We Popped Up in the Junction This Week

After almost 25 years as designers of custom carpets we decided to have our very first sample sale. Check out our evite!

We’ve taken over a lovely gallery space at 3109 Dundas Street West to promote our one-of-a-kind designs at once in a lifetime prices.

Our first day was a smashing success!

We had a great response from the community as well! 

"I'm at this once in a lifetime sale at my custom rug fabricators. This is an amazing 8X10. Regularly $8000. For $2900."

Shelley Kirsch, principle, Shelley Kirsch Interior Design

"Making the Junction hotter than ever" Claudine Crangle

Day two saw a slower start but had a very busy finish with many more happy customers walking away with our unique designs.

We’ve made it to day three, and the rugs are going fast. Come and join us before it ends! We’re having so much fun, and who knows if or when we’ll ever do it again. It’s such a great opportunity to buy our fair trade, wool and silk, designer rugs, at 70% off the usual retail price.

Hurry hurry!

Cascading waterfall staircase in ELLE Décor November 2012

ELLE Décors "Luxury Issue" gushes with opulent glamour as it takes the reader on a visual tour of the high life.  In the spread “An Eye for Elegance”, William Sofield gives a New York apartment a luxurious face-lift with delicate textures and tasteful embellishments.   Amongst the delicate textures are three of CMI’s hand-knotted custom rugs found in the bedroom, the office and the staircase. 

The staircase, in 100% silk, mimics the soothing flow of a waterfall cascading down each step.

Original Artwork © Creative Matters Incorporated

Creative Matters launch at by Kamy in Sao Paulo at Design Weekend

During Design Weekend, August 23 - 26, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, CMI launched pieces from the Aerial Collection at the by Kamy showroom.  We had the pleasure of exhibiting our work alongside 9 important national designers.  

Such a beautiful showroom and a great group of talented designers:

Our rugs looked fantastic in this beautiful space:

Our carpets Scratch Frost and Rory Royale being installed at by Kamy:

This photo was taken during a television interview at the opening night launch of Design Weekend.  Carol on the left with Antonio Da Motta, Designer and Director of Outreach for by Kamy, and Francesca Alzati Co-owner and Creative Director of by Kamy on the right.  

Until next time Brazil, tchau! 

Elle DECOR features Wish from the Terra Collection!

Elle Decor magazine is highly regarded in the interior design world and has a great reputation here in Canada, so when we stumbled upon one of our rugs in an Elle Decor feature, we were thrilled!  The feature, entitled “Modern Life”, presents contemporary townhouses reinvented into chic and glamorous living spaces.  We weren’t surprised to find our hand-knotted wool and silk “Wish” rug from the Terra collection in the dining room as the monochromatic platinum color palette juxtaposes the fun pattern making it perfect for a low key family meal as well as an upbeat dinner party.

September 2012 Issue

Sherrill Canet designed this beautiful dining room

Showroom Photo

 

Original Artwork

reDesign 2012 Update

Chosen by popular demand, our modern upholstered “Eames DSW” chair will be reinvented as a colorful deep-sea creature – the jellyfish.  We have started the process by painting silk fabric with vibrant liquid dye and are ready to move on to our next task - creating tentacles and upholstering the surface of the sea jelly. 

Our sketch

Painting the silk with liquid dye

 Vibrant colors

The "skeleton" of the jellyfish

reDesign 2012 Sketches

We're letting our creativity flow from pen to paper.  Take a look at what we've been working on for the Textile Museum of Canada's reDesign 2012 project. 

reDesign 2012

Creative Matters will be participating in the Textile Museum of Canada’s second annual reDesign 2012.  This year, the event will take place on Wednesday November 7^th at Hazelton Lanes in Yorkville, Toronto.

We have been invited, along with an eclectic group of Toronto-based artists, architects and designers to reimagine, reinvent and restyle a modernistic upholstered "Eames DSW" chair provided by MORBA, a Queen West business.  All chairs will be auctioned off the night of the gala, with proceeds in support of The Textile Museum of Canada’s exhibitions, collections and public programs.  The Textile Museum of Canada is dedicated to the collection and exhibition of Textiles.

The photo below shows the upholstered ultramodern chair we will be working on.  Please stay tuned to see the finished product or come out to the Gala on November 7th!