Cover image on Teknion's "Corporate Responsibility Report."

Good corporate citizen: Teknion

Teknion Corporation today announced the availability of its new Corporate Responsibility Report. “For the past dozen or so years, Teknion has been documenting its many successful environmental initiatives. Now, the time is right for us to share our successes beyond this area,” says David Feldberg, president & CEO. “Teknion’s Corporate Responsibility Report is a record of…

February 14, 2013

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Interface’s new global design competition

The need to be connected to nature – and the benefits that answering this brings – are not new concepts. But for the first time, we are able to measurably understand the profound impact this has in a built environment. And then answer this innate desire by applying biophilic principles in the design of buildings…

February 7, 2013

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In the groove: Igloodgn

Branding and interior design firm Igloodgn showcased its talent at the recent 2013 Interior Design Show with its concept space, The Green House. Anna Abbruzzo and Alain Courchesne of Igloodgn were selected as one of five Canadian design teams to participate in the show’s feature space How Do You Work? where they were challenged to…

February 2, 2013

Says Oki Sato, founder and chief designer of Nendo, "The installation explores the boundary between 'furniture' and 'non-furniture.' Tables that aren't quite tables form a cluster, creating a new kind of ground surface like a garden floating in the universe, far beyond the scale of individual tables."

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Hail, Caesarstone

Caesarstone’s collaboration with renowned Japanese design studio Nendo was unveiled and on show over the weekend at the Interior Design Show in Toronto. Stone Garden is an installation of 222 table-like elements made out of seven different pebble-shaped quartz surfaces and nine different stone colours, each supported by a simple metal rod and secured by…

January 30, 2013

Howard Sutcliffe and Brigitte Shim, standing inside the Ravine Guest House in Toronto, recipient of a 2010 Governor General's Medal for Architecture. Photo by Raimund Koch

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Come to Order: Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design is pleased to congratulate professor Brigitte Shim and her partner Howard Sutcliffe of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects on being named Members of the Order of Canada. Established in 1967, Canada’s centennial year, the Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest honours, recognizing “a lifetime of…

January 23, 2013

Portrait of Melvin Charney in his studio, Notre-Dame street, Montral. 1986. By George S. Zimbel. CCA Collection. Gift of George and Elaine Zimbel George S. Zimbel.

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Remembering Melvin Charney

The Canadian Centre for Architecture is holding a panel discussion in tribute to the life and prolific work of the late artist-architect Melvin Charney, who passed away on Sept 17. Moderated by Phyllis Lambert, the event features many notable guests and takes place Wed., Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. at the Paul Desmarais Theatre. Admission…

January 21, 2013

Net-Works is Interface's new pilot program to collect and repurpose discarded fishing nets, such as these seen throughout developing countries.

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Interface casts a wide net for the environment

Global carpet tile manufacturer Interface, Inc. and conservation charity the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are celebrating the successful completion of a pilot project and the start of a commercial venture with both conservation and socio-economic benefits. The innovative collaboration, called Net-Works, has been created to tackle the growing environmental problem of discarded fishing nets…

January 15, 2013

Lock, with frame and top of caramel bamboo.

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It’s a Lock

New from Netherlands-based designer J.P.Meulendijks, for Plankton, is the intriguing Lock dinner table - a tribute to the qualities, possibilities and characteristics of its highly sustainable material: bamboo. The frame is build up from layers of flexible bamboo. The layers are pressed together; the shape is formed by the bamboo's…

January 4, 2013

Award winner: Bulthaup's b3 interior (drawer and pull out) fitting system.

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An A+ for Bulthaup’s b3

German kitchen manufacturer bulthaup is proud to announce it has won a 2012 GOOD DESIGN Award in the Kitchen/Appliances category for its new b3 interior (drawer and pull out) fitting system - released last spring during Salon del Mobile in Milan and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. Founded in Chicago in 1950,…

January 2, 2013

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Take a bow: Diamond Schmitt Architects

Two cultural facilities designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects can take a bow. The Burlington Performing Arts Centre and the Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation have received LEED Gold certification for New Construction from The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). The Burlington Performing Arts Centre is the first theatre in Ontario and only…

December 4, 2012