The Art Gallery of Alberta presents Capital Modern: Edmonton Architecture and Urban Design 1940-1969. Like many cities across North America, Edmonton has a wealth of modern architecture that is under-appreciated, yet significant. In fact, Edmonton was a leader in modern building during the period from post-World War II to the 1970s, due to the oil…

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 approximately 200 ceramic vessels from Southeast Asia, beginning April 1. The clay pots and jars form the most extensive record of human activity from the prehistoric period to the present…

Carpet One Floor & Home, of Burlington, Ont., has launched its fourth year of battling breast cancer with its Spring 2007 Carpet One Welcomes Your Support campaign, April to June. The campaign involves the sale of indoor/outdoor pink ribbon welcome mats. The company produces a new collection of seasonal welcome mats every year and donates…

The Corning Museum of Glas,s in Corning, N.Y., is presenting Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers from May 18 to Nov. 25. The exhibition explores the works of master glassmakers Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolf (1857-1939) and their relation to academic botany. The Harvard Museum of Natural History will lend…

Interior Design Show It was a dark and stormy night, with a bitter-cold February gale blowing off Lake Ontario, as design mavens and hipsters raced from the parking lot to the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place. Inside the former National Trade Centre, however, all was warmth and good cheer at White, the Interior Design…

GREY MATTER Inspired by the runways of New York, Paris, and Milan, where grey has been a fashion fixture for the past few seasons, pre-finished hardwood flooring company Mirage has introduced an Earl Grey stain, the newest addition to its Sweet Memories series. Earl Grey blends grey and muted green with brown tones to…

After a couple of disappointing years at IDS, one might be forgiven for wondering if the show had lost its relevance to the design community. There are only so many plasma screen TVs, sub-zero fridges and marginal doodads one can look at without getting the feeling that your brain is going to explode out of…

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 monumental showcase pavilions by "name" architects like Helmut Jahn, Nicholas Grimshaw and Oswald Ungers that are so vast, and sprawl on a campus so big, that one gets…

Vancouver-based Martha Sturdy is a leading Canadian designer of furniture, accessories, sculptures and art. Recognized internationally, she is known for her bold oversized creations made of casting resin, leather, steel and brass. Her works are sold in Hong Kong, London, New York, Taiwan and The Netherlands, and can be found in the finest stores around…