IDS 09 will feature 30 of Canada’s celebrated designers and architects in features, exhibits and as speakers. The IDS team has worked for a year to build this event. We have literally searched the world for components to make IDS one of the best events of its kind in North America.

Some of these include: CRYSTAL CLEAR, presented by AUDI and AZURE, featuring CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements...6 very unique design firms will each create an exhibit inspired by and using Swarovski crystals. They include: Brothers Dressler, Full Scale + Partners, Giannone Petricone Architects, Jacques Bilodeau, Munge//Leung Design, and Powell & Bonnell...be prepared to be dazzled...

5X5: 5 designers, 5 inspired spaces presented by The Globe and Mail and Samsung features 5 very different and distinct space concepts – from upcycling to superluxe...64th and Queen, Castor, Earth Inc., Taylor Hannah Architects Inc., and Tomas Pearce IDC Inc...see the 5X5 video and learn a little more about these firms...

COLLABORATIONS presented by Toronto Life magazine...3 teams of architects and material suppliers collaborate to each craft a sustainable floor-to-ceiling structure using a single material: Bregman + Hamann Architects and Dupont Corian; Levitt Goodman and Jelinek Cork; and Plant Architect and Paper Stone by SIP Distribution Inc., and fabricated by Jong Design Group...see how they rise to the ultimate creative challenge...

...limited space remains in the IDS Trade Day Seminars...learn about colour, bathroom, lighting, kitchen and sustainable design trends ...see list of seminars here...

Find your Inspiration at IDS 09...February 5 to 8. Direct Energy Centre Exhibition Place. Click here for advance registration...