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Every two years, the Interior Above and far left Designers of Alberta honour Newalta Corporation their own. The 2009 IDA Design Corporate Headquarters, designed by Walker Competition attracted 41 Lawson, offers ease entries, “the highest participa- of collaboration and tion to date,” notes Karen L. communication. Robertson (prinicipal, KLR Left and below Pengrowth Corporation Interior Design), who orga- Livingston Place, nized the competition with designed by the Michele Gunn (associate, MartensGroup, uses traditional elements Sizeland Evans Interior in an experimental way. Design; and IDA president). After careful consideration, five judges (from Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver) chose 17 winners: 2 Gold, 6 Silver and 9 Bronze. The big winner was Martens- Group Licensed Interior Design Studio, with one Gold, one Silver and three Bronze. Walker Lawson Interior Design also did well, netting one Gold and one Silver. The other multiple winner was Shearer Design, responded by using traditional which won four Bronze. elements (such as columns, The two Gold projects – the cornices, wall panelling and © 2009 BSH Home Appliances Ltd. MartensGroup’s Pengrowth ceiling coffering) in a new way, Corporation Livingston Place experimenting with proportion and Walker Lawson’s Newalta and scale. Says MartensGroup Corporation Corporate Head- associate Douglas Niwa, “In a Bring your culinary fantasies to life in a Thermador Masterpiece kitchen. Powerful cooktops featuring advanced quarters, both in Calgary – design world that can seem a ease of collaboration and though, is that we have made a Star® Burners fire the imagination. Sleek ventilation with electronic controls clears the air and clarifies possibilities. were in the category Office little infatuated with the communication, flexibility and major impact on our client’s Over $80 Per Square Foot futuristic, design can also personal comfort should be operational success. To the Spacious, state-of-the-art wall ovens featuring the largest capacity on the market accommodate the most daring Construction. achieve a surprisingly progres- available to all without Newalta people we tip our hat ventures. In a Thermador kitchen, inspiration is always on the menu. According to the project sive and innovative aesthetic by sacrificing the efficient use of and thank them for the summary for the Pengrowth looking to the past for guid- space.” Walker Lawson’s design opportunity to be part of office, “The company’s presi- ance. Historical reference when provides an international something much bigger than dent, unapologetic in his combined with a contemporary aesthetic that is contemporary ourselves.” request for a traditional design sensibility can produce and timeless. Says Walker aesthetic for his new premises an exceptionally sophisticated Lawson principal Jane Law- consisting of 11 floors in a hybrid style.” son, “It is a true honour for our newly constructed glass office According to the project firm to have won an IDA Gold tower, requested that our summary for the Newalta award for Newalta Corpora- interior design solution exude office, “Five employee floors tion, and to have our work the sense of permanence and were to be designed with the recognized by our industry solidity.” The MartensGroup premise that natural daylight, peers. More importantly, www.thermador.ca 1-800-735-4328

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A careful tweaking of Bulthaup‘s Toronto showroom puts the focus firmly on the kitchen manufacturer’s incomparable offerings.

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24 CANADIAN INTERIORS March/April 2010 Photography by Bob Gundu In Bulthaup’s new layout, four kitchen configurations (up from three) are distributed in an open plan behind expansive windows framing the ground-floor site on two sides. The introduction of short walls perpendicular to the street helps to concentrate the viewing experience. Best in Show

Remaining unchanged are the solid oak floor and nearly 13-foot-high ceiling. The cladding of the rear wall in steel-framed translucent glass has enhanced the lightness and brightness of the shop. Bulthaup’s b3 series – here fronted in grey aluminum – is the company’s flagship line.

