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.
Life on Mars, 1973
June 30, 2010
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.
Architecture by tornado
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).
Alexander Calder with car
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.
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.
How not to ask for a martini
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.
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.
The Most Simple Chair / Grycja Erde
June 14, 2010
the most simple chair designed by grycja erde. Via rolu, one of the very best blogs in this plethora of blogs. I like furniture that stacks and gets out of the way, especially if it forms a large solid platform to sit or put objects on.
Dave Bidini eviscerates Bryan Adams in print for jamming with Canada’s über-right-wing prime minister
June 10, 2010
The decor at Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s residence in Ottawa is almost as bad as the very fact of this distasteful event, which – can this really have happened?
Aquaovo water filters from Quebec
June 8, 2010
Aquaovo‘s Ovopur is a Quebec-designed water filter that won an Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year Award in 2009. Apart from the oddity of water pouring out of an egg, especially a black one, it seems interesting.
