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Gabriel Ross 2011 Customer Photo Contest - Only 3 Weeks Left!
We've received some amazing photos for our contest so far and are hoping to see many more during the final 3 weeks. Here's a glimpse of the second round of entries:
By: Dennis "Perfect comfort chair for watching TV, reading or snoozing. And, a dream in itself."
By: ...
Envelop Desk by Bill Stumpf and Jeff Weber for Herman Miller
Envelop, Bill Stumpf and Jeff Weber for Herman Miller, photo - hermanmiller.com
Herman Miller has introduced a new desk to their all star line up of home office furniture. Envelop is the ergonomic desk. Herman Miller recognized that everything else in a work environment moves around, adjusts, ...
Vancouver's Langara College 'Leed's in Sustainable Construction
Langara College is making some admirable changes and commitments towards sustainable construction at its Vancouver campus including its LEED Gold Standard library/classroom building.
Langara College Library, photo: Shai Gil, source: www.langara.bc.ca
Utilizing the "stack effect", ...
Gabriel Ross 2011 Customer Photo Contest
We love nothing more than to see evidence of our products in the hands of happy living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and offices alike. So, a couple of weeks ago we announced our annual photo contest for 2011. We asked customers to send us photos of Gabriel Ross items in their spaces until June 2nd ...
50 Years of Rosenthal Vases
Rosenthal's Studio Line is celebrating 5 decades of innovative contemporary design, and have announced a limited edition collection of vases to commemorate the anniversary. The collection includes only 50 vase examples from over the 50 years of designs by a vast selection of artists, ...
Eye Spy... Random Lights
The title for this post is a bit misleading ... you may have been expecting a mash of a bunch of different random lights. Instead, you are getting one light in particular named Random, plus a bit about one other fixture called (of course) Non Random.
Moooi is new to Gabriel Ross, but this ...
Moooi!
YAY Moooi!
Dutch for "beautiful", Moooi fulfills its name and then some. Marcel Wanders - designer of the Skygarden suspension light fixture for Flos among various other successful designs, and Casper Vissers launched the company together 2001. Moooi has since become known for life size Horse ...
Gabriel Ross 2011 Photo Contest
It's that time again... Photo contest time! w00t!
Show us your stuff! We want to see our products in your home, office, studio, or wherever they live. Send us a photo of your space featuring something you purchased at Gabriel Ross with a small description of 50 words or less, and be eligible to ...
Art In Bloom - Celebrating the Art of Gardening
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 ...
Star Trek's Spock is a Modernist
Have you seen the latest Telus Optik TV commercial? It turns out that our half-Vulcan half-human friend Spock of Star Trek is a fellow Modernist. The commercial depicts Leonard Nimoy in a swanky mid century modern home receiving Telus Optik TV installation. Watching the commercial, I was supposed ...