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Whither goest?
Just as it is said that you can learn a lot about a city by the postcards it produces, the same is true for trade fairs and their posters. They serve as a…
Trend trek
Messe Frankfurt is playing host to Heimtextil, billed as the world's biggest trade fair for home and contract textiles, from Jan. 10 to 13. I'm rushing among…
Renaissance Women
Vancouver-based Martha Sturdy is a leading Canadian designer of furniture, accessories, sculptures and art. Recognized internationally, she is known for her…
When one shop closes…
When Martha Sturdy decided to close the doors on her Vancouver retail outlet earlier this year, she replaced it with a designer gallery/showroom dubbed Gallery…
The creamsicle basement
Here's the situation: You're given a below-ground space to transform from substandard to spectacular. It used to house an antique shop and two other tiny retail…
Parasuco’s prime time
A Short History of the Blue Jean:Patented in 1873 by San Francisco-based importer Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, a tailor from Reno, Nev..... After visiting the…
It’s been fun
Fourteen years ago, a very small company, Crailer Communications, took over two magazines from a very large publishing company. The magazines, Canadian…
Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Announcement of Winners
The Canada Council for the Arts has awarded the eight winners of the 2007 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.Ian Carr-Harris, Aganetha Dyck, R.…
Pantone and Clariant join forces
New Jersey-based Pantone, a provider of professional colour standards for design industries, and Clariant International of Muttenz, Switzerland, a textile…
Southeast Asian ceramic art
The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, in Washington D.C., is presenting Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia, an exhibition of…
Phoenix corners the market
Toronto's Phoenix Floor & Wall Products has recently been awarded sole distribution rights for Forbo products throughout Canada. The company has been a…