About
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
DESIGNERS & DECORATORS GUILD
About Us
The Prince Edward Island Designers and Decorators Guild (PEI DDG), Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding, enhancing and improving the business practices and financial success of design professionals on Prince Edward Island. The PEI DDG is an industry-inclusive organization tailored to meet the specific needs of design professionals and strategic-industry partners by fostering business growth, continued education, resource sharing, and accomplishment.
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Our goal as an organization is to develop a broad and dynamic membership community of industry peers, mentors, and strategic-industry partners working together for the greater good of the Design Industry on PEI. It is our intention, as an organization, that the PEI DDG will develop and encourage our membership toward a culture of shared community and engagement with each other and the public.
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With solid demand in the design and construction industries growing year over year, there has never been a better time to advocate for and to bring our design community together. According to Statistics Canada, in 2019 Interior Design services were the largest stakeholder in the design sector with a 45% share of sales, followed by Graphic Design with a 29% share of the market. Related products and services represented 11% of the total sales, industrial design 8%, and other specialized design services the remaining 7%.
Despite the economic situation caused by the pandemic, in 2021 the design industry boasted a whopping 1.5 billion dollars in overall
revenues. The economic impact and revenue from design services in Canada is growing year over year with recent statistical
information indicating an 8% growth rate over the next five years. For design professionals or those seeking work in the industry and
planning their businesses all indicators currently point to increased demand for design services and good job prospects within the
industry with predicted labour shortages forecast in 2028.
The Industry
Executive Committee
President
Kyle Timothy Blood
Vice President
Damien Packwood
Treasurer
Susan Snow
Co-Secretary
Smita Prakash
"Growing forward" our organization will be recruiting members to sit on various committees to assist in the operation of the PEI DDG. Such committees may include the Executive Committee and various other subcommittees.