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FIX Healthcare Gets Their Design Fix

Fix Healthcare, located in the Atrium building at 805 Johnson St., Victoria BC, offers an impressive range of services and is also a feast for the eyes. Featuring the new SAYL Chair by Yves Behar for Herman Miller, Fix's reception room is bright, modern, comfortable, and ergonomic to boot. Other ...
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Hans Wegner's 1960 Oculus Chair Re-launched by Carl Hansen & Son

One of Hans Wegner's 1960 designs has been re-born 50 years later. The "Oculus" CH468 Chair, re-released by Carl Hansen & Son is like the curvaceous counterpart to the CH445 Wing Chair of the same birth year.     While the Wing Chair has been in production for years, only ...
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Eight Iconic Chairs That Help You Sit With Style - from Esquire Magazine

Esquire Magazine's "The Big Black Book, Spring/Summer 2011" issue" boasts itself as "The Style Manual for Successful Men". Reading this, I was immediately reminded of the recent lighting and home design collaboration between Foscarini and Diesel fashion label, coined "Successful Living" (read our ...
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Eye Spy... Ovale Collection by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Alessi

It seems the hard edged square dinner plate and ultra asymmetrical bowl phenomenon has mellowed out a little, and sweet simplicity in dinnerware has reigned supreme. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's "Ovale" collection embodies clean lines, beautiful and elegant shapes, and unbeatable functionality in a ...
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Metal + Wood = Love. The Lancaster Collection from Emeco

Emeco has partnered up with designer Michael Young to produce a new collection that combines their iconic aluminum with a new material (new to Emeco, that is), wood. I adore the combination of the hard, industrial surface of aluminum combined with an organic, material that grew under sun. ...
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Seriously, we have sofas.

Showroom Client: "Oh, I didn't know you had sofas because you are always talking about lighting and accessories in your newsletters and such" Myself: "No, no, we have LOTS of sofas. We carry LOTS of sofas" Above = inspiration for this blog post. Meet "Light". This is the latest addition to our ...
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Chatty Cathy?

Whether you are leaving a note for your roommate, displaying your neice's kindergarten artwork or making a grocery list, this product does it all. "Chat-Board" is the newest line to Gabriel Ross and we are really excited to have it. Founded in 2003, Chat Boards are a modern Danish re-design of the ...
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What's black, white, and fits inside a bowl?

That would be our 2011 Customer Photo Contest winner!... or rather, one of the furry models in the winning photo. Our customer photo contest 2011 was a roaring success this year with a tonne of great submissions, lots of public voting and comments, and just good fun. We at Gabriel Ross love seeing ...
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George Nelson Bubble Lamps at Cascadia Liquor

I was driving through Quadra Village the other night and popped into Cascadia Liquor for a cool white wine to enjoy on these deliciously warm summer nights we've been experiencing in Victoria recently. It was my first visit to this store and I was immediately in love ... with the ...
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Annual Customer Photo Contest - only 2 days left!

There is only two days left to submit a picture of your space for a chance to win a gift certificate! Just send us an image of a product that you purchased from Gabriel Ross in your living room, kitchen, office, etc., and get your friends and family to vote for your entry on our facebook fan page. ...
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