IDS10: Come Up To My Room Event

Room Installation: Room 211, Lisa Keophila, Jon Margono, Fiona Lim Tung, and Kristen Lim Tung
We wrap up our Design Week coverage with the 2010 Come Up to My Room, the Gladstone Hotel’s contribution to Toronto International Design Festival. Please visit the Toronto Craft Alert blog to read commentary on the show by Adam Gorley and to see more photo's by Danijela Pruginic . Thanks to Jen of Toronto Craft Alert for sharing these with us these past couple of days.

Room Installation: Gold Line, Bruno Billio | Orest Tataryn


Sketch's 'Weave' - interactive weaving wall




Christina Ott and Marion Lanktree


Room Installation: Can You Remember My Dream, Julia Hepburn


Propellor Design, Mycoligic lighting

IDS10 Part 2

Guest Post by Jen of Toronto Craft Alert reporting from IDS10

Artifice, artifice.brainmade.com

Here is the second installment of our coverage of the Toronto International Design Festival. After enjoying MADE’s Radiant Dark show, photographer Danijela Pruginic and writer Adam Gorley checked out the 2010 Interior Design Show, Canada’s largest contemporary design event which features 300 exhibitors, quite a different design animal. Those of you who missed the show will appreciate these visual highlights by Danijela (more in the flickr set) and be sure to check out Toronto Craft Alert for a review by Adam.


Balance Glassworks, balanceglassworks.com

Carmen Yatscoff (Cymple Design), semi-permanent patio surface


The Practice of Everyday Design, www.everydaydesign.ca


Ridgely Studio Works , ridgelystudioworks.com



Two Toques Design, twotoques.com


Aaron Lowe, arronlowe.com

IDS10: Radiant Dark: Assets & Values

Guest Post by Jen of Toronto Craft Alert reporting from IDS10


Grant Heaps
Title: Garden Chairs 1-6
Materials: reclaimed fabrics, salvaged chairs
Dimensions: 15”W x 15”D x 17”-31”H


We attended the opening for MADE’s Radiant Dark: Assets & Values being held in conjunction with IDS10 in thematically-appropriate Commerce Court on Wednesday night, where photographer Danijela Pruginic and writer Adam Gorley captured the mood and imagery of this always-inspiring event. It is on until Sunday January 24 so there is still time to check it out (Commerce Court West, 199 Bay Street).

Scroll on for some eye-candy from the event and some musings on value & design by Adam. Click here for more scenes from Assets & Values and here for more musings on the show.

heyday design (Claire Madill)
Title: mobilemobile
Materials: slip cast porcelain, LED’s
Dimensions: 12” to 28”W x 28”



Propellor Design (Pamela Goddard, Toby Barratt, Nik Rust)
Title: Range- sconce/lightbox
Materials: basalt, gypsum cement, walnut, stainless steel, LED lights
Dimensions: 60”L x 10”H x 8”D




Soon Cho
Title: Hidden Silhouette
Materials: plastic gimp
Dimensions: 150”W x 60”H



Jennifer Graham
Title: Geese in the Forest- ceramic tile quilt
Materials: porcelain
Dimensions: 78”W x 84”L

heyday design (Claire Madill)
Title: mobilemobile
Materials: slip cast porcelain, LED’s
Dimensions: 12” to 28”W x 28”



Tsunami Glassworks (Eva Milinkovic and Kriston Gene)
Title: Cascade
Materials: reclaimed window glass, electrical parts, airline cable
Dimensions: 24”w x 48”-56”L



Shana Anderson
Title: Where the Heart is- cushions
Materials: cotton, polyester fill
Dimensions: 16” x 16”, 10” x 19”

IDS10 Coverage

Rolling Hills by Ministry of the Interior; Photo Credit: mocoloco.com
This week we were wishing we were many places, but especially at IDS10 in Toronto. Jen from Toronto Craft Alert is going to be doing some coverage for us which we will have hopefully by Monday, however in the meantime take a peek at mocoloco.com, they have some nice features.

Himmeli lighting by Paul Loebach for Jason Miller's new company, Roll and Hill. Photo Credit: mocoloco.com


Une Affaire de Coeur; Katherine Morley was one of the winners of the ERA Rug Design Competition. Photo Credit: mocoloco.com


Radio Canada console by Science and Sons, a tribute to the Canadians who keep their dials set to the CBC. Photo Credit: mocoloco.com


Installation of drawers as shelving by Smash. Photo Credit: mocoloco.com