Iván Meade is the principal designer of Meade Design Group Inc., a multi-disciplinary interior and graphic design studio in Victoria, BC, Canada that creates interiors and graphics to elegantly reflect the needs and style of their clients.
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Thank you KRAVET for including our Sherman Oaks project in the most recent issue of INSPIRED.NEWS.
We are so excited that our first project in Sherman Oaks, California was selected to be feature by KRAVET INTERNATIONAL. This project is very special for us as we have the most amazing client and also to the fact that this project was our first project in the United States.
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PRODUCT
Tofinou 12
MANFACTURE
DESIGNER
MATERIAL
All the yachting classic materials, from precious woods to leather and beautiful metal pieces in polished stainless steel can be found in the boat.
As of the companionway, the two sections (bathroom and water point) are in rosewood with a stainless steel frame, a large mirror for the shower section, mirrors halfway above the water point, facing one another in perfect symmetry.
The saloon is now a welcoming heaven, with warm leather from the floor to the top of the roof, ensuring the greatest comfort: wide curved seating, large cushions, elegant leather storage pockets customised by Goyard, varnished painted oval table and mirror polished stainless steel mast support.
EXTERIOR
With his ingenious creativity and his undisputed love for sea, Philippe Starck has designed this first unit, which will be unveiled at the 2010 Paris Boat Show.
- The carbon wheels are silver grey painted and leather covered;
- Two storage units have been added in the cockpit;
- The hull color is warm gray, with no waterline or decoration and just a Philippe Starck's signature.
DESCRIPTION
The fifth Tofinou 12, currently being built at the Latitude 46 boatyard, has been designed by Philippe Starck. This morning I received this press release and It couldn’t arrive in better time as I was searching for my Eye Candy. I love the clean lines and the warmth of its interiors. A classic has re-born with the talented hand of Monsieur Starck.
"A Tofinou doesn't exist. It's just a dream, an evocation, a breeze, a sigh of happiness. So little materiality, so elegant. The perfect quality and timelessness of Tofinou born within the natural intelligence of the relationship between the sea and man. A dream." - Philippe Starck
YUMMY FACTOR
Cest Fantastique!!!
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Last week, I received one of the most encouraging and surprising gifts I have ever received in my entire life. I have to say that I tear up a little when I read Amber’s inspiration page and what it was all about. You can’t imagine the strength I received with this gift – My good friend and colleague Miz Amber Kingsnorth from INOUI design collective will be participating in a two-day cycling event to take place on June 18-19, 2011. During this bold cycling journey, Amber will ride for two days through the scenic Pacific Northwest. Amber’s vision is clear - A World Free From Cancer.
The money she raises for The Enbridge Ride to Conquer cancer will benefit BC Cancer Foundation and support leading clinicians, scientists, and researchers whose search for new discoveries and improved patient outcomes will have a real impact in our communities throughout the province, across Canada, and around the world. In other words, your participation will accelerate the conquest of cancer.
Amber has taken this ride even further in her support not just to Conquer cancer but for all of us. The design community; designers who are currently fighting or have survived cancer.
Please read her entry and if you like design or you are involved in our design community she needs YOUR SUPPORT to achieve her heroic goal.
The Designer Survivors Tour! My Ride to Conquer Cancer®
As an interior Designer in Victoria BC I have seen a number of individuals in my industry affected by Cancer. Colleagues who have undergone treatment and come out survivors (!) including Kimberly Williams, the woman who gave me my start in this business and for whom I am ever grateful. These are my Designer Survivors and the inspirations for my ride!
Included in this group is my good friend and colleague Ivan Meade of the Meade Design Group who is currently undergoing treatment. I wanted to help him in anyway that I could and knowing that treatment is an unbelievable struggle, I thought; why not go through a little struggle of my own ... ride a bike for two days straight! :) Although this could never compare to what he is going through, I hope that my efforts and the monies raised through your generosity will fuel his ever-positive attitude towards beating this thing!
