Design is about the process of marking up, redoing, and marking up again! 📐✏️ We explore different scenarios through the process of renderings, drawings, sketches and material sampling. Through the review process we embrace the iterative nature of creation and develop new ideas and resolve design dilemmas.
Read MoreThe kitchen is where guests and hosts alike meet up for meal preparations and possibly eating - if the weather outside keeps you indoors. The kitchen is designed for easy prep and conversation.
The dining table is placed instead of the typical island, making it a much better work spot, should you choose to sit down when peeling the potatoes.
Read MoreThe amount of books that promote the value of lists is unsurmountable, and they still pile up one writer after another, telling you how to take the time to put it down and then follow through. What time? You say. I barely have time to shower, when can I make a list and then also get the things on it done? There is never time; that’s the problem.
Read MoreWhen is it the best time to take a look at your life and make it better? NOW! One of the key factors is art, and that is the subject of this July's Culture piece. Neuroaesthetics is the fancy name for the scientific field that proved what we long suspected: that beauty and its artful representations are good for our souls.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce the unveiling of our latest hospitality design project - Lighthouse 45, a newly renovated restaurant nestled in the heart of Muskoka! Immerse yourself in the captivating ambiance and exceptional dining experience. From the comfortable yet elegant furniture and the rich, warm finishes to the locally inspired menu, every detail has been crafted to elevate the guest experience.
Read MoreEthereal, I lift from the ground up, my parts loosening up, floating away, like off a spaceship out in the universe, as I spread myself thin in the air of my home. I land on familiar surfaces that hold me gently. My fingers on the paint of the walls, my foot slightly touching, my mind, decomposed, recomposed skimmed out thin like jam on hardwood floors, for others to step onto, and as I learn their knowledge, my mind hardens and reshapes itself above, gulping down everything and spitting it out again. Making and remaking myself every day.
Read MoreBefore modernity, Interiors were part of enhanced living. Humanity’s way to connecting with the universe. It was believed that symbols, amulets, and even colours brought into the home, influence our wellbeing. With modern life, we lost that to Form&Function as we’ve prioritized this duality ever since. Going against it is now unquestionable. It is so ingrained in how we understand the built environment that the sheer proposition that Form&Function is not everything in design is blasphemy.
Read MoreA smile in the corner of a mouth, the breath of wind whisperer of secretes from lands afar, the orchid of one's childhood, the golden proportions of an Italian villa perched among tall poplars on soft abundant hills, the sound of resonating music in a sun-filled Sunday afternoon alleyway with it's many open windows and scents of dinners and your new shoes on the pavement as you pass fast, toward your own home, your expectation, excitement, hunger for another day, a new day, filled with all the beauties in the world.
Read MoreBaroque choral music developed in the 17th century during the Baroque Era, specifically between 1600 to 1750. In the church of St. Mark in Venice, Giovanni Gabrielli created polychoral music of multiple choirs with various voices and instruments.
Read More“Organic. natural. beautiful. ivy is a point tower rising in downtown toronto’s garden district. from the living green wall in the lobby to the frosted leaf patterns on the building’s exterior, everything about ivy makes you exhale and relax.” Urban Toronto
Read MoreWith the spring finally here, it is time to let ourselves be engulfed by its mesmerizing power. For anyone with a cottage in the countryside or a friend that has such privilege, summer comes with a bundle of expectations on the subject.
Read MoreSecond year in a row, wow, what an honour! – to be listed in the top interior designers to look out for in 2023. Thank you for the trust and looking forward to the challenge!
Read MoreParis week Spring-Summer 2023 saw a bold display of unprecedented variety. From whimsy to grunge to the revival of the classic black minidress, the exploration of individuality and the 'everything goes' has never been more visible.
Read MoreI've often wondered what true passion is. As a teenager, I believed it was love. As an adult, I believe it is a carrier. Later on, a hobby. It is all and none of these.
Read MoreWhy does everyone think they can do this profession of ours? Why is it that, to the public, it appears so easy to practice that almost anyone with a bit of aesthetic eye can do it? That all interior designers do is nudge a few things just a bit better than the able amateurs? And especially, that all the adjacent construction-related professions are considered designers?
Read MoreIn a world where fields and context are as important as physical boundaries, the notion of skin as the limit of our bodies is obsolete.
Read MoreA modern home on a quiet Toronto street; living inside, one of the many kinds of regular families: two parents, two kids; life split between work, time together to listen and share, and the time apart to do the beautiful things we do for ourselves and our souls.
Read MoreAssertiveness and individuality are not to be reckoned with. In design, we see how secondary hues are combined in non-traditional ways. As we turn our attention more and more to who we are and what we genuinely like, we disentangle from norms set by others and find our own path.
Read MoreA thin veil separates the interior from exterior, the old land of birth from the new land of immigration, the nostalgia and inheritance of the past from the forward-looking aspirations of the future.
Read MoreEcosystems are not only "nature" and separated from us. People are an active part of them, and more. Homes themselves are ecosystems in their own right, and living in tune with our surroundings - and with ourselves - has never been easier.
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