NEWS FROM RAY

Congratulations on 10 years with Ray

October 15, 2024

Today marks a significant milestone—10 incredible years of dedication, passion, and excellence! Your hard work, commitment, and positive attitude have made a tremendous impact, and we are so grateful to have you as part of our team.  Here’s to a decade of achievements, growth, and countless contributions. May the next ten years be even more rewarding and filled with continued success and happiness.  Thank you for all you do. Here’s to celebrating this amazing journey and looking forward to many more years of working together! Cheers to you, Johnny Dang, and your incredible 10-year milestone!

Welcome aboard, Victoria Abeijon

September 19, 2024

Ray is excited to announce that Victoria Abeijon, a 2023 interior design graduate from Humber College, has officially joined our team. Coming from a residential background Victoria is able to combine a residential feeling and experience within a commercial space. She also has close relationships with many suppliers, ensuring that our sample library is up to date and on trend. Additionally, she is always motivated and ready to take on a project and offer support to other designers making her a great team player.

 

“One of my favourite parts of the design process is collaborating with a team and seeing our innovative and timeless design ideas come to life.”

Victoria Abeijon

Congratulations on 20 years with Ray

August 9, 2024

Today marks a truly remarkable milestone in your career with us – 20 years of dedication, passion, and extraordinary contributions. As we reflect on your journey with Ray, we are filled with immense gratitude and admiration for the incredible impact you have made. Throughout the years, you have consistently demonstrated not only exceptional professionalism but also a genuine commitment to our team and our shared goals. Your positivity, kindness, and willingness to go above and beyond for colleagues and clients alike have created a culture of camaraderie and support that defines us as a team.  We look forward to many more years of collaboration, achievement, and continued success with you. Warmest congratulations once again on this incredible achievement!

Congratulations on 35 years with Ray

July 18, 2024

Today, we celebrate an extraordinary achievement as Isabelle Talbot marks 35 years of outstanding leadership and dedication to Ray (Formally Raymond Chiappetta). Throughout your journey, you have exemplified integrity, innovation, and a relentless commitment to excellence. Your vision has guided us through challenges and successes alike, shaping our organization into what it is today. Thank you for your unwavering dedication, inspiring us all to reach new heights. Here’s to celebrating this remarkable milestone together and to many more years of collaboration and success ahead. Congratulations on 35 years of exceptional service!

Congratulations on 30 years with Ray

April 26, 2024

Joe Trozzo: We are thrilled to announce and celebrate a remarkable milestone in your journey with Ray (Formally Raymond Chiappetta) Your three decades of unwavering dedication, hard work, and commitment have been instrumental in shaping our success and fostering a culture of excellence. Your passion and expertise have not only contributed to our growth but have also inspired colleagues around you. Please join us in commemorating this significant achievement as we express our heartfelt gratitude for your invaluable contributions. Here’s to 30 years of excellence and many more milestones ahead!

2023 Value of Design Awards (VODA)

November 3, 2023

Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) held its annual VODA awards (Value of Design award) celebration on Oct. 26, 2023. Ray’s Design Director and project lead designer, Tulin Artan, alongside Blue Ant Media’s representatives Jamie Schouela and Samantha Lamb, proudly received an Honourable Mention award for Blue Ant Media’s new headquarters. Congratulations to Tulin and the whole Ray team.

Ray is on the move!

May 9, 2023

We are excited to inform you that Ray is moving!  Our new office will be located at 455 Dovercourt Road just north of College Street. As we emerge from the pandemic, and like most of our clients, our spatial needs have changed and we were fortunate to find a space that suited our needs perfectly.

Our phone numbers and email addresses will remain the same. We will however be closed for business on the day of the move, July 28th, 2023 and will resume operations at our new location on July 31st, 2023. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to welcoming you to our new office.  If you have any questions regarding our move, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

455 Dovercourt Road Lower Level
Toronto, ON M6H 2W3
416.538.1335
meetray@rca.on.ca

Ray is 35!

July 12, 2022
 

This year marks Ray’s 35th year influencing Toronto’s commercial interior design scene. Thanks to our loyal clients, the real estate community, industry supporters, and of course our staff, for helping us reach this milestone!

We’ve seen our fair share of trends come and go, but what’s remained constant is our collective passion for design that works! We’re inspired to discover what innovations lie ahead.

Congratulations Kathy and Kasandra

June 17, 2021
Ray is proud to announce that Kathy Henriques and Kasandra Marquez have successfully passed the NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification) exams.
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Innovative workspaces reinvent Royal Bank Plaza

December 2, 2020
Walking out of Union Station onto Front Street, the Royal Bank Plaza is hard to miss. Clad in 24-carat gold reflective glass, its two towers illuminate the downtown Toronto skyline, attracting the attention of financial companies and law firms for more than 40 years.

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Top Hat’s Community-Inspired Toronto Campus

July 5, 2019
Start a company that completely reinvents the way people learn. Sounds easy enough, right? Probably not, but for the founders of Top Hat, that was the goal: transform the way professors interact with students to create a more engaging active learning environment.

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Ecobee’s Ethereal Toronto Lakeside Lab

October 2, 2018

Polished concrete floor runs throughout ecobee’s new expansive and airy office with collaborative areas branching off the main corridors. Designed by Ray, park-like benches and bright green carpets establish more intimate meeting areas where teams can convene. Boardrooms maintain the space’s outdoor vibe, encased in steel factory-style windows.

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IDC – Questions & Answers

December 1, 2016

D Magazine sat down with three interior designers from across the country and asked them the following question:

Looking back on your career, what was your favourite project, and what was your least favourite?

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Bright. Spacious. Enhanced. (Ironbridge Equity Partners)

November 7, 2016

THE VISION: Collaborating with design firm, Ray Inc., Ironbridge Equity Partners wanted their newly-acquired, 35th floor office space in downtown Toronto to have a much different look and feel than their previous more traditional offices of dark wooden doors and furniture and little access to natural light. Given a set budget, Ray Inc. was tasked with creating a bright and contemporary space for their client.

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Ron’s 10 Year Anniversary

May 1, 2016

We are proud to congratulate one of Ray’s team members, Ron Pinson, who joined our firm as project manager 10 years ago.  Ron’s quiet self-confidence earns him the trust of clients and his peers. 

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The Name Game

December 4, 2015

Things change. Organizations evolve. Sometimes, a firm requires repositioning to meet new demands or to refresh a brand. Or it may face transitional concerns as its founders reach retirement age.

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Ray – Building a brand that works on a first-name basis

June 22, 2015

After almost 30 years in business, the founders of Raymond Chiappetta and Associates—a Toronto-based commercial interior designer—moved on and sold the business to two of its partners. Principals Joe Trozzo and Isabelle Talbot embraced the transition as an opportunity to update their brand, bring it in alignment with their personalities, and truly take ownership of how they’re seen in the market.

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