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Ken Diamond Moccasins and Leather Goods
(07 October 2009) - Run by partners Ken and Jolene out of their East Vancouver studio, their brand Ken Diamond stays true to the roots of leather craft. Using extremely high-quality materials, minimal die-cutting and hand stitching, the duo create tailor-made leather moccasins, messenger bags and other limited run leather goods. Available online and through select retailers, the collection is a testament to doing things right, constantly striving...
(07 October 2009) - Run by partners Ken and Jolene out of their East Vancouver studio, their brand Ken Diamond stays true to the roots of leather craft. Using extremely high-quality materials, minimal die-cutting and hand stitching, the duo create tailor-made leather moccasins, messenger bags and other limited run leather goods. Available online and through select retailers, the collection is a testament to doing things right, constantly striving...
Illustrator Edward Kwong
(15 April 2009) - Vancouver-based artist Edward Kwong makes quasi-retro, noir-ish illustrations that reference old comic books, art deco, and other classic looking aesthetics. Full of angular, expressive figures, high-impact typography and often sepia-infused colors, Kwong’s work captures entire narratives in single, meticulously-rendered images. ...
(15 April 2009) - Vancouver-based artist Edward Kwong makes quasi-retro, noir-ish illustrations that reference old comic books, art deco, and other classic looking aesthetics. Full of angular, expressive figures, high-impact typography and often sepia-infused colors, Kwong’s work captures entire narratives in single, meticulously-rendered images. ...
Photographer Scott Pommier
(10 April 2009) - We asked Vancouver-based Scott Pommier which photographers or eras he looks to for inspiration. I feel like I've picked up little lessons, or perhaps truisms is closer to the mark, from a lot of photographers. I've never studied the history of photography. I only really know what I've tripped across. A few years ago, I was at a friend’s place and he had a...
(10 April 2009) - We asked Vancouver-based Scott Pommier which photographers or eras he looks to for inspiration. I feel like I've picked up little lessons, or perhaps truisms is closer to the mark, from a lot of photographers. I've never studied the history of photography. I only really know what I've tripped across. A few years ago, I was at a friend’s place and he had a...
Interview with Artist Eli Bornowsky
(25 March 2009) - Just a few years out of art school, Eli Bornowsky has been included in shows at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver and the Vancouver Art Gallery, and has had two solo shows in Vancouver’s delightful Blanket Gallery. I recently met up with him at his studio to check out more of his work. What lead to the recurrent pattern of circles you've been using...
(25 March 2009) - Just a few years out of art school, Eli Bornowsky has been included in shows at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver and the Vancouver Art Gallery, and has had two solo shows in Vancouver’s delightful Blanket Gallery. I recently met up with him at his studio to check out more of his work. What lead to the recurrent pattern of circles you've been using...
Michael Swaney: Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Red Deer
(16 September 2008) - The other day, while on one of my regular gallery tours in Vancouver, I stopped by Atelier Gallery during the installation of their most recent show, a series of collages by Canadian-born, Barcelona-based artist Michael Swaney. I was immediately taken with one of the images leaning up against the wall waiting to be hung. The staff were kind enough to let me browse through...
(16 September 2008) - The other day, while on one of my regular gallery tours in Vancouver, I stopped by Atelier Gallery during the installation of their most recent show, a series of collages by Canadian-born, Barcelona-based artist Michael Swaney. I was immediately taken with one of the images leaning up against the wall waiting to be hung. The staff were kind enough to let me browse through...
Vladmasters
(15 May 2008) - On a recent visit to Blue Bottle art gallery and store in Seattle, I picked up an amazing set of View Master reels. Now normally any old set of View Master reels is enough to get me excited, but these actually caused me to jump up an down a little bit. The Vladmaster disk sets were created by a Portland artist named Vladimir, who started...
(15 May 2008) - On a recent visit to Blue Bottle art gallery and store in Seattle, I picked up an amazing set of View Master reels. Now normally any old set of View Master reels is enough to get me excited, but these actually caused me to jump up an down a little bit. The Vladmaster disk sets were created by a Portland artist named Vladimir, who started...
