gnr8 – a well balanced collection

You might need to take a second and even third look at that lopsided plank of wood to actually recognize it; it is a bookshelf. At first glance the sleek and definitely unique library piece seems to resemble a playground favorite, the See-Saw. The bookshelf, which is honest in design, is also upfront about the inspiration behind it – it is in fact called the See-Saw bookshelf.

Generate, a Canadian lighting, furniture and home accessory provider, can take credit for the distribution of this book balancer; however the functionality of the piece was devised by BCXSY, a design duo from an unknown place ( you are going to have to do your own research on that).

I am glad I came across this nostalgic piece of functional art. However, what I am most excited about is my discovery of Generate (or gnr8). As stated above, gnr8 is a Canadian store that provides creative people with interesting decorative solutions.

They seem to specialize in unique lighting, and even have pieces of furniture that incorporate light in some way. It is hard to describe the collection, but I can say that they do have a good amount of innovative and beautiful things that every design driven person would appreciate.

Here is a desk that caught my eye. It is a modern rendition of the classic writing desk.

-pk