Ontario Wood & IDS Special Feature

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Local manufacturers produce everything from structural lumber to flooring, furniture, log homes and artisan goods.

1 Ontario Wood & IDS Special Feature Ontario Wood is an initiative to help consumers identify and purchase locally made Ontario Wood products. Ontario s forests offer a wide variety of wood species with characteristics suitable for many needs. Local manufacturers produce everything from structural lumber to flooring, furniture, log homes and artisan goods. Ontario Wood is the natural choice for designers seeking to achieve the balance between function, beauty, versatility and performance. IDS16 Installation

Purpose To create an installation that showcases, educates and pushes the boundaries of the local material, while highlighting the works of selected Ontario Wood partners.

Convention Centre). The Interior Design Show (IDS) is Canada s premier showcase of new products, innovative designers and avant-garde concept from North America and beyond.

The winning design team will receive up to $20,000 to realize the project, inclusive of all costs and duties involved with the installation including but not limited to design, management,

2 Purpose To create an installation that showcases, educates and pushes the boundaries of the local material, while highlighting the works of selected Ontario Wood partners. Project Brief Overview The objective of the Ontario Wood call for submission is to select a team to design, build and install a temporary installation at IDS17 (January 19-22, 2017, Metro Toronto Convention Centre). The Interior Design Show (IDS) is Canada s premier showcase of new products, innovative designers and avant-garde concept from North America and beyond. This past year, over 52,000 trade professionals, affluent consumers and media attended the event to see information source new products and to be inspired. The winning design team will receive up to $20,000 to realize the project, inclusive of all costs and duties involved with the installation including but not limited to design, management, transportation to and from, lighting & electrical, rigging, supervision, installation, dismantling, disposing of materials and any damage to the show floor or other parts of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Some costs may be offset by Ontario Wood partners providing, setting up, dismantling, etc. their own products. Installation/Team must abide by all IDS Exhibitor Kit regulations and deadlines. (Link to online kit will be provided in mid November.) Part to Whole HG-Architecture, Live Components Photos: livecomponents-ny.com

Details Floor space provided is up to 30' X 58' (raw space). Must incorporate 10-20 Ontario Wood partners.

The design must incorporate signage/credit of all partners of the space in a meaningful way.

Ontario Wood staff will be at exhibit at all times during show hours, and partners must be able to be on the premise as well.

3 Details Floor space provided is up to 30' X 58' (raw space). Must incorporate Ontario Wood partners. The selection of partners will be at the discretion of the design team; a list of interested Ontario Wood partner is in the appendix. The design must incorporate signage/credit of all partners of the space in a meaningful way. Move in date/time: Sunday Jan 17, 8am-11am (time to report to the marshaling yard) Installation to be complete by 8pm Wed Jan 21. Exhibit must be staffed at all times during show hours. Ontario Wood staff will be at exhibit at all times during show hours, and partners must be able to be on the premise as well. The IDS operations team must give prior approval to the selected design, final drawings to be submitted by end of October Within the exhibit space Brand/Logo must be prominently included. Proposals Must Include A clear outline of your project and concept (one page max) A description of how your intended project relates to the target audience & how they will engage with the project An overview of the team and your design practice Supporting Material A budget outlining how you intend to distribute the funds across the project A project program demonstrating understanding of how the deliverables will be achieved within the timeline Visual materials to support the proposed project Building floorport Building floorport with gas connection Building column Ceiling Dropdown, low ceiling on the right of the lines The Paradise Lost in Time Interbreeding Field Photos: interbreedingfield.com

Mail, The Toronto Star, Designlines and on site). IDS website: one page Virtual Press Office (VPO) and press releases (opportunity to post bio/photos/press releases).

Other opportunities as they arise (i.e. project video and targeted media).

