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Roots matter. Where things come from, where we come from. Our roots explain the unexplainable: why we crave tastes we didn’t grow up with, or why we love the sea as though we’re made of it even though we were born in the city. Our roots are the nurture to our nature – the background to who we are, whether we are conscious of it or not. All the pieces we at Artemano ship home from our explorations have deep roots, and sometimes they come with stories.  The trees from which the Siam tables grew under the sunlight and rain of...

A plank of Indian rosewood speaks of time suspended. The contrasting blond and chocolate and grey whorls of rosewood remind us of prehistoric, primal shapes — like the multicoloured rock strata of a dramatic canyon or the unimaginably colossal storms of Jupiter. The sinuous grain of the wood implies majestic motion, paused in permanent stillness between the straight lines of a piece of contemporary furniture. Every tree strives outward and upward as it grows, leaving the traces of its story behind in its rings. Yet few varieties of wood broadcast their biography with the same forceful clarity as Indian rosewood....

The days seem longer and the sun feels stronger, the grey slush and soggy snow are receding: our city is defrosting, finally! It’s been a long and arctic winter but Spring is around the corner, and with it comes Easter.   For some of you, this is a deeply religious time, while for others it’s a deeply chocolaty time. Regardless of what Easter means to you, we couldn’t resist paying tribute to the influences of the season, in the hopes that you decide to celebrate by gathering those you love together to share a meal.   Our table designs reflect...

Last week we had a blast at the Interior Design Show in Toronto, where we won the Gold Award for "Best Booth Design". As first time exhibitors we were ecstatic to share how we create unique escapes at home with so many wonderful people. Artemano at IDS We’ve always loved mixing different materials together.  What’s especially fun this year is that we’re noticing that mixing and not matching is also being executed in the world around us. For example, for spring 2015 one of the top trends in fashion is about building outfits by using different materials, colours, styles and...

Any day now, snow will first start to scatter on our streets. It will then turn the autumn foliage into a crisp, white backdrop declaring winter’s arrival and hinting at the holiday season to come. An inundation of everything that is holidays will take over our lives. We will be busy with gift buying. Flooded with preparations from cooking and getting our homes holiday-ready, and running from family dinners to office parties. In the midst of this hectic time of year, we often just go through the motions. We easily forget to pause for a minute, to breathe, to reflect,...