Something that is SUPER soft and warm and cozy…

Dwell Studio Cubist Throw, Charcoal

Dwell Studio’s Cubist throw is the ideal wrap on a cold wintery day. Made in Peru, these luxurious throws are 93% baby alpaca and 7% wool.

Dwell Studio Cubist Throw, Peacock

These graphic blankets look great draped across an arm chair, the back of a sofa, or across your lap. Although they have a graphic modern visual design, these throws are incredibly soft and wam.

Dwell Studio Cubist Throw, Chocolate

Dwell Studio is a leader in the modern bedding market. Founded by Canadian Christiane Lemieux, this company is known for bold designs, quality, and versatility. Find all of Dwell’s products on our website here.
Shop for Cubist Throw here.

For one more week, you can still save on select Artemide lighting including iconic designs such as the Tolomeo and Tizio collections.

Tizio collection by Richard Sapper, 1972

Tolomeo Micro collection by Michele de Lucchi & Giancarlo Fassina

Tolomeo Mega by Michele de Lucchi & Giancarlo Fassina

Tolomeo family by Michele de Lucchi & Giancarlo Fassina

Also included in the sale is the Castore family and the elegant Logico series.

Castore suspension series by Michele de Lucchi & Huub Ubbens

Castore table series by Michele de Lucchi & Huub Ubbens

Logico suspension lamp by Michele de Lucchi & Gerhard Reichert

Logico table series by Michele de Lucchi & Gerhard Reichert

Don’t delay… This sale only lasts until November 30th!

See these and other Artemide products on our website here.

Herman Miller's Eames Select 2010 Hang It All

Herman Miller has sold out of their Select 2010 Edition – the Eames Hang-it-All with walnut hooks and black frame. Luckily, Gabriel Ross stocked up on this collector’s item and we still have some left. Herman Miller only produced 3500 of the limited edition coat rack, and sold out months ahead of their anticipated cut off date.

Eames Hang It All - multicoloured original version

This version of Charles and Ray Eames’ Hang-It-All is a sleek and sophisticated interpretation of the multicoloured original that we all love but maybe wouldn’t want to hang in our carefully colour schemed living spaces. The select 2010 version is appropriate for any room as it is relatively neutral and classic.

From Herman Miller’s website:

With their Hang-It-All, Charles and Ray Eames made the everyday coat rack inventive and fun. Their whimsical original design features a white frame and multicolored hooks. Our exclusive Herman Miller Select 2010 Edition reinterprets this classic with solid walnut hooks against a black frame.

Charles and Ray Eames

View this product on gabrielross.com here.

Lost your remote between the sofa cushions lately? How about your coffee?

Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi

Chances are, you have never lost your coffee in a sofa before, although, depending on the contents of your cup, you may consider early Monday morning’s mishap during breakfast television a “loss”. Daisuke Motogi, of Daisuke Motogi Architecture, plays with this common experience producing: “Lost in Sofa” – a chair that is built to house all kinds of things between it’s waffle style cushions.

Prop your blackberry up between the arm cushions to ensure you’ll be able to find it when you leave, and stuff your book in the side of the chair to pick up again later.

I’m picturing this chair loaded full of goodies at my fingertips for a snuggly night in … perhaps a vase of tulips, a glass of wine, a bar of chocolate, a DVD, a pair of slippers, my crochet hook and yarn, my laptop… er… ok, the computer might be a little heavy for this application – although, if I only had an iPad… (hint hint, Ross)

Motogi’s website has this to say about the concept:

Things often get lost under the sofa. It’s ordinary for a coin which slipped out of your pocket,
or a never-to-be-found remote to be accidentally found in between/underneath the sofa cushions.
Maybe you’ll find a forgotten 10,000yen bill that you once hid there…

visit Daisuke Motogi Achitecture’s website here.

Alessi supports high design for Max and Boots in their “Lupita” dog bowl and “Tigrito” cat dish by Miriam Mirri.

Lupita Dog Bowl, Miriam Mirri 2002 for Alessi

From Alessi’s website: Dog bowl in PP with 18/10 stainless steel insert , orange. Formal language, loaded with references to affectiveness and Miriam Mirri’s “Children Code”, is here used to create an object for our four-legged friends.

Tigrito Cat Dish, Miriam Mirri 2007, for Alessi

Lupita: available in blue and orange, and Tigrito: available in grey, blue and yellow, these cat dishes add a splash of colour to any kitchen corner and some fun sophistication to your pet’s dining experience.

Visit our website for details on the Lupita dog bowl here.
Visit our website for details on the Tigrito cat bowl here.
Visit Alessi’s website here.

Vitra products at gabrielross.com will be on sale November 11-17! This vendor authorized sale will feature a 15% discount on our favorite Vitra products such as the Panton chair, Nelson wall clocks, the Eames House Bird (also one of our Christmas gift ideas, and currently in stock), Frank Gehry’s famous Wiggle chair, the Bouroullecs’ plastic modular Algue, Hella Jongerius’ Polder sofa, Jean Prouve’s Standard chair, and much much more …

Panton Chair, Verner Panton 1999

George Nelson Wall Clocks, 1950's

Eames House Bird

Wiggle Chair, Frank Gehry 1972, Algue, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec 2004

Polder Sofa, Hella Jongerius 2005

Standard Chair (1934) and Gueridon Table (1944), Jean Prouvé

View all of Vitra’s products on our website here.
View Vitra’s website here.

Vitra Miniatures Studio 65 Bocca Chair, 1970

“Where’s the teapot dear?”
“It’s in the cabinet behind the nipples”

Likely conversation in a home adorned with a Valentina cabinet by Guiseppe Canevese for Ennezero.

Cabinet Valentina nel metrò with 4 doors

Fusing art and design, Canevese wraps furniture in Italian pop-artist Guido Crepax’s erotic comic strip “Valentina” in this unique and boundary stretching collection. Crepax’s strip, created in 1965, features an often scantily clad/sans clad Valentina in various erotic, dream-like environments – public and private.  The strip, part of Italy’s 1960′s/1970′s  ”Radical Design” period, also makes reference to the work of notable 20th century artists: Magritte, Duchamp, Man Ray, Mondrian, and Warhol.

“Objects and products were no longer designed in view of their mere function, but were transformed in actual “emotional media” in which to encapsulate ideas, thoughts and yearnings that were, in particular, those of an entire generation.”

Ennezero’s website

Cabinet Il Falso Kandinsky with 2 drawers and 4 doors

Content aside, these Ennezero pieces pop in any environment with lacquered black and white graphic surfaces and clean structural lines.

Cabinet Pietro Giacomo Rogeri with 5 drawers

The collection is mostly comprised of storage pieces in various configurations: vertical chests and horizontal credenzas, enclosed bookshelves and wardrobe style cabinets, but also features two statement four poster beds, one with a life size image of Crepax’s Valentina seductively stretched across the headboard.

Tester Bed Vita Privata

Western Living magazine featured Canavese’s work in “The Goods – Homes and Design” section of the October 2010 issue, noting Gabriel Ross as the source. If you’re in Victoria and are interested in seeing one of the cabinets in person, drop by our showroom M-F 9-5:30, S 10-5, 250-384-2554.

Contact us for details and pricing here.
Visit Ennezero’s website here.
View more of Guido Crepax’s art work here.