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Baxter

Baxter history began with a love at first sight: leather. A love that is and was, day after day, powered by an infinite passion for manufacturing furniture that’s beautiful and what’s well made, designed and created to convey emotions.

Entrusted from the very beginning to master tanners, guardians of ancient traditions, the leather is skilfully processed and treated naturally, enhancing its properties and intrinsic qualities. Culture and quality; this is the combination by which leather is transformed into the valuable raw material and symbol of Baxter excellence.
Personal attention is the belief that marks out every aspect of Baxter’s activity and production. Each process has an extremely high manual component, allowing for accurate control over all the smallest details.

photo: www.baxter.it/en

Baxter made in Italy

Diesel Living with Foscarini Drumbox Lighting from Yamagiwa

Drumbox is a floor lamp with a fabric-covered wire frame structure. The style has been inspired by the lamps used on photo sets. The materials used on the Drumbox originate from the world of technical clothing: highly reflective linen teamed with non-tear lightweight nylon and heat sealed seams.

The Drumbox lighting together with the entire range of Diesel Living with Foscarini lighting collection is available for order through Sanctuary Niseko.

foscarini.com/diesel/en/lamps.html

Back by Popular Demand | A Toast to Lighting

ambienTec (アンビエンテック）'s XTAL Light from Yamagiwa sets the mood with elegant simplicity thanks to its cordless design. The rechargeable luminaire looks just like a glass, making it right at home at the dinner table. The double-sided LED developed originally by Ambientec irradiates light in all directions, enabling the XTAL to produce beautiful and effective illumination despite its compact size. The shimmering illumination is made possible by a metallic reflector with a smoothly curved surface combined with hand-cut solid glass and three-step brightness control.

Available at Sanctuary Niseko

photo: Ambientec
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Nur HAL Suspension Ceiling Light from Yamagiwa

Manufactured by Artemide, the Nur HAL Suspension Light presents a cable suspended luminaire that provides direct and subtle indirect halogen Lighting. The lamp's aluminum body with upper cap in borosilicated glass makes a great addition to any interior space.

Available at Sanctuary Niseko

photo: Artemide

Visit to Gervasoni 1882 HQ and factory

From local artisan tradition to design 100% made in Italy, through to international fame: Gervasoni is an all‑Italian story that, starting in 1882, has spanned 3 generations and the turn of a new century. Headquartered in Pavia di Udine, Gervasoni 1882 is Aafamily saga made of enterprise, entrepreneurial intuition, artisan knowhow and passion for skilfully made beautiful things. Giovanni is the 3rd generation manager of the company and manages the company with his brother Michele. A major change the two brothers made was hiring Paola Navone as Art director in 1998. Paola modernized the knit crafting technique GERVASONI had and introduced a simple line with a touch of fun. The “OTTO” series introduced in 1997 at Milano Salone bolstered the company’s image. The 2004 “GHOST” series, with its simple, yet high cost performance was a hit and has been a long-time top seller. Today, Paola not only designs furniture for GERVASONI, but also designs the catalogs and exhibition hall at Milano Salone. One characteristic of GERVASONI is blending natural products like leather and wood with unnatural products like polyurethane and ceramic to create an original look. The unique feel of materials and the delicate fabric colors bring simplicity to the product, and is another unique characteristic of GERVASONI.

gervasoni1882.it/en/page/company.html

elledecor.it/en/gervasoni/Gervasoni-design-made-in-Italy-since-1882

SPRING BREAK 2016

Our office and gallery will be closed from Monday, 28 March to Monday, 4 April 2016. We will be back for business on Tuesday, 5 April 2016. Happy spring holidays!

- Shaun + Jacinta Sonja

Gervasoni Cork 05 & Cork 45

We've long loved cork for its sustainability, natural insulation, and warm comfy look. Now, we love it as a furniture material. Eco-friendly cork has inspired furniture makers for some time, but we've never seen a cork design executed in such lithe, contemporary style as it is in the new Cork furniture series from Gervasoni 1882. It may be made for outside use, but they both deserve a spot under any roof.

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Gervasoni Japan Omobito

Available at Sanctuary Niseko

A subtle change makes all the difference

Luceplan Costanza Floor Lamp from Yamagiwa

The Costanza floor lamp was designed Paolo Rizzatto for Luceplan in Italy. The Costanza lamp features a telescopic stem so you can adjust the height according to your needs (anywhere between 47" and 63". Another benefit is that the Costanza lamp uses a sensorial dimmer rod close to the light, which has only to be lightly touched to adjust its on-off intensity through four levels of brightness. The lightweight and washable shade, resting on two points of balance and therefore capable of oscillating if bumped, diffuses a warm and pleasant light. Its unmistakable, subtle but structurally solid profile fits naturally into any interior, thanks also to the telescopic rod that can be adjusted to different heights.

yamagiwa.co.jp/catalog/list/series/?fSeries=312

Available from Sanctuary Niseko

The Collection

Brick tables with natural hand carved barked Wrightia trunk sections, storage units in natural or lacquered American walnut, chairs with seat and back handwoven with gray rawhide, armchairs, sofas, beds and ottomans dressed with different colours and fabrics form this versatile collection. A young, classical and at the same time contemporary collection, a timeless collection.

Online catalogue : gervasoni1882.it/sites/default/files/cataloghi/brick_up.pdf

All furniture pieces are available for order at Sanctuary Niseko

email enquiries : info@sanctuaryniseko.com
Or drop by our studio for a chat

An Honour

Giovanni Gervasoni and Lulu of Gervasoni 1882dropped in at our gallery while on their ski adventure in Hokkaido. 

It was awesome to get to know the visionary, the CEO, the spirited adventurer, and the crazy, fun, warm and inspiring person behind the brand Gervasoni. 

[Till next we meet, ciao! - s+j]

Hokkaido Loft Living with Pallucco Fortuny Floor Lamp

The Fortuny is an expressive floor lamp designed in 1985 by Mariano Fortuny for the Italian manufacturer Pallucco.

The Fortuny is composed of an external cotton fabric diffuser in black with the interior lining in white fireproof fabric. This floor lamp rotates and has an adjustable height mechanism. The structure of the floor lamp is made of profiled steel channel sections, a drawn flat bar and tubular steel, finished with an epoxy powder coat in black.

The Fortuny Floor Lamp combines classic design and modern day innovation, along with quality craftsmanship, that is sure to brilliantly illuminate any contemporary domain.

pallucco.com/default.aspx?lng=1&cat=2&voc=2&sel=8&id=149

Available for order at Sanctuary Niseko