design exchange tours & workshops

design exchange tours & workshops experience design at canada’s design museum Our school tours and hands-on workshops are designed to enhance core curriculum courses and topics from both elementary and secondary grades. Our workshops encourage students to become creative problem-solvers and design thinkers as they engage in the design process through active observation, real-life applications, and hands-on design activities. Book a tour and workshop by filling out our Registration Form and sending by email or fax. If you have any questions please contact our education team at [email protected] or 416.216.2138. Funding from TD Bank Group

about us The Design Exchange (DX) is Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the pursuit of design excellence and preservation of design heritage through the delivery of of a range of engaging and enriching public programs and exhibitions. At a crossroads of multiple disciplines from furniture and architecture to graphics and fashion, DX exhibitions and talks reflect contemporary culture, and aim to demonstrate and highlight the relevancy and importance of design to everyday life.

EXHIBITIONs Festival des Métiers October 2-6, 2013 This engaging cultural exhibition provides a fascinating insight into the longstanding traditions and values of Hermès in the crafting of fine objects defined by an uncompromising commitment to the highest standards of quality.  Festival des Métiers features intimate behind-the-scenes demonstrations by masterful craftspeople from the renowned Hermès workshops in France, illustrating the methods in which products are painstakingly made-by-hand using techniques passed from generation to generation. Festival des Métiers tours are available with free admission. For booking information, please contact Gillian Roberts at 416.968.7411 x262 or [email protected]

playing favourites ii: geometry (textures) October 28 – December 15, 2013 The DX has asked some of the nation’s best architects and designers to tell us about the Canadian structures, graphics and objects that interest them most, from the DX permanent collection of postwar Industrial Design and beyond. This exhibition highlights processes, materials, sensations and the elements of design, linking diverse disciplines. Geometry (Textures) features post war and contemporary work in Canada concerned with the exploration of shape, point, line, pattern and tactility. Furniture and consumer products; projections and graphics examine how the use and manipulation of the basic elements of design can affect results both formulaic and chaotic.  Featuring: Douglas Coupland, Stefan Siwinski, Michal Maciej Bartosik, Castor, Jonathan Sabine, +tongtong, and Zoe Mowat among others. Suggested workshops: Intro to Design, Chair Design Cover image: KAWS Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket (produced by Medicom Toys), 2010.

100% tobeus November 16, 2013 - February 9, 2014 Matteo Ragni is both a designer and a father. Driven by his frustration in seeing his children play with a toy for a few hours and then lose interest, Ragni decided that the best gift he could give them was an object to love: one made of the right material, with a dignified end in recycling or reutilization. Both beautiful and clever, ToBeUs cars are actualized through only two cuts in a consistently sized piece of wood. Ragni gathered the creations of great masters of Italian design and created the 2012 exhibition 100% TobeUs: 100 Designers For 100 New Toy Cars. The DX adds to it a collection of Canadian-designed cars made from home-grown salvaged woods.

this is not a toy: the urban vinyl phenomemon February 10 – May 18, 2014 Lying at the intersection of product and graphic design, marketing and pop culture, urban vinyl toys are part merchandise, part art; the factory-produced embodiment of the same consumer, brand and pop-culture obsessed sentiment expressed by Andy Warhol. These objects satisfy the consumer’s lust for the next big thing, products in limited editions that balance the accessibility of design with the rarity and distinction of art. With its roots in manga and graffiti culture, the designer toy movement is a subversive one; a movement as dark as it is sweet. This is Not a Toy will bring to the forefront the most prolific artists and designers of the urban vinyl genre. Through larger-than-life sculptures and inflatables; interactive installation; and a focus on designer toy history by Magic Pony Toronto; the exhibition will place the viewer in a playland for both young and old. Featuring: KAWS, Kidrobot, Medicom, Frank Kozik, Huck Gee, Coarse and others. Suggested workshops: Intro to Design, Toy Design