The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting BC Cancer Foundation, is a two-day cycling journey through Canada's Pacific region taking place in the summer. It will be a challenge in a number of ways, but with my bike, my helmet, and your generosity, a real impact will be made!
Please contribute to this history-making event with any donation you can. Donations, no matter the size, all help to support breakthrough research, exemplary teaching, and compassionate care made possible through BC Cancer Foundation, a leader in cancer research and care. Please help me reach (and hopefully exceed!) my goal of raising $5000.00 for this amazing cause!
Thank you for your help and support,
Amber Kingsnorth,
PLEASE [CLICK] THE IMAGE TO SUPPORT & DONATE
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Today you have a new reason this week to go to the magazine shop - you need to pick yourself up a copy of the latest issue of Kitchen & Bath Ideas by Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications (December 2010) out on newsstands now.
I will admit, I'm spreading the word because our kitchen project in Spring Bay has been featured in the "Best Small Kitchens Ever!" section of the issue.
As you can imagine, we are more than happy to have 2 big media features coming out just a week apart showcasing Meade Design Group interior design work from Victoria B.C., not only in a Canadian publication, but also in an American one.
You can find the article “Modern View” on page 41in the glossy pages of the most recent issue of Kitchen and Bath Ideas.
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An open layout transformed the gallery kitchen of a 1960’s bungalow. The partition at left has squares openings that allow light and views into the kitchen from the living room.
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One of my favourite elements in this particular project was the fact that we used the repetition of square elements in the space creating a sense of consistency, rhythm and balance.
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We were very pleased to see our Spring Bay kitchen being presented as one of the Best Contemporary Kitchens in one of Better Home & Gardens Special Interest Publications. The text by Gary Thompson describes the process of the project and the challenges in a very accurate way and once again Jo-Ann Richards photography is stunning as always.
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Master of eccelectism, Windsor Smith has made a name for herself as a "Lifestyle Architect". With a flair for layering different texture, sheen, pattern and style combinations - never without antiques, she achieves an elegant, well lived-in and comfortable aesthetic. Windsor pays special attention to the details - rumour has it she once visited her glass-maker while he was working on one of her projects to make sure the leading would have just the right amount of "wobbling" to mimic glass from days gone by.
Interior designers world-wide are familiar with Windsor's fabric collection for Kravet which is full of crisp linens with geometrics, seersucker, stripes and beautiful solids in a multitude of materials and colours, she also has a collection of furniture including ottomans, chairs, pillows, mirrors, rugs and case goods. She has also been featured in magazines such as Domino, Traditional Home, House Beautiful, Vogue Living and Veranda. An interview with Style Compass magazine even reveals that Kansas-born Windsor was not only a Roller Dance champion when she was 8, she was also the most profitable girl scout in her region, when it came time to sell cookies young Windsor donned tap shoes and a feather boa to give her a leg up from her competition.
Windsor's design sense is self-taught, but she has a world of experience in the arts field; previous careers include theatre, dance teacher, and an award winning children's fashion designer (with her friend) of a line called "Baby Duckies". After her success with "Baby Duckies", Windsor wanted to be able to spend more time with her young sons; she had always had a passion for antiques and decided to go to Europe to bring some finds back to California where she opened her own antiquities shop. This move ignited her design intuition and she began creating spaces for clients, eventually moving into design full time - Windsor's studio is now based out of Los Angeles, California where she lives with her husband, two sons, and dogs.
I love the description she posts on her website about why she loves her career: "I like to create libraries where men with names like Howard, Bing and Spencer sat in cashmere sweaters and contemplated the 13th hole on the Bel Air golf course. I am drawn to a simple but elegant time when the women were so legendary that surnames weren't necessary.... Slim, Babe, Coco... I'm so fortunate. Imagine... a career that beckons me to blend architecture and style with the romance of history.... I can't think of anything more delicious."
Vignette by Windsor Smith
I am delighted to post this interview and get Windsor's input on design. Please read on to get in on the conversation…
Iván Meade - What was your first experience with design?