26 CANADIAN INTERIORS March/April 2010 Since opening in Toronto five years ago, the sleek, modernist Bulthaup showroom on King Street East has been a mecca for homeowners and designers seeking what the German manufacturer has long provided: the finest in contemporary kitchen design. But the recent $450,000 overhaul of the store by Antje Bulthaup, granddaughter of company founder Martin Bulthaup and co-owner (with husband Stefan Sybydlo) of the Toronto operation, has improved a space that some observers thought unimprovable, and provided a refreshed, chic setting for the products Bulthaup has to offer its Canadian clients. These offerings have been increased. The older scheme featured only three kitchen configurations, distributed in an open plan behind the expansive windows that frame the 1,915-square-foot ground- floor site on two sides. In the new layout, the number of kitchens has risen to four, and the space occupied by three of them has been articulated by the introduction of short walls perpendicular to King Street, which concentrate the viewing experience. The lightness and brightness of the space has been enhanced by the cladding of the rear wall in steel-framed translucent glass. Each pane is separated from the next by a flexible rubber strip, into which an s-shaped hook can be pushed and used for hanging pots and pans. The allotment of furnishings has also been changed for the better. A meeting table for 10, formerly installed in the most exposed corner of the room, where the two great glass walls of the building meet, has been replaced by a setting for just six. And an informal conversation area has been eliminated altogether in the new plan. These quiet changes, especially the removal of the living-room ensemble, have the effect of pushing the kitchen displays to centre stage, and reinforcing the mood of a working atelier throughout the store. The only elements that have remained unchanged from the shop’s previous incarna- tion are the solid oak floor, the nearly 13-foot-high ceiling and the office area. On display in this renovated space are excellent examples of the three Bulthaup lines. The b1 version, which appears here in white beside the King Street window, is what Antje calls “the essential kitchen, less expensive and built in. There is no compromise on quality, but not much

March/April 2010 CANADIAN INTERIORS 27 choice.” (You’ll pay roughly the price of a The south-facing showroom is new mid-sized car for b1.) The simplicity often flooded with light. Every quarter, the work of a different of this model, with its long, unfussy lines, artist will be featured; smooth corners and ergonomic ease, inaugurating the space is “The makes it particularly appropriate for the Philadelphia Experiment,” restricted spaces many of Toronto’s a vivid photo-based piece by Bob Gundu. Bulthaup’s b2 downtown condominium-dwellers inhabit. (opposite, at left) comprises a Bulthaup’s b2 is the most exciting and modular stainless steel bench unusual of the firm’s three lines. Designed with everything anyone needs for preparation, cooking and by the Viennese studio EOOS, this series washing up, and a tool cabinet has been inspired by the craftsman’s for neatly storing basic workbench and workshop, and it seeks to cookware and tableware. recall the kitchen’s ancient identity as a zone of hard creative work. The two core items in the set are displayed in the middle of the showroom: a modular stainless steel bench with everything one occasions. Bulthaup’s massive “mono- Bulthaup kitchens are “really for people needs for preparation, cooking and block,” an island of seamless stainless who are conscious about themselves, how washing up; and a tool cabinet for neatly steel and aluminum drawers fronted in they want to live,” Antje says. For such stowing basic cookware and tableware, smoked oak and lined with linoleum, people, the showroom is key. “They don’t appliances and utensils. Gone are the commands the centre of one kitchen here, buy only a product. They buy the atmo- traditional cupboards hanging over positioned toward the east end of the sphere in the place.” cI counter and stove; b2 is rather a kitchen showroom. Both kitchens on display are for postmodern living: minimal in style, furnished with a panoply of convenient, maximal in efficiency and sheer urban ergonomically designed cabinets, drawers attitude. and shelves. Two kitchens in Bulthaup’s flagship b3 The new space, however, is not just line – the Mercedes-Benz option, in terms about kitchens: Bulthaup Toronto will of price – are featured here. Both are large feature a work by a different artist every and both honour the Canadian kitchen as quarter of the year. To inaugurate the the place where the family cooks and eats renovated shop, the owners chose Bob most of the time, and where guests are Gundu’s large, vivid photo-based piece entertained on all but the most ceremonial entitled “The Philadelphia Experiment.”

