Category: Product Design
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Tom Dixon at Milan Design Week
Tom Dixon debuts at the Milan Design Week, showcasing new furniture, lighting and accessories under the theme of the CLUB. The conventional Gentleman’s club is reworked into a contemporary version of the historic British members club – a modern day home-away-from-home, a plush and cultured haven where pleasure and work collide. Some overdue additions to…
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Pebble by Allegory at Milan Design Week
Entrances used to be important spaces, they have now been reduced to their minimum size, or have even been suppressed in some cases. The object is narrow, it accompanies the wall while being fixed on it. Pebble by Allegory offers modularity. A generous metal horizontal bar lays at an eye-height and is ready to receive…
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Roundatable by Allegory at Milan Design Week
Bathroom equipments are standardized and normalized, thus the space is almost always organized in the same way. The improvement of ventilation allowed for the bathrooms to be removed from the facades, but also made for them to have natural light, a luxury, which implied for space to lose in quality. Bathrooms are now functional spaces…
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Cassandra Cucine premiers at EUROCUCINA 2014
Cassandra Cucine is an emerging, Greek company that designs and manufactures innovative and exclusive kitchen furniture systems. They are proud to be the world’s first creators of curved cabinets in front view, while others’ cabinets are curved in plan view. The design’s innovation lies in the additional fact that the entire kitchen, including the hanging…
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Derek McLeod
Designer Series is a video blog series that focuses on artisans and creators in the communities that we build in. Our first article focuses on Derek McLeod an industrial design located in The Toronto Junction. Derek is a graduate from OCAD university and has always been attracted to designing furniture. For the DUKE presentation centre,…
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What’s Trending at the 2014 Interior Design Show
The Toronto Interior Design Show (IDS14) celebrates Canadian design in all its facets. Yet, amid all the glitz and glamour, I noticed a trending theme among the community that was leaning towards sustainability, efficiency and materiality. Take for example the Solo Home. It is an energy-efficient, turnkey, rapid build Bunkie with interiors out of a…
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IDS14 – Studio North
The students of Ryerson School of Interior Design look at food security at this year’s Toronto Interior Design Show. The exterior panels reflect a decadent Victoria era where food was in excess during dining times. While, the interior showcases handcrafted utensils interspersed with quotes about the current state of food security in Canada. The dichotomy…
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Interior Design Show 2014: Moroso Lounge
The Toronto Interior Design Show is the place to be for design enthusiasts. Held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre every January, the show sees the space transformed by hundreds of booths featuring the best of interior design from Canadian and international designers. The Moroso lounge celebrates Patrizia Moroso, who was IDS’s international guest of honour…
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See the Light
This year’s concept spaces will spotlight iconic lighting brands from around the world. See the Light will feature lighting as the driving force behind the interior design of a space, rather than a complementary addition to a room. Design studios have partnered with top lighting manufacturers to create four very unique spaces. WilliamsCraig Inc. is…
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Pipapo by Jurgen Mayer
Pipapo is a sculptural bench, made of Caesarstone surface from the Supernatural series, with a natural stone pattern delicately milled to create a three dimensional, lattice-like formation. The work is based on Mayer H.’s long standing investigation, both in architecture and art, of data protection patterns found, for example, on the inside of envelopes sent…
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Islands by Raw-Edges Design Studio
As part of their ongoing commitment to creating new platforms for design, Caesarstone has collaborated with London design studio Raw Edges to produce Islands. The brief was to re-examine the domestic environment and the use of surface. With their signature creativity, Raw-Edges transforms the surface into the structure itself. Available in a range of sizes…
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Eyes on Design
he 11th year of Come up to my Room features designs by different firms and installations. Eyes on Design takes a back stage look at the exhibition with interviews of the creators and curators at the historic Gladestone Hotel.