Roden Gray Boutique
(28 April 2008) - One of my new favorite stores in Vancouver (well one of my new favorites anywhere, actually) is Roden Gray, a recent addition to Vancouver's trendy Gastown neighborhood. Roden Gray maintains a carefully-selected range of clothing, shoes, bags and accessories from labels that bring sophistication to casual menswear such as Wings + Horns, Filson, Nice Collective and Obedient Sons. My particular favorites on a recent...
(28 April 2008) - One of my new favorite stores in Vancouver (well one of my new favorites anywhere, actually) is Roden Gray, a recent addition to Vancouver's trendy Gastown neighborhood. Roden Gray maintains a carefully-selected range of clothing, shoes, bags and accessories from labels that bring sophistication to casual menswear such as Wings + Horns, Filson, Nice Collective and Obedient Sons. My particular favorites on a recent...
Bed
(25 March 2008) - Few stores out there offer to give you just what you want in bed, but a great little shop in Vancouver called "Bed" (that also sells online) has made that its motto. For several years, Bed has been offering some of the most unique bedding available by making products that are all about dramatic patterns and brilliant colors. I love the endless combinations of...
(25 March 2008) - Few stores out there offer to give you just what you want in bed, but a great little shop in Vancouver called "Bed" (that also sells online) has made that its motto. For several years, Bed has been offering some of the most unique bedding available by making products that are all about dramatic patterns and brilliant colors. I love the endless combinations of...
Straight Line Designs
(11 January 2008) - Straight Line Designs is a custom furniture design and manufacturing company whose designs are always quirky and whimsical. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company is owned and operated by Judson Beaumont, who finds much of his inspiration in childlike imagery, and many of his designs have been greatly influenced by his kids and their liberal acceptance of the bizarre. In his world of...
(11 January 2008) - Straight Line Designs is a custom furniture design and manufacturing company whose designs are always quirky and whimsical. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company is owned and operated by Judson Beaumont, who finds much of his inspiration in childlike imagery, and many of his designs have been greatly influenced by his kids and their liberal acceptance of the bizarre. In his world of...
Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl
(15 November 2007) - For three days each fall, hundreds of artists who live or work in Vancouver's artist-dense Eastside open their studios to the public for the Eastside Culture Crawl. The event incorporates artists in almost every field—from weavers, furniture makers and jewelers, to painters, photographers and sculptors—and features emerging artists as well as names that are recognizable on the world stage. This is a great time...
(15 November 2007) - For three days each fall, hundreds of artists who live or work in Vancouver's artist-dense Eastside open their studios to the public for the Eastside Culture Crawl. The event incorporates artists in almost every field—from weavers, furniture makers and jewelers, to painters, photographers and sculptors—and features emerging artists as well as names that are recognizable on the world stage. This is a great time...
Mink Chocolate Café
(07 November 2007) - Opened earlier this year in downtown Vancouver, the very delightful Mink Chocolate Café offers a full espresso and fondue bar along with a line of over 30 different handmade chocolate bars. After researching some of the world’s best chocolatiers in San Francisco, Montreal, New York and Tokyo, owner Marc Liebermann set out to showcase dark chocolate, which mostly fuses the taste and flavors of...
(07 November 2007) - Opened earlier this year in downtown Vancouver, the very delightful Mink Chocolate Café offers a full espresso and fondue bar along with a line of over 30 different handmade chocolate bars. After researching some of the world’s best chocolatiers in San Francisco, Montreal, New York and Tokyo, owner Marc Liebermann set out to showcase dark chocolate, which mostly fuses the taste and flavors of...
Scott McFarland: Works on Paper
(29 June 2007) - Vancouver photographer Scott McFarland uses his pictures to rethink the traditional concept of a photograph as a single moment in time. By photographing the same location in the same scale over a period of time, he uses digital technology to combine selected elements into the final image. (Click above images for detail.) His most recent series called "Works on Paper" features new inkjet photographs...
