CASTOR DESIGN
70 Wade Ave. Unit A
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6H 1P6
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Deirdre Matthews
+1 (416) 629-9502
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Castor Design is seeking individuals to work in product design and development. Please send your CV, portfolio, and completed questionnaire (found here) to info@castordesign.ca with the subject line Job Application: Your Name Here.
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Products:
Table Tube Light
Vertical Tube Light
Table Tube Light
Design: Frederic Schwartz Architects
Photos: Peter Aaron/Esto/Mark Whitfield
This product is in partnership with Harnisch lamps established in 1842. Collaborating with the oldest gas lamp manufacturers in Canada, Castor was able to use Harnisch’s knowledge and production methods while stripping the lamps of all ornamentation to a simple cylindrical shape finished in black chrome.
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Materials: Carrera Marble, Oak
Hand-carved letters in marble.
Pi is Exactly 3
Historically there have been numerous attempts to square a circle, including an attempt in 1894 to pass legislation in the United States that would definitively and erroneously signify Pi as exactly 3.
Schrödinger’s Cat is Dead
Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. The scenario presents a cat which may be simultaneously both alive and dead, as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.
Hail Double Knob Children of Mars
In an attempt to share his controversial findings with colleagues while shielding them from the authorities, Galileo developed a code of anagrams. This was sent to Kepler in confidence, unfortunately Kepler was unable to decode the message correctly and created this garbled text.