Pooya Baktash, Jonathan Friedman, and Alex Josephson, the trio that make up the Toronto-based studio Partisans, approach architecture not just as a discipline but as a social statement.
Matthew Hague
Alessandro Munge
The founder and principle of Studio Munge has a focused, narrative driven style that shapes the finer elements of interior design.
Toronto Design Studio Moss & Lam
If the name “Deborah Moss” isn’t familiar, it’s because for a long time she has been a “secret resource of top interior designers.”
Designer Mischa Couvrette
The Ottawa-born, Toronto-based creative has achieved what many independent designers can only dream of.
Sally England Macramé
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Macramé is often considered campy, not classy (blame those strange owls with the off-putting wooden eyes). Sally England, a Michigan-based fibre artist, is helping to revive and modernize the knot-based craft in a way that even the most discerning design lover could appreciate.
Thoreaux Wallpaper
On the front windows of Whitman Emorson, a strategic design consultancy in Toronto’s west end, dozens of paper stars cascade across the panes. From the street, the celestial bodies look like origami.
The Furnishings of JM&Sons
As far as furniture makers go, Andre Jr. Ayotte (who simply goes by Junior) and Mackenzie Duncan, co-founders of the Toronto-based studio JM&Sons, each have odd resumés for the job. They both hand-make excellent condo-sized tables, chairs, and shelving. But neither of the friend ever studied carpentry or woodworking or industrial design.
Dror Benshetrit
The utter abstractness of a Mark Rothko canvas or the shocking sparseness of a Donald Judd installation may seem like odd inspiration for a modular kitchen system. Minimalist art, after all, is by its very nature impractical. Our cook spaces, on the other hand, have to perform a multitude of hard, fast, and often messy functions.
International Contemporary Furniture Fair
The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is held every spring during NYCxDesign (New York’s design week). It’s a dizzying spectacle that draws almost 30,000 visitors. After sitting on, treading over, and just plain admiring the collections all weekend, here are six of our favourite highlights.
