Design Wire
Design Wire Nov/Dec 2011
The Portland-based gift and stationery store Annie|Catherine was one of seven exhibitors awarded the highest sustainability status at this year’s New York International Gift Fair. The store produces all of its products in Maine and prints its cards on FSC-certified paper in a plant whose electricity is generated entirely by wind power.
anniecatherine.com
Design Wire October 2011
Ferdinand, the studio and storefront in Portland’s East End, recently celebrated its tenth birthday. Friends of Ferdinand stopped by the store to get a look at their variety of products, from original jewelry and prints to pot holders, on sale at a discounted price.
FERDINAND
ferdinandhomestore.com
Design Wire September 2011
Maine WoodWorks, part of Creative Work Systems, has just launched a new line of hand-rubbed, stained furniture, which complements their popular, fully customizable cottage-style pieces available throughout New England. Maine WoodWorks trains and employs an integrated workforce that includes people with disabilities. All proceeds from the sale of Maine WoodWorks furniture help further the CWS mission.
MAINE WOODWORKS
mainewoodworks.com
Design Wire August 2011
Sixty artists and craftspeople will show their work at the ART & FINE CRAFTS SHOW AT THE GILSLAND FARM AUDUBON CENTER in Falmouth. The sanctuary, maintained by the Maine Audubon Society, features an apple orchard and groomed trails through open fields and woodlands. The show and sale will be held on August 20 and 21.
GILSLAND FARM AUDUBON CENTER
audubonshow.com
Design Wire July 2011
Portland-based architect PAUL LEWANDOWSKI, principal of SMRT, has been named a finalist in the Mannington tx:style carpet design competition. Drawing inspiration from the natural beauty of his home state, Lewandowski’s design is a composite of striated coastal rock and images of the Maine forests.
SMRT
smrtinc.com
MANNINGTON TX:STYLE
manningtontxstyle.com
Design Wire June 2011
STEPHENS WARING YACHT DESIGN is a boat building and design firm located in Brooklin, Maine. Formerly known as Stephens, Waring & White, the company has recently announced a restructure and plans to make their first foray into the European production market. In addition to the internal reshuffle, the builders will be moving their shop across Penobscot Bay to a new location in Belfast.
STEPHENS WARING YACHT DESIGN
swyachtdesign.com
Design Wire April 2011
Portland-based lecture series Architalx has announced its lineup for the 2011 season. This year’s selection of designers includes architects ALAN ORGANSCHI and THOMAS CHRISTOFFERSEN, landscape architects Anouk Vogel and Diana Balmori, and director of the Rural Studio at Auburn University Andrew Freear. Lectures take place at the Portland Museum of Art. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Architalx
architalx.org
Design Wire October
DESIGN WIRE-October 2010
Distinctive Tile & Design is relocating its Portland showroom from St. John Street to Forest Avenue. The company has three other showrooms: in Yarmouth, York, and Rockland.
Distinctive Tile & Design
207-772-4344
distinctivetileanddesign.com
Design Wire September
DESIGN WIRE-September 2010
Portland-based Angela Adams has designed a new line of bedding for Anthropologie, the popular women’s retailer run by Urban Outfitters. According to Adams, the quilts, shams, and sheets celebrate chickadees and seagulls, two birds that call Maine home.
Angela Adams
207-774-3523
angelaadams.com
Design Wire June
DESIGN WIRE-June 2010
Designer and shopkeeper Linda Banks debuted her line of framed artwork, “The Linda Banks Collection” at the Spring International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, North Carolina.
She has procured this personal collection of French and American images over thirty years, now reproduced with Wendover Art Group. Images range in price from $88 to $495 and are available at Simply Home.
Simply Home
simplyhomepage.com
172 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth
207-781-5653
