(New York) With their precious, raw or daring creations, Quebec designers were exhibiting themselves at New York Design Week, which has just ended. We’ve followed them, from the Hanging Gardens of Brooklyn to the cozy living rooms of Manhattan.
Posted on May 25, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.
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New York – In the elegant Roll & Hill Gallery in SoHo, gigantic arches of light redraw the space. The Pole lights by the Montreal-born designer Philippe Malouin, flexible thanks to an aluminum structure and LED technology, bend to better inhabit the premises and diffuse light in an unprecedented way. A few steps away, in the TriBeCa district, Montauk Sofa, which has shared the brand with the light manufacturer Lambert & fils since 2018, is showcasing its new Jane bed with soft head cushions. The comfort and lines of the armchairs made in Montreal appeal to the demanding New York clientele, from industrial lofts in Manhattan to brownstones from Brooklyn.
Feminine design
Quebec design, almost absent from the international scene until recently, now has several talents that have put it on the front page of the most cutting-edge decoration magazines. Another example of Montreal success, the Gabriel Scott brand, created by architects Gabriel Kakon and Scott Richler in 2012, chose to open an exhibition space directly in Manhattan five years ago. Its refined blown glass fixtures enabled it to penetrate the juicy American market.
For New York Design Week, the designers have designed the Boudoir furniture collection with very feminine lines. The day bed, installed in their window, recalls the recamiers chaise lounges in French literary salons from the beginning of the 19th century.e century. “This collection is a way of combining Old World references and contemporary aesthetics,” explains Gabriel Kakon. The feet are thus made of black painted steel and brass. This languid seat, which can be combined with deckchairs, armchairs, benches and ottomans, encourages furnishings freed from classic imagery.
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The Boudoir collection by Gabriel Scott. The day bed is offered at approximately $ 10,700.
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Raw material
In former warehouses close to water, 10 Quebec talents, brought together with the support of the Quebec government, exhibited their latest creations at the WantedDesign Manhattan show. The designers Nicholas Sangaré and Lambert Rainville have chosen to launch their Biau solid ash stool there from the interior design project of the new Montreal restaurant Bibiko. The seat, whose curves highlight the grain of the wood, can be installed alone or side by side to form a bench. As with Apparatus Workshop, the young furniture brand from the firm Apparatus Architecture, which presented a Heta side table in marble and steel resulting from a subtle work of asymmetry, the raw material determines the object. “I think that Quebec design develops through materiality,” explains designer Justine Dumas.
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Biau stool by Rainville-Sangaré.
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Quebec design, which has been rapidly emerging over the past five years, is one of those that the founders of WantedDesign, Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat, talent scouts, are closely following. “We discovered Quebec design in 2010 during a trip to Quebec,” explains Claire Pijoulat. It was a bit of a revelation, because Quebeckers were so discreet on the North American design scene that I had never realized how much design permeated their culture, ”she continues.
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Heta marble table from Apparatus Workshop, $ 799
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Mixed objects
New York Design Week is also the moment when the Quebec design community comes together and forges links with creators from other horizons. This is the case of Zoë Mowat, who this year exhibited the Quarry marble bowls of the Origin brand born from a workshop in Portugal with international designers and local artisans. “I wanted to highlight the Portuguese production of marble and the way it is formed in layers over time by associating three shades”, explains the designer. It was also found at the fourth exhibition Furnishing Utopia, which explores American design, in the exhibition space of the legendary Herman Miller brand.
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Bols Quarry de Zoë Mowat, Origin.
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> Visit the New York Design Week website
> Visit the WantedDesign website
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