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BonFire Jewelry
(19 October 2009) - Conceived while building a health center on a reservation in Nova Scotia, Rachel Hawkes Cameron's line of laser-cut acrylic jewelry—aptly called BonFire—features playful pendants of tepees, feathers and more on hand-beaded strings. Playful but assiduously designed, the clean form of each piece speaks to Cameron's architectural background, maintaining a subtlety perfect for everyday wear. Adored by Robert Verdi, the BonFire collection became a fashion...
(19 October 2009) - Conceived while building a health center on a reservation in Nova Scotia, Rachel Hawkes Cameron's line of laser-cut acrylic jewelry—aptly called BonFire—features playful pendants of tepees, feathers and more on hand-beaded strings. Playful but assiduously designed, the clean form of each piece speaks to Cameron's architectural background, maintaining a subtlety perfect for everyday wear. Adored by Robert Verdi, the BonFire collection became a fashion...
Timber Timbre
(31 July 2009) - Toronto-based Timber Timbre's third self-titled studio release keeps a soft and moody vibe with eight simply structured songs that seem meant for listening to in the dark. Taylor Kirk, the man behind the project, has a singing voice that’s both folksy and restrained. He calls on other artists to fill in strings, banjo and accompanying vocals, while his percussive backdrops anchor the low-key tunes.Pick...
(31 July 2009) - Toronto-based Timber Timbre's third self-titled studio release keeps a soft and moody vibe with eight simply structured songs that seem meant for listening to in the dark. Taylor Kirk, the man behind the project, has a singing voice that’s both folksy and restrained. He calls on other artists to fill in strings, banjo and accompanying vocals, while his percussive backdrops anchor the low-key tunes.Pick...
Interview with Photographer Liz Wolfe
(31 July 2009) - by Alison Zavos for Feature Shoot Born in the Canadian prairies, Liz Wolfe studied photography at Ryerson University's School of Image Arts in Toronto. In 2009, she exhibited her work at the Architecture + Design Museum (Los Angeles), the Gladstone Hotel (Toronto) and Project Basho Gallery (Philadelphia). Liz currently lives in Toronto. You must get some really fun commissions considering the nature of your work....
(31 July 2009) - by Alison Zavos for Feature Shoot Born in the Canadian prairies, Liz Wolfe studied photography at Ryerson University's School of Image Arts in Toronto. In 2009, she exhibited her work at the Architecture + Design Museum (Los Angeles), the Gladstone Hotel (Toronto) and Project Basho Gallery (Philadelphia). Liz currently lives in Toronto. You must get some really fun commissions considering the nature of your work....
Furni x Bruxe "Chairs" T-Shirt Giveaway
(17 July 2009) - Paying homage to some of their favorite design icons and the summer season, Furni teamed up with soft goods company Bruxe to create a very limited color and pre-release run of Bruxe's "Chairs" tee. Exclusive to Montreal's upper ground boutique Off the Hook and online at Furni's webshop for $34, the tees come in white, lemon yellow or heather grey on good quality, well...
(17 July 2009) - Paying homage to some of their favorite design icons and the summer season, Furni teamed up with soft goods company Bruxe to create a very limited color and pre-release run of Bruxe's "Chairs" tee. Exclusive to Montreal's upper ground boutique Off the Hook and online at Furni's webshop for $34, the tees come in white, lemon yellow or heather grey on good quality, well...
Loyal Loot Collective Design
(26 June 2009) - By Laura Neilson Canadian-based Loyal Loot Collective is a four-woman design atelier, known for their clever furniture and home accessories which beautifully combine function with whimsy. Formed in 2004, the group of designers (and friends) Doha Chebib, Carmen Douville, Dara Humniski and Anna Thomas, who all met while attending the University of Alberta for Industrial Design. The four designers work collaboratively and individually, each...
(26 June 2009) - By Laura Neilson Canadian-based Loyal Loot Collective is a four-woman design atelier, known for their clever furniture and home accessories which beautifully combine function with whimsy. Formed in 2004, the group of designers (and friends) Doha Chebib, Carmen Douville, Dara Humniski and Anna Thomas, who all met while attending the University of Alberta for Industrial Design. The four designers work collaboratively and individually, each...
Miju "A Tragedy" Necklace
(29 May 2009) - Canadian jewelery outfit Miju's latest creation is a delicately poetic necklace of a bird, inspired by an image from a timeless children's bedtime story. The new design recreates the character in 2" x 3" acrylic pendant with two ruby-red beads hanging from chains standing in for drops of blood. Its larger scale, juxtaposition of materials and macabre subject matter make for an irreverently elegant...
