News and Views

Q&A with Ceramic Artist Li Xiaofeng

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Tory Healy | Comments

Categories: Art, Shopping, Fashion, Q&A

In our September issue, now on newsstands, we show how Li Xiaofeng used his fractured ceramic aesthetic to create a unique polo shirt for Lacoste. For this web exclusive, Azure went behind-the-scenes with the prolific artist just before he debuted his off-the-rack line, and specially made sculpture at Paris' Musée des Arts et Métiers in June.

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Bikes We Like

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Tory Healy | Comments

Categories: Product design, Events

In case you didn't catch our feature on trends in bicycle design in AZURE'S July/August issue – or just want to see more designs for summer gallivanting – here are some terrific two-wheeled contraptions that are on the market this year.

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Toronto International Design Festival (January 19-24)

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Tory Healy | Comments

Categories: Product design, Events, Interior Design

As Toronto prepares for this week's high-profile Interior Design Show, the new, kicky Toronto International Design Festival is a good way to take the pulse of the independent and contemporary design scene.

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Take a Look

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Tory Healy | Comments

Categories: Product design, Interior Design

While compiling a feature for Azure's new issue, associate editor Tory Healy found a spectrum of interesting new mirrors. 

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The Avant Gardener

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Tory Healy | Comments

Categories: Product design, Shopping

This week we're scouring the design world for some of our favourite gift ideas. On Friday: Green thumb goods for the down-to-earth designer.

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