Alessi 90 Year Collection

Alessi celebrated 90 years of innovative design by many of the world’s most renowned designers with a special collection of their most iconic products over the 9 decades. Each piece is stamped with the number “90″, the designer’s name, and the year it was originally produced. Beginning with the eternally classic cocktail shaker and ending with Mario Trimarchi’s modern centerpiece, this is a group of objects to make a design collector’s mouth water.

UTA1391 90 Cocktail Shaker, Ufficio Tecnico Alessi

MT03 90 Centerpiece by Mario Trimarchi for Alessi

UTA407 90 Beer Tray, Ufficio Tecnico Alessi

9090/6 90 Espresso Maker, Richard Sapper for Alessi

PSJS 90 Juicy Salif, Philippe Starck for Alessi

9093 90 Kettle, Michael Graves for Alessi

50 90 Sugar Bowl, Carlo Mazzeri and Anselmo Vitale for Alessi

55 90 Sugar Bowl, Carlo Mazzeri for Alessi

826/24 90 Wire Basket, Ufficio Tecnico Alessi

These pieces have been branded as a special and limited edition right through to the packing. Each piece is carefully wrapped in a unique box and labelled “Looking ahead to the next 90 years”.

With gift season upon us, Gabriel Ross is stocked with each item available individual purchase and also available as a set of 9. Treat your design savvy friend with a collector’s piece to be treasured for another 9 decades.

View the collection on our website, here.

The staff at Gabriel Ross are big fans of Dyson’s new fan, or “Air Multipliers”. We have a new display in store, and yes, some of us have put our heads right through them. How could we resist?

Dyson Air Multiplyers in our Showroom

Dyson Air Multiplyers in our Showroom

Dyson likes to take every day products and re-design them so they’re higher performance, longer lasting, and WAY better looking. This fan is an apt example of these efforts. Blade free, the air multiplier sucks in air from the base of the pedestal, circulates around the fan loop, and distributes it out a 1mm gap in a solid, smooth stream. The loop is slightly angled and uses aircraft technology to amplify air flow 15 times. Available in table top and pedestal versions, this fan is for everyone and every room.

image: dysoncanada.ca

Safety and easy maintenance are two more reasons to love this design. There are no rapidly moving parts threatening to chop off a finger or catch and tug a pony tail. And remember how your traditional fan blades are covered in dust when they stop moving? With the Air Multiplier, all it needs a quick wipe with a damp towel – easy peasy! It’s a really amazing product and definitely worth checking out before those hot summer days are upon us. Drop by our showroom at 589 Bay Street to see the fans in person, or get more information from Dyson’s website here.

In case you haven’t noticed… Christmas is nearly here! Considering my lack of posts over the last couple of weeks, one might think that I have been busy shopping shopping shopping and have my list completely checked off. Yah … not so much. I do have a couple of things sorted out (she says secretively, careful not to divulge any surprise agendas), but I also have a couple/few/most gifts still to buy. Eep! Anyone sympathetic to my pre-Christmas anxiety due to, oh I don’t know, perhaps their own poor planning and tendency to procrastinate, might find some peace of mind at gabrielross.com.

We have lots of great modern gift ideas in stock starting as low as $10.00!

Blomus Flex Trivet $10.00

Alessi Anna G Corkscrews, $60.00

Blomus Stainless Steel Business Card Case, $22.00

Viking Hand Blender, $138.00

Iittala Aalto Votive, $20.00

George Nelson Sunburst Clock, $385.00

Iittala Taika Mini Mug Ornaments, set of 4, $23.00

These are just a few examples of the great products featured on our gift ideas page. There is something for everyone, so don’t fret my fellow last minute shoppers! Gabriel Ross has us covered.

See these and other great gift ideas on gabrielross.com 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.

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

Imagine this happy little guy keeping you company while you scrub up after dinner.

Pino funnel by Stefano Giovannoni & Miriam Mirri, 1998

Designed by Stefano Giovannoni & Miriam Mirri, 1998, for Alessi, Pino is great for transferring liquids flawlessly and inspiring warm fuzzy feelings while you do it.  You absolutely cannot help but smile back when you meet this fun and playful kitchen accessory.

Featured on our gift ideas page, this cutie is only $22.00 and would make a great stocking stuffer**

**beware of nose protrusions while stuffing

Introducing from our Flensted Mobiles collection some new hanging marvels, Moomin Mobile, Flying Chairs, and Olephant Mobile – a perfect range of ceiling and hanging mobiles.

“In 1951 Isamu Noguchi visited the Japanese town of Gifu, known for its manufacture of lanterns and umbrellas from the mulberry bark paper and bamboo. Inspired by the lanterns illuminating night fishing on the Nagara River, Noguchi designed the first of his lamps that would be produced by the traditional Gifu methods of construction. He called these works Akari, a term meaning light as illumination, but also implying the idea of weightlessness. Extending the concept of illuminated sculpture that he developed during the 1940s in New York, Noguchi employed abstract shapes to unite the simplicity of Japanese aesthetics with the principles of contemporary art and design. More that home furnishing, Akari are light sculptures.

“With the warm glow of light cast through hand-made paper on a bamboo frame, Isamu Noguchi utilized traditional Japanese materials to bring modern design to the home. Like the beauty of falling leaves and the cherry blossom, Noguchi wrote, Akari are ‘poetic, ephemeral, and tentative.’ And he was fond of saying, ‘All that you require to start a home are a room, a tatami, and Akari.’ ”

View all Noguchi Lamps