Backyard Design

Partner graphic design company BACKYARD DESIGN specializing in work for a creative and innovative clientele has just launched its refreshed website:

WWW.BACKYARDDESIGN.CA

Architecture + interiors projects for Jenny Francis Design that require custom graphic wall treatments, printed materials such as signage, menus and branding ephemera, take advantage of this partner company as part of integrated services.

Munich Reinsurance_Bay Street Office 2

A simple refresh for the common spaces includes light dove gray carpet down main aisles, charcoal gray millwork with sandblasted glass, selected vibrant green walls as a focal points and artwork by Marianne Lovink and Brent Comber to introduce natural materials and organic shapes to an otherwise rectilinear space.

The Gas Co + Anstey Bookbinding

While considering signage strategies for The Gas Co. during a tour of the Heidelberg printing presses at Anstey Bookbinding, intriguing possibilities are emerging for architectural and graphic projects that will showcase the capabilities of these two companies, as a collaboration with Carmen Dunjko of Pod 10. The machines at Anstey are works of art and engineering marvels - this opportunity to use them is very exciting.

Munich Reninsurance_Bay Street Office

Art selection and design consultation is beginning for an office on Bay Street.  The Hanging Garden by Marianne Lovink, the exquisitely talented artist, would be perfect for a feature wall by the reception lobby.  Her wall mounted sculptures that cast crisp, organic shadows, are being considered for other focal points.

www.mariannelovink.com

Cabbagetown House, In Progress

Design is progressing for the interiors of the Cabbagetown house.  The house has been widened and lengthened, allowing for a generous hallway filled with books and tall sliding doors leading to bedrooms, a home office, and finally a wide terraced deck overlooking the deep garden beyond.

Currently being considered for the living area:

Wegner Shell Chair and PH5 Pendant Lamp.

Christoph Niemann

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/

XOXO NYC.  

On that note, a furniture sourcing trip to New York is warranted very soon, with a mandatory stop at Wyeth, 315 Spring Street.

www.wyethome.com

Christophe Delcourt

Christophe Delcourte will be speaking at the Interior Design show.  His PSP lamps are beautiful and will be perfect for the Cabbagetown House - the table version poised on a lacquered desk in the office overlooking the garden.