(29 June 2007) - Vancouver photographer Scott McFarland uses his pictures to rethink the traditional concept of a photograph as a single moment in time. By photographing the same location in the same scale over a period of time, he uses digital technology to combine selected elements into the final image. (Click above images for detail.) His most recent series called "Works on Paper" features new inkjet photographs...
Molo Paper Softseating
(20 February 2007) - If you haven't seen the video demonstrating Molo's flexible paper seating, it's worth checking out for the charming mother and daughter sitters alone. And if you haven't already heard about the product, Paper Softseating is made entirely from kraft paper and acts like a slinky. Flexible honeycomb structures enable the stools, benches and loungers to change shape so they can be used creatively and...
(20 February 2007) - If you haven't seen the video demonstrating Molo's flexible paper seating, it's worth checking out for the charming mother and daughter sitters alone. And if you haven't already heard about the product, Paper Softseating is made entirely from kraft paper and acts like a slinky. Flexible honeycomb structures enable the stools, benches and loungers to change shape so they can be used creatively and...
Refinery29: Seal of Approval
(17 March 2006) - Vancouver, the cultural capital of British Columbia, has bred and nurtured a fertile community of independent thinkers. Pyrrha Design, a downtown Vancouver-based jewelry design company, are a great example of the iconoclastic attitude of the city as whole. Their latest line, Seals, is based entirely around incorporating antique wax seals (mostly found at estate sales and junk shops) into rings, necklaces, and pendants. The...
(17 March 2006) - Vancouver, the cultural capital of British Columbia, has bred and nurtured a fertile community of independent thinkers. Pyrrha Design, a downtown Vancouver-based jewelry design company, are a great example of the iconoclastic attitude of the city as whole. Their latest line, Seals, is based entirely around incorporating antique wax seals (mostly found at estate sales and junk shops) into rings, necklaces, and pendants. The...
Brian Jungen at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
(29 September 2005) - This is the Vancouver based artist's first show in North America, and it brings together much of his work over the last ten years. Brian's work is probably familiar to many of you, especially his recently completed Prototypes for New Understanding 1998-2005, a series of 23 Northwest Coast Aboroginal masks made from Nike Air Jordans. Another compelling series is the three large hanging whale...
(29 September 2005) - This is the Vancouver based artist's first show in North America, and it brings together much of his work over the last ten years. Brian's work is probably familiar to many of you, especially his recently completed Prototypes for New Understanding 1998-2005, a series of 23 Northwest Coast Aboroginal masks made from Nike Air Jordans. Another compelling series is the three large hanging whale...
Shopping Vancouver: 4 Favorites
(07 February 2005) - In the last 24 hours I've hoofed all over most of downtown Vancouver looking for hot retail and interesting products. This is a great little city with lots to see and do, but being the turbo consumer that I am, my focus was clear. Results after the jump. ...
(07 February 2005) - In the last 24 hours I've hoofed all over most of downtown Vancouver looking for hot retail and interesting products. This is a great little city with lots to see and do, but being the turbo consumer that I am, my focus was clear. Results after the jump. ...
Sole Searching Vancouver
(08 August 2004) - The Sole Searching Sneaker Tour will be pulling in to Vancouver on 19 August. Their Toronto event was a huge success, so expect the same from this next one. You'll see the most rare and outrageous kicks from the collections of: Retrokid, Capitol 1524, Kikfreek, Uppercut and more. Thursday, 19 August Atlantis Night Club 1320 Richards Street Vancouver ...
(08 August 2004) - The Sole Searching Sneaker Tour will be pulling in to Vancouver on 19 August. Their Toronto event was a huge success, so expect the same from this next one. You'll see the most rare and outrageous kicks from the collections of: Retrokid, Capitol 1524, Kikfreek, Uppercut and more. Thursday, 19 August Atlantis Night Club 1320 Richards Street Vancouver ...
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