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The best place to score standout pieces for your home this month

The best place to score standout pieces for your home this month

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Design

The best place to score standout pieces for your home this month

If it's original home furnishings and accessories you're after, you're going to want to get a ticket to one of the hottest design auctions of the year.

That couple who always seems to find the most innovative, chicest home décor isn't being completely honest with you. Sure, the pair may be experts at rummaging through vintage shops to snag cool knick knacks and discovering the latest local furniture designers for custom Mid-Century modern tables, but the source of their most awe-inducing pieces? Chances are it's the Design Exchange Design Auction (DXDA).

Back for its third year, the Toronto auction will take place on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the Design Exchange. Guests will have the opportunity to partake in a silent auction as well as a live auction of original designer items.

Style at Home readers can get 15% off tickets with promo code SAH15 at dx.org/dxda. All proceeds support Design Exchange’s museum exhibitions, workshops, design competitions and other public and educational programs.

Flip through the slideshow below for a roundup of some of the most covetable furnishings and accessories that will be up for grabs at this year’s auction.

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Top picks at the Design Exchange Design Auction

Maarten Baas’s Smoke Chair

Manufactured & Donated by Moooi
 
The chair’s beauty and character is the result of its finishing — fire.
 

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Top picks at the Design Exchange Design Auction

Garrison by Stacklab + Rebart

Donated by Stacklab
 
The sculpture is made of steel salvaged from the old Garrison bridge in Toronto.
 

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Top picks at the Design Exchange Design Auction

Grossman Grashoppa Floorlamp by Greta Grossman for Gubi

Donated by South Hill Home
 
First produced in 1947, the iconic lamp features a tilted tubular steel tripod stand and an elongated aluminum conical shade, both of which are powder-coated.
 

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Top picks at the Design Exchange Design Auction

Freistil 173 Set by Muller Wulff

Donated by Jalice Interiors
 
Boasting a hue and shape inspired by your favourite jelly candies, the set is sure to be the focal point in a room — and it also happens to be super comfortable.
 

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Top picks at the Design Exchange Design Auction

Halo Pendants by Matthew McCormick Studio


These bold lamps provide a warm glow and can be arranged in various compositions for stunning displays.
 

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Top picks at the Design Exchange Design Auction

Samsung Serif TV

Donated by Samsung
 
The Serif TV, looking sleek from every angle and available in various sizes and colours, has been specifically designed to complement your home.
 

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A pair of Pink and Blue Shiro Kuramata’s “Flower Vase 1”

Donated by Caviar 20
 
“Flower Vase 1” is instantly recognizable by design enthusiasts. This iconic pair was created by Kuramata in the last decade of his life.
 

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Hans J. Wegner’s CH445 Wing Chair

Manufactured by Carl Hansen & Søn | Donated by Hollace Cluny
 
Originally designed in 1960 and one of J. Wegner's most renowned pieces, the chair embodies the designer’s interesting aesthetic and is guaranteed to be the focal point of a room — plus, it's comfortable, too.
 

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