hot in canada!

heads up for the new year (yep, it's only two months away folks!): "the midcentury look gets an update with bold new shapes and smart accent pieces".  think "natural stains, smoked glass and polished surfaces", and you have a room fit for a grandelier.  in their latest issue, canadian interiors mag, Western Living have perfectly perched a tas oak hoop amongst it's "modern vintage" peers and dubbed this fetching collective "the hottest furniture for 2013"!  awww, those canucks are all flattery.  many thanks must go to our stockist, spencer interiors, for shedding the light on tassie style in canada (wink, nudge).

discovered!

not one to do things by halves, we rustled up a little 'je ne sais quoi' in paris, and received the prestigious Maison et Objet 'Les Découvertes' award for our efforts!  hand picked by esteemed french interior designer, Florence Deau...  "as member of the jury for Le Prix Découvertes, I once more had the pleasure of been chosen by paris fair Maison & Objet to select the best design project from the interior decoration sector (Côté Déco Actuel).  Les Découvertes (i.e. the discoveries) rewards the most impressive new products created by newcomers to the scene.  I chose to award the distinction to the australian designer Loz Abberton for Grandeliers – an astonishing and beautiful collection of flat-pack pendant lights and lamps made of future-friendly materials."   the fluent can listen to Florence explain her choice on the video, the rest can just enjoy the lovely accent and then take a look at her gorgeous blog for a generous feature on our lumières.   vive le grandeliers!

paris by numéros

hours until Maison et Objet opens: 356
visitors expected: 85,000
other exhibitors: 3000
compatriots: 1 (hello mud australia!)
number of french words i can string together coherently: to be debated...

maison et objet

after 6 weeks of holding our breaths for a decision can somebody please pass the brown paper bags? the grandeliers are going to paris! beaming into maison et objet this 7-11 september.