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In Memoriam: Lily Yung

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments

Categories: Product design, Art

Lily Yung, one of Toronto’s most original jewellery designers, has died. She will be remembered for her bold, beautiful and utterly unique necklaces, bracelets and rings.

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Q&A with Ceramic Artist Li Xiaofeng

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Tory Healy | Comments

Categories: Art, Shopping, Fashion, Q&A

In our September issue, now on newsstands, we show how Li Xiaofeng used his fractured ceramic aesthetic to create a unique polo shirt for Lacoste. For this web exclusive, Azure went behind-the-scenes with the prolific artist just before he debuted his off-the-rack line, and specially made sculpture at Paris' Musée des Arts et Métiers in June.

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Architecture in Outer Space

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Nina Boccia | Comments

Categories: Architecture, Events, Q&A

Earlier this month, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking ominously predicted, "The long-term future of the human race must be in space." An exhibit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal is light years ahead of Hawking.

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Daniel Emma at New York Gift Fair

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Elizabeth Pagliacolo | Comments

Categories: Product design, Events

The Australian studio, represented by Neo-Utility, brings a Memphis feel to their geometry-themed accessories collection. 

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U.S. Winner of James Dyson Award announced

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Elizabeth Pagliacolo | Comments

Categories: Product design, Events

The 2010 James Dyson Award chose the Copenhagen Wheel, a wheel that turns a regular bike into an electric hybrid, as the winner of its U.S. entries. 

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