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Ce document rapporte succinctement les actions entreprises dans la suite de la désignation Montréal Ville UNESCO de design et s’appuie sur l’une des grandes déclarations de ce chantier : « …mobiliser les différents acteurs influents du développement urbain autour du projet de [mieux] faire [concevoir, construire] la ville avec [plus] de designers ».

Quelles ont été les retombées concrètes de ce mot d’ordre ralliant l’ensemble des partenaires ? Après quatre ans d’activités du chantier et six ans depuis l’adhésion de Montréal au Réseau des villes créatives de l’UNESCO, voici un premier bilan chiffré.

Il se dégage de ce bilan quelques constats sur les accomplissements et l’état de la situation à ce jour. Les pages suivantes illustrent et répondent à certaines questions concernant :
- l’impact du chantier sur l’émergence d’une culture des concours de design et d’architecture à Montréal
- la mobilisation de différents publics
- l’ouverture de nouveaux marchés pour le milieu du design

This document succinctly describes the activities deployed to implement the appointment of Montréal as a UNESCO City of Design. It focuses on the core principle of:
“mobiliz[ing] the different stakeholders of urban development around the project of making [designing, building] a better city with [more] designers.”
What were the concrete results of this rallying statement? Here are the first collected results after four years of activities and six years of involvement in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
This report draws conclusions on the achievements and provides an up-to-date status on the Montréal, UNESCO City of Design initiative. On the following pages you will find detailed information on such aspects as:
- the impact of the initiative on the emergence of a culture of design and architecture competitions in Montréal
- the engagement of various audiences
- the opening of new markets for the design community

Open House Design Montréal Program

This gift item catalogue is intended for institutional and corporate buyers and the general public. The purpose of the catalogue is to encourage buyers to procure products emblematic of Montréal, UNESCO City of Design, as corporate gifts, promotional items and souvenirs.

Open House Design Montréal Program

Open House Design Montréal Program

These guides to good design practices, focusing on imagining and creating the 21st-century city, are intended for anyone interested in enhancing the urban environment (elected officials, developers, municipal managers, environmental design professionals, etc.) and looking for examples to inspire their initiatives and tools to help guide them.

Nine international examples to inspire the renewal of public promotion of urban design.

Three effective processes to encourage excellence in urban design: panel, workshop, competition.

21 Montréal projects to get the 21st century off to a good start.

Open House Design Montréal Program

2007 Open House Design Montréal Program

The Montréal, UNESCO City of Design document is the application package prepared by the Design Montréal office (now the Bureau du design) with the participation of the design industry, at the request of Benoit Labonté, Montréal Executive Committee member responsible for Culture, Heritage, Downtown Montréal and Design.

The city of Montréal drew on its highly rewarding experience with the Commerce Design Montréal competition to create this short guide on trends in the connection between business and design. The organizers analyzed the valuable information collected from 1995 to 2004 through surveys and participants’ submissions.
This is a unique and reliable goldmine of information for all Quebec businesses, one they can use to better measure the potential of commercial design as a strategic tool in their success.