustainability of the built environment.

Cynthia Dovell, MArch, Architect AAA, AIBC, FRAIC Alberta + NWT Regional Director, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Board

Cynthia Dovell is a creator, an architect, mentor, mother, creation coach and founder of AVID Architecture. She has designed a few unique architectural gems in Canada, teaches architectural design for Athabasca University and Edmonton Public School Board, and is the Alberta and NWT board Director and a fellow with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Having grown up around diverse people from moving to over 20 different communities across Canada before age 20, Cynthia can hold space for others in any walk of life. Her mission is to help people feel good and to support them in connecting more deeply with themselves. She has created a number of mentorship and education programs with this mission at heart.

Sponsored by: RAIC

Tickets: $20 (MADE and RAIC Members $10)

A discussion of insights and experiences on what it will mean to be a designer in the coming Web3 world. What does it mean to you and your clients, AI and you, your intellectual property & ownership rights and how you will work and get paid in the not-so-distant future.

Panel Members:

Howard Suissa - EFNpro, Suissa Design

Lindsey Monderman - Punchcard

Sam Raheel - Lawtiq, Rapid Boost

Moderator: Chase Christensen - RBCx

Hosted in partnership with Edmonton Unlimited

Tickets: FREE

Pecha Kucha is all about storytelling using images, rather than text. Pecha Kucha presentations use 20 slides and allow only 20 seconds of commentary per slide.

Speaker 1 - Hannah Allawi (Architecture)

Presentation Name: STRATHCONA, EDMONTON: MODERN, INDUSTRIAL

Description: Hannah Allawi is a registered Intern Architect with the AAA and NCARB and has over 7 years of professional experience. She has worked in Canada, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and has completed Internships in the UK, UAE and Japan. Hannah’s recent PhD from the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape at the University of Calgary focused primarily on the research of using augmented reality technology in helping to revive lost buildings and structures of the UAE, utilizing the city of Abu Dhabi as a testing ground. Her current research work primarily revolves around architecture and urbanism of cities in the Arab Gulf States as well as urban design enhancements within the public realm.

Her Pecha Kucha presentation touches on some of the modern buildings around the city of Edmonton, primarily within the areas of Old Strathcona and Strathcona Industrial Park, and their potential to be added to the architectural heritage of the city. A few buildings will be showcased allowing to present their architectural features as part of the modern architectural typology. The Pecha Kucha presentation sets to ignite interest and appreciation of these buildings as well as keeping a look out for other unique structures around Edmonton.

Speaker 2 - Raeland Mendoza (Fashion & Design)

Brand: www.illcallyoutomorrow.com/ Agency: www.tomorrow-works.com/

Presentation Name: I’ll Call you Tomorrow / Tomorrow Works

Description: Coming from a lineage of immigrant textile artisans, he has lived in the world of fashion since birth. This was honed studying textiles and marketing in university, with his early career leading him to work on product with Canadian west coast staple brands CYC Design Corporation (Reigning Champ, wings + horns), and Kit and Ace while living in Vancouver. Spurred by the idleness of his suburban roots in Edmonton contrasted with the childhood experiences of growing up in Toronto, he seeks to bring his communities with him in every new endeavor.

Now working alongside a creative network across Canada, the US, and Asia, Raeland consults for a multitude of lifestyle brands across different spaces, while also leading the art collective/lifestyle brand I’ll Call You Tomorrow (ICYT) and its consultancy counterpart, Tomorrow Works.

Speaker 3 - Shawna Lemay (Photography)

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Presentation Name:A Tale of Three Cities, Meld – Pecha Kucha, Edmonton Design Week 2023

Description: Shawna Lemay is a writer inspired by photography and art. Her books have hit Harper’s Bazaar’s must-read list and the Globe and Mail’s must-read fashion books list. Actor Bella Heathcote recognized her latest novel, Everything Affects Everyone by saying: “Shawna Lemay’s writing makes the miraculous accessible and the mundane seem magical.”

Shawna’s city photography is inspired by artist Edward Hopper’s observation, “There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.” When travel plans were cancelled, she took to the streets of Edmonton seeing it as a tourist might, through love-coloured glasses, hoping to tell the story of light in our city. Her city photography has taken her from the popularity of an image of the Taco Time in Edmonton’s winter, to spending a month in Rome taking photographs, to being asked to travel to Porto Alegre, Brazil to photograph that city. As the images from each city merge and flow into her consciousness she asks, how does seeing a photograph of a city change how we see ourselves in a city?

