{"id":603,"date":"2011-10-14T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T14:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/?p=603"},"modified":"2013-06-10T14:34:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:34:24","slug":"stylegarages-gt-rocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Design we love: the GT rocker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-729\" title=\"gtrocker-image03\" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03-299x299.jpg 299w, https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We were struck by the clean, classic beauty of this modernist rocking chair at STYLEGARAGE on Queen Street West. We grew even more impressed when we found the sleek\u2014and almost absurdly comfortable chair\u2014was designed and built right on the premises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s called the GT Rocker,\u201d explained STYLEGARAGE manager Liz Le. \u201cIt was inspired by the muscle cars of the 1970s,\u201d she tells us. \u201cBy the bucket seats, and even the chair\u2019s burnt orange colour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Designed by STYLEGARAGE owners David Podsiadlo and Neil James, the chair\u2014which is now being mass-produced (which keeps the costs down)\u2014is available in three different fabrics and in three colours: grey, white, and that sweetly aggressive, Here-Comes-The Judge burnt orange (as shown in the photo).\u00a0 You can get the chair in certain custom fabrics as well, Liz Le points out\u2014such as black leather.\u00a0 Which of course costs more.<\/p>\n<p>The GT Rocker, in all its muscle-car splendor, glowing as orange as a sunset or a 1967 Pontiac GTO, sells for $1250.00. STYLEGARAGE is at 938 Queen Street West in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>416-534-4343<a href=\" www.StyleGarage.com\"><br \/>\nwww.StyleGarage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were struck by the clean, classic beauty of this modernist rocking chair at STYLEGARAGE on Queen Street West. We grew even more impressed when we found the sleek\u2014and almost absurdly comfortable chair\u2014was designed and built right on the premises. \u201cIt\u2019s called the GT Rocker,\u201d explained STYLEGARAGE manager Liz Le. \u201cIt was inspired by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,188,193],"tags":[199,439,204,440,205,200],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-we-love","category-queen-street-west","category-queen-west-stores","tag-art-condos","tag-art-condos-construction-updates","tag-industrial-design","tag-queen-street-west","tag-stylegarage","tag-toronto-condo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Design we love: the GT rocker - Art Condos Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"administrator\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"administrator\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1ba4153ca38351633029333b762800d7\"},\"headline\":\"Design we love: the GT rocker\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-14T14:08:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-10T18:34:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/gtrocker-image03.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ART Condos\",\"Construction\",\"industrial design\",\"Queen Street West\",\"STYLEGARAGE\",\"Toronto Condo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Design We Love\",\"Queen Street West\",\"Stores\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/\",\"name\":\"Design we love: the GT rocker - Art Condos Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/gtrocker-image03.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-14T14:08:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-10T18:34:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1ba4153ca38351633029333b762800d7\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/14\\\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/gtrocker-image03.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/gtrocker-image03.jpg\",\"width\":\"500\",\"height\":\"500\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Art Condos Blog\",\"description\":\"All the latest from West Queen West&#039;s ART Condos Development\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1ba4153ca38351633029333b762800d7\",\"name\":\"administrator\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/550896c378af919d47b6b8f78b74e84ce3a17d954942eab8fed2f3be0db35319?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/550896c378af919d47b6b8f78b74e84ce3a17d954942eab8fed2f3be0db35319?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/550896c378af919d47b6b8f78b74e84ce3a17d954942eab8fed2f3be0db35319?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"administrator\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/administrator\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Design we love: the GT rocker - Art Condos Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"administrator","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/"},"author":{"name":"administrator","@id":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ba4153ca38351633029333b762800d7"},"headline":"Design we love: the GT rocker","datePublished":"2011-10-14T14:08:11+00:00","dateModified":"2013-06-10T18:34:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/"},"wordCount":187,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03.jpg","keywords":["ART Condos","Construction","industrial design","Queen Street West","STYLEGARAGE","Toronto Condo"],"articleSection":["Design We Love","Queen Street West","Stores"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/","url":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/","name":"Design we love: the GT rocker - Art Condos Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03.jpg","datePublished":"2011-10-14T14:08:11+00:00","dateModified":"2013-06-10T18:34:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ba4153ca38351633029333b762800d7"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/stylegarages-gt-rocker\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gtrocker-image03.jpg","width":"500","height":"500"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/#website","url":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/","name":"Art Condos Blog","description":"All the latest from West Queen West&#039;s ART Condos Development","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ba4153ca38351633029333b762800d7","name":"administrator","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/550896c378af919d47b6b8f78b74e84ce3a17d954942eab8fed2f3be0db35319?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/550896c378af919d47b6b8f78b74e84ce3a17d954942eab8fed2f3be0db35319?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/550896c378af919d47b6b8f78b74e84ce3a17d954942eab8fed2f3be0db35319?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"administrator"},"url":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/author\/administrator\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}