If you stand in Old Montreal, and you are very still and very open, you will feel the ghosts. The energy of hundreds of generations of people—First Nations, Europeans, Canadians—passing their lives where you stand. The spirits live in artifact and art, in buildings and rituals, in the food and water....
Read moreIf you stand in Old Montreal, and you are very still and very open, you will feel the ghosts. The energy of hundreds of generations of people—First Nations, Europeans, Canadians—passing their lives where you stand. The spirits live in artifact and art, in buildings and rituals, in the food and water. And if you’re very still, very open—you’ll understand you are a ghost of the same place, but a different time.
The new offering includes an original finish texture and 36 fresh designs (7 Pearlescent, 9 Patterns, 10 Woodgrains, 10 Solid Colors)- but this launch is less about each design, and more about how they harmonize with other materials. “It’s customary for companies to push their design rationale,” said Terry Gentile, marketing and design director for Arborite, “but I’d rather tell the trend stories that inspire our work. So when architects and designers are...
Usually when an Arborite representative visits a design firm, it is to leave samples of the latest high-pressure laminate designs. But Sept. 20-22, 2017 Arborite’s team, in conjunction with co-sponsor Wilsonart, will call on design firms to take samples away. And not just HPL, they’ll take unused brochures, fabrics and finish cards, too.
Canadian laminate producer Arborite has teamed with the design duo behind LA-based Ouli to create a standout exhibit for Sight Unseen OFFSITE’s 2016 edition. For this play on a dining set composed of table, bench, and chairs, designer Brooke Intrachat focused on the idea of reinvention, asking the question does progress exist within aesthetics? Using a versatile product like laminate, the Ouli designers have created thought-provoking pieces that turn design...
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