The Interactive Design Exchange (IDX)

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What is the Interaction Design Exchange?

The Interactive Design Exchange (IDX) is a specialized research, interaction design, and training centre within the School of Design at George Brown Polytechnic in Toronto. IDX partners with businesses to navigate Industry 4.0 by designing innovative products, services, and systems that power the smart economy.

IDX Services

Learn how IDX can support your applied research project with expertise, funding, state-of-the-art facilities, equipment and training.

Design Strategy

Collaborative design using Institute without Boundaries methods.

Research

Cutting-edge digital experience design projects with industry, students and faculty.

Education

From degrees, diplomas and one-year certificates, to short-term courses, workshops and conferences.

Labs

Purpose-built labs for collaborative research and applied learning.

Equipment

Hundreds of digital devices and simulation equipment available for research projects.

Start-Up Support

Incubator space, competitions and networking opportunities.

Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.