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Good, better, best There were no bad choices at the 2009 edition of Habitat Valencia.

—By Erin Donnelly

It was all about tough choices in Valencia this past Septem- ber. When I was treated to three days in the Spanish city to attend Ideas&Pasión Feria Habitat Valencia, it really felt as if I were being pulled in all directions. Each morning, it Something new is in the air. pained every self-indulgent was plenty at the show that bone in my body to pry myself was as bright and beautiful as from my beautiful hotel room what was waiting for attend- at the Palau De Le Mar. ees outside at the end of each Equally excruciating was extri- day. The new outdoor section, cating myself from the break- which created a garden oasis fast room, and the unlimited right in the convention centre, supply of unbelievably fresh was well worth checking out; and delicious Valencia orange and the expansive Sidi section, juice. And though it was what I exhibiting new products from was there for, I have to admit associated manufacturers, was that getting on the bus and certainly a highlight of the heading to the fairgrounds, show. But, as always, it was and work, seemed like a the Nude exhibit (the section terrible insult. With a beautiful for new creators) that out- Cave-in day in a beautiful city waiting shone the rest. Bigger than Stalactite is a hand-blown glass lighting fixture from designer outside the windowless ever, the section showed about Marina Rodriguez and her epony- convention centre halls that 30 exhibitors, all of which I mous studio, designbymarina. would be waiting for me, even couldn’t wait to feature. And Named for its obvious inspiration, the light shines through, rather the promise of pretty things so the tough choices continued than into, the tubes, which are couldn’t stop me from feeling back at home, with the closed at the top to prevent dust I was getting a raw deal. struggle to decide which of my from getting in. The product is However, I was pleasantly many favourites to include in intended to be manufactured from recycled glass. surprised to find that there this show report. designbymarina.net

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1-Love is all around FlexibleLove furniture uses an increasingly familiar accordi- 2 on-like, honeycomb structure to create durable furniture. Made from recycled paper and recycled wood waste, the line’s benches to be built as part of name comes from the idea of a a program to support people “flexible love-seat” that could at risk of social exclusion. hold from one to as many as nutcreatives.com 16 individuals; changing length and shape with a 4-Hang ‘em high simple pull at each end. Wanting something fun to flexiblelove.com counter their not-so-serious “serious office furniture,” the 2-Bone yard folks at Es-Stres, Estudio De Created by Jon Marin and Àlex Diseno, created Mus. Hands- Jiménez of Nut Creatives, the down my favorite thing of the award-winning Bones is a entire show, Mus is exactly flat-packed seating solution what it looks like: a bat house. that can be assembled as the Made of MDF and finished in a user wishes. The spidery legs, range of matte lacquer colours, 6-Shine on or “ribs,” are strung together Mus is hung, upside-down, by Shineout is a collection of with a metal axle as wanted, repurposed leather straps. mirrors from InnEdit – Inno- and with the use of longer 5-Both sides now Area Design Editions. With new 7-Class act rods and more cutouts, longer Es-Stres also introduced technology in plastics and New from Capolavori Estudi is compositions can be created, Gaveta, which puts a fairly lighting, it was time to revisit Class, a modular system for for indoor or outdoor use. literal twist on office furniture. the concept of the backlit small spaces. There are nine 3-Go for broke The line includes a file cabinet, mirror. In doing so InnEdit pieces that make up the Also from Nut Creatives, Relaja with drawers on perpendicular created a line of wall and table system: two vertical modules, was developed in the Canary sides – a bit of a headscratcher mirrors, with a lit perimeter three horizontal, and a collec- Islands. Upon seeing a surplus when the drawers are closed. that turns on when the mirror tion of “envelopes” or drawers. of broken stone slabs wasted The other piece is an L-shaped is touched. For those who want With these components, the by construction companies, the desk, with one set of drawers to keep the surface pristine, system offers infinite construc- two designed this modular on what might seem naturally cable switches are incorporated tive solutions, without need for outdoor bench to make use of to be the outside of the desk, on both models, and a motion tools, acting as a bench, a TV otherwise rejected materials. and another set on perpendic- sensor option is offered on the stand, a coffee table or even a The designers intend for the ular sides. estudioestres.com wall version. innoarea.com dresser. capolavori.es