Windsor Smith - I was designing tap dancing costumes at 5 and incessantly moving around my canopy bed as a child. Either in front of the window where it captured the light, to the middle of the room, never against the wall, that was too ordinary!
Interior Design by Windsor Smith
Iván Meade - You always respect the traditional with a fusion of modernity. I believe this is what makes your style. How do you achieve this?
Windsor Smith - By adhering to classic principles of design, and then infusing our new lifestyles and sensibilities into them.
Iván Meade - Your furniture line is exquisite - One of my favourite pieces in your collection is your Entry Round Settee, What inspired you to include a piece that is no longer commonly used in today’s homes?
Windsor Smith - It inspired me that is is no longer commonly used in today's homes!!! Its the NEW Victoriana! I love the romance of it and the fact that it can hold 4 handbags or napsacks and a clutch of coats! civilized without the fluff and pomp! I favour it covered in a broad cloth or linen rather than velvet......
Iván Meade - What do you look for in a furniture piece? Or, in other words, you are very selective in what goes into your designs, what makes a piece important enough to be used in your projects?
Windsor Smith - That if functions well in a space, that its proportions are graceful, that it evokes a mood, and that we know we will look and feel good sitting on it!
Iván Meade - What is your approach to life style and design?
Windsor Smith - That now more than ever, we must blend the two. A designer must be diligent in ensuring that design supports our lives that are spinning out of balance. We must design how we live through our environments, by providing rooms with purpose. Rooms that actually navigate the energy of the household, and promote togetherness with our families and friends. We are at risk of that which is soulful and romantic in life evaporating with technology driving us all into individual exiles with our computers, blackberrys etc. Our children are socializing virtually, we are texting in the shower, language, folly, and the art of communication must be worked into our rooms. It is more than just beautiful rooms, we need to create sanctuaries, meeting places, dining opportunities that draw us into those spaces thus into those vital experiences. We have put the "living" back into our living rooms!
Iván Meade - You have accomplished something very unique with your fabric collection for Kravet - The patterns you have created are obviously inspired by your travel experiences and have become trademarks under your name - How did you achieve that?
Windsor Smith - I was hungry for simplicity in pattern without losing vibrancy. My first fabric collection really speaks to that desire. Iconic graphic patterns that simply imply their origin. I wanted a collection that was easy on the eyes while inviting us to play! You will see an expansion of this philosophy as I have expanded the collection and am currently designing my new outdoor collection coming out in Spring. Think Tahiti or Acapulco in the 1950's. Glamorous Polynesian but again using simple iconic elements that simply evoke a feeling. Textures that remind us of thatch, palms and block print turtles that look almost like labyrinths, and then there is matte gold and lots of white. My palette is soft shell pink, citrine, verdant green, aqua and sand. It is really a dreamy collection. Also infused with wovens which is new for my line.
Iván Meade - What is the message behind your title "lifestyle architect"? I think is a very clever statement but what does this phrase mean to you?
Windsor Smith - I have always felt an awesome responsibility to help build ceremony and opportunity for nostalgia into the architecture of every room. Though I love a pretty room as much as the next designer, we have much more to do than simply that. I believe that the architecture of a room can forge a deeper relationship between siblings, enhance a marriage, designed with thought and care, good design can actually transform lives.
Iván Meade - Who would you like to design something for?
Windsor Smith - I would like to design a school for autistic school children
Iván Meade - What is your newest venture in design?
Windsor Smith - I am building an equestrian estate and working on a book that is as much philosophy as it is pretty pictures!
Iván Meade - You have already created a stunning body of work with many mediums and styles, what would you like your legacy to be?
Windsor Smith - That my rooms fill the pages of family photo albums and my furniture is handed down through the generations!
Ivan,
Thank you so much for finding my work worthy of your journalism! I am honoured to be among the talents you have illuminated!
Warmest,
Windsor
I Invite you to visit Winsor Smith website to discover more of her fantastic body of work.
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