IDS TORONTO 2012

18KARAT is proud to have showcased along with 300 other exhibitors at this year's Interior Design Show Toronto, Canada's largest contemporary design fair. Our simple, yet playful and elegantly designed booth included a colourful feature wall composed out of this year's Spring/Summer catalog entitled, ONE, which starts our journey off bold. 

Attracting hundreds of visitors and designers, young and old, it was apparent that our booth stood out from the rest in a calming and refreshing way--truth to materials, attention to texture, colour and detail. Our booth communicated comfort and warmth, sensible design, and innately expressed our connection to Vancouver's lush, natural environment, a constant source of inspiration for us here on the west coast where mountains and water surround us. 

Our second appearance at IDS Toronto has yet again captured the attention of visitors and customers alike who appreciate and strive for high-quality home products designed for contemporary lifestyles. It is our ongoing mission to communicate 18KARAT's core philosophy through our product line by designing with timeless, elemental materials and understanding the intrinsic value in keeping traditional craft methods alive.

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AND THE WINNER IS...

Louise S. of Richmond, BC, has won a SYM SHELF designed by Peter Cardew. Congratulations and thank you, Louise, for stopping by our booth at IDS West to say hello! Make sure to keep in touch to see our Spring / Summer 2012 collection, launching in the New Year. Enjoy! 

18KARAT IS BACK!

18KARAT, the Vancouver-based design, import and retail company specializing in accessories and furniture is returning with new energy. Having recently gone through a change in ownership, the company continues to maintain its desire to be holistic in vision while continuing to collaborate with a collective of designers and artists. Kenneth Torrance continues with 18Karat as the new creative director, and Peter Cardew, one of the original creators of their furniture collection, remains at the helm of the furniture design. New additional designs will continue to be introduced regularly, in fact, this is a call out to designers and artists who want to work with us, drop us a line at info@eighteenkarat.com. A new lineup of product will be launched for Spring / Summer 2012.

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IDS WEST 2011

Come visit us at booth 651 - meet some of the team, rekindle with old loves and get up close and personal with Peter Cardew's SYM SHELF. See you at the show!

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EMILY CARR / 18KARAT PARTY

On May 5th, the 18KARAT store hosted a full house of highly energetic Emily Carr University students, their families, friends and peers. The industrial design students were on hand to discuss their 6 table design project. All tables were built from exceptional BC larch, donated by Kalesnikoff Lumber. 18Karat also unveiled SYM, a new shelving system designed by Peter Cardew and a new series of original paintings and a wood carving by Kenneth Torrance.

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EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CLASS

This past semester, the 18KARAT design team worked with a class of industrial design students at EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN. The class, taught by Christian Blyt, was assigned a project to design a table that could work inside and outside. Peter Cardew, Maureen Welton and Kenneth Torrance critiqued the designs through the development process and were very impressed with the students’ ideas, their commitment to the project and the finished results. The full scale prototype tables will be on display in the 18KARAT store, May 5 to May 12. Please join us for a special evening with the students on May 5 at the 18KARAT store, 6 – 8 pm.

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