Shopping Super Shopper: our monthly roundup of the city’s best stuff Super Shopper: our monthly roundup of the city’s best stuff By Toronto Life | March 29, 2011By Toronto Life | 03/29/2011 Facebook SHOW CAPTION RETURN TO ARTICLE Read More 59121 (Image: Christopher Stevenson) The Jawbone Jambox—a wireless accessory for your iPod, iPad, smart phone, whatever—looks like a big, badass Lego block and sounds like a five-speaker stereo. Great for streaming music on the subway. On second thought: don’t do that. $200. <em>Apple Store, Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge St., 647-258-0801.</em> BLOCK PARTY https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-1.jpg 600 434 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-the-citys-best-stuff/slide/ss-apr2011-1/ ss-apr2011-1 0 0 The Jawbone Jambox—a wireless accessory for your iPod, iPad, smart phone, whatever—looks like a big, badass Lego block and sounds like a five-speaker stereo. Great for streaming music on the subway. On second thought: don’t do that. $200. Apple Store, Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge St., 647-258-0801. 59122 (Image: Christopher Stevenson) Gold is back with a vengeance this spring, and this talon cuff, by New York–based jewellery designer Pamela Love, is a fun—if slightly menacing—nod to the arrival of the season. $975. <em>Jonathan and Olivia, 49 Ossington Ave., 416-849-5956.</em> GOLD DIGGER https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-2.jpg 600 523 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-the-citys-best-stuff/slide/ss-apr2011-2/ ss-apr2011-2 0 0 Gold is back with a vengeance this spring, and this talon cuff, by New York–based jewellery designer Pamela Love, is a fun—if slightly menacing—nod to the arrival of the season. $975. Jonathan and Olivia, 49 Ossington Ave., 416-849-5956. 59123 (Image: Christopher Stevenson) German design powerhouse Jil Sander offers a minimalist approach to spring fashion. Her two-tone silk ties have solid navy fronts with a shimmering punch of colour behind—enough to stand out a little (not too much) in the boardroom. $175. <em>Sydney’s, 682 Queen St. W.,416-603-3369.</em> SAVE YOUR NECK https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-3.jpg 562 650 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-the-citys-best-stuff/slide/ss-apr2011-3/ ss-apr2011-3 0 0 German design powerhouse Jil Sander offers a minimalist approach to spring fashion. Her two-tone silk ties have solid navy fronts with a shimmering punch of colour behind—enough to stand out a little (not too much) in the boardroom. $175. Sydney’s, 682 Queen St. W.,416-603-3369. 59124 (Image: Christopher Stevenson) The Gig chair, by Davide Tonizzo, has his signature industrial-cool functionality (he also designs cars and trucks). It morphs into four different arrangements, including a bed. $2,100. <em>Design D, designd-online.com, 416-652-1939.</em> FOURSQUARE https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-4.jpg 600 520 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-the-citys-best-stuff/slide/ss-apr2011-4/ ss-apr2011-4 0 0 The Gig chair, by Davide Tonizzo, has his signature industrial-cool functionality (he also designs cars and trucks). It morphs into four different arrangements, including a bed. $2,100. Design D, designd-online.com, 416-652-1939. 59125 (Image: Christopher Stevenson) National Design Collective’s “I Kinda Like It Here” coasters are intricately detailed city maps cut from birch plywood— a cool way to show your half-drunk dinner party guests the closest bus stop. Toronto four-pack, $40. <em>Russet and Empire, 390 Keele St., 416-649-0042.</em> STREET SMART https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-5.jpg 532 596 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-the-citys-best-stuff/slide/ss-apr2011-5/ ss-apr2011-5 0 0 National Design Collective’s “I Kinda Like It Here” coasters are intricately detailed city maps cut from birch plywood— a cool way to show your half-drunk dinner party guests the closest bus stop. Toronto four-pack, $40. Russet and Empire, 390 Keele St., 416-649-0042. 59126 (Image: Christopher Stevenson) This vibrant arrangement from Poppies, the hip Queen West flower shop, will lift you out of the winter doldrums. $65. <em>1049 Queen St. W., 416-538-2497.</em> COLOUR THERAPY https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-6.jpg 600 546 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-the-citys-best-stuff/slide/ss-apr2011-6/ ss-apr2011-6 0 0 This vibrant arrangement from Poppies, the hip Queen West flower shop, will lift you out of the winter doldrums. $65. 1049 Queen St. W., 416-538-2497. 59127 (Image: Christopher Stevenson) Toronto designer Tahir Mahmood has seized on one of this season’s biggest trends: artisanal wood. His Baylun rolling pins will add glamour to your next sugar cookie fix. $42. <em>Pimlico Design Gallery, 789 Dupont St., 416-538-0909.</em> THE WAY WE ROLL https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ss-apr2011-7.jpg 390 650 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/super-shopper-the-citys-best-stuff/slide/ss-apr2011-7/ ss-apr2011-7 0 0 Toronto designer Tahir Mahmood has seized on one of this season’s biggest trends: artisanal wood. His Baylun rolling pins will add glamour to your next sugar cookie fix. $42. Pimlico Design Gallery, 789 Dupont St., 416-538-0909.
$2,100 for a chair