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Queen Titania

The elliptical structure of its outer casing, composed of blades, serves simultaneously as a non-dazzle screen, a reflector of the central light source and a heat dissipater. Five pairs of polycarbonate interchangeable filters determine the varying colours of its lamellar body. In fact Titania can be coloured as desired, by a simple movement of the hand to slot the different filters in and out and to give the lamp a “dematerialised” colour - while always maintaining an emission of white light! The spherical counterweight, allowing its up-down adjustment, can be inserted or removed at any time.
$1,040-$1,088 CAN | www.luceplan.com
Avaliable at :: Robert Sweep Home Furnishings
739-11th Avenue SW Calgary, AB | 403-262-8525

UtiliTILE

Canadian design firm Thout knows that short on space doesn’t have to mean short on style and has proved the point perfectly with their system of modular wall tiles. Art and function blend seamlessly as utiliTILE cleverly organizes your life. With hooks and shelves that fold out when storage is needed, or flatten when not required, you’ll find a place for keys, phones, coats and mail. UtiliTILE remains simple and elegant while closed but upon opening adds texture and dimension to your space. Perfect for hallway or office, these wood tiles come in several finishes and can be customized to suit your own unique requirements.
Priced from :: Keyed: $225; Hooked: $200; Blank: $90; Etched Blank (with words): $160
Available through :: www.thout.ca

MilkMac

Created by Soren Kjaer in collaboration with furniture Holmris Hansen A/S, this Scandinavian design is an ode to the Mac. Familiar in design to Mac users, Milk comes in a white high gloss lacquer, the same color used on iMacs. The deceivingly simple shape of the desk has been designed to conceal all unsightly wires with its built-in cable drawers and cable exits. An electronic base means that the desk can be raised or lowered with the touch of a button, allowing freedom to sit or stand at your workspace. While the Milk desk can be lauded for its simplicity and clean lines, its landscape is dramatically altered by the addition of simultaneously practical and whimsical boxes. Four compartments on the left hand side of the desk become a tool holder, garbage bin or even fish tank. A perfect place to charge your iPod or hide your candy stash, box lids come in several colors and finishes. The Milk desk makes work more like play and you just might find yourself looking for excuses to get back to the office.

Milk Desk :: starts at $3011Cdn
Available through :: www.gabrielross.com

Bean Bag Chairs

Fatboy creates these stylish bean bag chairs in a variety of colours including the Marimekko “Poppies” once made famous by Jackie O.
Maremekko prints start at $390, original fatboy prints $325
Available at :: Design House, 1110 mainland street, Vancouver BC
www.designhouse.ca | +1-604-681-2800

African Turquoise Ring

Educated in fine arts at The University of Texas, artist Stacey Maddock has resided in Calgary since 1993 and creates each piece by hand out of her home-based studio.
Starting at $70 CAN
www.smaddockdesigns.com | +1-403-262-3795

Eclectic Cushions

Based out of her Nelson BC studio, textile artist Marilyn Lee creates unique felt purses, cushions and wall hangings. Felting is a very process­‑oriented medium enabling the artist involvement and innovation at each stage throughout the creation.

Starting at $49 CAN
www.eclectictextiles.com

Dedon yin yang

Matching sculptural chairs, the Yin Yang Outdoor Furniture by Dedon uses a smooth woven surface to accent its sharp clean lines. A sweeping modern lounge chair, the complex curving form has an intriguing elegance. The twin chairs nest together, to create a single circular design. When combined the two lounge chairs face each other, offering personal space while still encouraging community and communication. The idea came to designer Nicolas Thomkins on the Island of Cebu’s beach of Olango.
Each chair is available for $7,333 CAD for the set $14,666 CAD
www.dedon.de

Ooba Bassinet

ModernKid’s stake in the growing world of design for the design savvy parent is firmly in the modern vernacular. With everything from eating utensils to carpets, this design destination will have your little bundle of joy spitting up- I mean, sitting up – in style. The Ooba is available in maple or walnut and it cleans up nicely.
Starting at $695 CAN
Available at :: ModernKid, 45 Water Street Vancouver BC
www.modernkid.com | +1-604-662-3181

Alder Saddle

An original by Vancouver artist, Brent Comber, this is one of many one-of-a-kind designs crafted from natural wood that are inspired by the artist’s affinity for the Pacific Northwest. Sustainability runs through all of Comber’s work as his design studio sources only natural wood from local sources and the wood is either reclaimed or recycled.
Starting at $3,900 CAN
Available at :: 1657 Columbia Street North Vancouver, BC
www.brentcomber.com | +1-604-980-4467

The 14 Series

A pendant chandelier designed for clustering, created by Omer Arbel of Bocci out of Vancouver. The pendants are made of hand-poured, cast-glass resembling spheres of frozen water. The light interacts with the inherent imperfections of cast glass to create unique halos of light. According to the designer, “Cast glass is an organic process, hand crafted and imperfect by nature, so each piece created is unique.”
Starting at $236 CAN
Available at :: Inform Interiors, 97 Water St. Vancouver BC www.bocci.ca | +1-604-682-3868

Bag Kaku

Designed by Takumi Shimamura, this unique wooden briefcase is crafted from Japanese cedar wood from the Umaji Village in Japan or from press laminated wood (this one floats) and is available in four different colours. It weighs in at 1.8 pounds and if you purchase it from Vancouver’s Inhabit, shipping is free.
Starting at $355 CAN
Available at :: Inhabit, 1188 Hamilton Street Vancouver, BC
www.inhabitshop.com | +1-604-662-7408

Jumper Keyring

Whimsical design with an aluminum body and wire loop.
Trokia Keyring $20 CAN
Available at :: Madison & Page
www.madison-page.com