(29 May 2009) - Canadian jewelery outfit Miju's latest creation is a delicately poetic necklace of a bird, inspired by an image from a timeless children's bedtime story. The new design recreates the character in 2" x 3" acrylic pendant with two ruby-red beads hanging from chains standing in for drops of blood. Its larger scale, juxtaposition of materials and macabre subject matter make for an irreverently elegant...
Courtney Wotherspoon
(13 November 2008) - Canadian illustrator Courtney Wotherspoon layers delicate image upon image to create the most captivating, colorful kaleidoscopes, an effect only enhanced by her trademark multimedia, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink execution. The result of this approach is particularly refreshing. We can rest assured that something wholly new and exciting will emerge from Wotherspoon's studio each and every delectable time. ...
(13 November 2008) - Canadian illustrator Courtney Wotherspoon layers delicate image upon image to create the most captivating, colorful kaleidoscopes, an effect only enhanced by her trademark multimedia, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink execution. The result of this approach is particularly refreshing. We can rest assured that something wholly new and exciting will emerge from Wotherspoon's studio each and every delectable time. ...
Earth Art Exhibit: Nils-Udo
(28 July 2008) - by Kyle SmallPart of the Earth Art Exhibit at The Royal Botanical Gardens in Canada, the work of German artist Nils-Udo caught CH's eye. His installation consists of a grass-based ramp (or is it a bridge?) leading into the verdant forest of the Ontario backwood. It's a clever example of the intersection of nature and a constructed reality, revealing some of our conceptions of both....
(28 July 2008) - by Kyle SmallPart of the Earth Art Exhibit at The Royal Botanical Gardens in Canada, the work of German artist Nils-Udo caught CH's eye. His installation consists of a grass-based ramp (or is it a bridge?) leading into the verdant forest of the Ontario backwood. It's a clever example of the intersection of nature and a constructed reality, revealing some of our conceptions of both....
Adam Makarenko
(28 February 2008) - With bee populations in decline over the past several years, Adam Makarenko has created an imaginary world where bees flourish. In his Miniature Apiary series, the Canadian artist explores the exploitation of bees within a fictitious world he has called the Langstroth Range, which is a land of rare plants and giant bees that becomes endangered when a man named William Bjorn moves in....
(28 February 2008) - With bee populations in decline over the past several years, Adam Makarenko has created an imaginary world where bees flourish. In his Miniature Apiary series, the Canadian artist explores the exploitation of bees within a fictitious world he has called the Langstroth Range, which is a land of rare plants and giant bees that becomes endangered when a man named William Bjorn moves in....
Jacqui Oakley
(14 December 2007) - There's a wonderful rigidness about the work of Canadian illustrator Jacqui Oakley. Everything seems in the right place, with the perfect amount of color and texture. (Click image for detail.)We asked her whether she had an instinctive sense of when to let an illustration go. I try to find a balance between having the piece still seem spontaneous and loose in areas, and very...
(14 December 2007) - There's a wonderful rigidness about the work of Canadian illustrator Jacqui Oakley. Everything seems in the right place, with the perfect amount of color and texture. (Click image for detail.)We asked her whether she had an instinctive sense of when to let an illustration go. I try to find a balance between having the piece still seem spontaneous and loose in areas, and very...
Leigh Davis: Ensemble
(04 October 2007) - Photographer Leigh Davis, dividing her time between New York and Montréal, editorial work (for publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Tokion and Res) and clients such as American Eagle Outfitters, Bruce Mau Design, and Carnegie Mellon University, is a very busy woman. Lucky for us she's managed to find time to finish up one of her current projects titled "Ensemble." It's a...
(04 October 2007) - Photographer Leigh Davis, dividing her time between New York and Montréal, editorial work (for publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Tokion and Res) and clients such as American Eagle Outfitters, Bruce Mau Design, and Carnegie Mellon University, is a very busy woman. Lucky for us she's managed to find time to finish up one of her current projects titled "Ensemble." It's a...
Rita Design
(01 October 2007) - Rita is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Montreal, Canada. Responsible for a large array of graphic, object and event designs, they work to create inspiring new creative solutions in form, function and communication. Whether it’s a city-sized intervention, or simply the design of an everyday object, their interdisciplinary philosophy applies to all levels, in all circumstances. Along with an impressive list of past...
(01 October 2007) - Rita is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Montreal, Canada. Responsible for a large array of graphic, object and event designs, they work to create inspiring new creative solutions in form, function and communication. Whether it’s a city-sized intervention, or simply the design of an everyday object, their interdisciplinary philosophy applies to all levels, in all circumstances. Along with an impressive list of past...
Furni Knox Clock
(30 August 2007) - Furni's latest collection is out and it looks like the Canadian duo's up to their usual retro-inspired, artist-designed and generally awesome tricks. We especially like the Knox (pictured right), a rectangular clock which houses a red LED display and alarm in a handmade solid beechwood casing. It's $108 and ships mid-October, but you can pre-order it from Furni directly.Also with vintage charm, their Alba...
