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Bold art and kid-friendly furnishings are what make this renovated Upper West Side apartment super functional and dynamic. Designer Megan Grehl kept the walls mostly white which makes the art are sculptural furniture take centre stage. 5000 sq ft of fabulousness.

Photos: Tessa Neustadt

A midnight blue cocooning foyer, a mustard yellow accent chair, a Togo leather sofa in cognac with coordinating painted nook (love this!!!), more blue and yellow in the bedroom…. This apartment by Italian designer Grazia Caruso of Vesper Design is modern and vibrant and I really love the warmth of these colours playing off each other. Such good energy in this space.

It’s that time again. Time to get your entries in for the prestigious A’ Design Award and Competition. We are excited to share with you not only some of the previous winners but also how you can enter your own designs. With over 100 categories the A’ Design Award and Competition is the world’s largest design competition. But it is not just an award. It is an indicator of quality and perfection in design, recognized worldwide, your design front and centre before design companies and professionals. Entries will be judged by an international jury panel of scholars, professionals and media members (you can check out the methodology here) and the benefits to the winners are inspiring. The trophy, of course, a comprehensive and extensive winners’ kit which includes everything you could potentially need to celebrate the success of winning the A’ Design Award, an invitation to the gala night, a certificate of quality, inclusion in the prestigious A’ Design Award and Competition exhibition and the yearly ResultBook but even more importantly press, PR, introduction to industry professionals and companies and international exposure. As well as free sales listing at SaloneDelDesigner, inclusion in BuySellDesign Network, free listing at DesignMegaStore and many more perks.

From the Good Industrial Design Award, to the Good Architecture Design Award. The  Good Product Design Award to the  Good Communication Design Award. The  Good Service Design Award to the Good Fashion Design Award and so many more (further categories here). Are you inspired? Excited? Believe you’ve got what it takes to take on the best of the best design from around the world? The deadline for early submission is September 30 and results will be announced to public on May 1. Of course we will be bringing you the results as well. Find out exactly what A’ Design Award and Competition is here and register here. Here is a glimpse at some past winners…

House On Pipes Weekend Getaway by Nagendra R and Raghunandan G

The Peach Garden Hostel Homestay by Chao Zhou

Panorama Villa Residence by Potiropoulos and Partners

Garden House by Christos Pavlou

Qi Leisure Chair Comfortable To Use by Wei Jingye and Cui Yueming

Light Shadow Bamboo Weave Communal Space Chair by Cao Yang studio

Lacexotic Home Decor by ChungSheng Chen and BoWei Jiang

Mix and Match Seat by Joao Faria

Ring Chair Novelty and Comfortable by Wei Jingye and Sun Kezhao

H Chair Chair by Xiaoyan Wei

Acorn Leisure Chair Multipurpose by Wei Jingye, Chen Yufan and Wang Ruilin

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This post is in collaboration with A’ Design Award & Competition

As of this past Friday, we Ontarians are able to once again eat inside a restaurant, bar etc, go to a gym and pretty much anywhere we used to pre-pandemic (but of course, wearing masks where possible indoors, and often is the law). Several of my favourite shops and restaurants choose to be cautious and are open by appointment only or continue to only offer takeout or patio only. If enjoying some time in a restaurant, bar or café were as simple as it was a few months ago, any of these beautiful spaces designed by Paris-based firm Laplace would be ideal.

It’s like I say time and time again. If you have to drag yourself into work on a weekend it helps if it’s somewhere stylish. The offices of Elizabeth Krueger Design.