Ink dish has gone international. Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto and Commissaires in Montreal are now both carrying Ink Dish modern dinnerware.

Art Gallery of Ontario (Musée des beaux-arts de l’Ontario) is one of the largest art museums in North America with 480,000 sq ft of physical space. 5 years ago AGO embarked on a $250 million redevelopment plan led by famed architect Frank Gehry.

Inside the building is housed “Massacre of the Innocents” by Peter Paul Rubens, “Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet” by Tintoretto, and works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Sculptor Henry More among many, many others.

In the gift shop you can find works by such greats as Paul Timman.

Commissaires – is  a gallery, a museum and a design-forward gift shop, all in one.

“The idea was to sell design in another context – a store that acts as a gallery, said owner-curator Pierre Laramée, who opened on St. Laurent Blvd. near Fairmount St. four years ago as a rush of designers was putting Mile End on the style map. Works are typically shown for about three months, and are augmented by more accessible, permanent items like furniture, jewellery and scent. There are occasional photography exhibits, as well.” – Montreal Gazette

If you’re going to enter a new market, you might as well start at two of the top spots for design gifts in the country.