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“Got culture? Um, actually, no.” By Kate Armstrong.

LB — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:20:19 +0000

The best and most entertaining piece written so far on the topic of the recent devastating cuts to arts funding in my province of British Columbia is by Vancouver artist and writer Kate Armstrong.

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No snow

LB — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:31:16 +0000

Snowdrops, but no snow on the mountains around Vancouver in the warmest January on record. The organizers are busily trying to manufacture snow for the winter Olympics which start in 2 weeks, but the mountains still look extremely green.

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Vancouverism

LB — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:11:01 +0000

Vancouverism is, as Wikipedia defines it, an urban planning and architectural technique named (obviously) after the city that pioneered it. It is “characterized by mixed-use developments, typically with a medium-height, commercial base and narrow, high-rise residential towers to accommodate high populations and to preserve view corridors.” An exhibition by the same name opens tomorrow at a university space in Woodward’s, one of Vancouver’s newest mixed-use building projects.

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The Cowichan sweater of Vancouver Island

LB — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:12:36 +0000

The late Amelia Charlie, prominent designer and promoter of the Cowichan sweater

Above is an example of the Cowichan sweater (photo courtesy Cowichan Tribes).

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2010 Olympics anti-graphics

LB — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:16:06 +0000

Graphic design isn’t usually my focus, but when you’re interested in design and are living amidst the deluge of an impending Olympics in your hometown, the tide of graphics is impossible to ignore.

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Montreal vs. Vancouver Olympics graphics – a little comparative photo essay

LB — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:36 +0000

Ignoring the problems of hosting the Olympics, which are serious and many (and as a Vancouverite I’m speaking from experience), let’s just compare the graphic design from two different Canadian Olympics.

Official Montreal ’76 Olympics poster that would never pass a committee now

LB — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:36:33 +0000

Poster by Raymond Bellemare for the Canadian Graphics and Design Directorate (Graphisme et Dessin) of the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Olympic Games, Montreal

Only 32 years have passed since this fantastic official poster for the 1976 Montreal Olympics was produced, but from a 2008 vantage point it’s hard to imagine how a committee ever okayed it.