Show business: SIDIM, Montreal's design exhibition, has always been the kind of event where large companies and aspiring artists share floor space, boththere to attract attention and do some deals

• Published in: Canadian interiors Vol. 40; no. 4; p. 18
• Main Authors: Philips, Rhys, Donnelly, Erin
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto IQ Business Media 01.07.2003
• Subjects: Interior design; Montreal Quebec Canada
• ISSN: 0008-3887; 1923-3329

To perfect the bowl's design and manufacture, [Patrick Messier] and recently enlisted firm member Laurent Descamp worked with Montreal ceramist Louise Bousqueter and her associate Guy Meynard in Limoges, France. The nifty spigot-like faucet is totally freestanding, rising independently up from the floor behind the unit. "The faucet's balanced proportions," Messier maintains, "are realized through the application of a rigorous grid based on the classic golden section of design proportion." A significant order from an Italian hotel is pending, he adds. Gamba, according to Messier, involves the "rehabilitation" of that signature material of the 1960s - fibreglass. With new rigorous and accurate manufacturing techniques, sturdiness, flexibility of shape, and sharpness of colour are now excellent. 3-D modeling, he continues, allows a minimalist spirit to be combined with comfort. A test sit in the crisply white, sharp edge display chair confirms Messier's boast.