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Presented in the KEILHAUER Keynote Theatre
Each year, IIDEX brings you an exciting and inspiring keynote speaker series, featuring the best Canadian and international thought leaders. We’ve been hard at work ensuring 2012 will continue this trend, and we are pleased to announce our 2012 speakers.
Hospitality Keynote
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YOU ARE HOW YOU EAT (AND SLEEP):
GREAT TRAVEL EXPERIENCES BY DESIGN
Adam D. Tihany, Founder and Principal, Tihany Design
Ilana Weitzman, Editor-in-chief, Air Canada’s enRoute Magazine
Thursday, September 20, 2012
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Keynote Theatre - Free
Celebrity chefs and hoteliers the world over have a secret weapon: Designer Adam D. Tihany. From the Mission: Impossible-inspired wine cellar at Aureole in Las Vegas to the pulley-operated spit roast at Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, Tihany’s design genius transforms the customer experience.
During this talk, Adam D. Tihany and Ilana Weitzman, editor-in-chief of Air Canada’s enRoute magazine, will discuss his design process and his philosophy that every space should tell a unique story. They will also explore how Tihany’s dynamic and unique relationships with his chef and hotelier clients – including close friend Thomas Keller – produce novel environments that elevate dinner beyond the ordinary and make the hotel room more than just a home away from home.
Adam D. Tihany is widely regarded as one of the world’s preeminent hospitality designers. A graduate of the Politecnico di Milano, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, he apprenticed in Europe before moving to New York in 1976. He established his own multidisciplinary studio and eventually began specializing in hospitality design. Since then, Tihany has created signature restaurants for celebrity chefs such as Heston Blumenthal, Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. To name a few, his hotel designs include the One&Only Cape Town resort in South Africa, the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas, the Westin Chosun in Seoul, and The Joule in Dallas. Tihany is an educator and frequent lecturer at conferences and universities around the world. He holds an honorary doctorate from the New York School of Interior Design and has written two books, Tihany Design (1999) and Tihany Style (2004).
www.tihanydesign.com
Ilana Weitzman is editor-in-chief of enRoute, Air Canada’s award-winning magazine, which was recently named Best In-flight Magazine in North America. Thanks to having one of the best jobs on the planet, Ilana has had the opportunity to experience some of the world’s best hotels, resorts and spas. She has won Gold and Silver National Magazine Awards for her reporting and editing, along with an award of merit from the North American Travel Journalists Association.
www.enroute.aircanada.com
Emerging Professionals Keynote Speaker
Todd Bracher in Conversation with AZURE
Todd Bracher, Todd Bracher Studio LLC
Thursday, September 20, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Native New Yorker Todd Bracher, founder of Todd Bracher Studio LLC, is a Designer and Strategist currently based in New York City after a decade working in Copenhagen, Milan, Paris and London. Todd has collaborated with some of the most prestigious brands around the world from Furniture and Object Design to Interiors and Architecture. Todd has been pinned as ‘America’s next great Designer’ as well as received nominations for International Designer of the year in 2008 and 2009. His experiences range from working independently, heading Tom Dixon’s Design studio, acting Professor of Design at l’ESAD in Reims France, to having been appointed Creative Director of the Scandinavian luxury brand Georg Jensen.
Senior Editor Elizabeth Pagiacolo has been on staff at Azure magazine for nine years, during which time she has written feature stories on such talents as Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola; Piero Gandini, president and CEO of Flos; and No Picnic, Stockholm's leading industrial design studio. Over the years she has reported on design from various trade shows in Milan, Stockholm, New York and Cologne.
