Archive for the ‘CANADIAN DESIGN’ Category

• 2014/05/04 BOOKS | Arthur Erickson – An Architect’s Life :: Congratulations, David Stouck! posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, designKULTUR✭ STARS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, UNCATEGORIZED, URBAN PLANNING, VANCOUVERISM tagged Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life, BC Book Prizes 2014, Concrete Philosopher, David Stouck, Douglas & McIntyre, Francisco Kripacz, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, Law Courts, Mrytle Erickson, Museum of Anthropology, Pierre Trudeau, Robson Square, Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, Shane McCune
• 2013/10/07 ARCHITECTURE | The Plywood Cottage posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN tagged Cottage Design, Plywood
• 2013/05/24 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | PWL Partnership posted in ADVERTISING, ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, PUBLIC ART, STREET FURNITURE, URBAN PLANNING, VANCOUVERISM, VIDEO tagged Ben MacDougall, Bruce Hemstock, Green Space, Jon Long, Landscape Architecture, New Street Productions, New Westminster Pier Park, Parks, PWL Partnership, VANCOUVERISM
• 2013/03/30 SCULPTORS | Gerhard Class :: George Cunningham Memorial Sundial, 1967 posted in ART + ARTISTS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, designKULTUR✭ STARS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PUBLIC ART tagged Canadian Centennial of Confederation 1967, Cunningham Drug Stores Ltd., Denman and Nelson Streets, English Bay, Gerhard Class, John Morton, PUBLIC ART, Samuel Brighouse, Sculptors, sculpture, Sundials, The Three Greenhorns, Vancouver, Vancovuer, VanDusen Botanical Garden, William Hailstone
• 2013/03/24 LOGOS + REBRANDS | Bye, Bye Bay; Hello Hudson posted in ADVERTISING, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, FASHION, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, RETAIL DESIGN, SHOPPING BAGS, TYPOGRAPHY tagged Arcade Agency, Bay Days, Bonnie Brooks, Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, Daniel O'Neill, Georgian Restaurant, HBC, Hudson's Bay, La Baie, La Baie d'Hudson, La Baie Montréal, Lipman NYC, Lippincott & Margulies, logs, Lord & Taylor, Mark Summers, Mon Magasin Mon Style, Morgan, Morgan's, Nordstrom, Pablo Mozo, Pro Pelle Cutem, Scratch & Save, Skin for a Skin, The Bay, The Bay Vancouver, The Hudson's Bay Company, Tony Smith
• 2013/03/19 SCULPTORS | George Norris :: A Photographic Tribute posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, designKULTUR✭ STARS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PUBLIC ART tagged D.E. White, George Norris, H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Ian Davidson, Mother and Child, Postal Station D Vancouver, Sculptors, sculpture, The Crab, The Swimmer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver Aquatic Centre, Vancouver RIsing
• 2013/03/17 SCULPTORS | R.I.P. George Norris :: 1928 – 2013 posted in ART + ARTISTS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, designKULTUR✭ STARS, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PUBLIC ART tagged George Norris, H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Pacific Centre, Sculptors, sculpture, Selwyn Pullan, The Province, Vancouver, Vancouver Aquatic Centre, Vancouver Planetarium, Vanier Park, Viaducts
• 2012/11/07 ARCHITECTS | Luc Durand :: Québec @ expo 67 + Le Village Olympique ’76 + L’Autoroute Décarie posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, EXHIBITIONS, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, OLYMPIC GAMES tagged 1976 Olympics, CCA, Château Champlain, expo 67, l'autoroute Décarie, Loto-Québec, Luc Durand, Marie Claude Lortie, Montreal, Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc et Durard architectes, Pavilion du Québec, Roger D'Astous, Village Olympique
• 2012/10/22 RETAIL LOGOS | Eaton’s of Canada :: Shopping Bags posted in ADVERTISING, CANADIAN DESIGN, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, RETAIL DESIGN, SHOPPING BAGS, TYPOGRAPHY tagged Bags, Carrier Bags, Department Stores, Eaton, Eaton's, Eaton's of Canada, logos, SHOPPING BAGS
• 2012/10/22 RETAIL ARCHITECTURE | César Pelli’s Eaton’s versus James Cheng’s Nordstrom posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PHOTOGRAPHY, RETAIL DESIGN, SHOPPING BAGS, STREET FURNITURE, URBAN PLANNING, VIDEO tagged Cadillac Fairview, César Pelli, Department Stores, Eaton's, James Cheng, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Library Square Competition, Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership, Nordstrom, Pacific Centre, Robson Central, Sears, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library Central Branch 1957-1995
