
This past weekend’s was Toronto ’s very own unique design event at the Gladstone Hotel – Come up to My Room. A part of Toronto’s International Design Festival, the event featured a eclectic mix of designers, artists, craftspeople and students.
I favored the more literal rather than conceptual designs that shared a relationship with the hotel itself or the surroundings relating to the hotel with themes like beds and sleeping.
Personal favs included:
Julia Hepburn’s sleeping bird with creepy dream dioramas, was like watching a bird dream. It was intimate, fascinating and a hint of dark all at the same time.
http://juliahepburn.blogspot.com/Noelle Hamlyn, perhaps this is my personal bias towards textiles coming through, “The Breathing Room” contained handcrafted paper lace that looked like lungs. The room was filled with texture and sounds and provided sensory relief from the buzz of the crown. Check out:
noellehamlyn.comRichard Unterthiner and Paolo Ferrari's "Bed Memories", which after walking down a disorienting mirrored hall, led you to a light filled room with words suspended in the air. Not unlike the act of letting go and falling asleep. You can anonymously post your own memories at their blog:
http://bedmemory.blogspot.com/