IDS Toronto 2011
The thirteenth annual Interior Design Show (IDS) of Toronto—one of Canada's largest contemporary design shows—took place January 27th-30th. Over 300 exhibitors gathered at the Metro Toronto Convention Center to show their wares—ranging from furniture to lighting to textiles—to an estimated 50,000 people. Though IDS has been around for more than a decade, this year exceeded many expectations. "People are really pulling out all the stops here," says Yuill McGregor of North on Sixty, a Toronto-based woodworking studio that participated in the show. And judging from the wealth of designs from both emerging and established exhibitors, McGregor was right on in his assessment. In the following slideshow, have a look at few highlights from the sprawling array of designs on view at this year's IDS.
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High Design in Toronto
While in Toronto covering IDS11, Dwell’s team of reporters had the opportunity to interview one of Toronto’s—and indeed North America’s—premier interior designers. We…
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Undivided Intentions
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Canada's Design Domestic
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iD Flatware
Long handles give better leverage when you’re trying to sneak a taste of mashed potatoes from the person seated next to you. The unique looped handle allows for storage beyond the standard…
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iD / Cutlery
Flatware gets a distinctively Dutch touch with this set of utensils by Richard Hutten for Royal VKB, which give the staid straight lines of basic silverware a playful peephole. The stainless steel…
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Animal Blueprints
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Dwell Collections
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Scandinavian Designed
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7 London Products We Love
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Geigy's Graphic Design
Design Musem Zurich's current show Good Design, Good Business showcases the great graphic design from 1940-1970 of the Swiss chemical company Geigy.
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Masculine Design: Three Pitfalls
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Videos
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Dwell on Design 2011
Join us behind the scenes of Dwell on Design where 21,000 attendees gathered at the Los Angeles Convention center to discover the latest innovations in modern design.
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Universal Design: Public Restrooms
In the first video of a two-part series, New York–based firm Smart Design examines the intersection between Universal Design principles and the limitations of public bathrooms.
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Emerging Designer: Louise Campbell
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Events
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Foodprint Toronto
Foodprint Toronto is the second in a series of international conversations about food and the city. With the Toronto Board of Health having just formally adopted a new city-wide food strategy, the…
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Interior Design (ID) Program at Hästens
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The Good Design Show
Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Good Design bestows international recognition upon the world's most prominent designers and…
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This is magnificent!! I want them hanging in my master bedroom :) Thank you for sharing!
What a beautiful table! I did a project where I used a table such as this in the dinning room with phillipe stark's aluminum emeco chair. I love matching opposites; this earth table and an aluminum modern chair are definitely a beautiful pair.
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