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Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Interior Design at The Creative School

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Posted on February 26, 2016December 10, 2021

IDEC – Examining what constitutes external service

You are invited to participate in an IDEC survey titled “Examining what constitutes external service”. The 2015-2016 IDEC External Service Task Force committee members – Lorella Di Cintio from Ryerson University, Kimberly Burke from University of Cincinnati and Alana Pulay from Oklahoma State University, are carrying out this study.

The goals of this survey are to gain an understanding of the external service activities from our IDEC community members.

If you agree to take part in this survey, you will be asked to complete this online questionnaire. This survey/questionnaire will ask you questions about your present activities in external service and methods of scholarly and community dissemination and it will take you approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. This survey is available in the English language.

You may not directly benefit from this survey; however, we hope that your participation in the study may help us better understand connections between external service activities, community engagement methods, academic scholarship practices, and inform and support the mission of Interior Design Educators Council.

We believe there are no known risks associated with this survey and study.

To the best of our ability your answers in this study will remain confidential. As, with any on-line related activity, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed while data are in transit over the Internet. However, your answers in this survey are anonymous and you cannot be identified.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary and you can withdraw at any time. You are free to skip any questions that you choose.

If you have questions about this project, you may contact the principal member, L. Di Cintio (ldicintio@ryerson.ca).

Thank you for participating in our survey. Your feedback is important.
Posted on January 1, 2014December 8, 2021

Table setting

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Cheers to the New Year! To kick off 2014 we look at how the students of Studio North are bringing awareness to food security through a very elegant and Victorian inspired place setting. When did you last meal look like this?

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Utensils for dessert.

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Water glass.

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Knife and spoon details.

The students place the laser cut out table setting into the interior frame.

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Final measurements.

Posted on December 31, 2013December 8, 2021

Team Photos

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The two teams (Studio North & Creative Class) get carved up and laser cut for IDS 2014.

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Posted on December 30, 2013December 8, 2021

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The Creative Class has as tumblr and twitter account. Don’t forget to follow them to see the latest updates to their exhibition design for IDS 2014.

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Posted on December 27, 2013December 8, 2021

Colour Scheming

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Studio North experiment with colours for the interior design of the booth.
In order to contrast the wooden exterior, bold choices of colour are intended to shock and excite the viewer through its vibrancy and saturation. Red, orange, and yellow are colours often associated with hunger and appetite.   tumblr_mxvqwvhJzM1smjkxio2_1280

The exhibition will consist of two views: One, speaks to The Stop and their mandate around local food security and pro bono work. The exterior will lack colour to emphasizes the reality of the issue, and how “it’s not pretty”.

The other view is filled with utensils, in highly saturated display boxes. This highlights how design is about aesthetics as well as serving a purpose – to promote awareness of social issues.

Drawings/renderings by Emma.

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In the workshop, Emma and Maral use the bandsaw to cut up wooden panels for a test box of the interior. Varying wood stains are used to test interior colour options and how it will contrast with the raw and unfinished wooden exterior.

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Posted on December 23, 2013December 8, 2021

Metro Toronto Convention Centre

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S I T E V I S I T

The students got a sneak peak at the exhibition floor this past week. IDS held an orientation meeting at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre where they got the chance to ask the organizing committee questions regarding the move-in-date, what is permitted on site and the construction of the booth.

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Their booth will be exhibiting along side 7 other schools across Canada.

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They are extremely excited about the fact that our booth will likely be seen by most of the consumers as we will be located in the same location as the coat-check.

See more on the Creative Class blog here

Posted on December 15, 2013December 8, 2021

Interior Design Show 2014

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12 Students from Ryerson School of Interior Design will be exhibiting their work and ideas at the 2014 Interior Design Show (January 23-26 2014)

Come see our 2 booths located in Studio North and Creative Class sections.
(Metro Convention Centre North Building)
Creative Class Location: Room 205/206
Studio North Booth: SN22

See what the students are up to on their blogs below:
Creative Class
Studio North

Posted on June 17, 2013December 8, 2021

Objet de Cuisine

Second year interior design student, Angela Cho, has designed a tea whisk that emphasizes the beauty of tea ceremonies. This western interpretation simplifies and modernizes the intricate lines of its original form. Designed to feel like an extension of the hand, the geometric shapes and sharp corners, offering a juxtaposition to the curvilinear form of a traditional tea whisk. Aside from this function of mixing matcha powder, this piece is meant to develop curiosity and spark a conversation.

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Janet Lam, has designed ‘Commune’ is a series of spoons that investigates the relationship between food and eating in a social context. The utensils are a form of communication which conveys the identity of the user. The three pieces are developed from different levels of speech bubbles which are noted through conversation and dialogue. In a social group setting, ‘Commune’ mitigates a discourse of taste, bringing attention to the expression of the individual through the choice of food and your speech.

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‘Pearl’ by Jing Yang, is a spoon that reflects seven concepts: scrape, iceberg, slope, limited, gather and coche. Scrape is a reflection of a shovel-like shape that takes into consideration the need for consuming the last few morsels of food. Iceberg is taking the leafy quality of the vegetable into a aesthetically pleasing shape. Slope, symbolizes the incline of poverty that people have to deal with. Limited, is based on the restricted food supply that disenfranchised people have to deal with. Gather captures the act of cupping treasure, unwilling to let food go. And coche looks at the Greek word for spoon and the materials that were used.

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Posted on June 19, 2012March 7, 2015

Ryerson Student Design Teams to take part in The Stop’s inaugural ‘Night Market’

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Ryerson Student Design Team to take part in The Stop’s inaugural ‘Night Market’, RU Media release, June 19, 2012
http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/General_Public/20120619_mr_nightmarket.html

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