Site Visit in 2018 to the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois.
Read MoreSpending more time at home brings an opportunity to watch and rewatch some of my favourite design-adjacent films and documentaries. Here is a list of some visually inspiring classics and recent fun discoveries.
Read MoreThis 1968 MC-CS Chair by designers Keith Muller and Michael Stewart is an iconic piece of Canadian design history. The chair has been featured in a number of exhibitions highlighting innovative Canadian design, its relation to Scandinavian design and innovative use of modern materials and manufacturing.
Read MoreThe Mezzandro stool (meaning - sharecropper in Italian), was designed by brothers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1970s. This piece is a perfect example of design art. The essence of the stool was to simultaneously reference Italian agricultural practises and modern mass production. Many of the brothers work would fall into the category of “ready-made” objects, or as Achille like’s to say - Redesigned Objects.
Read MoreGiovanni Maur was an Italian furniture designer and interior designer in Quebec during the 60s, 70s and onward. He designed signature pieces using ABS plastics for furniture manufacture Treco.
Read MoreAfter acquiring the Le Stelle Armchairs by Mario Bellini, B&B Italia, we came across MOMA’s Catalogue for their 1987 exhibition on Bellini. The exhibition outlined his iconic designs throughout his career as an architect and designer. Here is an exerpt on his rational behind the Le Stelle armchair.
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