Swarovski introduces its first-ever wallpaper collection full of crystal-embedded patterns that will dazzle you.
By Catherine Osborne |
April 8, 2011
Section: Interiors
Tags: Coverings, Product Design
Zeidler Partnership Architects of Toronto and Snøhetta, based in Oslo and New York, have teamed up to design a new Student Learning Centre for Ryerson University in downtown Toronto.
By Catherine Osborne |
April 6, 2011
Section: Architecture
Tags: Institutional
Not yet 45, the Canadian-born, Norway-based architect Todd Saunders has already built an impressive international career. Last week, he spoke at the University of Toronto about his Fogo Island project as well as his works – past and present – around the world.
By Catherine Osborne |
March 9, 2011
Section: Architecture
In his new book Living with Modernity, Award-winning Dutch photographer Iwan Baan poetically explores two major architectural cities built in the 1960s – Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia and Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh.
By Catherine Osborne |
February 25, 2011
Section: Curiosity
Tags: Art, Books, Photography
Next week, Toronto’s Reel Artists Film Festival brings the work of such brilliant creators as Wanda Koop, Pipilotti Rist, Sol LeWitt and Ai Weiwei to the big screen.
By Catherine Osborne |
February 18, 2011
Section: Curiosity
Samantha Lynch of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the winner of this year’s Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners, a prestigious $34,000 annual award by the Canada Council for the Arts.
By Catherine Osborne |
February 15, 2011
Section: Architecture
Tags: Competition, Industry News
Bjarke Ingels Group has announced yet another major competition win. Along with TNT Nuuk, Rambøll Nuuk and Arkitekti, the Copenhagen/New York firm has been selected to build the new National Gallery of Greenland in Nuuk.
By Catherine Osborne |
February 11, 2011
Section: Architecture
Tags: Competition, Event
Canadian superstar, author and artist Douglas Coupland spoke at the Conversations in Design symposium held last week in Toronto as part of the Interior Design Show. Here’s what he had to say about modern life.
By Catherine Osborne |
February 3, 2011
Section: Curiosity
Tags: Competition, Event, Lecture
Starting tomorrow, and running until January 25, is Paris’s Maison&Objet. The mega-show covers off all types of indoor and outdoor home furnishings and accessories, including coat hooks, salad bowls, and novelty coffee mugs. Here are eight reasons to check out the show.
By Catherine Osborne |
January 20, 2011
Section: Curiosity
Corian boards may come and go, but nothing looks, smells or feels quite as good as a well-used, solid wood chopping board. Despite its basic design, the lowly board is still prone to retooling and reinvention. Here are eight recent variations on the kitchen classic.
By Catherine Osborne |
January 18, 2011
Section: Interiors
Tags: Gift Guide, Product Design
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