Toronto Interior Design Show Round-Up

Not being in Toronto this weekend for the Interior Design Show is killing me, but I've hunted down a few good pics and links to whip up a "round-up" post of sorts. Loving the above photo of the lounge by architect, Piero Lissoni taken by Jennifer Flores' blog Rambling Renovators. Lissoni was the this year's international guest of honour, and has worked with well-known brands such as Kartell, Alessi, and Cassina.

Lissoni

The palette of creams, taupes, off-whites and light wood (reminds me of this post) and showcasing the pages of books, rather than their spines (reminds me of this post) totally has my head spinning with ideas in changing things up in our living room. Here's a couple more pictures of the Lissoni exhibit via Design Maze (below).

Lissoni - Photo by Design Maze


Lissoni - Photo by Design Maze

Mason Studio from the How Do You Live Exhibit

Mason Studio - Photo by Karolyne Ellacott for postcity.com

The installation above is by Toronto-based Mason Studio where they turned half of a shipping container into a room which questions the way a space can be lived in. A trough/table that featured various vignettes which also acted as a route for water to traverse, running from a faucet into a garden. Update: Note Herriott Grace wooden boards in display.

Design Icons

Photo by Design Maze

An exhibit featuring five iconic designs sculpted in ice blocks. This one, the LC2 Chair by Le Corbusier.

Offsite/Onsite

Photo by Design Maze

B.C. local Brent Comber is seen hard at work on his split cedar ball for the Offsite/Onsite exhibit.

Photo by Design Maze

Industrial designer, Patty Johnson discussed her Vodunuvo collection (a design platform for the Haiti effort centres around Voodoo "as a metaphor for Haitian struggle) and other local crafts including this dress made from craft paper.

Raw

Photo by Karolyne Ellacott for postcity.com

An entrance installation from architectural firm, rawdesign.ca featuring a felt strip curtain suspended from the ceiling where digital images were projected onto drawing visitors into the main exhibition space.

Lorea Sinclaire