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Quirky, Custom Creations with a Sustainable Twist

Since 2001, designer Melanie Zanker has been running Mazzie, a custom furniture and textile design studio for residential and commercial projects. Zanker will happily create a piece to your specifications, but left to her own devices and the Mazzie style is decidedly offbeat and quirky, usually with a reused-material bent. Her retro-toned Love Seat, for instance – with a Baltic birch ply frame, chrome legs and low-pile carpet and fabric upholstery – appears as though it was built from a mishmash of vintage couches, when in fact it’s made entirely from scratch. mazzie.ca

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The designer walks us through the creative process behind Joue

Growing up, Canadian designer Mary Ratcliffe spent a lot of time in her dad’s workshop, which ultimately drove her interest in making things by hand. “Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to bring the creations in my mind to reality,” says Ratcliffe. “I think it’s something that I always inherently wanted to do. As soon as I had the opportunity, I took it.

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