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1-Hold this Capdell showed off the new 3 Culmen table, for hospitality installations. Suitable for indoor or outdoor use, the legs feature adjustable cleats to create great stability on whatever surface the table is has a little more spring to it placed. Available in square, than one expects, gives the round and semi-circle configu- user a light, weightless feel. rations, the defining feature of danielgarciasanchez.com each is the two integrated “claws” that offer a visible 3-Two is better than one place to store belongings, such Moma is a new indoor/outdoor as purses and coats. series from Vondom that capdell.com combines the functions of a table and a flowerpot. The line 2-Springing up is made up of four pieces: High The Air is a simple two-seater (stool height), Medium (as tall couch designed by Daniel as an average chair’s seat) and Garcia Sanchez. Composed of Low, which is complemented durable black elastic and steel, by the Puf seating element, at the Air looks pretty heavy duty. the same level. A self watering New York Chicago Boston Toronto www.nienkamper.com 800.668.9319 Clearly suited to indoor or system can be incorporated. outdoor use, the comfy piece vondom.com

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Aiming high

With the theme of The Ultimate, the Interior Design Show 2010 set its sights skyward.

—By Karolina Olechnowicz

The Interior Design Show 2010 did its best to wow design professionals and consum- ers alike with this year’s theme: The Ultimate. Seeming quite comfortable in its new location, the Metro Toronto Conven- tion Centre, the “ultimate” design show offered the crème de la crème of design from the moment visitors passed through the doors. Suspended from the hall’s ceilings, like fruit waiting to be picked, was Bruno Billio’s installation of Vitra’s Vegetal chairs. And the ultimate dream car, the Audi R8 V10, was on display as a more forbidden fruit. From the practical to the fantastical, IDS had something to satisfy everyone’s appetite. Drew Mandel’s cool and calming In line with the show’s motif, four installation was designed “as an abstracted teams of Canada’s top design talents each architectural journey,” in the words of the created their interpretation of the Ulti- Toronto architect. “It unfolds as a series of mate space. From the Calvin Klein Eupho- interconnected spaces and forms, animated ria–inspired his and hers bathroom by by movement, light and material texture.” Arren Williams to the luxurious art and The construction materials were largely detail-infused lobby of the Bisha Hotel reused, including the living wall plantings, and Residence by Munge Leung and walnut veneer panels and stone cladding Charles Khabouth, the spaces were a (used here as floor finish material). Says must-see. Mandel, “The design process was an Rolling Hills, by the Ministry of the experimental reprieve from more practical Interior’s Jason MacIsaac, was like an office work, with the intent to strip design experiential journey through a wooden down to the almost indefinable.” castle of natural materials. Essentially In addition to the Ultimate concept three spaces joined by a passageway, spaces, more than 300 exhibitors and Rolling Hills was a synergy of architec- design features filled the show, which ture and abstract landscape. The walls branched out into a new initiative this and ceilings were a combination of a year: the Toronto International Design variety of solid woods. Each of the conical Festival. Spread over a full week, the spaces was of a different height and had inaugural fest encompassed more than 20 open ceilings to cast light into the space. events and exhibitions across the city.

36 CANADIAN INTERIORS March/April 2010 Starlight The Moooi Raimond light, designed by mathematician Raimond Puts, is as captivating to look at as a starlit sky. Transparent lenses are specifically designed to emit warm white light and spread it in every direction. A series of spheres in the fixture transmit current throughout, and LED terminals join the paths to create an atmospheric ambience. The Raimond light is made of stainless steel and polycarbonate and has a discrete, transparent supply cable. It comes in three Clockwise from below Drew diameters of 35, 24 and 16.9 inches. Mandel’s Ultimate space; moooi.com nienkamper.com Vegetal chairs by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra; Rolling Hills by Jason MacIsaac.