(30 August 2007) - Furni's latest collection is out and it looks like the Canadian duo's up to their usual retro-inspired, artist-designed and generally awesome tricks. We especially like the Knox (pictured right), a rectangular clock which houses a red LED display and alarm in a handmade solid beechwood casing. It's $108 and ships mid-October, but you can pre-order it from Furni directly.Also with vintage charm, their Alba...
Aaron McConomy: A Common Crayon
(10 August 2007) - Aaron McConomy was born in the fragrant pine forests of Alberta, Canada. Disillusioned after a strict conceptualist education at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University, he was on the brink of giving up art for chess until a chance meeting lead to the formation of the art gang known as the YPF. Since the founding of the YPF, he has shown extensively throughout the U.S....
(10 August 2007) - Aaron McConomy was born in the fragrant pine forests of Alberta, Canada. Disillusioned after a strict conceptualist education at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University, he was on the brink of giving up art for chess until a chance meeting lead to the formation of the art gang known as the YPF. Since the founding of the YPF, he has shown extensively throughout the U.S....
Make Way For K-way
(20 July 2007) - On a rainy day in Paris circa 1965, Leon-Claude Duhamel observed attentively as people rushed by in soaking wet clothes without an umbrella. It was on this day that the K-way jacket was born. Lightweight and completely waterproof, the jacket can be folded into a small, elastic belted hip bag when not in use. An instant success with first year sales of more than...
(20 July 2007) - On a rainy day in Paris circa 1965, Leon-Claude Duhamel observed attentively as people rushed by in soaking wet clothes without an umbrella. It was on this day that the K-way jacket was born. Lightweight and completely waterproof, the jacket can be folded into a small, elastic belted hip bag when not in use. An instant success with first year sales of more than...
Sarah Anne Johnson at Stephen Bulger Gallery
(29 May 2007) - Sarah Anne Johnson’s second extended project, The Galapagos Project, is based on ecological volunteer tourism in the Galapagos Islands. Like her first highly acclaimed project Tree Planting, she continues to explore the themes of idealism and nature. What has made her projects particularly unique is that although she predominantly uses photography, she also blends in sculpting and painting. Johnson's photographs were taken over two...
(29 May 2007) - Sarah Anne Johnson’s second extended project, The Galapagos Project, is based on ecological volunteer tourism in the Galapagos Islands. Like her first highly acclaimed project Tree Planting, she continues to explore the themes of idealism and nature. What has made her projects particularly unique is that although she predominantly uses photography, she also blends in sculpting and painting. Johnson's photographs were taken over two...
Doyon-Rivest
(06 April 2007) - Using art for brand communication requires finding that tiny, pointy apex fusing creativity, corporate branding and audience to create a message that's strong yet subtle and meaningful yet simple. To pull it off requires not only creative finesse and an appreciation for branding, but also an intimate understanding of audience and human response. It's a tough gig, and few perform it well. In Australia...
(06 April 2007) - Using art for brand communication requires finding that tiny, pointy apex fusing creativity, corporate branding and audience to create a message that's strong yet subtle and meaningful yet simple. To pull it off requires not only creative finesse and an appreciation for branding, but also an intimate understanding of audience and human response. It's a tough gig, and few perform it well. In Australia...
k-os
(25 January 2007) - Trying to categorize Canadian native k-os's genre-busting third and latest album, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco will leave you tied in knots. The infectiously catchy album debuted at number one on the Canadian charts in October (it's soon to be released in the U.S.) and is Outkast, Cody Chestnutt, The Beastie Boys, and Gnarls Barkley all rolled into one and then some. Musical styles range...
(25 January 2007) - Trying to categorize Canadian native k-os's genre-busting third and latest album, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco will leave you tied in knots. The infectiously catchy album debuted at number one on the Canadian charts in October (it's soon to be released in the U.S.) and is Outkast, Cody Chestnutt, The Beastie Boys, and Gnarls Barkley all rolled into one and then some. Musical styles range...
Elizabeth Shepherd Trio: Start To Move
(22 December 2006) - For the daughter of two Salvation Army ministers, Elizabeth Shepherd must have had first dibs on the dusty jazz records dropped in the thrift store donation box. At least that might explain her soulful musical approach, rooted in the classics yet thoroughly modern. The young pianist/chanteuse, and her Toronto trio, step boldly into the continuum with their mature debut release, Start To Move, out...
