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PATRICIA URQUIOLAEmotion and practicalityPatricia Urquiola, the Milan-based Spanish architect, has recently risen through the ranks of the Italian superstar…
Beating the winter blues
Interior Design Show It was a dark and stormy night, with a bitter-cold February gale blowing off Lake Ontario, as design mavens and hipsters raced from the…
Taking the floor
GREY MATTER Inspired by the runways of New York, Paris, and Milan, where grey has been a fashion fixture for the past few seasons, pre-finished hardwood…
Bright Ideas
After a couple of disappointing years at IDS, one might be forgiven for wondering if the show had lost its relevance to the design community. There are only so…
Ideas and Philosophies
PATRICIA URQUIOLAEmotion and practicalityPatricia Urquiola, the Milan-based Spanish architect, has recently risen through the ranks of the Italian superstar…
Whither goest?
Just as it is said that you can learn a lot about a city by the postcards it produces, the same is true for trade fairs and their posters. They serve as a…
Trend trek
Messe Frankfurt is playing host to Heimtextil, billed as the world's biggest trade fair for home and contract textiles, from Jan. 10 to 13. I'm rushing among…
Renaissance Women
Vancouver-based Martha Sturdy is a leading Canadian designer of furniture, accessories, sculptures and art. Recognized internationally, she is known for her…
When one shop closes…
When Martha Sturdy decided to close the doors on her Vancouver retail outlet earlier this year, she replaced it with a designer gallery/showroom dubbed Gallery…
The creamsicle basement
Here's the situation: You're given a below-ground space to transform from substandard to spectacular. It used to house an antique shop and two other tiny retail…
Parasuco’s prime time
A Short History of the Blue Jean:Patented in 1873 by San Francisco-based importer Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, a tailor from Reno, Nev..... After visiting the…