To Canada by Sabena
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Client: Sabena
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2 comments April 26th, 2011
Not Canadian
Counterpoint Dresser
Design: John van Koert
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Date:
Photo: www.modernlove20.com
Perhaps this might fall in the Not Canadian category…. but there is a Canadian connection. Raised in rural Manitoba, John van Koert rose to fame as a prominent New York designer, first creating jewelry for Harry Winston, flatware for Towle, and then a premium furniture series for Drexel. He is widely credited as having introduced Scandinavian modernism to the American market, when in 1954 he became exhibition director of ‘Design in Scandinavia,’ a 3 year exhibit that travelled to venues across the United States.
This dresser is from Drexel’s Counterpoint series. Fine details such as solid brass teardrop drawerpulls recessed within saucer shaped cups, denote the refined vernacular typical of Koert’s work.
-Roan J. Barrion
Add comment March 8th, 2011
White Stripes Poster – Hershey Centre
Design:
Client: The White Stripes
Date: 2003
Add comment March 8th, 2011
Trout Fishing in Quebec (Take the money and run)
Design:
Client: Rollins and Joffe Productions
Date: 1969
Add comment February 22nd, 2011
Victoria British Columbia
Design:
Client: Sanborn Map and Publishing Co.
Date: 1885
Add comment February 15th, 2011
Ptarmigan Vase
Design: Paulding Farnham
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Date: 1905
Photo: Sotheby's
The vase (to be auctioned in New York this month for an estimated $120,000) was created at a time when Farnham had high hopes that the Ptarmigan gold, silver and copper mine in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains would yield him a fortune. Instead, the venture ruined him financially and destroyed his marriage to Sally James Farnham, a notable American sculptor. But the designer is remembered in the name of the peak where the mine was situated — Mount Farnham — and nearby Paulding Creek.
Add comment February 4th, 2011
Nike SFB Heaters
Design:
Client: Nike
Date: 2010
Created for the winter Olympics in Vancouver, these battery operated boots were heated with an electric rechargeable heater and featured a red maple leaf on off switch.
Perfect for the harsh Vancouver winter.
Via the awesome VIA.
8 comments December 15th, 2010
Calgary Peace Bridge – Calgary AB
Design: Santiago Calatrava
Client: The City of Calgary
Date: 2009
Unlike almost every other bridge on Earth, the steel helix supports itself, needing no beams, arches, cables or lower supports other than embankments, hidden in the river banks.
3 comments December 10th, 2010
