Lighting Designers

Leaders today are under pressure to innovate - or else. Trouble is, most never learned how. Moura Quayle and Denise Withers bridge this critical gap with their books, Designed Leadership and Story Design: The Creative Way to Innovate. In this open discussion, Moura and Denise will talk briefly about the foundational concepts behind their books […]

When professionals outside the design field talk and teach Design Thinking, many designers feel something has been taken from them. But should designers feel this way? And should non-designers talk and teach Design Thinking? This talk will encourage the audience to participate in a conversation, where the conventional idea of Design is challenged, and a […]

As part of the 2017 Vancouver Design Week, The Urbanarium is proud to present Smart City Talks by Alison Brooks Alison Brooks, Principal and Creative Director of Alison Brooks Architects, is one of the leading architects of her generation. She has developed an international reputation for a multi-award winning body of work since founding the […]

Guest lecturers from UK’s Cranfield University will provide participants with an interactive workshop leaving attendees with an understanding of what a circular economy is and how they can implement circular innovation to create new value for their business. Participants will use state of the art tools and approaches to assess their current capability levels for […]

Western Canadian design stems from humble roots - our country's early practitioners were often anonymous, though their work impacted the everyday lives of citizens. They shaped Canada through design, creating the architecture, systems and products of a newly founded and developing country. As a result, Canadian design has been, in practice, largely unseen in Canadian […]

From Inform Interiors: "On May 15th from 5 to 7pm in our 50 Water St showroom, we welcome Dr. Michael J. Prokopow from Toronto for the launch of his new book: Smith House. This monograph on the house of Gordon and Marion Smith, the second house designed by Arthur Erickson for the artists, is the […]