Issa Dining Chair

Scandinavian modern meets contemporary Japanese in this superbly crafted Dining Chair from Japan. In developing the Issa line, Japanese designer Noriyuki Ebina pursued a 60’s Danish retro look, but with subtle curves and a refinement beyond that usually found in the Danish originals. Available in both Arm and Side versions, the Issa Dining Chair is hand-built from solid walnut, with leather seat and back. The walnut is finished in hand-rubbed oils and beeswax.
Issa Dining Arm Chair $1,490 CAN
Issa Dining Side Chair $1,260 CAN
Available at :: Kozai Designs of Vancouver
www.kozaidesigns.com | +1-604-677-8166

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metropolis chair

Not the fictional city of the Superman comics, but an art-deco inspired stainless steel wonder from Perry Lang’s post-modern furniture collection. Reminiscent of the Precisionist art movement, the Metropolis chair echoes art-deco themes of geometry, simplicity and elegance. 1930s futurism comes alive in the “streamlined” style of this modern esthetic that reflects a “graciousness of form” from a simpler time. The fluted detail, sleek upholstery and industrial feel make this a super chair for a new era.
$2400 CAN | www.perrylang.com
Avaliable at :: Routine
1331 16th Ave SW Calgary, AB | 403-802-4006

Outgang series x

Smoking is normally associated with negative headlines, but in this case it has produced something positive. Inspired by smoking bans in public places outgang™ recognized that now, more than ever, there would be a need for furniture that could be used outside. The perch is ideal for the shorter stop, or in other words, perfect for the smoker who is only going to be outside for as long as it takes to finish a cigarette. Using a continuous line, he has created a rigid chair that nonetheless has 3 distinct positions – upright, recliner and perching stool, along with a coffee table that matches the chair’s different heights, as well as a foot stool. Available in single and double seating sizes, in solid wood or acrylic. Designed by Graeme Massie the award winning Scottish architect.
seat: $2780 CAN, table: $2780 CAN, footstool: $920 CAN www.outgang.com | Avaliable at :: Outgang Ltd.
Beechmount Lodge, Carronvale Road, Larbert UK
+ 44 (0) 1324 415 539

Molo Paper Softseating

Paper softseating is made entirely from kraft paper, utilizing a flexible honeycomb structure to fan open into stools, benches and loungers. The magnetic ends on each softseating piece can also be used to join two or more. Available in natural, unbleached brown kraft paper and kraft paper that has been dyed a deep black with bamboo charcoal ink to emphasize the geometric pattern of light and shadow in the paper seating. Paper softseating can be used creatively and inter‑changeably as seating or low tables.

$140 (small)-$2670 (large) CAN | www.molodesign.com
1470 Venables Street, Vancouver BC | +1-604-696-2501

Light Stick

Sleek, sophisticated, and unusual, this 72 inches high light stick will ad that touch of contemporary to your living space. It’s made of polished stainless steel and as portable as they come.
$625 | www.koolhausdesign.com
Avaliable at :: Koolhaus
724 A 11th Avenue SW Calgary, AB | 403 731 5665

Picasso MorphPad

Schleeh Designs brilliant man/woman PICASSO artwork by V. Wonnacott. The 1000 sheets of paper in the flexible MORPH paper pad sculpture are designed as interactive desktop sculptures.
2” x 2.75” x 5.5“ artwork can be customized for the corporate community.
$18.00 | www.schleehdesign.com

Archetexture Bangles

Funky and elegant, these patently unique jewellery pieces integrate architectural plans cast in resin. Architectural plans are tie-dyed using a creative technique involving N.G.R. stains. Abstract patterns are sandblasted onto certain designs creating one of a kind pieces.
www.schleehdesign.com
Avaliable at :: Frameswest
1221 - 9th Ave SE Calgary, AB | 403 265 8338

Luminescent Comfort

This comfortable Martha Sturdy resin chair and matching multi-layered chandelier illuminates from within and is available in 24 radiant colours. Martha’s dramatic resin furniture is sculptural and functional. Debuted at the “Maison et Objet” show in Paris this year.
$6000 | www.marthasturdy.com
Avaliable at :: Frameswest
1221 - 9th Ave SE Calgary, AB | 403 265 8338

Shimmer Vessel

Schleeh freeform bends incredibly thin, yet flexible sides of the vessel series using moisture and heat techniques. The Green Striped Shimmer incorporates a technique Schleeh developed using lightfast N.G.R. stains and shading lacquers. Interiors are finished with a waterproof resin
Approx. 33”long x 13” high. Flamed Birch.
www.schleehdesign.com
Avaliable at :: Frameswest
1221 - 9th Ave SE Calgary, AB | 403 265 8338

Show Stopper

Mimicking the movements of flamenco dancers, back-to-back, and face-to-face, the Flamenco Chair, by Urbana Furniture of California, has been featured in Cirque du Soleil’s production, Zumanity, and Prince’s music video, Black Sweat. The tete-a-tete seating, made of a continuous-looped bent wood frame with claw shaped cast aluminum legs, is clean and minimalist, yet whimsically expressive – perfect for the open-minded and creative.
$4995 | www.urbanafurniture.com
Avaliable at :: Abode Modern Lifestyle Furnishings
1324 - 11 Avenue SW Calgary, AB | 403 209 2925

Burning Love

Marrying art with science, the Coeur Noir – the Black Heart – is form and function at its most exquisite. From the Lampe Berger exclusive collection of catalytic burners, this 100 year-old invention eliminates odours and purifies the air, all with a magnificent fragrance. The black heart is born from the glass ovens of Walterspergber, while the 3-legged cradle and neck are precisely polished from the purest metals.
$800 | www.lampeberger.ca
Avaliable at :: Joints Home Accents
1145 Kensington Crescent NW Calgary, AB | 403-270-0030

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