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Barter Design + Toi Art Gallery – Small Biz Spotlight

The following post is brought to you by Barter Design + Toi Art Gallery. Our partners are hand picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design.

09.22.20 | By
Barter Design + Toi Art Gallery – Small Biz Spotlight

As a small business ourselves, we like to shed as much light on smaller indie brands and companies as we can. To make that happen, we’ve launched the Small Biz Spotlight series where we highlight small brands we love in our shop and beyond.

Barter Design Tells the Story of the Connection Between Material and Maker

Co-founders Kenneth Torrance and Katie Sweeting aspire to strengthen their communities by sharing timeless objects. Torrence began experimenting with materials as far back as high school, first working with soap stone carvings before moving on to other raw materials and mediums. Eventually Barter Design was created as a means to gathering knowledge through makers and their craft, as well as to better connect us to the places we live.

Makers are of a timeless profession – there is no other creative rush than when you take a natural material from earth and shape it with your hands, or a tool that has been made from years of passion and passed down knowledge.

–Barter design co-founder Kenneth Torrance

Barter Design’s wares include bowls and vessels, candles, stools and seating, tables and planters.

>> To purchase Barter Design’s goods, visit barterdesign.ca. <<<


Toi’s Gallery Aims To Make the World More Beautiful Through Art

If you’re looking for one of a kind artwork for your home, you’re going to love Toi Art Gallery. Their limited edition prints by artists from around the globe are exclusively offered on Toi’s website at affordable prices. Founders Karina Miller and Viviana Elinger were both born and raised in Argentina, but are currently living with their families in Southern California. Their goal through Toi is to foster a connection with a community that shares the same passion for unique and beautiful art as they do.

At Toi, we cherish the diversity and multiplicity that meaningful art pieces represent; we curate artworks that communicate feelings and emotions, we aim to create a relationship of love, a connection from the artists to the art-lover and from one art lover to another.

Toi Gallery is currently offering 20% off limited edition prints, with a minimum purchase of $90, using code SUMMER20. You can also enjoy free U.S. shipping and a flat international rate.

>> To purchase art from Toi Gallery, visit toiartgallery.com. <<<

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she's likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.