UQAM Design Center

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The UQAM Design Center is an institution dedicated to the promotion and diffusion of design located in the design pavilion of the University of Quebec in Montreal.

Since 1981, the UQAM Design Center has presented exhibitions illustrating historical and current trends in graphic, industrial and urban design, architecture, packaging and fashion. Since its foundation, it has produced more than 350 exhibitions on the work of local and international designers. Thus, the center contributes to the development of a design culture and the influence of Quebec design on the local and international scene.

History

In December 1981, the Design Center officially opened its doors under the name of the Galerie Design through a collaboration of several professors from l'École de Design de l'UQAM (Gérard Bochud, Alfred Halasa, Frédéric Metz, Gorges Frédéric Singer and that France Vanlaethem then director) and presents, for the occasion, her first exhibition Le Werkbund allemand, entre l’art et l’industrie.

A few months after its foundation, in April 1982, the « Galerie Design » adopted the name of Centre de création et de diffusion en design. The CCDD moved into the large exhibition hall on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal in October 1884 and was granted its official status by the UQAM Executive Committee in June 1985.

In September 1995, the Design Center was relocated to Sanguinet street in Montreal inside the design pavilion of UQAM which was designed by architect Dan Hanganu, where it has a 400m2 exhibition hall.

Mission

The Design Center has hosted numerous colloquiums and conferences and more than 350 exhibitions in the fields of architecture and design. Since 2015, it also host L'Annuel de design, an event that presents the work of graduating students from the UQAM School of Design.

The Design Center hosts international exhibitions, but also develops many original exhibitions. Several of those have been presented around the world, notably in the United States, Mexico, Argentina, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, England and China. These exhibitions are mainly dedicated to the recognition and promotion of Quebec design. further, the creation of these exhibitions allows synergy between UQAM professors, professionals in the field and students.

Each year, more than 20,000 visitors have free access to the regular and traveling exhibitions of the Design Center.

Organizational structure

The Design Center is administratively attached to the vice-rector for research, creation and dissemination of the university (Christian Agbobli, Vice-rector since 2020). The director of the Design Center is chosen by the Executive Committee of the University of Quebec at Montreal on the recommendation of the Assembly of Professors of the School of Design. The Design Center has been managed since 2018 by Louise Pelletier. The director of the Center is assisted by a project manager (Victor Bernaudon since 2018, who succeeds Georges Labrecque 1984-2018) 20, who designs and coordinates the production of the exhibitions.

Annexes

List of publications

• Daniel Rozensztroch & all, Cintres = : Hangers, Paris, édition Le Passage, 2020, 317 pages.
• Marc H. Choko & Hervé Fisher, Le Design graphique, ça bouge!, Montréal, Édition Somme Toute, 2019, 240 pages.
• Cammie McAtee (dir.), Montréal et le rêve géodésique : Jeffrey Lindsay et la Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division, Halifax, Dalhousie Architectural Press, 2017, 120 pages.
• Börkur Bergmann, Émergences: territoire & architectonique, Montréal, Studio Cube éditeur, 2017, 154 pages.
• Jocelyne Leboeuf (dir.), Notes vagabondes. Métaphores et mémoire dans les affiches de Nelu Wolfensohn, Westmount, Québec, Pour le bien public, 2016, 129 pages.
• Angela Grauerholz & Michèle Lemieux, Michèle Lemieux / Le tout et la partie, du dessin au film d'animation, Montréal, Centre de Design de l'Université du Québec à Montréal, 2016.
• Marc H. Choko, Le monde d’Alfred II. 40 ans d’affiches d’Alfred Halasa, Montréal, Éditions de l’Homme et Infopresse, 2014, 224 pages.
• Marc H. Choko & Lino, Lino, Québec, Alto, 2011, 224 pages.
• Louise Pelletier & Alberto Pérez-Gómez, 70 architect(e)s sur l'éthique et la poétique : 20 ans d'histoire et théorie de l'architecture à l'Université McGill, Montréal, École d'architecture de McGill University, 2007.
• Marc H. Choko, 25 ans de design: Centre de design de l'Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2006, 399 pages.
• Daniel Rozensztroch & Shiri Slavin, Brosse, New York, Pointed Leaf Press, 2005, 248 pages.
• Gérard Bochud, 1000 symboles du Québec, Sillery, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1991, 202 pages.
• ARQ: La revue des membres de l'Ordre des architectes du Québec, Montréal, Groupe culturel Préfontaine, février 1991, 40 pages. (publication en lien avec l'exposition La tradition expérimentale)
• Marc H. Choko & David L. Jones, Les affiches du Canadien Pacifique, Montréal, Éditions du Méridien, 1988, 186 pages.
• Conseil international des monuments et des sites, Section française, Créer dans le créé: l'architecture contemporaine dans les bâtiments anciens, Paris, Electa Moniteur, 1986, 238 pages.

External links

• Centre de Design de l'UQAM
• Université du Québec à Montréal
• École de Design de l'UQAM
• Annuel de design

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