This Friday Five gives insight into hollis+morris founder Mischa Couvrette's continuous sources of inspiration for design and life.

We first noticed the work of hollis+morris in 2015 at ICFF and then featured new work they launched last year. The Toronto-based brand may only be a few years old but they quickly found their ground thanks to their founder and designer, Mischa Couvrette. While studying for his bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, he discovered a love of design through some friends who were on the way to becoming architects. He began making furniture, which led to renovating a boat with a friend that he went on to sail for a year to Guatemala. After settling in Toronto, hollis+morris was born. This week’s Friday Five gives insight into Couvrette’s continuous sources of inspiration, plus a fun way he’s discovered to blow off steam. Photo by Mischa Couvrette
1. Halifax

The seaside city and the capital of Nova Scotia, Canada, has been both a major inspiration and home away from home for me. I moved to Halifax for my undergrad with a yearning to be close to an ocean. My intuition proved to be correct, I fell in love with the landscape and I stayed there long after the completion of my degree. hollis+morris itself is named after a local intersection where the company began. Certain designs take literal inspiration from Halifax but all are inspired by the simple beauty of maritime life.
Photo by Mischa Couvrette
2. Ships

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