By Kelly Bai
The annual Vancouver Interior Design Show (IDS) brings to the public new products, new furniture and the new creations and ground-breaking concepts of celebrity interior designers. So what are the new highlights and trendy designs of the recently concluded 14th annual IDS?
6 DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS
Picked by IDS Director Jody Phillips
Like a lot of people, I place plants in each of the rooms of my home, bringing a sense of nature into the space. At this year’s IDS, Luvere Studio, Greenscape and Radio took this trend further, creating a vigorous green space.
In this year’s world of interior design, arches are extremely popular and interior designers took every chance to incorporate them into their designs, which isn’t always easy.
Under the current environmental protection trend, the reclaiming and reuse of materials is highly encouraged. At IDS, there were many products created with materials such as paper pulp and disposed-of chopsticks. And even products manufactured from industrial scrap were evident everywhere at this year’s design show.
This central bar is the joint effort of Origins, Leckie Building and Design Workshop and LaSalle, with over 400 seats to provide the public an ideal resting space. This space is intimate and spacious, private and inclusive. It uses untreated plywood to create a lattice, making it transparent but also filled with a sense of structure.
Core Table is a product of Ryspot. This
Edmonton-based home furniture manufacturer
used cement to make this small table, cleverly
introducing the city’s building material into
interior furniture design.
This Ottawa collection is stylish, modern,
relaxing and comfortable. This sofa, designed by Karim Rashid, is extremely suitable for the
modern person’s work. It is social, collaborative
and presented in a relaxing style that can be used in the office, hotel, entertainment room or in the home.
7 STYLISH BATHROOMS
At this year’s Vancouver Interior Design Show, the seven bathrooms presented by Open Studio under the theme “Retreat” became a huge highlight. These 100-square-foot bathroom showrooms were all designed by specially selected designers, using the latest products from DXV, GROHE, American Standard and other top bathroom brands, revealing the latest trends in bathroom design.
Angela Robinson’s interpretation of “Retreat” borrowed from the stylish white mansions of the south of Spain, where interior and exterior spaces are cleverly merged. Using DXV Modulus collection and AT200 LS SpaLet toilet, this spa-style showroom combines a stylish, warm bathroom with an outdoor garden shower. Refreshing colours, botanicals and unique accessories allow the interior and exterior to connect, creating a spring-like haven of comfort.
These two interior design companies worked together to create this Moroccan-inspired bathroom, using a DXV Oak Hill freestanding bathtub, DXV Webster washbasin and GROHE Lineare faucet collection. Taking inspiration from a luxury spa in North Africa, this showroom features a complicated arch, public seating, attention-grabbing tile walls and bright colours.
Studying the expression of shapes and materials in a space, CASESTUDY chose the GROHE Rainshower 310 Smart Active showerhead to create a unique bathroom. The cube-shaped showroom reflected CASESTUDY’s modern interpretation of “Retreat.” The non-traditional use of materials, lighting and sound brings to the user an entirely immersive experience.
Emerge Design’s showroom is beautiful and practical, using DXV’s Percy faucet collection and Equility collection, POP washbasin and Contemporary tub filler. The botanical elements bring into the space the tranquility of nature. Pink roses, the grape vines that entangle the ceiling and drop from the wall, and the use of organic materials create a space where one can “retreat” into nature. The swing set in one corner brings a sense of vitality.
GROHE Lineare faucet collection,
GROHE SmartControl shower
equipment and DXV Equility collection’s
ultra-simple designs dictated the overall
style of this bathroom. This showroom
designed by IDO Design is like a green
refuge, while the use of stone materials
connects human with nature.
Using the mirror and cement washbasin from
the DXV Modulus collection, &Daughters’ design
uses a modern and stylish way to create a formal
bathroom. Their interpretation of “Retreat” is
traditional and stylish, achieving the balance
between soft and hard designs.
This showroom designed by Kendall
Ansell Interiors interprets “Retreat”
as a private refuge after a busy day,
using American Standard Studio’s S
faucet, Sedona Loft’s freestanding
bathtub and Contemporary Round’s
tub filler. Using olive green paired with
navy, warm-coloured teak flooring,
structurally pleasing hanging lamps
and flax curtains, this space is quiet
and soothing to the heart, allowing
one to relax.