Posted on August 26, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
Categories: Architecture, Urban planning, Green design
Toronto’s New Blue Edge, the largest waterfront development project in North America, has announced the winning bid to develop a four-hectare parcel of industrial land. Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, was in Toronto last week to present his vision for the massive project.
Posted on August 19, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
Categories: Product design, Art
Lily Yung, one of Toronto’s most original jewellery designers, has died. She will be remembered for her bold, beautiful and utterly unique necklaces, bracelets and rings.
Posted on August 5, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
These days, it’s nice hear about bookstores opening, even if they’re only temporarily. One of New York’s top contemporary art dealers, David Zwirner, is converting one of his three West 19th Street galleries into a pop-up bookstore, from August 9 to 13.
Shake it! Polaroid film is back
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
Categories: Product design, Photography
The Impossible Project. That is the name of the company now on a mission to bring back instant analog film for vintage Polaroid cameras. The Netherland factory announced today it is launching a Silver Shade version of the film and, this year alone, it plans to roll out one million film packs.
Lateral Office wins Prix de Rome in Architecture
Posted on July 14, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
Categories: Architecture
The Canada Council for the Arts announced yesterday that the $50,000 prize, which is awarded annually to a young firm of exceptional potential, would go to the Toronto firm.
