The Dutch duo of Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf and Laurens Manders gives shape to entirely original ideas.
By Joann Plockova |
March 25, 2013
Section: Design
Tags: Personalities, Product Design, Q&A
The envelope-pushing graphic designer behind The Happy Show at Toronto’s Design Exchange.
By Nina Boccia |
January 9, 2013
Section: Curiosity
Tags: Graphics, Personalities, Q&A
Azure contributing editor Adele Weder spoke to Green at his North Vancouver office about the challenges of building skyscrapers out of timber.
By Adele Weder |
November 19, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Personalities, Q&A
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.
By Michael Webb |
October 22, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Q&A
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.
By Catherine Osborne |
August 29, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Competition, Q&A
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.
By Elizabeth Pagliacolo |
February 22, 2012
Section: Design
Tags: Lighting, Product Design, Q&A
The Milan architect and designer discusses what it takes to be a good client, and the importance of steering clear of marketing departments.
By Catherine Osborne |
February 14, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Personalities, Product Design, Q&A
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.
By Azure Magazine |
January 18, 2012
Section: Design
Tags: Exhibition, Product Design, Q&A
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.
By Nina Boccia |
January 16, 2012
Section: Architecture
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.
By Catherine Osborne |
January 2, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Personalities, Q&A
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