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MADE IN EDMONTON
+ SELKIRK TABLE [a]
+
 LOOP PHONE
BOOTH [b]
+ HARDISTY SOFA [c]
BY ONETWOSIX
DESIGN
[b]
[a]
[d]
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[f]
[e]
[c]
 DIVISION 12
WEDGE CHAIR [d]
 PURE DESIGN
COUPLAND
TABLES [e]
 ON OUR TABLE
CHARCUTERIE
BOARD [f]
Three products designed
by GEOF LILGE founder
of all three companies
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+
 TABLET
SCONCE [g]
 TABLE 12
PENDANT [h]
 TABLET 6
RIPPLE LIGHT [i]
BY TOMNUK
DESIGN
[h]
[g] “
 I DON’T KNOW ANY
DESIGNERS IN TORONTO
OR VANCOUVER THAT
HAVE A 4,000-SQUARE-
FOOT SHOP. IT’S JUST
IMPOSSIBLE. IT’S POSSIBLE
HERE IN EDMONTON.”
–GEOF LILGE
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[i]
 ICONOCLAST
SINGLE [j]
BY IZM INC
[j]
“There has been a shift in the last five years,” says Kazakoff.
“We posted an industrial design job a little while ago, and in the
past, you might get one or two (applicants) from out east.” This
time, they got loads.
Drawing more design talent to Edmonton also has the
potential to change the market locally — a change Onetwosix
has already started to see. Though most of their clients of the
loop phone booth still come from eastern Canada and the United
States, Edmonton sales have grown and their single biggest
purchase came from an Edmonton-based company. If these
shifts are a bellwether of what’s ahead, the design community
could be on the cusp of meaningful growth — something it’s
been building toward for decades.
Founded in 2000 by architect and sustainable design advocate
Shafraaz Kaba, MADE (Media Architecture Design Edmonton)
was created to build a resilient, long-term design culture in
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