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Dominion objects are coated 6–Column of light with a UV compound allowing With his new Luminous for a continuous reflective Column series, Gregor Herman envelope on the inside, while – who has been working with maintaining transparency from glass for 25 years and runs his the outside. The reflective own hot-glass studio in ceiling plane creates a mir- Toronto – explores how light rored double reflection, interacts with various textures parallel to the original. Look of glass. Each custom-made 2 for the Dominion fixtures to be chandelier is site-specific and sold by Klaus by Nienkämper. functions as both lighting and Jaga Climate Systems. With its nienkamper.com sculpture. Always looking soft, rounded corners, it is forward, Herman is developing safer than traditional rads – as 4–Caving the way new colours and shapes, its surface is cool to the touch The Stalac coffee table, by the exploring mixed media, and and its heating components Practice of Everyday Design, is experimenting with ideas for a 1–Go With The Flo out of reach of small, curious a design derived from the room divider or screen and an The Flo chair by Sia Zanjani fingers. Play combines five organic forms of stalactites. outdoor canopy. from After 6 Design is made individually polyurethane- Using a natural cave as a gregorherman.com of 36 layers of laminated painted MDF boards in a model, the Stalac coffee table’s plywood, cut with the preci- simple, easy-to-detach design, rectangular section is designed 7–Almost famous sion of CNC technology. It and can be fitted to either wall like the cave ceiling with the Katherine Morley’s Low Profile appears smooth and sleek, or floor. It comes in white or table legs protruding down Bowls pay homage to under- with the lines in the plywood black, or in colour combina- like stalactites. The table is celebrated Canadians. Each curving softly around the tions. jaga-canada.com made of fibreglass, measures bowl base is shaped to contours of the sitting area. 23.6 by 35.4 inches, and is resemble the profile of a The chair’s hollow shape 3–Infinitely alright 11.8 inches tall. notable national (shown are allows for storage of the Inspired by the Toronto- everydaydesign.ca Celia Franca, Pierre Berton, accompanying footrest/side Dominion Centre, Michal Jane Jacobs and Chief Dan table, which tucks neatly Maciej Bartosik created 5–Side Effect George), carefully chosen for within. The laminated glass Dominion, a series of light Aaron Asedo of New Jersey– their accomplishments and backrest is removable for objects. A similar grid to the based Asedo Designs special- contributions to Canadian space-saving purposes. one in the TD Centre is located izes in modern furniture forms culture. The angles and curves after6studio.com in the base and acts as the that integrate eco-friendly of the faces sweep outward light source that gets reflected materials with a natural, craft and upward toward the oval 2–Kid-friendly from each face of the fixture. edge. His series of side tables rim, giving each handmade Specially made with children The grid appears to infinitely is the first in a line of limited- earthenware bowl a in mind, Play is the newest stretch beyond the fixture’s edition products he hopes to distinct shape. low-temperature radiator from dimensions. The five faces of introduce. Shown, from top: katherinemorley.com

March/April 2010 CANADIAN INTERIORS 39 Announcing the 13th annual bEst of canaDa DEsign coMpEtition

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Details and entry forms available now at canadianinteriors.com. Entries due 5 pm, May 13th, 2010. Announcing the 13th annual bEst of canaDa DEsign coMpEtition

Sparkle and shine Lux Design gives a pair of Try your luck university dental offices the old razzle-dazzle.

—By David Steiner

Try your luck

Details and entry forms available now at canadianinteriors.com. Entries due 5 pm, May 13th, 2010.