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Junction TO DO Festival
Don’t know what to see this year for the Toronto Offsite Design Festival (TO DO)? The 65 locations can be quite overwhelming to digest at first glance. Well, if you are looking for a design centric area, The Junction is the place to be. Not only did SMASH provide the location for the official party…
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Maison and Objet Preview: Arc by Tom Dixon
Solid brass table-top utensils with expressive forms, Arc by Tom Dixon is a celebration of no-fuss materiality. Made through a sand-casting process, each piece is unique. Science fiction inspired futuristic simplicity combined with practical shapes that are easy to use. Table top architecture for the new age. A stalwart component of the international modern kitchen.…
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Maison and Objet: Etched tea light holder
Metal precision manufacturing techniques combined with a wood-grain pattern inspired by nature. Finely etched holes in the metallic sheet give the illusion of a textured wood surface by Tom Dixon. When lit, the organic pattern etched onto the pentagon structure casts a web of complex shadows to the nearest surface. Available in brass, copper and…
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Maison and Objet Preview: Cog by Tom Dixon
Super-functional metal accessories, Cog by Tom Dixson brings precision manufacturing to the home. As we scour factories worldwide, we find ourselves constantly referring to great British engineering. Creating a sense of the tool Knurling on each piece allows a firm grip. Cog comprises candle holders (medium and large), tea light holders (cone and cylinder), containers…
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IDS Design Preview – Burst Floor Lamp
The third piece Christopher Solar will be showing at the Interior Design Show is the Burst floor lamp. This tall lamp consists of a set of matched ash slats radiating up and out from a polished concrete base. The slats are laced together with Danish cord and surround a diffused bulb. The result is a…
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The Museum of No Good
The fourth annual Toronto Design Offsite Festival (TO DO) is right around the corner. The weeklong event from January 20-26, 2014, promotes and celebrates new and innovative design experiences across Toronto. What I like most about the festival is that it exposes the general public to the next generation of designers. It allows art and…
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IDS14 Design Preview – Number 7 Lounge
The Number 7 Armchair, in oiled white oak with the seat fully upholstered in IDS14 Design Preview – Number 7 Loungecharcoal fabric The frames are made of walnut, white oak, or ash and feature subtle joinery details that speak to their hand-crafted nature. The blind-tufted cushions are upholstered in 100% wool fabric.
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IDS14 Design Preview – Number 7 Rocker
Ottawa-based designer Christopher Solar will be launching three new products at this year’s Interior Design Show 2014. The first piece is Number 7 Rocker, in oiled walnut with green fabric on the cushions and a walnut veneer seat shell.
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IIDEX Celebrating Canadian Design
To me, IIDEX has always been the kick-off to the Canadian design season. As Canada’s National Design and Architecture Expo and Conference, this is the place where designers and architects gather to see the latest in building products, technology and materials. Taking place at the Direct Energy Centre, as most trade shows go, the majority…
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Russia’s Pride
Olek has done it again. This time, her yarn bombing has taken her to Saint Petersburg, Russia which makes a statement in solidarity with those oppressed by the recent anti-gay law by installing a camouflage rainbow on a classic façade. “Upon arrival in Russia, one of the first things I saw was a street poster…
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Light is Falling
28.280 is a massive vertical installation by Vancouver-based designer Omer Arbel. Located in the main atrium of the Victoria and Albert Museum for the 2013 London Design Festival, the exhibition features lighting by Canadian design brand Bocci. The intent of the installation is twofold; On the one hand, it is a pure celebration of the…
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Junction Design Crawl
The theme of ‘locally-made’ and ‘Toronto-based’ was in the air at the third annual Junction Design Crawl. Armed with our TAS-made maps of neighbourhood hot spots to hand out, we followed swarms of people to the dozens of stores featuring custom designs and temporary art installations on Dundas Street West. The starting point was the Night…
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Lost Hoops by Adrian Skenderovic
Street photographer Adrian Skenderovic utilizes his eye for detail in this series of abandoned basketball courts entitled ‘Lost Hoops.’ The artist skillfully captures the juxtaposed urban neglect within jungle settings. The images highlight each setting, which he as collected throughout his travels, to present its own story and personality over the years of use. The…
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Life Imitating Art
In a world of over-designed goods, Mjolk, (which is Swedish for milk) is a local gallery and lifestyle store operated by husband and wife team John and Juli Baker that features simple design. Located in the Junction neighbourhood the space offers the perfect balance of Japanese and Scandinavian products that reflect the art of living…
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Karim Rashid talks Shoes
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VutyhGfxqs0&w=800&h=460 While in Toronto for the opening of Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture at the Bata Shoe Museum, Karim Rashid reveals to Azure the inspiration behind his exhibit design for the show and his thoughts on the power of a great shoe.
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Fruit Salad
This poster/print series by graphic designer Christopher Dina celebrates the wondrous varieties of fruit, their unique forms and myriad of colours. The collection features gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom trimmed with 1″ border for framing.
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Objet de Cuisine
Angela Cho, has designed a tea whisk that emphasizes the beauty of tea ceremonies. This western interpretation simplifies and modernizes the intricate lines of its original form. Designed to feel like an extension of the hand, the geometric shapes and sharp corners, offering a juxtaposition to the curvilinear form of a traditional tea whisk. Aside…
Richelle Sibolboro 