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Spring party hopes eternal Text and photos by David Lasker
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Lab Studio Design showroom launch
Lab Studio Design’s 4,000-sq.-ft. showroom, a recent addition to the King Street East design district in Toronto, features furniture, lighting, artwork and accessories. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1—LSD sales associate Michael Yantzi; co-owner Robin De Groot, who was interior designer for Toronto’s bE SixFifty boutique hotel; and LSD sales associates Victor Krush and Gui Gomez. 2—Mike Noonan, senior business analyst at financial software firm Fidessa Canada, and wife, Kathy Janules, sales and design, Hollace Cluny; Kelly “Cupcake” Caplette, LSD creative director and store manager, with his partner, actor Alex Delio, who was appearing in the musical Kinky Boots at the Royal Alex, enroute to his Broadway debut in Wicked. 3—Artist Zoe Pawlak, standing in front of her hand-knotted carpet Coastal Shift; interiors and fashion stylist Paul Semkuley of Re:Source Lifestyles; residential interior designer Svetlana Tryaskina; Ontario crown prosecutor Michael Malleson; and Jeff Forrest, managing partner at furniture design and fabrication firm Stacklab, whose pieces are repped at the store. 4—Drag queen entertainer Juice Box; Rola Osseiran, Beirut and Toronto-based freelance art curator who calls her company Floukart; sculptor and designer Djuna Day, who created the Delaunay-meets-Nevelson wall-mounted assemblage behind her; and marketing consultant Richard Brightling of Jigsaw architectural products.
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Hotel Le Germain redux
Le Groupe Germain, known for its stylish Canadian boutique hotels, made its Toronto debut in 2003 with the launch of its 11-storey Hotel Le Germain on Mercer Street in the Entertainment District; the project also marked the Ontario debut of Quebec’s Lemay Michaud Architecture Design. This May, the hotel celebrated the re-think and renovation of its 122 guestrooms. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1—Hotel co-owner Christiane Germain with Barkas Productions partners Ann Bartok and Olena Kassian, who created sculptural artworks for the guest rooms, corridors and the wall behind the reception desk. 2—Reno mastermind Louise Dupont, designer and partner at Lemay Michaud; Nicolas Lazarou, hotel general manager; and Clarah Germain, social media manager at Groupe Germain. 3—Michael Sullivan, partner, and Lanny MacLeod, executive chef, at the hotel’s Victor restaurant and lounge; and Aminata Diop, national sales director, Hotel Le Germain.
CANADIAN INTERIORS 5/6 2016
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