Category Archives: Paloform

Caldera Modern Corten Fire Pit In Dwell Magazine

Dwell Outdoor Special Issue Spring 2012

We are thrilled to have our Caldera modern Cor-ten outdoor fire pit displayed in Dwell’s Outdoor Special Issue. Continue reading

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New Fire Pits for Spring at IDS 12

Robata-linear-fire-outdoor-IDS-det

Paloform displayed some of our modern fireplace tile and surround products, as well as our complete line of outdoor fire pits at Toronto’s Interior Design Show. Continue reading

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Khai Talks Modern Fire Pits on BNN

Paloform-modern-fires-on-BNN

This past weekend at the Interior Design Show in Toronto, the Business News Network did a spot on the show featuring the “How Do You Live” project, Gautier, a new shop in Toronto’s King East Design District, and an interview … Continue reading

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Visit Us At IDS12 in Toronto

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Paloform is proud to be launching our newest outdoor products at this year’s Interior Design Show in Toronto (IDS12). The products will include two new outdoor fire pits in Corten steel, Bol and Caldera, as well as an outdoor Linear … Continue reading

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Bento Modern Fire Pit in Toronto Life

Bento Modern Fire Pit in Toronto Life Magazine

We are excited that our Bento Modern Fire Pit is “The Thing” in the November Issue of Toronto Life. The caption, written by Emily Landau, captures the zeitgeist of the outdoor fire pit’s growing popularity and Torontonian’s love of the … Continue reading

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Intrinsic value versus intrinsic beauty

Corten-steel-and-rammed-earth

When it comes to design, I really believe that intrinsic beauty is more important than intrinsic value – at least when we use the word “value” in the way that it is most widely used today. Continue reading

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The beauty of age – concrete and patina

Modern Fire Pits - Age and Patina

Concrete, though manufactured, is derived largely from naturally occurring materials. This is the main reason that it has an ‘organic’ look and feel and why, when used outdoors, and exposed to the elements, it reacts much like other natural substances. The best word to describe age on concrete is patina. Continue reading

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Fly Ash Concrete – Part Two: The Good

ash cast concrete color sample

Fly ash concrete is greener alternative to regular concrete. Not only does it replace a potentially large amount of energy intensive cement with a post-industrial recycled by-product, thereby reducing waste and energy input, it creates concrete that is both easier to work with and ultimately, stronger and denser. Continue reading

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Paloform Opening Party – A Fiery Good Time!

The window display at our King St E Showroom

After months of sweat and toil, we could finally enjoy an evening to celebrate the opening of our modern fireplace showroom at 296 King Street East in Toronto. Joined by some of Toronto’s great design community and promoters, we were … Continue reading

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Modern Fireplace Showroom – Our Greenwall

Paloform's Green Wall

One of the features in our fireplace showroom that we had a lot of fun conceptualizing, researching and building is the green wall. Not only had we always wanted to build a green wall, but it was to frame and … Continue reading

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