(22 December 2006) - For the daughter of two Salvation Army ministers, Elizabeth Shepherd must have had first dibs on the dusty jazz records dropped in the thrift store donation box. At least that might explain her soulful musical approach, rooted in the classics yet thoroughly modern. The young pianist/chanteuse, and her Toronto trio, step boldly into the continuum with their mature debut release, Start To Move, out...
John Fluevog Capones
(14 December 2006) - Renowned in the late 80s and early 90s, John Fluevog’s Art Deco-inspired footwear collection is experiencing a renaissance with their new 2006 winter line. The dandyish Capone ankle boot (pictured) features patent leather (a typically flamboyant choice of material) and a pink lining sobered by a grey colorway and classic brogue styling. The result is a fresh approach to the Canadian cobbler's tradition of...
(14 December 2006) - Renowned in the late 80s and early 90s, John Fluevog’s Art Deco-inspired footwear collection is experiencing a renaissance with their new 2006 winter line. The dandyish Capone ankle boot (pictured) features patent leather (a typically flamboyant choice of material) and a pink lining sobered by a grey colorway and classic brogue styling. The result is a fresh approach to the Canadian cobbler's tradition of...
Canadian Design Resource
(05 July 2006) - From bear-shaped license plates the whimsical Ball-B-Q, and even the Newfoundland, examples of innovation, spunk and style abound at the Canadian Design Resource website. The newly launched site showcases Canadian design past and present, and is intended as a resource for all types of design and designers. Site founders Michael Erdmann and Todd Falkowsky (of the Toronto-based design collective Motherbrand) hope the site will...
(05 July 2006) - From bear-shaped license plates the whimsical Ball-B-Q, and even the Newfoundland, examples of innovation, spunk and style abound at the Canadian Design Resource website. The newly launched site showcases Canadian design past and present, and is intended as a resource for all types of design and designers. Site founders Michael Erdmann and Todd Falkowsky (of the Toronto-based design collective Motherbrand) hope the site will...
Chocolat 15-18
(31 May 2006) - The humidor is the first sign that Montréal-based Chocolat 15-18 takes itself very seriously. So seriously, that they named the company after the temperature maintained by the humidor, an ideal 15º-18º Celsius (59º-64º Fahrenheit). Inside the humidor are simple but elegant boxes that contain three flights of chocolate. Each flight contains four handmade chocolates of increasing intensity. They are all single-origin and meant to...
(31 May 2006) - The humidor is the first sign that Montréal-based Chocolat 15-18 takes itself very seriously. So seriously, that they named the company after the temperature maintained by the humidor, an ideal 15º-18º Celsius (59º-64º Fahrenheit). Inside the humidor are simple but elegant boxes that contain three flights of chocolate. Each flight contains four handmade chocolates of increasing intensity. They are all single-origin and meant to...
This Boy's Got the Blues
(02 June 2005) - Who says a white teenager from Saskatchewan can’t have the blues? Thank god no one told 17-year-old Kyle Riabko because we’d be without one of the hottest young up-and-comers in the blues genre. Back in the ‘90s, Jonny Lang, another young blues wunderkind from the northern region (North Dakota's not as far north, but it's up there, ya know?!), came out of nowhere to...
(02 June 2005) - Who says a white teenager from Saskatchewan can’t have the blues? Thank god no one told 17-year-old Kyle Riabko because we’d be without one of the hottest young up-and-comers in the blues genre. Back in the ‘90s, Jonny Lang, another young blues wunderkind from the northern region (North Dakota's not as far north, but it's up there, ya know?!), came out of nowhere to...
Werkburo
(23 May 2005) - Werkburo is a Canadian site that is currently selling a nice line of t-shirts from a small group of independent artists from all over the world. Artists like Michael Place and Basit Khan came together to make up the first artist series. This shirt design by Khan is a tribute to the Islamic calligrapher Hassan Massouidi, and the renewal of one of his well...
(23 May 2005) - Werkburo is a Canadian site that is currently selling a nice line of t-shirts from a small group of independent artists from all over the world. Artists like Michael Place and Basit Khan came together to make up the first artist series. This shirt design by Khan is a tribute to the Islamic calligrapher Hassan Massouidi, and the renewal of one of his well...
OK47
(30 March 2005) - OK47, were founded in the spring of 2000, and have quickly evolved from selling just a small set of t-shirts to a full line of mens and women's clothing and accessories. Ironically they operate out of the top floor of a converted sweatshop in Toronto's fashion district--but all of their clothing is consciously made sweatshop free, under an ethical business model. They call themselves...
(30 March 2005) - OK47, were founded in the spring of 2000, and have quickly evolved from selling just a small set of t-shirts to a full line of mens and women's clothing and accessories. Ironically they operate out of the top floor of a converted sweatshop in Toronto's fashion district--but all of their clothing is consciously made sweatshop free, under an ethical business model. They call themselves...
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