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Living in New York 20 years ago allowed me to meet the design greats of our times
Living in New York 20 years ago allowed me to meet the design greats of our times. John Derian’s magical whimsy had timelessness writ large. His belief in the yesteryear ran deep. He stuck with it and his style today, as evidenced here in his very own New York pad,...
Have you had the red velvet waffles at the Clarendon yet?
Have you had the red velvet waffles at the Clarendon yet? As I sit here in Boston my Sunday brunch game is dreaming a little dream of the berry soft waffles coated in whipped cream and fruit coulis.
My mood boards for the “Paper-mill Safari” concept
My mood boards for the “Paper-mill Safari” concept are shaping up. I give you two of these for illustration. Words of encouragement much appreciated. Building permits are being submitted after being approved by heritage and now it is really down to spatial...
Crushing pasta hard on my new faves from the Big Apple.
This space oozes sensuality, musky playfulness and a zest for a life lived fully. Make no mistake these finishes are made with the cream of the crop materials, the mix of which dazzles. This room, by the way, is a lounge they chose to make out of a spare bedroom....
It is not very often that I post other designer’s work.
It is not very often that I post other designer’s work. Besides from being self-evidently beautiful, this Maria Santos project speaks the universal language of perfection and high caliber performance in fluidity. Simplicity only resonates when the bones are rigorously...
See? You only need to ask once
The Clarendon’s “Moules Frites and Makeout” snug pub where last night some very tired parents (Ottawa euphemism for hungover) had a smorgasbord of meatballs, braised beef, lamb skewers and trout, mushroom demi poutine, fried cauliflower, scotch egg, tomato flatbread...
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an all green restaurant before.
Balls out design requires suspension of fear and doubt. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an all green restaurant before and there may be a legitimate reason that floated in my mind to spook me every week on this job: green gives us a sickly pallor when misused. At the...
The luxury of luxury is a sentiment to behold daintily.
The luxury of luxury is a sentiment to behold daintily. My trip back to my old haunt, the lower East Side, is part obligation, part work and all fun. I came as a director of the Council of Canadian American Relations but will be leaving as the “Road Warrior” for Luxe...
This kitchen had me at hello.
What can I say? This kitchen had me at hello. It is not just the hyper masculinity that oozes cool control and rigorous tailoring that gives me “frissons”, it is the mixed use of unbridled organic and minimalist modernism paired to an inch of this kitchen’s life. Set...
For all those who think design does not matter in the grand scheme of things.
For all those who think design does not matter in the grand scheme of things: I present Exhibit A. This exuberantly youthful morsel of skittle kitsch served up at Miami’s Airport was just the sunny saccharine pop I needed before a lengthy white knuckle flight home.
Living in New York 20 years ago allowed me to meet the design greats of our times
Living in New York 20 years ago allowed me to meet the design greats of our times. John Derian’s magical whimsy had timelessness writ large. His belief in the yesteryear ran deep. He stuck with it and his style today, as evidenced here in his very own New York pad,...
Have you had the red velvet waffles at the Clarendon yet?
Have you had the red velvet waffles at the Clarendon yet? As I sit here in Boston my Sunday brunch game is dreaming a little dream of the berry soft waffles coated in whipped cream and fruit coulis.
My mood boards for the “Paper-mill Safari” concept
My mood boards for the “Paper-mill Safari” concept are shaping up. I give you two of these for illustration. Words of encouragement much appreciated. Building permits are being submitted after being approved by heritage and now it is really down to spatial...
Crushing pasta hard on my new faves from the Big Apple.
This space oozes sensuality, musky playfulness and a zest for a life lived fully. Make no mistake these finishes are made with the cream of the crop materials, the mix of which dazzles. This room, by the way, is a lounge they chose to make out of a spare bedroom....
It is not very often that I post other designer’s work.
It is not very often that I post other designer’s work. Besides from being self-evidently beautiful, this Maria Santos project speaks the universal language of perfection and high caliber performance in fluidity. Simplicity only resonates when the bones are rigorously...
See? You only need to ask once
The Clarendon’s “Moules Frites and Makeout” snug pub where last night some very tired parents (Ottawa euphemism for hungover) had a smorgasbord of meatballs, braised beef, lamb skewers and trout, mushroom demi poutine, fried cauliflower, scotch egg, tomato flatbread...
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an all green restaurant before.
Balls out design requires suspension of fear and doubt. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an all green restaurant before and there may be a legitimate reason that floated in my mind to spook me every week on this job: green gives us a sickly pallor when misused. At the...
The luxury of luxury is a sentiment to behold daintily.
The luxury of luxury is a sentiment to behold daintily. My trip back to my old haunt, the lower East Side, is part obligation, part work and all fun. I came as a director of the Council of Canadian American Relations but will be leaving as the “Road Warrior” for Luxe...
This kitchen had me at hello.
What can I say? This kitchen had me at hello. It is not just the hyper masculinity that oozes cool control and rigorous tailoring that gives me “frissons”, it is the mixed use of unbridled organic and minimalist modernism paired to an inch of this kitchen’s life. Set...
For all those who think design does not matter in the grand scheme of things.
For all those who think design does not matter in the grand scheme of things: I present Exhibit A. This exuberantly youthful morsel of skittle kitsch served up at Miami’s Airport was just the sunny saccharine pop I needed before a lengthy white knuckle flight home.