It's never a bad idea to instill good taste in children while they're still young! Artifort has reissued several iconic Pierre Paulin designs in undeniably adorable "junior" versions. The Orange Slice Junior and Mushroom Junior are both available through M2L.

‘Tis The Season (for cool stuff!)

The holiday season is upon us, and naturally you are plumb out of gift ideas! To get you out of that jam, we hare at Canadian Interiors collected a bevy of cool gift ideas for the design-aesthete on your list. For the Stylish Munchkin It's never a bad idea to instill good taste in children…

December 23, 2014

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, reopened Dec. 12 after three-year renovation

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum - the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design - opened the renovated and restored Carnegie Mansion on Dec. 12. A jewel of New York’s Museum Mile, it offers 60 per cent more exhibition space to showcase one of the most diverse and comprehensive…

December 12, 2014

The new North Atrium lounge will be barrier-free in conformity with modern standards of universal accessibility

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Government of Canada announces an architectural rejuvenation – by Diamond Schmitt – of the National Arts Centre

Today the Government of Canada announced $110.5 million in capital funding for the rejuvenation and transformation of the National Arts Centre (NAC) on Confederation Square in Ottawa. The project designer is Diamond Schmitt Architects. Originally completed in the late 1960s, the NAC is a landmark building with a range of performance and production spaces. Designed…

December 10, 2014

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Good work: the Shoelaces lamp is made by Spanish people who have had a rough life

Spanish designer Curro Claret presents a project for the Spanish lighting company Metalarte - resulting from its collaboration with the Majorcan company, Camper, and the Arrels Foundation in Barcelona and San Martín de Porres Foundation in Madrid. The new lamp model is made with and is called Shoelaces and was presented for the first time…

December 8, 2014

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IDC launches a new program for emerging interior design professionals

Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and its eight program partners are pleased to announce the launch of PROpel: What’s Your Amazing? exclusively for emerging interior design professionals. The program is the first of its kind and will feature a series of interactive webinars, an idea-sharing platform, and an all-expense-paid trip to Montreal for a select…

November 14, 2014

A child's toy that is also loved by adults, Piero Lissoni's spinning-top collections enchants with its shapes, materials and colours

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Porro marks Christmas – and its 90th birthday – with wooden spinning tops by Piero Lissoni

On Dec. 10, Porro will celebrate Christmas at its showroom in Milan (via Durini 15). The company will simultaneously start the celebrations for its 90th birthday, which will continue throughout 2015, with a collection of wooden spinning tops designed by Piero Lissoni. The five models - with alternate colour tones, and with theme variations coming…

November 12, 2014

Centennial College Residence and Culinary Arts Centre, north view

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Diamond Schmitt, part 1: residence & culinary arts centre at Centennial College

A new residence for 740 students and state-of-the-art teaching facilities will come together in a unique building at Centennial College in Toronto. The project has broken ground and will open in September 2016. The Residence and Culinary Arts Centre will be home to Centennial’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts. The eight-storey campus gateway…

October 17, 2014

The new Planetarium chair was designed by Grimshaw Architects for the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Florida

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Poltrana Frau and Grimshaw Architects present the Planetarium chair

Poltrona Frau has a long history of excellence in contract seating, and continues the legacy today with the new Planetarium chair designed by Grimshaw Architects for the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Florida. Similar to the Empac chair, which the Italian manufacturer and noted architectural firm designed for the…

October 9, 2014

"The objective was to design a contemporary school that embraces the principles of 21st-century learning," says Nick Bevanda, architect and partner with CEI Architecture. Photo by Ed White Photographics

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A new school building in Oliver, B.C., rises from the ashes of historic school building destroyed in a fire

Southern Okanagan Secondary School in Oliver, B.C., will welcome students again this fall. Flashback to September 2011: KMBR Architects and CEI Architecture had been working on an extensive renovation and addition to the school. A landmark in Oliver, the original school was built in 1948 at cost of over $1 million, and was designed in…

September 30, 2014

Heimtextil takes a new approach: 'Theme Park' and trend prognosis for 2015/2016 presented

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Heimtextil takes a new approach with a ‘Theme Park’ and predicts 2015/2016 trends

A new trend concept, new themes and a new kind of presentation: the Heimtextil management team introduced the new Heimtextil ‘Theme Park’ during a press release on 1 September. On behalf of the Heimtextil Trendtable, which is made up of six international agencies, Anne Marie Commandeur of Stijlinstituut Amsterdam presented the new large-scale project and outlined…

September 7, 2014