Photo credit: Adrian Ozimek McCallumSather has announced the completion of its latest project, an upscale bowling alley for The Ballroom Bowl, located in the Yorkville district of Toronto. The second venue  in the city for this brand, which was designed to be a sophisticated take on a traditional bowling alley, contains a wood-feature ceiling with integrated lighting that greets guests upon entry. The project also provides direct connection to Yonge Street and the  Yonge/Bloor Subway station. Photo credit: Adrian Ozimek After descending the escalators, guests are then led into the v ..read more

Ever-improving glazing technology paired with inspiration from Earth’s ancient geological past were a dominant trend on display at Coverings 2024. Limestone, bluestone, slate and even sand were represented with uncanny precision and included characteristics like veining, coal lines and visible fossils. The visual richness of their textures, nuances and details are maintained and paired with the practicality of ceramic. Geo, a new collection from Halcón Cerámicas, explores limestone’s serene beauty, offering not just inspiration, but a language that speaks of history, culture and natural art ..read more

Pergola, 2024 Photo credit: Jérôme Lapierre Architecte The 25th edition of the Reford Gardens International Garden Festival will take place from June 22 to October 6, 2024. The theme for the 25th edition will be The Ecology of Possibility and the event will kick off with Discussion Day, the first conference-type event organized by the Festival since 2001. Discussion Days will take place over the Fête Nationale / Saint-Jean-Baptiste holiday weekend in Grand-Métis and aims to bring together professionals, experts, students, the 2024 designers, and members of the general public.   Pergola ..read more

Outdoor Oasis (Photo credit: Coverings 2024) Coverings, an international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, recently wrapped up the 2024 edition of the event, which took place from April 22 to 25 at the Georgia World Congress Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. Almost 25,000 industry professionals gathered at Coverings 2024, along with an influx of first-time attendees, young professionals and other key audiences from around the world. Coverings 2024, marked its return to Atlanta for the first time in six years. The event took place over the course of four days across a ..read more

  Courtesy of Hulu Datum by Turf, seen on The Bear You might recognize the Michelin-starred restaurant Ever from Season 2, Episode 7 “Forks” of The Bear. In a scene where Richie “Cousin” Jerimovich works at a high-end restaurant (shot in the Ever), Turf’s Datum ceiling baffles steal the show. In real life, the use of these baffles drowns out distractions to allow diners to focus on the food above all else.   Poster: Courtesy of HBO / Chair: photo by Peter Kramer Leather Boden Chair by Room & Board, seen on Succession Spotted in Logan Roy’s moody townhouse, the Leather Boden Chai ..read more

Moen showerhead (Photo credit: Moen) A survey conducted by Moen puts a spotlight on the evolving landscape of Canadian interior design preferences. The 2024 Homeowner Trends Report revealed a major shift towards personalization as a key factor in home design. The results found that a total of 78  per cent of Canadian homeowners deem personalization in the home important to them. The survey noted that updating the style of rooms throughout a home can be time-consuming and found that 41 per cent of Canadians tend to redesign their space every two to six years. According to respondents, the ..read more

Photo credit: Real Fruit Bubble Tea Yorkdale by Ted Design International The design for this bubble tea joint, located in Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre, posed some challenges for Markham, Ont.-based Ted Design International, to preserve the brand’s integrity while also increasing its appeal to fast-paced shoppers. Real Fruit Bubble Tea Yorkdale’s existing retail shop contained challenging structural features that required the client’s new brand to adjust its overall operations and branding direction. As a result, Ted Design International’s core strategy was to present the client with a n ..read more

Grand prize winner, Cali Pitcher from Georgian College in Ontario, Canada. A student from Ontario was crowned the winner of Formica Canada’s seventh annual student design competition, which puts a spotlight on the next generation of interior designers and architects. This year’s edition of the FORM Student Innovation Competition invited students studying interior design, architecture and furniture design in Canada, the United States and Mexico, to create furniture pieces using Formica Brand products. A total of 190 eligible submissions were received, which exceeded the number of submissions r ..read more

Photo courtesy of APDIQ. Photo credit: Benoît Desjardins The Association professionnelle des designers d’intérieur du Québec (APDIQ) has revealed the finalists for the Prix d’excellence en Design. The Design Awards highlight exemplary achievements in interior design by interior designers who are members of APDIQ. “We have 21 finalists in seven award categories. Since the launch of the Distinction and Design Awards of Excellence in 2020, this is the first time we’ve received so many entries and awarded so many members. We hope the next edition will be even better,” said Marie-Claude Parenteau ..read more

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