Vancouver design Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/vancouver-design/ Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:08:11 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Designer Tobias Wong at the Museum of Vancouver https://ounodesign.com/2012/09/19/tobias-wong-museum-of-vancouver-objecting/ https://ounodesign.com/2012/09/19/tobias-wong-museum-of-vancouver-objecting/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:08:11 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=14966

A retrospective of the work of Vancouver designer Tobias Wong (1974-2010) opens tonight at the Museum of Vancouver. It’s curated by Todd Falkowsky who, along with his colleagues at the Canadian Design Resource, has perhaps done more to promote Canadian design and designers than anyone else, at least in the last decade. 

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2012/09/19/tobias-wong-museum-of-vancouver-objecting/feed/ 1 Molo https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/15/molo-2/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/15/molo-2/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:02:11 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=1748

Just a few blocks up the road from my studio is the workshop of Vancouver’s Molo Design. You’ve probably seen their accordioning softseating or their softwall room dividers which are now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/15/molo-2/feed/ 1 Building mimics DNA, petri dishes https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/14/building-mimics-dna-petri-dishes/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/14/building-mimics-dna-petri-dishes/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:49:49 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=1718

The new building for the BC Cancer Agency is a good addition to Broadway, one of Vancouver’s most ridiculously unattractive streets. The building’s most obvious feature is its round windows which are meant to reference the glass petri dishes used in cancer research.

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The Swell Future-Friendly Design Exhibition is in its third year. Curated by Propellor Design, Swell will be exhibiting Ouno Design’s Vintage Scarf Bedspread (above) along with sustainable design from about 30 international designers, April 20 – May 18 in Vancouver. 

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2008/04/09/swell/feed/ 0 Our friends Propellor on the Canadian Design Resource https://ounodesign.com/2007/11/15/check-out-the-canadian-design-resource-gallery/ https://ounodesign.com/2007/11/15/check-out-the-canadian-design-resource-gallery/#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:35:00 +0000 https://ounodesign.com/blog/?p=8  

Check out the Canadian Design Resource, an excellent and informative compendium of Canadian Design. The CDR recently featured our friends Propellor Design’s Galiano lamp, at left.

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