Samare is a Montreal-based collective of four designer-architects: Laurie Bedikian, Nicolas Bellavance Lecompte, Mania Bedikian, and Patrick Meirim de Barros. The team elaborates traditional furniture elements of the country's culture by transforming them into contemporary objects. Taking its name from the helical seed of the maple tree that falls by performing an "evolution" on itself, the Studio promotes itself as a "Semente" apt to develop the new apprehensions of Canadian design by surpassing traditional iconographic clichés. Samare is inspired by the profound ability that the country has had and still has to adapt to change.Each object designed is the result of reflection on the way we live and occupy space.The first collection stems from the aboriginal word "awadare": the gut (babiche) reappears in a new form, combined with steel structures. The choice to use these two contrasting elements gives the object a very unique character. The linear purity of steel on the one hand and the sinuous organic material of "babiche" propose a reflection on the use of industrial materials with traditional ones. The babiche generally used for the manufacture of paddles and baskets, takes its name from a French adaptation of the word sisibabiche, which comes from the Indian-American language Montagneise and means "petit-corde, small rope. "This technique was adopted for many centuries in transportation and in the different uses of daily life; of great help to travelers who had to face extreme weather conditions. Babiche is a material prized for its durability, woven in a uniquely artisanal manner from a single undyed leather thread. This thread is applied while still damp to the objects in order to ensure their surface tension after drying.With this technique, SAMARE comes up not only with an exclusive collection but also participates in the preservation of a living tradition that is on the verge of extinction.Laurie Bedikian is Canadian and lives in Montreal. A graduate of the University of Interior Design in Montreal, she later obtained a degree from Central Saint-Martins College of Design in London. Laurie has worked in public relations, communications and as an interior designer. Currently within the firm she is in charge of public relations and communication. Nicolas B: Lecompte is Canadian and lives in Milan. He graduated in Architecture from the University of Montreal and later studied in Venice, Vienna and Berlin where he obtained his specialization in Interdisciplinary Creation at the Kunsthochschule KHB. Nicolas has worked in visual arts, design and marketing of luxury products. Within the studio he is involved in international promotion, research and design. Mania Bedikian is Canadian and lives in Montreal. She obtained a Diploma in Philosophy and a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the University of Montral0. Later after a period of study in Voncouver and Sweden, Mania works on architectural projects and international transportation architecture projects. Within the firm he is responsible for internal coordination, production supervision within the creative project.Patrick M. de Barros is Canadian and lives in Montreal. He graduated in Architecture from the University of Montreal and attended different creative workshops in France and Italy. He acquires important knowledge in Institutional Architecture, in Canada and abroad.In the studio he is in charge of graphic image making and design.