A grass umbrella instantly transports you somewhere tropical, even when it’s made of polyester. Qualicum Beach ice cream parlour, Vancouver Island.
Last days of summer
August 28, 2010
British Columbia
Marine Insultant, Retired.
August 25, 2010
Tofino, British Columbia. DIY fence & humour by a retired consultant and RN couple.
Atention People’s Faceing Northeast
August 6, 2010
Photocopied sign found taped to telephone pole in Chinatown, a few blocks from my studio. Beautiful poster of the apocalyptic warning variety. “The dotes are the extraterrestrials ship’s.” I love how ‘dots’ is misspelled, and apostrophe is on the wrong word, but A+ on spelling ‘extraterrestrials’ correctly.
Tags:
ET
extraterrestrials
handmade
messages from the universe
sci fi
sign
spaceships
THIS IS JOKE
this is no joke
Categories:
art,
British Columbia,
graphics and signage,
humour,
on the fridge,
Uncategorised,
Vancouver
Test Pattern Dress by Douglas Coupland
July 15, 2010
Doug Coupland (author of “Generation X” as well as an artist and designer) has done a line of casual clothes and accessories for the Canadian company Roots. The t-shirt dress is instantly classic.
Categories:
art,
British Columbia,
Canadian design,
design,
favourite,
textiles,
Uncategorised,
Vancouver
Grimes
July 10, 2010
Grimes is the one-woman musical outfit of Claire Boucher, an artist and musician from Vancouver currently living and working in Montreal. Her album “Geidi Primes” has recently received a lot of alt press including Altered Zones and Gorilla vs.
Custom woodwork by Vladimir
July 5, 2010
This is my friend Vladimir, a master woodworker in Vancouver who is originally from Moscow. I feel that local craftspeople like Vlad who produce one-of-a-kind objects and high-level custom work do not get enough press.
Tags:
baltic birch
bathroom
Bulgakov
cabinet
carpenter
clawfoot tub
closet
cupboard
Douglas Fir
interior design
maple
SHUT UP & FISH
stairs
steps
storage
Vladimir Moukhanov
wardrobe
wood
wooden
woodwork
Categories:
art,
British Columbia,
Canadian design,
design,
DIY,
furniture,
humour,
Uncategorised,
Vancouver
Vancouverites, Sarah Gee exhibit opens July 9
June 26, 2010
My design partner, the artist Sarah Gee, is having an opening on Friday, July 9, for a 2-day solo exhibition at the beautiful studio of designer and TV person Brad Gough.
Giant timber bamboo
June 19, 2010
Day 1 of measuring: fat bamboo shoot is 58″ tall
This giant timber bamboo grove came over from the neighbours’ yard. My guess it’s been there since the late 1960s, back when a well-known Japanese-Canadian poet lived next door.
Let’s all get solar panels! Loan me some, and I’ll promote your solar company.
June 16, 2010
Above, solar panel construction in Wayne National Forest, Ohio.
I know this is a ridiculous proposition, but if you never try, you never… experience rejection. I want solar panels for my abnormally long roof, but I can’t afford them yet.
Rod Palm’s ship house on Strawberry Isle in Tofino, BC
April 25, 2010
Views of Rod’s famous ship house just off Tofino on the West Coat of Vancouver Island. Below, from here. And on Rod Palm and the Strawberry Isle Research Society here.
