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Dark Tools
Architectural lighting supplier and showroom Dark Tools presented New Zealand–based lighting designer David Trubridge. He spoke about how his four-year boat tour of the Caribbean and Pacific inspired environmental awareness in his product design. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1— From commercial lighting distributor Salex: Ann Jung, sales; partners Nick Puopolo, Paul Hudson and George Katinas; and Rohan Periana, sales. 2— Dark Tools president Glenn Boccini, lighting designer John Atkinson and manager Mohamed “Mo” Nahar. 3— Liisa Taverner, teacher at Kempenfelt Bay School, Barrie, ON, and her firefighter husband, Eric; guest of honour David Trubridge; Amelia Taverner, daughter of Liisa and Eric, and a costume designer based in Wellington, New Zealand; and Sam Trubridge, son of David, boyfriend of Amelia, and a performance designer and theatre director. Above is David Trubridge’s Hush acoustic light made of felt comprising 70-per-cent recycled water bottles; it cuts a room’s reverberation time by 30 per cent.
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DesignAgency
DesignAgency (DA), the interior design firm whose high-profile projects include Momofuku restaurant at the Shangri-la Hotel in Toronto and Generator Hotels abroad, hosted its annual summer block party inside and outside its west-end Toronto quarters. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• 1— Josh Marlowe, development analyst, and Matt Hemming, project co-ordinator and custom designer at condo builder Camrost Felcorp; Olga Evstifeeva, design director, DA; and Melvin Constantino, senior interior designer, NORR. 2— DA partners Allen Chan, Matt Davis and Anwar Mekhayech. 3— DA’s Alex Bourassa, project designer; Julia Summerville, intermediate designer; Jamie Phelan, associate; and Ali McQuaid, project designer. 4— Aristotle Andrulakis, chief investment officer at quantitative trading firm Electronica; Meghan Smith, market manager at textiles supplier Architex; Danny Tseng, architectural designer, Moriyama and Teshima Architects; and Eric Kirsten, A&D rep, Global. 5— Michael Kaye, principal at interior design firm 1point0; Bottecchia Artistic Group partners Andrew Bottecchia and Hal Eisen, who do interior and garden design and project management; and Howard Ashton, national sales director, commercial, at flooring supplier Torlys.
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