70 avenueJANUARY.18NEW & NOTEWORTHY
Playfield Bracelets
Having a social or environmentally conscious angle to your sartorial choices
is something to be proud of these days. Locally designed and manufactured
Playfield bracelets ($40 to $50) are made from repurposed wood and natural
stone beads and 10 per cent of the company’s profits go to charities such
as Brown Bagging For Calgary’s Kids. The company has also partnered with
TreeEra (more info on them at right) to produce the Playfield X TreeEra brace-
let, which sees three trees planted for each bracelet sold. Slide on one or two
(or three) and make a difference in not only your look but your community.
Available at Jusu Bar Mount Royal, 816 16 Ave. S.W. and
Meraki Supply Co., 103, 305 10 St. N.W., playfieldshop.comLocal
Finds
BY Kait KucySLAB P20 Pendant
Craftsmanship meets inspired design with the SLAB P20 Pendant lamp
($460). Designed and manufactured in Canada by Lukas Peet, who was
raised in the Banff area, and his company ANDlight, this LED pendant
lamp is made of acrylic and covered in industrial-grade wool felt, giving it
a fuzzy, textural quality. Available in a range of colours including fern green
and marigold yellow, this isn’t your average light fixture. Designed to help ab-
sorb excess noise in both residential and commercial spaces, the fixture is
a minimalistic 15-millimetres wide, making it unassumingly effective while
still making a bold lighting statement in any room.
Available at Vivid Concepts Lighting + Design, 631 Manitou Rd. S.E.,
403-233-7738, vividconcepts.camust
tryXO TREATMENT ROOM
Icy weather and overheated
indoor spaces are probably
not in line with your New
Year’s resolution to get your
skin concerns under control.
Thankfully, XO Treatment Room
has the solution. Pop in for the
time-conscious XOA treatment
($350), a customized, multi-
correctional treatment in which
XO owner Annie Graham will
assess your skin’s needs and
use a combination of lasers,
peels and facial treatments
to get it back in shape. Need
an extra little pick-me-up?
Request to have a crystal facial
massage added to your XOA
for some extra sparkle.
1306 1 St. S.W., 403-475-3088,
xotreatmentroom.comTreeEra Patch
Remember back in Girl Guides or Boy Scouts when you’d feel that incredible
sense of pride with the addition of a new achievement badge? Think of this
as your carbon-footprint badge. Local musician Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
founded TreeEra as a way of bringing people together around an issue he
cares deeply about. The local venture helps battle climate change by planting
trees on behalf of its supporters in exchange for a monthly subscription fee
(from $12 per month). If you don’t want to commit to a subscription, you can
buy the 5-Tree Patch ($15) and TreeEra will plant five trees on your behalf.
Available at Liz & Lottie, 537 Riverfront Ave. S.E., 403-263-0800,
treeera.com