Peralta Vidavi’s Custom Lampshades Are a Maximalist’s Dream
A bright light.
The scale and adaptability of the bespoke fixtures makes them a popular choice for hotels, restaurants, and boutiques.
Lighting Design
Jacques et Anna’s Contemporary Canadian Lighting
The boutique Montreal studio bringing new light to the industry.
Jacques et Anna studio draws on an impressive roster of technicians, woodworkers, artisans, and teaming up with local design powerhouses.
Rothschild & Bickers’ Timeless Forms
Blown-glass lighting designs.
Victoria Rothschild and Mark Bickers founded their studio in 2003 to help enliven the traditional art of glass blowing with a modern ethos.
New (Portable) Lighting From Tom Dixon
In a new light.
Tom Dixon has made a move toward the miniature. The acclaimed British designer’s latest venture is the Portable light, a series of small, battery-powered lamps that take cues from some of Dixon’s most iconic chapters, Melt, Bell, and Stone.
Female-Founded Canadian Design Company Lights Up Toronto With a New Showroom
Luminaire Authentik.
There is something special about making interior design selections that are personal, reflecting our taste and vision—like ones from Luminaire Authentik, an innovative custom lighting brand that creates one-of-a-kind pieces for both residential and commercial spaces. Luminaire Authentik gives clients complete creative control through a customizable design experience. And now, that experience is available in Toronto.
Karman Provides Illuminated Luxury
Ethereal lighting.
Within a boxy aluminum frame painted black or white, a large and a small illuminated orb appear to float in Karman’s Abachina lantern, made in three sizes, including a wall-mount. From German designer Edmondo Testaguzza, the blown-glass spheres reference an abacus’ moving beads.
The Aesthetic Vision of Canadian Furniture Design Firm Lock & Mortice
Region-specific wood design.
Following their aesthetic principles faithfully and with a commitment to sustainability, Lock & Mortice decided that using a region-based approach to wood furniture would be the best means to bring together all the ends.
Hollis + Morris Creates Elegant Designs Inspired by Natural Formations
Stepping away from the business, and into nature.
What started in 2014 as founder and sole designer Mischa Couvrette “smashing things together in a two-car garage” has grown to 15,000 square feet of manufacturing space that puts out a considered line of lighting, furniture, and accessories. Hollis + Morris teams tend toward the minimal with biophilic inspirations—the Willow Sconce is the newest addition to the line’s Bloom Collection.
Omer Arbel’s Molecular Aesthetic
How the Vancouver-based designer maintains his commitment to experimentation on top of ongoing commercial success.
The Vancouver-based multidisciplinary creative heads a practice that cultivates a fluid position between the fields of design, invention, sculpture, and architecture.
