SEPTEMBER 25-28, 2025

Vancouver Convention Centre West

In the Studio

In The Studio is IDS's in-depth interview series with alumni speakers and important figures to allow you to better know many of the design industry's best and brightest.

Speakers

Camille Mitchell

Camille Mitchell is an Architect with SvN Architects + Planners and a speaker at IDS Toronto. Her work spans award-winning projects from interior design to master planning. Camille is also Chair of Black Architecture and Interior Design (BAIDA).

This time we spoke to Chad Burton, a multifaceted stylist and writer, based in Toronto, who works across interiors and fashion. Chad spoke on the Keynote stage at IDS 2024, in a Globe & Mail panel discussion on “Living in the Multiverse”.

We caught up with Omar Gandhi, who founded the award-winning eponymous practice, Omar Gandhi Architects. A past speaker and participant in IDS, Omar has worked on projects across Canada, including Toronto’s Prime Seafood Palace, and the upcoming Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

Ranee Lee 郭恩琳 is an industrial designer and an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at OCAD University. She is the founder of DESIGNwith, a design lab for the democratization of design learnings in environmental and social sustainability.