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5 Things We Learned from Christophe Delcourt

his namesake furniture collection just about every year, quality and permanence trump faddishness and flash for Paris-based designer Christophe Delcourt. His pieces, which include seating, lighting and tables of all kinds, are typically clean of line, simple of form and crafted in Toronto recently, it’s easier to be a showman than to master restraint in an interesting way. Among the keys to accomplishing the latter, he said, are a strong team of suppliers, a willingness to experiment and a deep well of patience.

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