Speaker 4 - (Juan Monterrosa - Familia Brewing)

Presentation Name: Brewing Vibrancy and the first law of thermodynamics.

Description: Hailing from the tapestry of El Salvadoran heritage, Juan is a first-generation Canadian, as his parents fled the tumultuous civil war in the 80s.

Juan's upbringing trace back to rural Alberta, but his spirit is an explorer. His greatest muse is the exploration of new horizons, particularly the vibrant pulse of cities and oceans. Making the cityscape of Vancouver his home for 10 years, where the ocean met the mountains, he experienced the creativity and vibrancy that can be seen around the city.

But life is an ever-evolving masterpiece, and Juan has made a transformation. While he is a seasoned engineer with experience in sustainable building design and Municipal leadership, he's recently embarked on an exhilarating adventure. He's now the owner of Familia Brewing. Familia embodies the essence of his heritage, creating vibrant spaces and a passion for crafting easy-drinking beers with funky small batches.

Juan's journey is a testament to the fusion of heritage, engineering precision, and a vibrant artistic spirit. He looks to invite people explore the vivid world he's trying to craft at his brewery, where every sip of his beer tells a story, and every corner invites you open up to new experiences.

More speakers to be announced soon!

Tickets: $15 (MADE Members: $5)

*This event is free for MacEwan students! Please show your student ID at the door.

Introducing the launch of OnOurTable Kitchens. A collaboration between OnOurTable, Selenium Interiors, and Geon Tile.

This event will introduce the new OnOurTable Cook Island, the OnOurTable Hex Tile Collection for Geon Tile, and the return of the OnOurTable kitchen tools, including the iconic Hole Slab Long charcuterie board designed by Geof Lilge Studio.

Founded in 2009 by designer Geof Lilge and his wife, cook Cindy Lazarenko, OnOurTable returns to the local design scene with the bespoke OnOurTable Cook Island, a collaboration with talented local cabinet makers Selenium Interiors.

Sponsored by: Culina Catering, River City Tile, Selenium Interiors, Geof Lilge Studio

Tickets: FREE

Join us for a screening of "Arthur Erickson’s Dyde House," a new feature documentary (watch the trailer here) about a rediscovered early Arthur Erickson house and garden just outside of Edmonton, the source of many career-long design ideas for Canada’s most influential architect. The evening will include short talks and a panel discussion with Arthur Erickson Foundation President David Covo of McGill, Edmonton architect Barry Johns and Vancouver critic Trevor Boddy. The film features interviews with Dr. Lee Foote, Senator Paula Simons, and University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan. The film was produced by Sticks & Stones, with the support of Edmonton Historical Board.

Sponsored by: Edmonton Historical Board, Sticks & Stones

Tickets: $10

Edmonton Design Week is just around the corner in Edmonton and we’re getting in on the celebration!

They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but in museums, designers use their own set of specialized skills as a mighty tool for storytelling!

At RAM, our designers specialize in graphic, exhibit, and user experience design, creating captivating galleries and experiences for diverse audiences.

In honour of Edmonton Design Week, we’ve put together a behind the scenes tour that will reveal the inner workings of exhibit design at Western Canada's largest museum.

Spaces are limited and pre-booking is required, so book your spot fast!

Tours will be held on Thursday, October 12 from 6-7pm, and Saturday, October 14 from 2-3pm.

Tickets: $35

*General admission is included with tickets for Design - Behind the Exhibits at RAM.

What is Architecture? What do Architects do? How do you become an Architect?

Join a group of Edmonton-based Architects as they present answers to these questions. Speakers will share how they became Architects, the schooling they undertook, and other experiences that feed their practice. There will be lots of time for questions and answers. This event is aimed at students (and any others) who are contemplating a career in architecture and wondering what that might look like and how to get there.

Stephen Faust, Associate, Architect AAA AIBC MRAIC 

Stephen’s professional work has ranged from single family residences and temporary installations to large-scaled public projects including schools, transit, recreation and theatre.  He is motivated to strengthen architectural identity on the prairies and approaches design with an eye for contextual sensitivity and a desire to bring big ideas into small places. His background in engineering encourages fruitful collaboration with other consultants, especially in multi-disciplinary efforts related to sustainability. 

