Azure Magazine News & Views

Competition News: Museum of the Second World War

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Architecture firm Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat has won the competition to build the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, Poland.

Time for Maison&Objet

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

A trio of playful, functional and stylish timekeepers are set to launch at this year's second installment of Paris's marquee home interior and fashion expo.

Gijs Bakker on Yii, his post-Droog adventure

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Dutch designer Gijs Bakker, who co-founded the iconic collective Droog, has spearheaded a design agency in Taiwan. His new brand, Yii, exhibiting at Maison&Objet (September 3 to 7), merges craft and design in surprising ways.

Now in Venice: Lucent Saddles by Patterns and 3form

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

For the 12th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, Los Angeles architecture firm Patterns teamed up with 3form to create a playful installation for the Austrian Pavilion.

Cesar Pelli comes to Toronto

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Toronto’s New Blue Edge, the largest waterfront development project in North America, has announced the winning bid to develop a four-hectare parcel of industrial land. Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, was in Toronto last week to present his vision for the massive project.

AZURE: New look, new size, new perspective

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Get our completely redesigned September issue now! Read about the new look after the jump.

In Memoriam: Lily Yung

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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.

Q&A with Ceramic Artist Li Xiaofeng

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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.

Architecture in Outer Space

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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.

Daniel Emma at New York Gift Fair

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

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