Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
NOT Forkchops was designed around Canadians’ “ability to draw from [a] mélange of cultural sources”. Designers were asked to take inspiration from a “multitude of cultures, without producing another set of ‘forkchops’”. Alexx Boisjoli‘s dishes (above) reference ubiquitous stainless steel lunch containers “often associated with Indian cuisine” but are rendered in porcelain. I’m not sure how the navy glazing ties in.. Perhaps Ivankovic’s edible material could be paired with the lunch container forms to produce a take out set (I’m assuming Boisjoli’s are meant for serving at home). Read more…
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The Associates show held in Toronto this past weekend was carried by a strong line up and clean visual identity (Established and Sons anyone?). Jessica Nakanishi‘s (below) delicate pendant lights delicately integrate their power source. Stay tuned for a wrap up discussion of Toronto Design Week’s delights and pitfalls this Friday.
Read more... // Tags: associates, everyday desig, felt, heavy metal, heavyweights, jessica nakanishi, joy charbonneau, Light, pedastal, pendant, Stool, zoe mowat
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
We’ll be posting photos all week of Heather McGaw‘s adventure at this year’s Toronto Design Week. Today, highlights from the Gladstone Hotel’s annual Come Up to My Room show. Sonia Tyagi’s laborious large scale rug (above) is made of hand-tied bowties. A whimsical take on the Interface flooring system perhaps… there is definitely some potential to alleviate future wine spills here. Read more…
Merk!
Read more... // Tags: bowtie, CUTMR, design, fugitive glue, gareth bate, Gladstone, jewel net of indra, merk!, rug, Sonia Tyagi, toronto, we-3, wendy fok
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
It’s design week in Toronto! IDS is in full swing until the 29th but make sure you get to the satellite shows. There is a host of creative talent here (and less vacuum salesmen). You can find a list of the offsite events here. Make sure you get to the Gladstone Hotel’s Come Up to my Room, Imm Living’s Not Forkchops, Associates, and Capacity! It’s no surprise fellow DISPLAY’ers will be found. Good luck Brady Del Rosario, Michelle Ivankovic, Zoe Mowat, and Heather McGaw! Stay tuned for photos next week.
- NK
- photo above via Associates, Zoe Mowat pedastal
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
www.michelleivankovic.com
Eindhoven, Netherlands
1. Where did you spend your childhood?
Toronto.
2. Any telltale signs as a child that you were going to be a designer?
Definitely. I was obsessed with making stuff.
3. You moved to Amsterdam a few years ago after an impressive career with Toronto based Umbra. You designed a number of hit products including the strass stool which is part of the Cooper Hewitt’s permanent design collection. Since heading overseas you have been working under your own name, are showing at this year’s IDS, and have curated an artisanal collection of batch production objects for Umbra’s studio line. Can you tell us a bit more out what you’ve been up to?
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Read more... // Tags: batch, canadian, cookie cutter, edible, industrial design, interviews, natalie, netherlands, plate, production, Stool, strass, sustainability
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