Rock it out, on this Rock’n- Rocking Chair! – PicoCool Lean It! Hang It! Throw it! – Dezeen If you can fold it… You can make it! – Apartment Therapy The Whistler Public Library, a model for the future of sustainable buildings! – Contemporist Cynthia Rowley & her take on colour for your home – [...]

Designed by MLK Studio in coordination with Belzberg Architects, the Brentwood Residence located in Los Angeles, California is a supreme example of “under-stated luxury!”  Large open spaces, custom millwork and furniture, neutral palettes, full-height glazing, & natural textures help to create a space and a lifestyle set on the lap of luxury; without the over-the-top [...]

With Winter behind us- “sort of” -& now in the full bloom of Spring, & Summer just around the corner, it’s hard not to fantasize about tropical getaways!   Induced with a winter ’10/’11 full of bone chilling temperatures & plentiful amounts of snow, we are well deserving of a vacation wouldn’t you say!?!  So [...]

It’s smoke, it’s a cloud, no it’s a light fixture! – Casa Sugar The modern loft reno, lofty-living never looked so good! – Apartment Therapy Reading your walls… in Braille- Pico Cool Sliding Down in Japan! – Dezeen Truly a Natural Beauty. – Contemporist

The Loom… It couldn’t have found a better name!  Designed by British Industrial Designer Benjamin Hubert for Swedish Manufacturer Zero, The Loom is a unique series of pendant fixtures which truly embody the world of fashion, technology, lighting design, and architecture all bundled into one!  Their “almost” seamless (no pun intended) forms have a soft, [...]

For all of you star-crossed TABLE lovers out there, this posting is for you!  Always a classic, and recently a large revival in table designs, the star-crossed base is making an appearance across the furniture scene made by: Draenert, Case, Holly Hunt, Luxo, and Room & Board just to name a few…  I believe it [...]

Bridging the gap: an architectural-inspired dining table! – PicoCool There’s a ghost in the room… and you’re sitting right on it!  Spook! – Dezeen It’s a kid’s world, and it’s time for all of us to play, with toy lamps! – Apartment Therapy Taking-off to Space in the coolest public seating out there! Sweetness… – [...]

What’s the current buzz in the Design Industry around Toronto these days?  Well if you ask anyone, most likely they’ll blurt out: Avenue Road!  So what’s all the “fuss” about?  Well simply, all you really need to do is take a look at the photos we are featuring of Avenue Road’s space for this posting. [...]

As Interior Designers, and “scouters” of the best new designs, it is our responsibility to ensure we are always on top of the latest advances in design, technology, trends, and products.  These allow us to do what we do: design!  Strides made by fashion designers, textile specialist, industrial designers, researchers, etc… all help to inform [...]

Keeping in our theme of ‘not taking ourselves too seriously’ for today’s posts, I thought to feature this VERY playful, colourful, and exciting apartment designed by Praveen of San Francisco, CA.  Though a design full of robust life and colour packed into a small space, Praveen has managed to create a cohesive look that is [...]