• 2012/10/22 RETAIL ARCHITECTURE | Last Call :: 7 October 2012 :: The End of César Pelli’s Eaton’s Pacific Centre posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PHOTOGRAPHY, RETAIL DESIGN, SHOPPING BAGS, STREET FURNITURE, URBAN PLANNING tagged César Pelli, Department Stores, Eaton's, Liquidation Sales, Nordstrom Vancouver, Pacific Centre, Sears, Vancouver
• 2012/10/21 RETAIL ARCHITECTURE | R.I.P. César Pelli’s Eaton’s Pacific Centre :: 1973 – 2012 posted in ADVERTISING, ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, FASHION, LOGOLANDIA, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PHOTOGRAPHY, RETAIL DESIGN, SHOPPING BAGS, STREET FURNITURE, URBAN PLANNING, VIDEO tagged Birks, Block 52, César Pelli, Claudia Cornwall, Curt Lang, Curt Lang's Vancouver, Department Stores, Design Vision, Donald Gutstein, Eaton's, George Norris, Granville Mall, Granville Street, Hudson's Bay Co., Ltd., McCarter Nairne and Partners, Nordstrom, Pacific Centre, Pacific Design Centre, Petronas Towers, Sears, The Blue Whale, The Great White Toilet, The Great White Urinal, The Tower of Darkness, Vancouver
• 2012/09/03 CITIES | Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto + Toronto’s Missing Groove posted in ADVERTISING, ART + ARTISTS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | TORONTO, designKULTUR✭ STARS, GRAPHIC ARTS, PUBLIC ART, URBAN PLANNING tagged John Lorinc, Mark Peckmezian, Rob Ford, The Walrus, Toronto
• 2011/11/14 CULTURE + SCIENCE | Your Daily Laugh :: from the Rick Mercer Report posted in ADVERTISING, CANADIAN DESIGN, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, ENVIRONMENT, GRAPHIC ARTS, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO tagged Biotech, Broccoii, CBC Television, Cloning, Her Majesty the Queen, Horses, Jack Layon, Rick Mercer, Rick Mercer Report, Stephen Harper, YouTube
• 2011/10/22 STREET ART | Seen in T.O. :: WWJMD? ::: »What Would Joni Mitchell Do?« posted in ADVERTISING, ART + ARTISTS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | TORONTO, designKULTUR✭ STARS, GRAPHIC ARTS, MUSIC + MUSICIANS, SEEN IN … tagged Art, Artists, Bauhaus, Cecilia Berkovic, Conceptual Art, Jane Fonda, Jeremy Deller, Joni Mitchell, Musicians, Street Art, Toronto, What Would Joni Mitchell Do?, What Would Neil Young Do?, WWJMD?
• 2011/09/15 ENVIRONMENT | 2011.09.15 :: Happy 40th Birthday, Greenpeace Canada! posted in ADVERTISING, ART + ARTISTS, BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY tagged 40th Anniversary, 40th Birthday, Amchitka - The Concert, Arlene B. Cotter, Arlene Cotter, Books, Brochures, Don't Make a Wave Committee, Fundraising, graphic artists, GRAPHIC ARTS, Greenpeace, Greenpeace Canada, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, logos, Public Service Announcements - PSAs, Rex Weyler, Tony Esslinger, Vancouver, Visual Identity Programs
• 2011/07/01 2011.07.01 | Happy Fête du Canada Day! posted in CANADIAN DESIGN tagged Bartrobbe, Canada Day 2011, Fête du Canada, Le Nord Vrai, National Holidays, The True North
• 2011/06/19 ARCHITECTS | Gregory Henriquez :: A Profile by Frances Bula posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, URBAN PLANNING, VANCOUVERISM tagged Architect, Father's Day, Frances Bula, Greg Geipel, Gregory Henriquez, Richard Henriquez, The Globe and Mail, The State of Vancouver, Vancouver, Vancouver Magazine June 2011, VANCOUVERISM, Woodward's
• 2011/03/18 THE EXPO FILES | From The Canadian Design Resource :: 1867 – 1967 ::: The Best Yellow Pages Ever posted in BOOK DESIGN, BOOKS, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | TORONTO, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, MID-CENTURY MODERN tagged Canada, Canadian Centennial, Centennial, Centennial of Canadian Con, Directories, Etsy, logos, mid-century modern, TD Centre, Telephone directory, The Canadian Design Resource, Toronto, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Typography, Yellow Page
• 2011/03/17 THE EXPO FILES | 1867-1967 :: The Party of a Century ::: »The Politics of Participation: Learning from Canada’s Centennial Year« by Helen Davies posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, designKULTUR✭ STARS, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, LOGOLANDIA, URBAN PLANNING tagged 150!Canaada Conference, 1867-1967, Canadian Identity, Centennial of Canadian Confederation, Confederation Caravan, Confederation Train, expo 67, Helen Davies, MASS LBP, Nationalism, Social Contract, The Party of a Century, The Politics of Participation: Leaning from Canada's Centennial Year"