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Window Dressing: Sidewalk Exotica
The other day I happened past Quince Flowers at 660 Queen Street East in Toronto and there on the sidewalk was a most exotic and alluring display (left). Beautiful plants, beautiful planters -- I just had to go inside to investigate. Turns out everything at Quince is on sale beginning tomorrow (August 24) for 20 - 75 per cent off.
Full post and comments...Window Dressing: Simple And Striking
Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Chris
I know a shop window is successful if it catches my eye as I bump along on a streetcar and then backtrack to take a closer look. That's what happened Tuesday when I spied the pair of displays currently greeting the street at Patina Antiques (219 Queen Street East, 416.862.8880). Two credenzas, two pairs of lamps -- there's nothing extraordinary about these windows but they're graphic and well-composed and because they frame the entryway, they provide a pleasing symmetry.
Full post and comments...Canadian Cool: Julie Jenkinson Wallpaper
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 by Chris
The shop windows of Toronto’s INabstracto are currently dressed in striking black and white wallpaper whose subject is a little hard to discern at first. But gaze for a moment at the squiggly, doodle-like pattern and images begin to emerge. Called Animaze, the pattern by Toronto-based graphic artist Julie Jenkinson is at once playful and dark, the kind of twisted imagery that’s likely to appeal to artier members of the urban design set.
Full post and comments...Window Dressing: Props With Legs
Saturday, August 1, 2009 by Chris
I was talking to a dealer recently about finding mysterious vintage furnishings where you have absolutely no idea who designed or manufactured them. Sometimes they're prototypes, one-offs that never made it into production then somehow found their way into the merchandise pool. My imagination predicts such a fate for these sexy display pieces, created by MaZone owner Armin Martiros.
Full post and comments...Window Dressing: Hawk Eyes
Sunday, June 21, 2009 by Chris
Mike and I are up and down Toronto's Roncesvalles Avenue all the time but until yesterday I had never noticed Hawk Eyes (103 Roncesvalles, 416.916.6212), a fun little vintage shop run by proprietor Rachelle Turner. Open since December 2007, Hawk Eyes specializes in vintage furnishings from the 1940s - '60s with an emphasis on a muted, World War II colour palette. The window vignette and the rainbow of lamps will give you a good idea of what I mean.
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