TEACHER PREVIEW EVENINGS The Design Exchange is pleased to offer exhibition previews to teachers free-of-charge. Each preview includes refreshments and a guided exhibition tour with a Design Exchange educator. Previews are available on the following dates: Playing Favourites part II: Geometry (Textures) Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 6 – 7:30 PM This is not a Toy: The Urban Vinyl Phenomenon Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 6 – 7:30 pm To RSVP, please contact [email protected] Funding for DX Tours & Workshops program is generously provided by TD Bank Group

WORKSHOPS introduction to design February – May 2014 This workshop exposes and highlights the presence of design in our everyday surroundings, and provides a basis for understanding the work and the importance of designers. Students explore examples of past and present Canadian design that demonstrates how design thinking is used to spark change and innovation. Disciplines discussed and analyzed include fashion, architecture, industrial, interior, and graphic design. Students are given a problem, and challenged to create a hands-on solution using design thinking and creative problem solving.

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full day program with canadian stage theatre & design In partnership with Canadian Stage, students will engage in a hands-on workshop at the Design Exchange where they will explore aspects of the design process as it relates to theatre and production. In the afternoon, students will make their way to Bluma Appel or Berkeley Street Theatre for a matinee performance. The points of connection explored in the morning session will provide a more thorough understanding of the performance in the afternoon.

This program is available on the following Wednesdays for the specified performances:

september 2013 – May 2014 This session introduces students to the world of design by using an everyday item, the chair, as a case in point. Students are shown images of the Design Exchange’s rich collection of chairs and discuss form and function in exploring design concerns including materials, ergonomics, and scale. Students also learn how discussing the design of a chair can reflect the social and political landscape from which it was created. Leading Canadian industrial designers from both past and present are highlighted. Finally, students learn to think like designers themselves as they work through a hands-on design challenge.

needles & opium November 27, 2013 A hypnotic series of vignettes conceived by Canadian visionary and international star Robert Lepage that explore the complex relationship between displacement, drug addiction and one’s creative drive. The experience will trigger philosophical debates as well as challenge students’ perceptions of how stories can be linked and told.

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toy design February – May 2014

February 12, 2014

When is a toy not just a “toy”? This workshop, accompanying a tour of This is not a toy, explores and develops concepts introduced in the exhibition. Students view and discuss examples of pop and street art, as well as the intersection of design, art, consumerism and popular culture. Finally, students apply these concepts as product designers by creating their own custom toy.

A verbatim musical based on real interviews with residents of Ipswich, UK, a small town recovering after the discovery of the bodies of five women in 2006. This production will inspire an appreciation for the potential of community and power of reputations.

All workshops are suitable for both elementary and secondary students. Special workshops available in Urban Architecture, Eco-Fashion and New + Unusual Materials are available upon request. Our guided tours and design workshops are 2 hours in length, and are offered between the hours of 9 AM – 4 PM, Monday to Friday. Tours include our exhibitions, listed below, and may include some areas of the historic Toronto Stock Exchange building. Alternate hours available by special request.

Curriculum Connections The Arts

Film & Media Studies

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History Science & Technology

Fashion

Drama Business Studies Urban Planning

tribes February 12, 19 + 26, 2014 An emotionally jarring and comedic play that will open doors to sensitive discussions around integration, communication and understanding. Select performances will feature ASL interpretation. *Contains strong language

For more detailed information regarding each production, please visit the Canadian Stage website at www.canadianstage.com This exciting program is priced at $30.00 per student, which includes the cost of the morning program at the Design Exchange and the matinee performance. This is based on student groups of 10 or more and includes 13% HST.

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Booking in advance is required. We are conveniently located on the subway line in the Toronto downtown core. Student fee includes admission and workshop materials. Teachers and Supervisors are free. We will email you with confirmation once we receive your booking request. Payment may be made upon arrival but a credit card number is required for booking. We have a 24-hour cancellation policy.

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VISIT DETAILS Requested visit date 1st choice 2nd choice Requested time 1st choice 2nd choice Number of students Grade level Type of visit Tour only - $8.00 per student

Tour & workshop - $10 per student

Full day program with Canadian Stage - $30.00 per student Workshop Intro to Design

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Payment may be made on the day of the tour; however, there is a 24-hour cancellation policy. We require a credit card number as a security deposit only. Cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to arrival or a fee of half the group cost will be charged to the credit card. Payment type

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