July 12, 2010
There’s a superb 5-part interview with radical Italian design company Poltronova on the thoughtful design blog RoLu. We’re currently at Part 4 and I’m looking forward to part five. Read parts one, two, three and four here.
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.
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.
June 30, 2010
Life on Mars, the BBC TV sci-fi police show, takes place in 1973. But it’s a 1973 of the mind, and this is a matter of plot, not just artistic license.
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.
June 24, 2010
When I saw the photo above in the news this morning, I thought it was a great building until I realized it was actually storm damage in Midland, Ontario. A tornado produces strangely similar effect to architect James Wines’ SITE buildings for the Best Products Company (below).
June 21, 2010
Calder with his self-designed BMW. His face too is a good design.
Via the always interesting Wary Meyers, authors of the fun Wary Meyers’ Tossed & Found: Unconventional Design from Cast-offs.
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.
June 17, 2010
After my great aunt died I found this in her desk. Why would she have torn this page from a magazine in the first place, let alone kept it all these years? Likely she viewed it as evidence.
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.
