April 2009

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• events, experiment, new work

  Brothers Dressler join Koma Designs Collective

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  Opening Thursday April 16, from 8-11pm
  (we’ll be there from 3-7pm for the press preview, customers also welcome)
  1239 Queen Street West
  We have joined the Koma Designs Collective exhibiting in Parkdale, Toronto. Jamie Cheveldeyoff’s vision is to support local designers and artists by inviting them to showcase their work in his beautiful space. Jamie’s new retail model […]

• events, new work

  Introducing: Branches

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  Growing from the discarded extras from local mills the branches lighting system follows the pattern of growth found throughout nature and mathematics. Branching between nodes connected with salvaged hardware it reaches out from a central stem. Low voltage halogen lamps illuminate Strass® Swarovski® crystals that drip from the tips of the branches.
  We were invited to […]

• new work

  Introducing: Mesh system

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  The mesh system is one of our answers to the bounty of scrap solid wood left over from the custom jobs that move through our woodworking co-op. Composed of walnut, maple, pine, poplar, cherry, mahogany, cedar and elm, a variety of shapes and forms can be created by linking these individual elements together including hanging […]

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Crafting furniture that explores material, process and purpose.

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