Lighting Keynote
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Solving with Story:
A Theatrical Approach to Lighting Design
Will Hastings
Senior Show Lighting Designer, Walt Disney Imagineering
Thursday, September 20, 2012
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Keynote Theatre - Free
From the theatrical stages of London to the larger-than-life theme parks of the world, international lighting designer Will Hastings has cultivated a unique process of using story to inform his work. Currently holding the enviable post of senior designer with Walt Disney Imagineering, one of the most innovative entertainment organizations in the world, Will draws on his theatrical training to balance the dizzying array of factors involved in modern lighting solutions. Budget, schedule, efficiency, maintainability, sustainability, cultural considerations, client whims and government regulations all play a role. But how do we ideate the emotional aspects? How do we determine what a space should feel like? In this keynote, he will explore the role of lighting designer as storyteller and, using a variety of past projects as case studies, demonstrate a theatrical approach to architectural lighting.
Will Hastings is a senior show lighting designer at Walt Disney Imagineering, where he has designed and completed projects in California, Florida, Hong Kong and Tokyo. He is currently a lead designer on Shanghai Disneyland, due to open in 2015. He holds a BFA in lighting and stage management from the North Carolina School of the Arts, and a specialist diploma in lighting and sound from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
www.thewaltdisneycompany.com
Architecture Keynote
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IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST
PANELISTS
Janna Levitt, Principal Architect, Levitt Goodman Architects
Michael Murphy, Founding Partner and Executive Director, MASS Design Group
Liz Ogbu, Former Innovator-in-Residence at IDEO.org & Design Director at Public Architecture
MODERATOR
Ian Chodikoff, Editor, Canadian Architect
Friday, September 21, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Keynote Theatre - Free
As we usher in a new era of globally connected communities, architects are increasingly called upon to develop “socially conscious” or “socially sustainable” projects. But how many are leveraging their skills to address the complexities involved in these projects? The architecture profession has been slow to realize it often serves a narrow percentage of the population. The time for socially sustainable architecture has arrived, and we are already witnessing a number of leading architects who are proactively addressing their clients’ needs in the social sphere. This keynote brings together three of the world’s leading practitioners of socially sustainable architecture to relate their experiences in both the nonprofit and private sectors. All three have independently evolved their own definitions of social or public-interest architecture. Their approaches involve extensive collaborative networks operating on regional, national and global levels. Their collective experience will provide valuable insight on the unique situations in the United States, Canada and abroad, on issues affecting the structure of a design practice, fundraising, and partnership opportunities. This session will give attendees tools to apply aspects of public-interest architecture in their everyday practice, build stronger partnerships, sharpen their political acumen and influence future directions of the profession.
Janna Levitt is a principal of Toronto-based Levitt Goodman Architects. Her firm’s work has been widely published, nationally and internationally, and has won numerous honours, including the Governor General’s Gold Medal for Excellence in Architecture, and several RAIC Gold Medals and Toronto Urban Design Awards. In addition to her work as a practising architect, Janna is an active lecturer, critic, guest professor and jury member.
www.levittgoodmanarchitects.com
Michael Murphy, founding partner and executive director of Boston-based MASS Design Group, was named one of 2011’s Gamechangers by Metropolis magazine. He is leading the design and construction of the Butaro Hospital in Rwanda, and has spoken at numerous conferences. He has taught courses on design for infection control at Harvard University’s School of Public Health and is currently a visiting critic at Boston Architectural College.
www.massdesigngroup.org
A designer, social innovator, consultant, and academic, Liz Ogbu is an expert on sustainable design and spatial innovation in challenged urban environments globally. From designing shelters for immigrant day laborers in the U.S. to a water and health social enterprise for low-income Kenyans, Liz has a long history of engagement in public interest design. Currently, she’s the first-ever Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Art & Public Life at California College of the Arts. Previous roles include Innovator-in-Residence at IDEO.org and Design Director at Public Architecture. Her projects have been featured in museum exhibitions and received numerous design awards globally. Among other honors, Liz is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and one of the 2012 Next American City Vanguard.
www.publicarchitecture.org
Moderator Ian Chodikoff is an architect and the editor of Canadian Architect magazine. He currently serves on the City of Ottawa Urban Design Review Panel and the External Advisory Board member at York University’s CITY Institute. He has taught and lectured in various universities and cities and has served on numerous design juries.
www.canadianarchitect.com
