The Centre de design de l’UQAM kicks off its season with the exhibition “Parcours : 50 ans de créativité”

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of UQAM’s School of design, the Centre de design presents an exhibition that will resonate with a public curious to discover the diversity and eclecticism of the design milieu.

Parcours presents the trajectories of fifty graduates from the School of Design’s six academic programs, from their first student works to their most recent creations. All generations that have passed through the school since 1974 are represented. Five decades of creative archives have been searched to highlight the evolution and interconnectivity of the various design disciplines taught at the school including graphic design, industrial design, architecture and urban design, fashion design, transportation design, event design and modern patrimonial studies.

An exhibition showcasing the many possible paths in design

 

Thanks to this unprecedented collection of posters, books, drawings, plans, illustrations, models, objects, prototypes, furniture and videos, the public will be able to explore the exceptional diversity of design practices and the importance of design in our everyday lives.

“Parcours explores the past, confronts the present and imagines the future. Our team took on the challenge of creating an archeology of the school by uncovering unique student projects and artifacts. It’s a must-see exhibition to understand how design has accompanied the social, environmental and technological transformations of the last fifty years,” describes Patrick Evans, Director of the Centre de design and co-curator of the exhibition.

What have they become? Quebec designers who graduated from the School of Design who inspire us!

Among those featured are Alain Carle, of Atelier Carle, renowned for his works of residential architecture; Ying Gao, internationally renowned fashion designer and professor at the School of design; Marie-Josée Lacroix, the City of Montreal’s first design commissioner; Philippe Lamarre, founder of Urbania, Denis Lapointe, head of design at Bombardier Recreational Products, Catherine Lebrun, director of product design at lululemon, and Melissa Mongiat, co-founder of Daily tous les jours, a design studio well known to Montrealers for its swings in the Quartier des spectacles.

A tribute wall and a library

A “tribute wall” celebrates the contributions of nearly 700 faculty members and employees of the School of design. Anecdotes and artifact descriptions reveal key moments from the school’s history. The exhibition also evokes the memory of several important members of the teaching staff who left their mark on the careers of a large number of graduates.

A library is also available to the public. More than 200 works illustrating the excellence of the research carried out at the school can be consulted on site. These works are made accessible in large part by a close collaboration with the UQAM Library Service and donations from professors.

Centre de design de l’UQAM
1440, rue Sanguinet
Montréal
Métro Berri-UQAM

Wednesday – Sunday, 12 h – 18 h
Free admission

Date and Time

Wednesday, Sep 11 , 5 p.m. to Sunday, Nov 10 , 6 p.m.

Location