Seven Canadian design firms were honoured at the Interior Designers of Canada‘s (IDC) virtual Value of Design Awards (VODA) celebration. These awards, which launched in 2018, shine a spotlight on Canadian interior designers by providing a forum to showcase the benefits of design thinking: an empathetic, inventive, and iterative process focused on the human experience within interior spaces.

The 2021 VODA were presented to the following winners who continue to push the boundaries of interior design.

Value of Design Award – Excellence  

McMichael Cafe by Dyonne Fashina
Denizens of Design Inc.
Innovation in Hospitality Design 

Spin Master by Annie Bergeron
Gensler
Innovation in Workplace Design 

Laurentian University Student Centre by Valerie Gow
Gow Hastings Architects
Innovation in Institutional/Educational/Civic Design 

Value of Design Award – Merit 

CapU Lonsdale by Michele Sigurdson
Dialog
Innovation in Institutional/Educational/Civic Design 

Kevin & Kevin Juice by Courtney Cline
Mallen Gowing Berzins Architecture (MGBA)
Innovation in Hospitality Design 

Kevin & Kevin juice bar

Garantie Construction Résidentielle (Residential Construction Warranty) by Véronique Chayer, Folio Design
Innovation in Workplace Design

Rogers & FIDO Headquarters: “La Maison Rogers” by Carmen Huynh
HOK
Innovation in Workplace Design 

Aurora Armoury Food & Wine Institute by Valerie Gow
Gow Hastings Architects
Innovation in Institutional/Educational/Civic Design 

Niagara College Welland Student Commons by Valerie Gow
Gow Hastings Architects
Innovation in Institutional/Educational/Civic Design