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Today is installation day for The Gallery of Greater Victoria’s “Art In Bloom – Celebrating the art of gardening”. One part of this dynamic community event is the “floral interpretations” where artists, designers, and florists create botanical interpretations of various works in the gallery’s diverse art collection.

Detail of our Floral Interpretation

Check out our floral interpretation in the mansion section of the gallery March 28th – April 2nd. We were given Canadian artist, Sophie Pemberton’s “Spring” of 1902 to interpret – a very large traditional landscape portrait. We decided to honour this beautiful piece by creating a traditional loose arrangement in a golden urn to emulate to the gold  frame around the painting. Curly willow branches reference the trees in the landscape and a collection of blue, pink and yellow flowers including dancing lady orchids pay tribute to the florals depicted.

Our Floral Interpretation with "Spring" by Sophie Pemberton

There are many other great things going on during this event including a lecture series, workshops, silent auction, a red carpet gala and much more. With proceeds going towards exhibitions and programming at the gallery, this is a great opportunity support your local art community while celebrating the welcomed arrival of spring! Get all of the details on AGGV’s website, here.

Our annual Knoll Classics Sale is underway, and we are off to a roaring start. Turns out people really like Knoll products … and they like them even more so when they’re 15% off. All the classics are on sale February 28th to March 6th including the work by designers: Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Marcel Breuer, Florence Knoll, Warren Platner, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Jens Risom.

Womb Chair by Eero Saarinen for Knoll

Bird Chair by Harry Bertoia for Knoll

Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer for Knoll

Settee by Florence Knoll for Knoll

Lounge chair by Warren Platner for Knoll

Barcelona Chair by Mies Van Der Rohe for Knoll

Armless Lounge Chair by Jens Risom for Knoll

Happy SALE shopping!

Visit our website here to see all the Knoll products that are on sale.

Converse ♥ Marimekko shoes - photo: designboom.com

Converse and Marimekko have teamed up to produce a product of my own personal obession: super cute sneakers! My head exploded when I realized that the classic cool Chuck Taylors would now be sporting the iconic graphic  textile designs of Marimekko. What a perfect collaboration.

Converse ♥ Marimekko shoes - photo: designboom.com

The collection features patterns by designers Annika Rimala and Maija Isola and daughter Kristina for the Finnish textile company.

Converse ♥ Marimekko shoes - photo: designboom.com

Converse ♥ Marimekko shoes - photo: designboom.com

Converse ♥ Marimekko shoes - photo: designboom.com

Reader: I must have them!

Miss Anona: Me too!

Reader: Where can I get them? Tell me! Tell me!

Miss Anona: Click here to visit Converse’s website to purchase these magnificent sneakers.

To visit Marimekko’s website, click here.

Modernica's Triple Fixture, design: George Nelson - photo: modernica.net

Modernica’s Triple Fixture bubble lamp is featured in Canada’s House and Home Magazine, January 2011 issue. You can find in the in the “Focus” section as part as the “Light it Up” feature article on statement multiheaded light fixtures.

Canadian House and Home Magazine - photo: houseandhome.com

The article describes the fixture as “a play on puppetry”, and where does House and Home recommend you would find such a wonderful example of mid century modern lighting design? why, Gabriel Ross of course.

Modernica's Triple Fixture, design: George Nelson - photo: modernica.net

The Triple Fixture can be ordered with different style bubble lamps. You could hang three saucers, three cigars, three balls, lanterns, pears … or combine different lights and hang a mixture!

View the Triple Fixture and the whole selection of George Nelson Bubble Lamps at gabrielross.com, here.
Visit House and Home Magazine, here.

300 Coloured Vases, Hella Jongerius - photo: gerrit schreurs fotografie - courtesy: designboom.com

Hella Jongerius featured this installation of 300 vases at her a recent show: ”Misfit”  in the museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 2010.

Misfit, Hella Jongerius - photo: lotte stekelenburg - courtesy: designboom.com

 The vases are documentation of the designer’s experiment in colour and glaze application. She used industrial paint in standard colours for the first 82 vases and then collaborated with the experts at royal tichelaar makkum to combine historical mineral recipies with contemporary formulas in a layering effect that resulted in new, unique and dynamic colours and patinas.

photo: gerrit schreurs fotografie - courtesy: designboom.com

photo: gerrit schreurs fotografie - courtesy: designboom.com

photo: gerrit schreurs fotografie - courtesy: designboom.com

photo: gerrit schreurs fotografie - courtesy: designboom.com

photo: gerrit schreurs fotografie - courtesy: designboom.com

The rest of the show appears to have followed suit – arranged by colour across the walls of the gallery.

"Misfit" by Hella Jongerius - photo: lotte stekelenburg - courtesy: designboom.com

"Misfit" by Hella Jongerius - photo: lotte stekelenburg - courtesy: designboom.com

We offer some of Jongerius’ noteworthy designs right here at gabrielross.com! Click on these links to find her Polder Sofa and Bovist Cushions.

Polder Sofa by Hella Jongerius, for Vitra

Bovist Cushions by Hella Jongerius, for Vitra

To view these products and more at gabrielross.com, click here.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec - photo credit: ola rindal

Maison et Object have selected Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec as one of their “Creators of the Year” as result of the large impact that they have made on the French design scene. Interior architects Gilles and Boissier and architect Edouard François join the Bouroullec brothers in the honour, having also been named “2011 Designers – On the Cutting Edge of Creation”.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are the designers of many favorites here at Gabriel Ross including the modular plastic screen Algue, Slow Chair, and the Vegetal Chair for Vitra, and the Panier Basket for Kartell.

Algue, by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra

Slow Chair, by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra

Vegetal Chair, by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra

Panier Basket, by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Kartell

See these products and more at gabrielross.com, here.
Visit Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s website, here.
Visit Maison et Objet’s website, here.

Whether you are brand new to the realm of home decor or just need some polish on an existing interior, this series looks like it has something for everyone.  Leah Rourke will discuss the importance of good design in all facets of life, titling her lecture “Life is Too Short for Ugly…” while Katarina Litva will engage her audience with the process of turning a dream/idea into reality.  Defining “Modern Rustic” is the subject of Lana Lounsbury’s lecture and JC Scott and Anne Squires Ferguson will speak about creating a local, eco-friendly home with “100 mile design”.  The gallery describes the talks as “interactive”, so bring your questions and comments.

The lectures take place on September 29th and 30th at the gallery and tickets are $20 - see their website for more details.

Google announced that Street View has been extended to our Victoria, the location of our showroom, Nanaimo, B.C., Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Sudbury, Ont., London, Ont., Sherbrooke, Que., and St. John’s, N.L. We join larger cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Temperature is ranked among the top environmental qualities that have an effect on performance.

Herman Miller C2 Climate Control

Criss Cross Pear Bubble Lamp

Modernica recently blogged “Criss Cross Revived!”, comparing “Kris Kross” the 90′s hip hop group, with the latest reissued Criss Cross Bubble Lamps.

Both are iconic and unique.  Those kids were electric and their hit was one of catchiest songs at dance clubs at that time.  They also created a crazy fashion trend.  Kids wore their jeans backwards and were jumping to the song.  Maybe the two Chris’ or ” mack daddies” of Kris Kross will make their own comeback someday soon and we’ll  see kids wearing their jeans backwards and bringing jiggedy back.

http://modernica.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/criss-cross-revived/