Photography by Amanda Scott and Jason Cremasco/See Photography March/April 2010 CANADIAN INTERIORS 41 42 CANADIAN INTERIORS March/April 2010 Overleaf In Dr. Garber’s If you’re a university student and your in an atmosphere of “sparkle, shine and McMaster University teeth hurt, or need a polish, you’ll want a glamour,” in the words of his interior dental clinic, a large, ornately framed dentist nearby. Students are busy, their designer, Isabelle Glinka. Lux Design, mirror opens up the mobility is frequently restricted and Glinka’s boutique design firm, was hired space, while sheer schools often help pay dental costs. With to turn the bones of each space – already white curtains allow this captive audience in mind, Dr. Dean fitted with the necessary walls, chairs and light to filter softly through. The marble- Garber opened two dental clinics: one at plumbing – into a kind of after-hours topped desk is fronted in McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., dentist lounge. Garber anticipated that mirror and black metal. and the other at the University of Water- students would be taken by “bright, white Opposite A pair of custom chandeliers loo (also in Ontario). Both are located in and simple,” with sassy accessories and a at McMaster add their respective university student centres sophisticated vibe. In both clinics, a small a touch of glamour. and neither are what you’d expect. area is made spacious by the exposed Above At the University concrete slab above. Ducts and overhead of Waterloo location, A typical dental office is a strange kind ducts and overhead of space, neither cozy – given its intimate services are left exposed and painted services are left exposed purpose – nor stylish, which might be either white (Waterloo) or black (McMas- and painted white. expected, considering the high cost of ter – where the slab is 20 feet above, service. Up front is a reception area likely making the clinic feel far larger than its displaying outdated magazines, with 485 square feet). workaday drilling rooms somewhere at The clinics share a distinct visual the back. The decor is often prosaic: beige identity despite their different size and paint, a plastic laminate reception desk, shape: blizzard white walls, a custom an ominous wall of charts and records reception desk with a mirrored front and and inexpensive drop-in-panel ceiling tiles a few Philippe Starck furnishings. Both everywhere above. entries are marked by a large mirror in an Garber created Campus Dentist so ornate frame and sheer white curtains, students could get their teeth attended to hung against the white walls, making

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everything feel softer. A perfect white plaster hand, cupped or pointing, is mounted on a wall of every operatory as a quirky coat hook. For glamour – often absent from the T-shirt- and sweatpant- clad university crowd – a series of Baroque-inspired chandeliers are hung in the short hallways. The chandeliers at McMaster, custom made by Bob King in St. Catharines, Ont., generated the clinics’ style. Garber ordered them before any design work began – “I have a chandelier fetish,” he confesses – and showed them to Glinka, so she and her team would understand the theme. During the initial technical design, Garber requested chandeliers for task lighting. It wasn’t feasible, though, so giant fluorescent light boxes were hung above each operatory chair, contradicting the delicacy of the rest of the decor. It would have been magnificent, had it been possible, for students to lie back and have their dental work done by the light of an ornate glass chandelier. cI

Pianeta Legno Floors Canada, 2010 Quebec Trade Show Schedule:

• March 19-28 The National Home Show / Place Bonaventure-Montréal, Booth #1888

• May 27-29 Sidim / Place Bonaventure-Montréal, Booth#352, 354, 451, 453

What could be more appropriate for a dental office than the Tooth Stool by Philippe Starck, here in triplicate? The low lounger sofa, covered in a stylized metallic damask, was custom made to fit a curving wall in the Waterloo location.

