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Works by Jamie Hayon
Design, Art and Rock ‘N’ Roll
Milan's I Salone is the biggest design explosion of the year. Close to 3,000 international exhibitors participate in the exhibition, which consists of Salone Internazionale del Mobile (the main furniture fair); Salone del Complemento d'Arredo (accessories); SaloneSatellite (student exhibition); and, this year, Euroluce (the lighting biennial). But it is really the hundreds of off-site events…
July 1, 2007
Pavillons Lassonde de L'cole polytechnique Montral
Quebec’s Finest
The Quebec Order of Architects has named the 14 winners of the Architectural Awards of Excellence. Among the projects honoured in the 24th edition of the awards: CCIT: Communication, Culture and Information Technology building at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, by Saucier + Perrotte Architectes (in the institutional projects category); the Cooprative d'Habitation Au-Pied-du-Courant…
July 1, 2007
At the Interior Design Show in Toronto, University of Alberta design students won the prize for best student collective.
U of A’s Annus Mirabilis
Three cheers for the industrial design program at the University of Alberta, fresh from its showing at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York this past May. In its two-decade history, the ICFF - one of the top design shows in the world - had never before accepted a Canadian design school. "I still…
July 1, 2007
Aykut Erol's Line system
On Line
It's Turkish designer Aykut Erol's contention that furniture is hogging our living spaces. In an effort to "give more space and more air to us," Erol developed Line, "a system extending indefinitely with a single line regenerating itself." In this system, such furniture as a worktable, hanger, bookshelf, wine rack, CD rack, TV stand and…
July 1, 2007
Rating Rudofsky
The Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal is home to the first retrospective examining the life and work of Bernard Rudofsky (1905-1988) - the Austrian-born architect, designer and critic whose groundbreaking buildings, exhibitions and fashion designs challenged the Western world's perceptions of comfort and culture. A collaboration between the Architekturzentrum Wien and the Getty Research…
July 1, 2007
Surface3's imaginative caf installation stole the show at SIDIM in Montreal.
Coffee to Go
Founded in 2003 by Jason Shatilla and Carla El-Samra, Montreal-based Surface3 is devoted to "creating memorable experiences that generate positive word-of-mouth." The cross-disciplinary agency certainly met its mandate at SIDIM this past May, with its popular installation for the Montreal design show's caf. Surface3's aim was to create a design work both accessible (smack dab…
July 1, 2007
Toronto Wallpapered
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary last year, Wallpaper - the design and travel magazine that tracks what is globally cool - published 20 city guides. Double that number will be published this year, including the Toronto Wallpaper City Guide (out this August) and the Vancouver Wallpaper City Guide (coming in October). Compiled by…
July 1, 2007
Frank Delfino, at ease
Perfectly Frank
The Interior Designers of Canada have awarded its highest honour to Frank Delfino - Teknion's senior vice president and president of Canadian and international markets, and a key player in the interior design community. IDC's Honorary Award is presented to non-IDC members who the board of directors believes have contributed to the greater recognition or…
July 1, 2007
Pure gold
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada recently announced Mario Saia as the recipient of the RAIC Gold Medal for 2007. Saia earned his degree in architecture in his hometown at Universit de Montral in 1963, continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, then apprenticed for a year in Copenhagen. He now directs…
July 1, 2007
Green Groupe
The Greenguard Environmental Institute recently awarded Quebec furniture company Groupe Lacasse two certifications. Groupe Lacasse's freestanding laminate case goods, steel storage and filing, educational furniture and the Nvision workplace system received a Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certification. The freestanding case goods, along with steel storage and filing, also received the Greenguard Children & Schools Certification.…
July 1, 2007

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