Vancouver Pattern Week(End) Starts Friday!
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Vancouver's official interdisciplinary pattern festival is back. After a successful offset installation inwards 2014, Vancouver Design Week (VDW) is returning to showcase Vancouver’s defining pattern talent. This year’s festival volition last an abridged programme - a Vancouver Design Week(end), leading upwardly to a 10-day programme inwards 2018. VDW volition boot off amongst a populace launch political party Fri May 12th, co-presented past times VIVA Vancouver, HCMA, the DVBIA, Roaming Dragon, Faculty Brewing in addition to others; in addition to volition follow amongst 2 days of opened upwardly door programming , featuring: Open Studios, Open Buildings, Tastings in addition to an Open Call. Together these events volition allow the populace to engage amongst over 45 established in addition to emerging talents from across the wide spectrum of Vancouver’s pattern community.
Three Major Design Districts in addition to Lots to See
The highlights of this twelvemonth include: opened upwardly studios at Patkau Architects, MGA, Burnkit, the Aviary, Casrscadden, Perkins+Will, PFS Landscape Architects, Yew Woodshop, amongst exceptional workshops in addition to programs including an in-studio presentation amongst Nicole Bridger, in addition to live-shoemaking at Westerly handmade shoes; opened upwardly edifice tours of 430 House past times D’Arcy Jones (in collaboration amongst Vancouver Special in addition to Rise Kombucha); Telus Garden past times Henriquez Partners Architects, the novel Crosstown Elementary schoolhouse past times Francl Architecture, in addition to Adler University past times Public Architecture in addition to Communications; in addition to Tastings at Small Victory Bakery amongst designer Leckie Studio, in addition to a Pantone tea blending cocktail sense past times Tealeaves at Fairmont Pacific Rim - a PalletteForYourPalate.
These events in addition to to a greater extent than are organized into iii major districts. Venues inwards East Vancouver,
Railtown, in addition to Strathcona volition opened upwardly their doors Sat May 13th from eleven to 2pm; venues inwards Gastown, Chinatown, Crosstown, Downtown in addition to Yaletown Sat from 1 to 4pm; in addition to all locations South of False creek Dominicus May 14th from 1 to 4pm (after Mother’s hateful solar daytime brunch).
“We pick out basis flat pattern talent living in addition to working inwards our city, in addition to Vancouver Design Week(end) is a unique chance to larn most the creative talent shaping it. With almost fifty pattern events inwards 2 days - you’ll require to programme your trip earlier you lot acquire to check it all in.” says Jennifer Cutbill , manager + co-founder of the VDW. ‘Vancouver Design Week is actually [about] bringing [design] to the public. Not the highbrow conversation that happens behind museum walls, exactly the conversation that happens on the double-decker inwards the morning.’ —MICHAEL GREEN, MGA
Feature Participants
“Vancouverites appreciate intelligent design. Design that is useful, beautiful inwards a to a greater extent than natural way, simple, sustainable in addition to made well”, says eco fashion designer Nicole Bridger every bit player of Vancouver Design Week in addition to continues, “We exercise non pick out one-time traditions of manufacture similar other countries. It liberates us to create any nosotros want.” Architect D’arcy Jones adds “Vancouver pattern has the greatest comport upon when it embraces regionalism, our grayness climate, our nature in addition to pluralism, stirring the pot to construct something new.”
The total resultant listing is on their site, amongst all venues easily located amongst a custom interactive map (designed past times foundational VDW organizing squad members Denim&Steel).
Part of a Global Network
Since 2015, Vancouver Design Week (VDW) has been a player inwards the World Design Week Network (WDWN). Officially launching every bit an international arrangement during Helsinki Design Week this fall, Vancouver’s formal membership inwards the WDWN volition connect it to cities across the globe - from established pattern centres similar London, Milan, Barcelona in addition to Tokyo to emergents similar Reykjavik, United Mexican U.S.A. City, in addition to Portland. These cities empathize the advantages of supporting in addition to celebrating a strong pattern civilisation - from boosting their economy, edifice their construct to creating healthier in addition to happier cities inwards which to live, function in addition to thrive.
“ The Great Britain has a National Design Council. Helsinki has a Chief Design Officer. Barcelona has a Design Centre - amongst a mandate to invest inwards pattern every bit a strategic tool for innovation, economical excellence, in addition to improving lineament of life. Beyond attracting international attending to our basis flat pattern talent; participation inwards the WDWN gives us the chance to pick out dorsum inspiring examples of what’s possible when cities invest inwards the transformative ability of design. ” comments Jennifer Cutbill , manager + co-founder
About the VDW Platform
Vancouver Design Week is a not-for-profit social enterprise, created past times a passionate squad of volunteers from across pattern disciplines; amongst the back upwardly of generous contributions of time, talent in addition to resources from the larger pattern community. In collaboration amongst some of the city’s most renowned designers, pattern institutions, entrepreneurs, educators, thinkers, in addition to makers, Vancouver Design Week has been willed into existence past times a shared belief that pattern is imperative to improving the lineament in addition to potential of our city.
