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II BY IV DESIGN
Canadian Design studio II BY IV DESIGN
receives growing international
recognition for Retail Environments
Canadian Interior Design is some of the best in the
world with growing international exposure – top
honorees at the recent Retail Design Institute’s (RDI)
45th Annual International Store Design Competition
and Association of Retail Environments (ARE)
Design Awards, also in its 45thyear, notably included
several Canadian Design firms with Toronto’s II BY
IV DESIGN recognized as best of class in multiple
categories.
On Saturday evening March 12, 2016, during a
Black-Tie event the RDI presented the winners of its
45thAnnual International Store Competition at the
Hilton Anatole, Dallas. More than 125 projects from
around the world competed in 21 categories reflecting
both hard lines and soft lines in formats ranging
from department, specialty, supermarket and mass
merchant to pop¬up and common area.
II BY IV DESIGN received First Place standings in
2 of the 21 coveted categories: First Place - Specialty
Food, Gourmet Grocer & Delicatessen for the Liquor
Control Board of Ontario’s (LCBO) Urban Infill
concept store, as well as, First Place - Brand Spaces
for Olympia Tile’s Flagship Showroom in North York,
Ontario.
On Wednesday evening March 23, 2016, the A.R.E/
POPAI association held the A.R.E. Design Awards
ceremony at the Four Season Ballroom, Las Vegas.
The 2016 honorees included 58 projects from eight
countries and were rigorously selected from 349
entries world-wide. The industry’s largest and most
prestigious retail store design awards program it
showcased game-changing retail design across a broad
spectrum of categories including: Store of the Year,