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An Ode to Our Comrade, The Picnic Table

An Ode to Our Comrade, The Picnic Table

I’d like to dissect one of the greatest pieces of furniture design: the North American picnic table. Its geometry, perfect. Its presence, ubiquitous. Its service, priceless. One cannot own a...

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An Ode to Our Comrade, The Picnic Table

I’d like to dissect one of the greatest pieces of furniture design: the North American picnic table. Its geometry, perfect. Its presence, ubiquitous. Its service, priceless. One cannot own a...

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One-Way Door

One-Way Door

James Turrell, Perfectly Clear, 1991  A few months back I listened to an interview with American author and journalist Jia Tolentino where she compared becoming a parent to doing acid...

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One-Way Door

James Turrell, Perfectly Clear, 1991  A few months back I listened to an interview with American author and journalist Jia Tolentino where she compared becoming a parent to doing acid...

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There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in

There is a crack in everything, that's how the ...

Mimbres Pottery 1100 CE southwestern New Mexico Rugs, to some extent, are ahistorical. This isn’t because they lack tradition or cultural weight, but simply because textiles disappear quickly if exposed...

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There is a crack in everything, that's how the ...

Mimbres Pottery 1100 CE southwestern New Mexico Rugs, to some extent, are ahistorical. This isn’t because they lack tradition or cultural weight, but simply because textiles disappear quickly if exposed...

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Designer Series: Thom Fougère

Designer Series: Thom Fougère

Today I’m sending along a conversation Thom and I had in our shared Montreal studio. We explored his approach to design, Canada’s design destiny, and how ritual shapes the way...

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Designer Series: Thom Fougère

Today I’m sending along a conversation Thom and I had in our shared Montreal studio. We explored his approach to design, Canada’s design destiny, and how ritual shapes the way...

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The Basket Collection Launch Party at Montauk Sofa

The Basket Collection Launch Party at Montauk Sofa

Last Thursday, we celebrated the launch of the Basket Rug Collection, designed by architect and designer Thom Fougere, at the Montauk Sofa showroom in Montreal. The event brought together a...

The Basket Collection Launch Party at Montauk Sofa

Last Thursday, we celebrated the launch of the Basket Rug Collection, designed by architect and designer Thom Fougere, at the Montauk Sofa showroom in Montreal. The event brought together a...

A Paralyzed Cyclops

A Paralyzed Cyclops

Pearblossom highway, 11-18 April 1986, by David Hockney This past Friday I wrapped on the latest photoshoot for a few new rug designs that will be launching this summer.  It...

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A Paralyzed Cyclops

Pearblossom highway, 11-18 April 1986, by David Hockney This past Friday I wrapped on the latest photoshoot for a few new rug designs that will be launching this summer.  It...

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