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Designer Profile: Daphna Laurens

Designer Profile: Daphna Laurens

The Dutch duo of Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf and Laurens Manders gives shape to entirely original ideas.

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March 25, 2013

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Q&A: Stefan Sagmeister

Q&A: Stefan Sagmeister

The envelope-pushing graphic designer behind The Happy Show at Toronto’s Design Exchange.

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January 9, 2013

Section: Curiosity

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Q&A: Michael Green

Q&A: Michael Green

Azure contributing editor Adele Weder spoke to Green at his North Vancouver office about the challenges of building skyscrapers out of timber.

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November 19, 2012

Section: Architecture

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Q+A John Pawson

Q+A John Pawson

Britain’s ultimate minimalist is now working on his most ambitious project so far: rehousing the London Design Museum within the shell of a fifty-year-old cultural building.

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October 22, 2012

Section: Architecture

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Q&A with Paul Goldberger

Q&A with Paul Goldberger

The award-winning architecture critic was in Toronto recently as a jury member for Harmony Village Lake Simcoe, a development in Barrie, Ontario, that will occupy the city’s last parcel of land with lakeside frontage. We spoke with Goldberger to discuss the competition and the importance of good architect-client relations.

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August 29, 2012

Section: Architecture

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The secrets of Flos’s success

The secrets of Flos’s success

Piero Gandini, the president and CEO of the Italian lighting manufacturer, sat down with Azure to discuss its modus operandi, from its exclusive designers to its lighting that morphs into architecture.

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February 22, 2012

Section: Design

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Q&A: Talking with Piero Lissoni

Q&A: Talking with Piero Lissoni

The Milan architect and designer discusses what it takes to be a good client, and the importance of steering clear of marketing departments.

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February 14, 2012

Section: Architecture

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Q&A: Talking with Matali Crasset

Q&A: Talking with Matali Crasset

In anticipation of her Trade Talk at the Interior Design Show in Toronto next week, the French designer discussed collaboration, colour, inspiration, and her latest project, Le Blobterre de Matali (now on view at the Centre Pompidou in Paris) with Azure contributor Christina Bagatavicius.

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January 18, 2012

Section: Design

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Q&A: Talking with Gary Hustwit

Q&A: Talking with Gary Hustwit

The documentarian behind Helvetica, Objectified, and – his latest – Urbanized was recently in Toronto for an exclusive viewing of all three films, which are screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox until January 17. Azure caught up with him to talk about city planning, Frank Gehry and Massimo Vignelli.

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January 16, 2012

Section: Architecture

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Q&A: Talking with Chad Oppenheim

Q&A: Talking with Chad Oppenheim

A Q&A with the young Miami architect behind such jaw-dropping designs as Miami’s COR Tower and Desert Lodges, a resort carved into the hills of Wadi Rum, in Jordan.

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January 2, 2012

Section: Architecture

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