DIALOG’s ‘CapCalm’ design is a mature expression of Capcom’s business – past, present and future – it reflects a considerate understanding of a creative’s needs and the psychology of contemporary workplace design. In May 2017, DIALOG’s Vancouver interior design team turned video game office design on its head with Capcom’s new location for its Canadian… [Read More]
Pusateri’s Fine Foods Market – A Refined Style
Pusateri’s, a well-known fine foods chain in Toronto, hired the Montreal based design company GH+A Design to transpose their brand identity inside their 6 retail spaces. A style as refined as their gourmet products, that goes above regular standards of the food industry. Ceragres and GH+A Design partnered to elaborate a unique floor covering solution… [Read More]
Multidisciplinary Studio +tongtong Designs Torteria San Cosme
Multi-disciplinary studio +tongtong designed Torteria San Cosme, a Mexican sandwich shop in Toronto’s eclectic Kensington Market. Principal designer John Tong worked closely with his client Arturo Anhalt to bring his childhood memories of Mexico into the 700-square-foot space. With this objective in mind, Torteria San Cosme evokes the vibrant colour, playfulness and authenticity of Mexican street… [Read More]
Jean de Lessard designs a warm and eclectic Rasoï – A sumptuous and exuberant India
Created by the interior designer Jean de Lessard, the new Indian fusion restaurant Rasoï, located in Saint-Henri, Montréal, is a true heightened sum of sensations. I wanted to recreate through shapes how I perceived the colours and flavours of the Indian cuisine while I was in London, a few months before I was commissioned to… [Read More]
Perles et Paddock: where interior design and fine food go hand in hand
Perles et Paddock is a restaurant whose interior design was brought to life by a designer, an architect and a restaurateur working in close collaboration. Clairoux’s team supplied an authentic design experience inspired by the neighbourhood’s history and tailored to the restaurant’s philosophy. Frédric Clairoux and Julie Lafontaine, two accomplished designers from FX Studio Design,… [Read More]
Exuberant Nights in the Land of the Morning Calm
The transformation by the design firm Jean de Lessard – Designers Créatifs of a vast space abandoned for six years gave birth to the Ganadara Bar, last June. The design successfully modulates conflicting needs right from the start: to create a warm and comfortable environment, but in a place dictated by the aesthetics of Korean… [Read More]
Pachamama, an Argentinian Oasis in the Heart of Montreal
This Fast Good restaurant is the first of its kind. The concept of Pachamama emerged by creating the perfect marriage between fast service and casual dining, the whole tinted with an Argentinian spice. Designed by ISSADESIGN, the project faced a tight schedule and was designed on a tight budget. Innovative solutions helped create this lively… [Read More]
Aloha Espresso Bar: Café for the New Flavors and History Buffs
Behind the grey cut stone of an old warehouse store (1869), in the Old Montreal, the most recent Aloha Espresso Bar café explores through shapes the history of Hawaii and the spirit of aloha that intangibly permeates the inhabitants of this rugged terrain archipelago. Created by the interior design firm Jean de Lessard – Designers… [Read More]
Toronto Famed Restaurant Nota Bene Redesigned by +tongtong
Award winning interior design firm +tongtong has collaborated with renowned Owner/Chef David Lee to renovate the interiors of Nota Bene, an established fine dining restaurant that was originally designed by the buildings Architects KPMB. While remaining in Toronto’s popular Queen Street West neighbourhood, the reimagined Nota Bene features an all-new design. +tongtong developed a concept… [Read More]
La Vague – Unique refreshing rest stop in Montreal
Designed by Arcadia Studio and inserted into five parking spaces facing 4301 St-Denis Street between Marie-Anne and Rachel, La Vague (The Wave) is 74 wooden frames that rotate in three degree intervals, suggesting the motion of a wave hitting the pavement. The seven shades of blue used in this artistic installation are reminiscent of a… [Read More]
