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INTRODUCTION
As we head into the holiday season, we’re pleased to share the December edition of the Canadian Design Network (CDN) Newsletter. In this CDN Newsletter, you will find a brief wrap-up of the month’s news, and ideas across Canada’s design landscape. We look forward to continuing to build and strengthen our design community with you.
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FEATURE ARTICLES
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• CDN DESIGN COMPETITION Canadian Pride: Through Your Eyes
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• DESIGN & ENVIRONMENT Zahra Abyaneh & Matthew Hou - Designing with Rain
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• AI THOUGHTS Fatima Travassos - I Was Seduced by AI — So You Don’t Have to Be
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• AI FASHION Nicole Kane - Designing with the Machine: Future of Fashion
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• DESIGN EMPATHY Harry Mahler - Why Empathy Matters to Designers
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DECEMBER 2025: INTERNATIONAL DESIGN HIGHTLIGHTS
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Miami Art Week 2025 1-7 Dec, Miami, USA
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Design Miami 2025 2-7 Dec, Miami, USA
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In The Dark, We Play by Lina Lapelytė 2025 2 Dec, London, UK
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RIBA + VitrA Building Empathy: Dorte Mandrup 2025 2 Dec, London, UK
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IASDR: Design Next 2025 2-5 Dec, Taipei, Taiwan
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Business of Design Week 2025 3-5 Dec, Hong Kong
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Cruise Ship Interiors Design Expo Europe 2025 3-4 Dec, London, UK,
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Guangzhou Design Week 2025 5-8 Dec, Guangzhou, China
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 5-7 Dec, Miami, USA
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Amsterdam Ceramics 2025 6-7 Dec, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
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Chiang Mai Design Week 2025 6-14 Dec, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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International Sustainable Design Awards 2025 Ceremony 11 Dec, Hong Kong
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DESIGN ARTICLES
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Canadian Pride: Through Your Eyes
CDN Design Competition
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How do you want Canadians to be seen?
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Create a graphic that expresses our energy, diversity, and joy. Winning designs will appear on CDN apparel and select products, sharing a fresh, expressive vision of Canada through design. Read more
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Designing with Rain
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Rethinking Green Infrastructure at McMaster University
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What if every drop of rain had a purpose? McMaster Green Infrastructure Design Project began with this simple question, exploring how design can turn something often seen as waste into a visible, educational, and beautiful part of daily life. Read more
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I Was Seduced by AI — So You Don’t Have to Be
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I’ll never forget the day I met Midjourney — my AI partner of
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choice. Something about it drew me in: the quirky logo, the clunky
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yet oddly familiar interface, the buzzing Discord community, the
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prompt battles that even featured Grimes. It was a digital
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playground of ideas where strangers collaborated to build
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something extraordinary — a beautiful algorithm. Read more
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Designing with the Machine:
How AI Is Rewriting the Future of Fashion
Once upon a time, a designer’s studio was all sketchbooks, fabric rolls, and mannequins half-draped in ideas. Now, next to the sewing machine, you'll probably find something very different: a laptop screen filled with noise. Read more
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Why Empathy Matters to Designers
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Empathy is essential to generating meaningful design outcomes. It
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is the quiet force that allows designers to see beyond objects,
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interfaces, and aesthetics, and step directly into the lives of the
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CDN NEWS
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• Our DESIGN COMPETITION entitled “ Canadian Pride; Through Your Eyes" has begun
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• We will be releasing two new projects in 2026 - a competition and a research project
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• There are plans for other projects in the works, to be announced in early 2026
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• We are hoping to bring Karen Verbeek on as a contributor in the new year
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• Growing Community: CDN’s LinkedIn following is pushing 7500!
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• CDN is expanding our digital presence on Facebook and Instagram
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• We hope to be releasing a new membership offering in the new year
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SHARE YOUR VOICE
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At CDN, we believe in collaboration and community. If you have any ideas, passions or experiences you wish to
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share with the CDN community we love to hear from you. Voice your design concerns or interest in a design article for the CDN newsletter, please contact us; [email protected]
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COMMUNITY
Thank you for being part of the Canadian Design Network. Together, we’re building a stronger, more vibrant design community across Canada. Visit us online: canadiandesignnetwork.com.
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