Joy Olagoke, MArch, LEED Green Associate, Certified Passive House Designer Intern Architect, AAA

Joy is an Intern Architect and Certified Passive House Designer at AVID Architecture. In 2021 she completed her Master of Architecture at the University of Calgary. Her studies have taken her across Canada and she's participated in multiple foreign exchange courses and volunteer excursions. Joy was initially drawn to architecture for its potential to be used as a communication tool and social bridge. She likes to design spaces that act as mixing pots for society. 

Olivia Fung, B.EnvD, MArch, Architect, AAA, RAIC

In joining NORR as a Principal, Olivia lends her experience and expertise to a wide variety of projects in scale and typology.  Her approach to community work and wellbeing has always influenced how she approaches and focuses her design.  Her work ranges from re-positioning small interiors and mix-use spaces to developing new high-end commercial and residential typologies.  Outside of her practice, Olivia has focused her time in contributing to the community, earning the recent Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for her contributions to the Edmonton Chinatown community, sitting on the Board of Directors for the Edmonton International Film Festival and co- hosting the Infill Development in Edmonton Association‘s local podcast.

Ian Mulder, AAA, MRAICn Mulder, AAA, MRA

Before finding architecture, Ian Mulder worked for many years as an artist producing murals, developing educational programs and working with communities throughout Canada and beyond. He later trained as an architect (M. Arch, University of Toronto) and helped to design and manage a variety of commercial and institutional projects. Ian Mulder is currently an architect with the City of Edmonton’s facility planning group, and Chair of the Edmonton chapter of RAIC.

Sponsored by: RAIC

Tickets: FREE

Come visit one of Edmonton’s most exciting architecture and design firms, Reimagine Architects!

The Reimagine team celebrates joyful journeys toward regenerative architecture! We specialize in community-building, and this practice starts at home, in a downtown Edmonton studio. Our studio is not only a testbed for the innovation we undertake in our work, but it's also where we celebrate one another and the unique culture of our team. The recently-renovated studio includes a green wall, in-house library, workshop space, and a VR facility.

Tickets: FREE

Please join us for an animated tour of the Rossdale Power Plant interiors with a focus on the complex history of the area and buildings, its past use and future potential. Guides will include architects from the marc boutin architectural collaborative who have been working on the site on behalf of the City of Edmonton.

MBAC

MBAC is an architecture and design firm founded by Marc Boutin in 1997 and headquartered in Calgary.

We work at multiple scales and in a wide variety of physical and conceptual contexts, but always with the objective of developing robust and resilient designs that can adapt to their environments as they evolve.

We commit to designing holistically because we believe the world can only be understood as a whole; consequently, we focus on creating a density of meaning that emerges through the synthesis of art, architecture, urban design, and landscape design.

Marc Boutin, Architect, AAA, AIBC, FRAIC, RCA

Marc founded MBAC in 1997 and as of 2023 leads the firm’s Nelson office. In his capacity as Director of Design Development, Marc supports each of the firm’s projects from conceptualization through to delivery, helping to translate design intentions into programmatic, material, and tectonic strategies towards design excellence.

Marc is a Registered Architect in Alberta and British Columbia, a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Richard Cotter, Architect, AAA, MRAIC

Richard joined MBAC in 2012 and became an Associate in 2020. Richard has contributed to a broad range of projects in the office, including the Edmonton Valley Zoo Children's Precinct, the Civic District Public Realm Strategy, the Ortona Armoury Rehabilitation, the Blood Tribe Comprehensive Community Plan, and the Rossdale Power Plant Advanced Assessment and Priority Rehabilitation.

Richard is a Registered Architect in Alberta and a Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Sponsored by: RAIC

Tickets: $20 (MADE and RAIC Members: $10)

Join ZGM and Paper Leaf for a look at how we apply function and form in design systems for marketing and digital spaces. No two designers are exactly the same, but we share foundational design principles throughout our industry. Whether we are advertising to consumers, or creating an app for users, our approach is fundamentally human-centric.

We’ll walk through our processes for connecting with people, designing systems and marketing that solves consumer problems, and doing it all in a way that looks great – ultimately making products that have creative influence in the real world.

