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Top 5 Friday: Paint Colours for A Home Refresh Design Eye Candy: The Very Best of IDS12 in Photos!  On the Eve of #IDS12: Karim Rashid on Music, Movies and Global Design  A Man Inquires: Colour Forecasting -- How Do They Know?  Countdown to the Interior Design Show: Outdoor Living Countdown to the Interior Design Show: How Do You Live Countdown to the Interior Design Show: 18 Karat Trends in the Twitter Trenches Countdown to the Interior Design Show 2012: Patty Johnson Countdown to the Interior Design Show 2012: Flos Interview with Iconic Industrial Designer Harry Allen Part 2 Would You Buy a Designer Toilet Paper Roll Cover? Interview with Iconic Industrial Designer Harry Allen Part 1 Top 5 Friday: Flooring and Rug Trends for 2012 Interior Design Show 2012 Preview 5 You Need To See  
 
Feb
03

Top 5 Friday: Paint Colours for A Home Refresh

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Posted by Guest Blogger 2/3/2012 4:20:00 PM
Paint is hands down the most useful tool in the designer’s or serial renovator’s arsenal. To this day, I am amazed at what a simple coat of paint can do for a room, or a piece of furniture for that matter. I’ve been known to wander into a paint store
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Jan
30

Design Eye Candy: The Very Best of IDS12 in Photos!

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/30/2012 6:26:00 PM
It's true -- we say this about IDS every year: it just keeps getting better! This past weekend I grabbed my camera (and my photographer friend, Kelly Lawson) put on some comfortable shoes and lost myself in the latest and hottest trends, products, and
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Jan
25

On the Eve of #IDS12: Karim Rashid on Music, Movies and Global Design

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/25/2012 3:48:00 PM
With opening night for IDS 2012 less than a day away, I wanted to check in with multidisciplinary designer Karim Rashid , the featured attraction at the Opening party on Thursday night . Karim with Xperia Arc 2 Phone cover for Sony Ericsson, Sweden, 2011
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Jan
24

A Man Inquires: Colour Forecasting -- How Do They Know?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/24/2012 9:17:00 PM
Pantone recently announced the 2012 Colour of the Year to be Tangerine Tango , a kind of orangey red -- and there's a lot riding on it. According to the press release, "The 2011 color of the year, PANTONE 18-2120 Honeysuckle , encouraged us to face everyday
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Jan
23

Countdown to the Interior Design Show: Outdoor Living

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/23/2012 5:20:00 PM
Let’s face it, it’s the middle of January and it’s cold. I, like you, am looking ahead to ‘spring’ and all of its wonderful design collections. The development of outdoor living space is a growing trend in modern design. I suggest you take a peek at the
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Jan
22

Countdown to the Interior Design Show: How Do You Live

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/22/2012 7:40:00 PM
If you are anywhere in the IDS twitter-sphere or Facebook-sphere you couldn't help but notice a tremendous amount of tweets and posts about "the" IDS exhibit taking place this year called 'How Do You Live.' This exhibit will be highlighted on the show
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Jan
21

Countdown to the Interior Design Show: 18 Karat

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/21/2012 5:20:00 PM
The booth and installation that 18 Karat did for last year’s IDS may have shown up in more photographs than any other. Known for their creative use of colour, materials and simple forms, 18 Karat will be back this year with dramatic hues of grass, poppy
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Jan
21

Trends in the Twitter Trenches

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/21/2012 11:45:00 AM
Social media is impacting the way viewers and readers get their design news. Latest stories, trends and fads can now be sought out in real-time in feeds and streams on platforms such as Twitter. So if we’re talking trends this month why not listen, and
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Jan
20

Countdown to the Interior Design Show 2012: Patty Johnson

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/20/2012 4:06:00 PM
For the first time in the Interior Design Show's history its producers are mounting a major exhibit on the main floor called OFFSITE/ONSITE – a series of experiential installations that will occupy 10,000 Sq feet of space of the lobby of the MTCC. Designers
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Jan
19

Countdown to the Interior Design Show 2012: Flos

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/19/2012 5:35:00 PM
As part of a lead-up to IDS 2012, my first posting featured the ‘must see’ exhibitors of Studio North . Now, for part two of this four-part series, let’s tour the ‘rest’ of the Nation’s finest Contemporary Fair ‘must visit’ booths! Shauna Levy and her
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Jan
19

Interview with Iconic Industrial Designer Harry Allen Part 2

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/19/2012 9:45:00 AM
Part 1 of our interview with designer Harry Allen ran yesterday; in part 2 we got a peek inside Harry's New York City studio and learned how his family relationships inform his work. We also met his bassett hound Ben! Read on for more from Harry Allen,
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Jan
18

Would You Buy a Designer Toilet Paper Roll Cover?

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Posted by Nadine Sharon Anglin 1/18/2012 11:25:00 AM
Colour-loving designer, Jonathan Adler , recently teamed up with toilet paper brand Cottonelle to launch a new line of limited-edition roll covers. The containers feature bold and funky geometric prints on plastic canisters just large enough to house
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Jan
18

Interview with Iconic Industrial Designer Harry Allen Part 1

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/18/2012 9:46:00 AM
In 2008 my husband and I walked into a design studio in Toronto. Almost immediately, a hot pink pig at the end of the room caught my eye. Its literalism (it’s a highly-detailed resin cast of an actual piglet) was at once vaguely disturbing and strangely
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Jan
13

Top 5 Friday: Flooring and Rug Trends for 2012

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Posted by Jessica McLaughlin 1/13/2012 10:02:00 AM
When my husband and I were picking colours for our pre-construction condo nearly two years ago, the flooring was one of the biggest point of contention. It was the battle of light vs. dark and at the end of the day we kept it light. We've got a small
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Jan
12

Interior Design Show 2012 Preview 5 You Need To See

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Posted by Guest Blogger 1/12/2012 11:08:00 AM
IDS 2012 is coming up at the end of this month and it promises to be a design feast ! Personally, when the Opening Night Party starts this Thursday I'll be headiing straight for one location: Studio North . For someone like me who follows industrial design
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