SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Design Within Reach will open its first international location on Saturday, February 23, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Studio, at 4,700 square feet, will showcase a selection of products that includes outdoor furniture, bedroom and workspace designs, seating, lighting, rugs and other modern items for the home or office.
Toronto's cosmopolitan nature and history of modernism made it appealing as the location for Design Within Reach's first Canadian Studio. "DWR built a successful national design presence based on the founding principle of making design within reach. Expanding beyond the U.S. will further our vision of accessible design solutions," said DWR CEO, Ray Brunner. "Strong demand from Canadian residents and international tourists for well designed products made Toronto the logical choice for DWR's first international location."
The Toronto Studio joins other Studios in metropolitan areas that include New York City, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and DWR's first off-continent location, Honolulu, opening in March. Each Studio carries the fully licensed classics of modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and other iconic masters, as well as the work of contemporary designers such as Niels Bendtsen, Jeffrey Bernett, Angela Adams and Marcel Wanders. Like other DWR Studios, Toronto is geared toward making good design accessible to all. Visitors are encouraged to sit, touch and otherwise interact with the pieces while making their selections.
The Toronto Studio will host a public grand opening event from 6 - 9pm on Thursday, March 13, which will kick off a week of support for the Canadian museum Design Exchange. March 13 - 19, 10% of all sales at the Toronto Studio will be donated to Design Exchange.
Design Within Reach Toronto
435 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 1K4
Phone: 416.977.4003
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Design Within Reach, Inc., founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is the source for fully licensed classics, offering the best in modern design. The company markets and sells its products to both residential and contract customers through http://www.dwr.com/, its San Francisco-based phone sales team at 800.944.2233 and over 67 retail Studios in the United States and Canada.