Tickets: $10

Join us Thursday October 12th at 12PM to reimagine the future of Edmonton’s City Centre Mall. Foresight Walks are a public engagement method developed by Jaime Calayo from Communal Arts as a way to reimagine and spark dialogue around public spaces. We will be going on a tour of the mall as it might exist in the future, experiencing not only how things have changed with the mall but with the community as well.

IMPORTANT: For this walk participants will need: 1) A smartphone with data to download and play audio, 2) Headphones or earbuds to listen to the audio from your smartphone.

The tour will begin inside City Centre Mall in front of the Winners

Tickets: $5

Are you a design student in Edmonton? Are you interested in learning, and thinking critically about AI tools as part of a product design process? Join the SDA and DSO in this Edmonton Design Week Charette focused on exploring AI concept development as part of a furniture design process. Facilitated by Onetwosix Design Inc. and hosted at the Pendennis Building with wrap up discussion guided by Tim Antoniuk.

Sponsored by: DSO, SDA, and Onetwosix Design Inc.

Tickets: $5

Come take a tour of an Edmonton architectural gem, the Galleria. The Galleria is an exceptional example of “missing-middle” housing designed by celebrated Canadian architects John and Patricia Patkau. This 6-storey building clusters dynamic 2-story units around a lush tropical atrium, offering residents year-round greenery and warmth through Edmonton’s harsh winters: a bold vision that reflects the optimism and abundance of Alberta’s 1970s boom years. It is a rare multi-generational community, with children through to people in their 80s, and it offers a compelling high-density alternative to the soulless apartment towers that continue to be built across Canada.

This building walkthrough will take guests on a rare tour of the interior of this private condominium and provide a historical overview of the architect’s, the project’s history and overview of the building’s unique architectural design gestures all experienced within the spaces themselves. Guests will be able to tour through the multi-storey galleria and experience the tropical style atrium and get an insider's view of one of the City’s most unique capital modern pieces of architecture.

Tickets: $20

Please join DIALOG for an interactive workshop as we explore the Community Wellbeing Framework as a tool to address a design challenge related to Edmonton’s Downtown Historic Warehouse District along 104 Street. The workshop will be followed by a studio Open House and networking opportunity.

About the Community Wellbeing Framework:

The Community Wellbeing Framework is an evidenced-based methodology to design for community wellbeing. The Framework is the result of a two-year collaborative research initiative between The Conference Board of Canada and DIALOG to study the relationship between the built environment and the wellbeing of people. Research findings for the Framework were informed by literature review, case study applications, consultation with health and design professionals across North America, and peer reviewed by researchers at Cornell University, Université Laval, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

The Community Wellbeing Framework was designed to be an open-ended and self-determined guide for built environment design professionals. It provides easy-to-use approaches to examine design features that contribute to community wellbeing, and facilitates decision-making among owners and users of place (the community) to enable the place (the project) to contribute, and continue to contribute throughout its life, to the wellbeing of the community.

You also have the option to join us for an open house from 5-6pm following the workshop, no ticket required.

Tickets: $5

Edmonton’s design community is strong, diverse, and growing. By strengthening relationships across disciplines and increasing the understanding of who and what is happening across the communities, more creative partnerships, increased opportunities, and an expanded sense that others “are in this work” together will result.

This event is an opportunity to bring together the Systemic Design eXchange (SDX) community of practice along with the MADE community to share, discover, and learn together. The event will include interactive activities that support the exploration of design approaches and applications across disciplines, discussion opportunities that support deepening relationships amongst participants, and time for unstructured networking.

Hosted in partnership with J5 Design

Tickets: $15

Meet the 2023 Edmonton Urban Design Award Jurors

Take the opportunity to meet four exceptional practitioners in the fields of landscape architecture, planning, architecture and public art!

Join us for an exciting panel conversation with jurors for this year’s Edmonton Design Awards - Marta Farevaag, Planner, Vancouver BC; Mia Lehrer, Landscape Architect, Los Angeles CA; Naomi Minja, Architect, Edmonton AB; and Becca Taylor, Artist and Curator, Edmonton AB.

The panel will be moderated by Cynthia Dovell, AAA, and Neal LaMontagne, RPP.

At the end of the panel conversation there will be an opportunity for questions from the audience.

Attendees can view the webinar through the urban design Youtube channel.

Tickets: FREE