Being a big fan of Architect Daniel Libeskind, I was immediately taken by the form of the Spirit House Chair. Designed by Libeskind and Klaus Nienkamper the chair is constructed of stainless steel sheets in “interlocking, self-supporting structures, which are reminiscent of crystals”. This chair also has a ghost like reference to the the classic red blue chair that really takes this design over the top. On display at Michael Lee-Chin’s crystal Spirit House, and in the new ROM museum in Toronto; each chair comes with a custom laser-engraved signature of the designer.
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Around the Corner is the name of an exhibition of four pieces of furniture by architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems for Established & Sons. These pieces focus on how to make use of the corner of a room and are sexy, intelligent designs that are very organic and fluid. Levete looks at the relationship between space and object, and each piece is named after a point on the compass. North is a fibreglass shelf and South is set of two Corian shelves. East is a marble table/desk and West a wooden bench.
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We went to see the North American premiere of Awadare tonight at design gallery Commissaires in Montreal. Awadare is a furniture collection that combines austere painted steel frames with babiche, a leather weaving technique with aboriginal origins that many will recognize from traditional snowshoes. The juxtaposition is striking, the two extremes of structured manufactured modernity and an ancient organic form. That’s Mush! above, a lounge chair with a metal base that resembles the runners on a sled. Awadare is the first collection by Samare, a design collective made up of four architect designers (Laurie Bedikian, Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte, Mania Bedikian and Patrick Meirim de Barros) who first met at the University of Montreal. After Commissaires the collection is off to Milan and SaloneSatellite, the launch pad for up-and-coming designers.
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