Toronto Life – December 2018

116 toronto life December 2018

photographs: kusama by

tomoaki makino

and cardi b by

getty images

Kusama

pumpkin

$ 366 / The MoMA’s

porcelain pumpkins

offer art geeks a pop

of Kusama-inspired

Japanese whimsy—

without the eight-

hour AGO lineups.

Store.moma.org.

Royal luggage

$1,250 / The leather Quarter-

master suitcase from Toronto

brand Ebby Rane is Meghan

Markle’s favourite carry-on.

Ebbyrane.com.

Dog bed

$ 150 / Casper conducted 11 months’ worth of

dog sleep studies to create the optimal memory

foam mattress for your pooch. Casper.com.

Pop art

ashtray

$ 10 / Equal parts

Jolie and Jagger, these

glossy lips make

a perfect receptacle

for (legal!) cannabis

debris. Amazon.ca.

Gradient

puzzle

$ 30 / Areaware

makes a 500-piece

ombré jigsaw for

hardcore puzzlers

who are sick of

Thomas Kinkade.

Workshoptoronto.com.

Travel light

$ 180 / The warm

glow of Lumio’s

portable book lamp

offers a welcome

reprieve from your

iPhone flashlight.

Take Note,

2993 Dundas St. W.,

Painted plate 416-766-1235.

$ 54 / New Brunswick artist

Stephanie Linnard of Parody

Plates scours thrift shops and

flea markets for discarded

bone china and repaints it with

regal fauna. Etsy.com.

Gold bust

$ 240 / A wax statue

of Marie Antoinette

will transform

a bland Toronto

living room into

a Versailles-calibre

rococo salon.

Gravitypope.ca.

Museum-worthy chair

$2,944 / Alessandro Mendini’s pointillist Proust

chair—on display at London’s V&A museum and

the MoMA—is as cozy as it is opulent. Quasi Modo,

1079 Queen St. W., 416-703-8300.

for theDesign Guru

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