2011 Applied Arts Design Awards

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I'm thrilled - BACKYARD DESIGN (the graphic design company I own in partnership with Yesim Tosuner), has just won an Applied Arts design award.  We're in great company!

Anstey Book Binding is also an award recipient - we are very excited to be currently working with them on an Oscar Peterson Folio of photographs for photography studio Gilbert & Associates.  They will be fabricating a beautiful limited edition box of Japanese silk and black leather, with letterpress inserts.

Stay tuned. 

See link to Applied Arts announcement HERE.

New Press Links

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PHOTO BY PER KRISTIANSEN FOR HGTV

'RAINBOW HOTEL' ARTWORK BY 

JAMES ROBERT DURANT of LAUSBERG CONTEMPORARY

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HGTV - Tour of our Parkdale Victorian  (Thanks to Elana Safronsky and Per Kristiansen!)  Also see their FOLLOW-UP post from April 26th.

POSTCITY - David Chrystian's delicious new menu at VICTOR

THE TORONTO STAR - From the media launch at Hotel Le Germain

ADDED APRIL 21ST:

AZURE MAGAZINE - Thanks to Nelda Rodger and Diane Chan

TORONTO LIFE - those glazed shortrib and kimchi handrolls are so good!


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Happy Holidays!

It is perfect timing to have a few precious days to decompress and refocus, to spend time with family and friends, and to think about the new year ahead.  There is much to be grateful for!  There are a number of really exciting projects on the boards right now, and I am looking forward to the new posts in the weeks ahead.

Thanks to Emma from The Marion House Book for swinging by for coffee and a chat on her 'Hello Neighbour' tour.  See her post here.

Parkdale Victorian 3

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Thank you to Design Lines for the article in the Fall issue!  Finn O'Hara took great photos, Alex Bozikovic wrote the piece, and we enjoyed sharing the stories behind each of the design elements with the editors.

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The house is still very much a work in progress as we gradually refine all of the finishing details and renovate other areas.  It has certainly undergone a dramatic transformation already!  Our priority was to open it up as much as possible, with high ceilings, bright white walls, simple lines, a sensible plan, and a beautiful new engineered walnut floor that flows throughout the ground level.  The rest - one detail at a time...

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One clarification: The Jens Risom inspired bench is a 3rd Uncle piece for the Drake Hotel.

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 CUSHIONS BY BEV HISEY, WOVEN BASKET FROM HOLLACE CLUNY,

LARGE SCALE ARTWORK BY JF

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I'm looking forward to seeing the new Design Lines, coming out sometime in the next week or two.  Tickled by this photo!  There's Marc, and my favorite hat, picked up during my last trip to New York.  (The hat, not Marc...)

Avenue Road

Visit this gallery of photos taken by a GQ/Vogue columnist at the opening party of the beautiful new Avenue Road.  There I am enjoying champagne and good company in photo #20!

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MUNICH RE in AZURE

Visit the article by Paige Magarrey of AZURE Magazine online here:

Cityscape Wallpaper in AZURE

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The Cityscape wallpaper, designed through Backyard Design and used throughout the W Hotel in Hoboken, has been featured on the AZURE web blog!

Take a look here:

Congratulations Suzanne and Arriz!

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PHOTOS BY ANDREAS AVDOULOS

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Congratulations to Suzanne Dimma + Arriz Hassam, recently married!  I am so pleased to have designed their wedding invitations and menus, through Backyard Design.

See the gorgeous event here on Suzanne's House and Home blog.

Canadiana Room 404 at the Gladstone Hotel

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This is the Canadiana Room 404 at the Gladstone Hotel, designed in collaboration with the upholsterers The Big Stuff. The wallpaper was printed from a digitally manipulated photograph taken at the cottage. Bev Hisey was commissioned to make gorgeous die-cut felt curtains - a perforated textile that casts forest-like shadows in the morning. The light box bench is a custom piece designed for the room, in fumed oak with back lit photographs by Jenny Francis.

PHOTOS BY TOM ARBAN [FIRST AND SECOND] + CAT O'NEIL [THIRD]

LINK TO ARTICLE IN CANADIAN ARCHITECT