at3li3r jacob.

IDS09: this past weekend marked the end of toronto's interior design show. students from the university of alberta, ontario college of art & design, and sheridan, among many others, featured products alongside firms around the world. the show embraced a range of furniture, lighting, ceramics, and textiles. among one of my favorite products was a chair called 'warp' by toronto's own atelier jacob; a studio started by peruvian born marco jacob. currently teaching at the ontario college of art & design, jacob obtained a masters from the school of architecture at the university of toronto. now operating at 36 maitland street, toronto, his multi-disciplinary designs focus on furniture, graphics, and architecture. atelier, a minimalist studio, outpours effervescent structures without the severity associated with minimalism proper. for example, jacob's 'pagoda side table' bears a striking resemblance to donald judd's 1990 piece, untitled (shown above).