DIALOG is excited to sponsor and participate in the 2024 Design Vancouver Festival!

Hosted by the city’s thriving design community, the Design Vancouver Festival is a citywide community-driven festival that features open studios, walking tours, exhibitions, lectures, social networking events, and more, from September 19 to 29, 2024. The festival brings together designers of all disciplines, design enthusiasts, friends and patrons of the design community, with a goal to cultivate the public’s knowledge and appreciation of design and create a supportive community.

DIALOG’s Edward Park, Intern Architect; Mona Lemoine, Associate and Senior Sustainability Consultant; Paul Giles, Associate and Project Manager; and our Vancouver Studio will participate in events throughout the week.

Check out the events:  

‘Design Vancouver Festival Opening Night – Pecha Kucha’ with Paul Giles

Celebrating Creatives in 20 slides x 20 seconds.

The festival will kick off this year with PechaKucha Night on Thursday, September 19. DIALOG’s Paul Giles and fellow design experts will participate in PechaKucha Night, a presentation where speakers show only 20 images for 20 seconds each – a 6-minute and 40-second dose of ideas before the next presenter is up. It is a fun and informal 120 minutes of culture, ideas, creativity, passion and opinions.

This event is now sold out.

DIALOG Vancouver Open Studio

Date:                        Saturday, September 21, 2024
Time:                       10 a.m. – 4 p.m. PT
Location:               406-611 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC

The DIALOG Vancouver studio is opening its doors to the public, offering a glimpse into its multidisciplinary design space and processes. This is an opportunity for guests to engage directly with the minds behind some of the city’s most compelling designs.

The event is free and open to the public. 

‘Second Life for CLT’ with Edward Park

Date:                         Sunday, September 22, 2024
Time:                        10 a.m. – 2 p.m. PT
Location:                Concept Lab, 397 W 7th Ave, #300, Vancouver, BC

Get tickets here.

Join DIALOG’s Edward Park and Concept Lab’s Brandon Sullivan, Manager, as they explore innovative uses of cross-laminated timber in the built environment, featuring robotics and computational design to highlight the material’s second life and its role in placemaking.

There will be a Robotics Demonstration showcasing the capabilities of the 6-axis robot arm, as well as a Q+A and a tour.

Note: Participants sensitive to sawdust are advised to bring a dust mask for the demonstration portion.

‘Future of Sustainability’ with Mona Lemoine

Date:                           Friday, September 27, 2024
Time:                           7:30 – 9 p.m. PT
Location:                   Space Centre & Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street

Get tickets here. 

The Design Vancouver Forum brings together inspiring designers who are pushing boundaries by designing timber for sustainability at individual and systemic scales: shifting mindsets and behaviours, devising zero-waste materials flows and improving our built environment.

DIALOG’s Mona Lemoine and fellow design experts will explore the diverse ways that they approach the use of the material, their methods of build and construction, and the environmental and social impact possible with the adoption of regenerative design practices.

Moderator: Marianne Amodio, Principal, MA+HG Architects

Presenters:

• AnnaLisa Meyboom, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
• Melissa Higgs, Principal, hcma architecture + design
• Mona Lemoine, Associate and Senior Sustainability Consultant, DIALOG
• Robert Jackson, Partner, Fast + Epp

To learn more about the 2024 Design Vancouver Festival, visit designvancouver.org.