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When Herman Miller acquired Knoll, two canonical brands banded and Möbel, a Montreal showroom and the certified dealer of their office and residential furniture, expanded into this 15,000-square-foot multi-level space (an Allied property)—with 360-degree views, no less—in Outremont. “We use furniture to delineate, creating different areas and moods,” says senior designer Rana Achkar from her meta office space surrounded by icons of modern design.
By: KRISTINA LJUBANOVIC
Photo by: RICHMOND LAM
- Task Chair & Desk “The chair is Aeron, from Herman Miller. It’s in MoMA’s collection in New York and a bestseller. The desk is Knoll Antenna Design’s benching with a smoked glass screen.”
- Girard Wooden Doll “The little person is by Alexander Girard. He was a designer for Herman Miller, but he really did it all. Interior and industrial design, textiles. This is one of his little sculptures. They’re cute; they have feathers for hair.”
- Möbel Merch “There’s a sweater from C’est Beau, and we’re creating candles for our clients with another Montreal company, Feu&Co. We’re testing out which scent is best. We voted, and I think the one we like most is Palo Santo.”
- Laptop It’s heavy and big—a dinosaur. When I see clients, I’ll bring it along and designers ask, ‘Can you do 3D on it?’ They’re impressed.”
- 3D-Printed Owl “We bought a 3D printer and printed [scale models of ] tables and chairs for a client, to show them how they could move things around in their space. It was easier to do it this way because they were lawyers and not the most visual. We called it ‘live design.’”
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