4 Marketing Provided by IDS Team Promote the selected design team as the partner of the Ontario Wood special feature, Marketing support (namely, logo identification and/or editorial on the Ontario Wood installation) in the following: Preview Guide: editorial will be dedicated to the feature (150,000 copies distributed with The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Designlines and on site). IDS website: one page Virtual Press Office (VPO) and press releases (opportunity to post bio/photos/press releases). Social media including Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook (partner to provide content a few weeks prior). Extended exhibitor listing on the IDS website. Other opportunities as they arise (i.e. project video and targeted media). Provide 10 complimentary tickets to the public days and 8 complimentary tickets to the opening preview reception. Send submissions to karen.kang@informacanada.com by October 15, Cerro Verde stand MiD arquitectos & La Trastienda fabrica de diseño Photos: retaildesignblog.net

5 Ontario Wood Partners for IDS17 Ontario Wood partners were notified of a Request for Proposals to design a feature space at IDS17. To offer a potential designer a wide array of product no pre-qualifying or judgements were made by the Ontario Wood team. This list signifies a willingness to provide product where called upon in the winning design. Other potential partners that may have missed the call can be found at ontario.ca/wood The partners were asked what types of products could be made available so these are not an exhaustive list of products. Further details on the partners and potential products would be available from their websites or contacting Ontario Wood (Paul Mingay) at Workbench Contact: My Le Single track bypassing barn door hardware and doors 1925workbench.com Hamilton Holmes Woodworking & Design Contact: Nicholas Hamilton Holmes Custom furniture and decorative items hamiltonholmes.com Martin C Vendryes Woodworking Contact: Martin Vendryes Custom furniture including chairs, tables and coffee tables mcvendryes.ca Roca Woodworks Contact: John Maier Custom furniture: coffee table, dining table, benches rocawoodworks.ca Baker Brothers Contact: Blair Baker Custom lighting and furniture bakerbrothers.ca Barnboard Store Contact: Mike Warner Reclaimed barn board beams, boards, flooring, custom furniture and woodworking barnboardstore.com Brothers Dressler Contact: Lars Dressler Custom lighting and furniture brothersdressler.com Century Wood Products Contact: Bill Van Veen Reclaimed exterior barn board (grey board), reclaimed hardwood flooring and reclaimed softwood flooring or wall cladding for feature walls century-wood.com David ferguson Woodworking Contact: David Ferguson Custom furniture, lighting, decorative items davidinbancroft.ca Henrici Live Edged Furniture Contact: Henry Scholten Custom art and furniture henrici.ca Jacob Antoni Custom Design & Architecture Contact: Jacob Antoni Custom lighting, decorative pieces, furniture JacobAntoni.com Junction Wood & Metal Co. Contact: Jay Sexton Custom furniture: coffee table, benches, tables junctionwoodandmetal.com Kaza Wood Furniture & Accessories Contact: Marcus Melo Custom furniture and decorative items kazawoodfurniture.ca Lush Woodcraft Contact: Jen Nicolaes Custom furniture: tables, coffee tables, chairs lushwoodcraft.ca MetalWood Studio Contact: Paul Rezaie Custom furniture, lighting, decorative art metalwoodstudio.com North on Sixty Contact: Yuill McGregor Specialty lumber, partially finished table tops, end tables, coffee tables northonsixty.com Northern Cube Contact: Robin Nelson Cube furniture and art pieces northerncube.ca Pioneer Handcraft Contact: Andrew Bell Chair, table, lamps pioneerhandcraft.ca ReKindle Your Life Contact: Devin Schaffner Decorative and functional wood items rekindleyourlife.ca South Bruce Flooring Contact: Dennis McGlynn Hardwood flooring and millwork southbruceflooring.com The Timeless Material Company Contact: Will Currie Reclaimed timbers (hand-hewn, rough sawn, glu-lam), reclaimed board stock, and reclaimed flooring/ surface cladding timelessmaterials.com TimberArtCNC Contact: Marcel Brosseau Live Edge industrial furniture, charcuterie boards and CNC router services including signs and show booths timberartcnc.com True North Trappings Contact: Janet Mertens Custom art and decorative items truenorthtrappings.ca Wayne Muma Design Contact: Wayne Muma Versailles flooring or custom furniture muma.ca

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