Designer Mircea Anghel Surrenders to the Flow of Nature to Determine His Furniture’s Form
Going with the grain.
Inspired by boatbuilding in rural Portugal, designer Mircea Anghel surrenders to the flow of nature to determine his furniture’s forms.
Furniture Design
Montreal’s New Vintage Vendors
Retro revival.
The vintage furniture landscape is changing, as are the demands of the modern online consumer—and Montreal’s vendors are changing along with them.
A New Brutalist Seat from Atelier Barda’s Foraine
Minimalist lines.
For Foraine, the furniture brand offshoot of Montreal architecture firm Atelier Barda, the Chabanel chair is produced in chapters.
Editions 04 Furniture Collection by Toronto’s Studio Paolo Ferrari
Fashion meets furniture.
Old-world quality meets futuristic attitude with Studio Paolo Ferrari’s latest furniture collection, Editions 04, which arrived at Colony gallery in New York mid-October.
Ashley Botten Design Creates Timeless Pieces Made for Living
Purposeful design.
The new Ashley Botten Design (abd) product line started with frustration. Founded in 2004 by Ashley Botten, the firm was working on the interior of a cottage in Muskoka and couldn’t find a vase with the right compositional balance to go with the oversized table. Botten decided to make one, and potter vessels were born.
Dreaming Awake With Industrial Designer Reynold Rodriguez
Majestic functionality.
Reynold Rodriguez doesn’t remember most of his dreams. Yet somehow they find their way into his visual stories through a process the designer describes as “transforming the intangible.”
Barbeau Desrosiers Makes Furniture That is Built to Last
Fusion of styles.
The yin-yang relationship between the objects’ precision-cut aluminum and playful, vibrant anodized colours reflects their makers’ fusion of styles—which culminates in furniture beautiful enough to keep for a hundred years, at least.
Poltrona Frau’s Colourful Collaboration With Felipe Pantone
Vibrant seating.
Milan’s 2022 Salone del Mobile design week will be a bit more colourful this year thanks to a new collaboration between Poltrona Frau and artist Felipe Pantone. The Italian furniture brand is celebrating its 110th anniversary with a classic armchair reimagined in vivid technicolour by Pantone.
Atelier Vaste Raises the Standard on Contemporary Canadian Furniture Design
Furniture that fits naturally in everyday life.
Founded by designers and woodworkers Frédérique Beaubien and Yannic Ryan, furniture design brand Vaste was created to make high-end wood pieces that would last for generations. Intended for both residential and commercial use, each handcrafted piece raises the standard on contemporary Canadian furniture design, letting the quality of the wood shine through simple silhouettes and stellar craftmanship.