Pianeta Legno Floors, Montreal Showroom: 447 President Kennedy Avenue, Montreal QC, H3A 1J5 P: 514 844 1200 44 CANADIAN INTERIORS March/April 2010 Pianeta Legno Floors Canada, 2010 Quebec Trade Show Schedule:

• March 19-28 The National Home Show / Place Bonaventure-Montréal, Booth #1888

• May 27-29 Sidim / Place Bonaventure-Montréal, Booth#352, 354, 451, 453

Pianeta Legno Floors, Montreal Showroom: 447 President Kennedy Avenue, Montreal QC, H3A 1J5 P: 514 844 1200 Who’s Who

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—By David Lasker

SEVEN SINS Urban Mode Leeza, the Montreal-based hard-surfac- John Christakos, co-founder and CEO ing specialist, chased away winter blahs of hip furniture maker Blu Dot (based by throwing a Seven Sins–themed party in Minneapolis), and Urban Mode at the Spoke Club in Toronto. owner Myrlene Sundberg celebrated 1—Robert King, partner at Norma King Design; Prolific the launch of Blu Dot’s new home Marketing’s Linda Zuber; and interior designer Richard at the venerable Toronto design Eppstadt. boutique. 2—Guests would down shots of Sambuca, look at the number at the bottom of the shot glass, and body-paint 1—Joan Redfern, CEO, Redfern Promotions the same-numbered spots on models Anna and Shannon. (promoting home decor products), and interior 3—Leeza’s Mark Hanna, president; Terry Lynn Young, designer Rafaell Cabrera. Ryan Tisdall and Kelly Bates, sales; Mark Murphy, sales 2—Mike Kingsborough, creative lead at interactive manager; and Kathy Ware, marketing manager. design studio Kolody; Matthew Rutherford, regional 4—Shawn Newman of One Shot Events; Leeza’s Tom sales manager, Design Deli; interior decorator Sasha Nemeth; and Andrew Pike and Justin Kersten of Andrew Wright; and Ben Leoni, art director, Design Pilot. Pike Interiors. 3—Urban Mode owner Myrlene Sundberg and guest 5—Gail Pearson Calluori and Arlene Williams, account of honour John Christakos, co-founder and CEO, managers at Prolific Marketing, flank interior designer Blu Dot. Trevor Kruse of Hudson Kruse. 1

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REMEMBERING SAARINEN Interior Design Show Knoll sponsored a Design Exchange New venue; new vibe. This year, the lecture on mid-century design hero Interior Design Show moved to the Metro Eero Saarinen by Brian Lutz (author of Toronto Convention Centre, a more cozy, Yale University Press’s new The intimate setting than Exhibition Place. Furniture of Eero Saarinen), after which everyone decamped to George 1—Jewelry designer Rabie Matar, society hairdresser Jie Matar, and interior designer Moe Razi. Brown College’s School of Design to 2—At the VIP lounge’s champagne reception: CBC TV’s toast its Saarinen exhibit. Steven and Chris co-stars Chris Hyndman and Steven Sabados flank former CityTV news anchor Anne 1—Carolyn Laidley Arn, sales rep at Lennard Mroczkowski. Commercial Realty; architect Sean Lawrence of Kohn 3—Klaus and Beatrix Nienkämper. Architects; architect Thomas Tampold of Tampold 4—Loraine Buyar, A&D manager at Teknion; interior Architects; Esther Shipman, architecture and design designer and Kasian principal Dean Matsumoto; and curator at Cambridge Galleries in Cambridge and Kasian senior designer Liana Butt. wife of Lawrence; and Barb Woolley, design director 5—The Cupcakery’s sweet Cupcake Lady (a.k.a. Courtney at visual communications agency Hambly & Woolley. Douglas). 2—Author Brian Lutz; Luigi Ferrara, director, George 6—Enrico Bressan, co-founder, art director and CEO of Brown College School of Design; and Knoll’s Greg Los Angeles–based design company Artecnica, and Rapier, regional manager, Canada, and Fabiana designer and Artecnica collaborator Tord Boontje flank Stubrich, director of business development Spanish artist and designer Jaime Hayón. 7—Eric McClelland, partner at interior designers Fleur-de-Lis and Room boutique on Eglinton West; Rob Jarschke, team leader, Figure3; and Jarschke’s wife, Corinne Drobot, marketing manager, PR, at HOK. 8—John Tong of 3rd Uncle Design and designer/ 2 developer Del Terrelonge.

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