French company Eno launches La Plancha – billed as “a true revolution in outdoor cooking” – in North America

La Plancha is a cooking appliance composed of a smooth enamelled cast-iron surface for searing foods – a cooking method that preserves their flavour through caramelization of juices. This “cooking by contact” style has been growing in popularity for a number of years in France, as it meets consumers’ culinary expectations: rapid cooking, delicious taste,…

July 14, 2014

Mason jars aren't just for jam. With a little architectural ingenuity you can make your own stunning light display. Just make sure you brace it properly because 500 plus jars get pretty heavy. Photo by Bob Gundu, 10 Frame Handles

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Architect studio RAW hosts yet another standout night in Toronto

Deconstruct a condo, put it in a storage locker and then invite your friends. There are a lot of parties in Toronto’s design and builder community, but none as anticipated as the annual installation event thrown by architect studio RAW. With a new boundary-pushing theme each year that has seen the studio churn out everything…

July 2, 2014

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Carnegie Mansion exterior. Photo by Matt Flynn courtesy Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, announces Dec. 12 opening of renovated Carnegie Mansion along with inaugural-year exhibitions

Caroline Baumann, director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (formerly Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum), has announced plans for the opening of the renovated and restored Carnegie Mansion and the 10 exhibitions that will inaugurate the revamped and expanded gallery spaces. The only U.S. museum devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design, Cooper Hewitt will open its…

June 19, 2014

A cavalcade of installations infiltrate storage locker 3202 as RAW turns 11,000 square feet of industrial canvas into its not-to-be missed annual architectural and design celebration

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Toronto’s RAW takes over storage locker 3202 for this year’s RAW MATERIAL design bash

A cavalcade of installations infiltrate storage locker 3202 as RAW turns 11,000 square feet of industrial canvas into its not-to-be missed annual architectural and design celebration. Each year RAW hosts hundreds of key players, influencers and guests from Toronto’s design and architecture community, exploring ground-breaking themes in urbanism and architecture. On June 25, RAW invites…

June 19, 2014

Bloom Lighting Group was enlisted to create custom lighting elements for the project. Among them are visually stunning smoked acrylic globes, suspended throughout the lower level dining area. Photo by Peter Ford

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In with the new

Located in Old Montreal, BEVO Bar and Pizzeria is an old-style Italian restaurant turned trendy. Combining wood-fired pizzas with original cocktails, it offers fine dining seven days per week and a DJ Thursday through Saturday on two floors. The renovation to get to the vibrant and modern ambience now evident was comprehensive. Montreal design firm…

February 19, 2014

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Lofty ideals

White but not whitewashed. Modern but with a touch of vintage. Open plan but with private areas. And studded with small, curious details that both surprise and delight the eye. Designers Alice Tacconi and Mirco Onesti, founding partners in design and communications agency Reverse Innovation, based in Milan, have converted a former industrial workshop into…

January 23, 2014

The first apartment is presented here. It was designed by Matteo Nunziati, who designed the furniture and the accessories for the home decor

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Keeping the home fires burning

Natevo, the new brand created by Italy's Flou, produces a complete range of furnishings that all include one extremely unusual feature: they have been fitted with LED lights that illuminate their surroundings. An apartment furnished with pieces from the Natevo range will have no need for lamps, chandeliers and other light fittings - with undeniable…

January 20, 2014

Says the designer, "The Battery Park Pretzel reinterprets the iconic cantilever chair by folding its continuous tubular frame in onto itself to produce what resembles an ergonomic 'pretzel' having three legs, a back, and arm rests."

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Michal Maciej Bartosik’s Pretzel chair for Battery Park

A chair created by Toronto-based designer Michal Maciej Bartosik is among the top 50 designs of the Battery Conservancy Americas “Draw Up A Chair” Design Competition. The winning design will be fabricated for the public’s use in the Battery, New York City’s birthplace and original waterfront park. The Top 50 come from nine countries in…

August 26, 2013

Exterior view of the Student Union Building at New Mexico Highlands University. Photo by Robert Reck

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Sustainable for students

An innovative and highly sustainable building has opened at New Mexico Highlands University. The Student Union Building is designed to respond to the American Southwest climate and connects the campus with the community of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The gateway building anchors a key intersection of the university and presents a series of interconnected and…

August 9, 2013

Nochi's witty Buck$ arm chair, made of paper, plywood and polycarbonate skin.

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Wyssem Nochi’s one-of-a-kind objects

Lebanese artisti and designer Wyssem Nochi gets inspiration from multiple sources, including the creative world itself as well as social and political issues. The result: design objects, installations and one-offs that cannot easily be categorized, that fluctuate amidst the experimental and the experiential. His objects often need a close view, need understanding of the driving…

June 20, 2013