A custom creation in Kohon Design’s downtown gallery. Talk about a conversation piece— imagine telling your friends that the couch they sit on in your living room was crafted by that renowned designer, you. Kohon Designs works with its clients to custom design furniture using 3-D animation CAD software. Then owner Sheila Hahn reaches into her Rolodex to find industrial designers and artists in Alberta and Saskatchewan to bring these designs to life. For those who want something off the rack, Hahn also works with young, newer artists in the West to give her gallery a hip,urban edge. —Jennifer Cockrall-King