Archive for the ‘designKULTUR✭ STARS’ 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
• 2014/04/24 RETAIL | “Loblaws” Returns to the West Coast posted in designKULTUR✭ STARS, UNCATEGORIZED tagged Brentwood Shopping Centre, Dave Nichol, Don Watt, Extra Foods, Loblaw Banners, Loblaw Brands, Loblaws, Loblaws CityMarket, Loblaws Companies Limited, No Frills, no name®, North Vancouver, President's Choice®, Provigo le Marché, SuperValu, The Real Canadian Superstore, Your Independent Grocer
• 2013/09/09 OLYMPICS | Tokyo 1964 :: Kenzo Tange’s Shadows via Harvard Students posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CITIES | TŌKYŌ, designKULTUR✭ STARS, JAPAN, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, LOGOLANDIA, OLYMPIC GAMES, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY tagged 1964 Summer Olympics, Emmet Truxes, Gray Reinhard, Harvard Design Students, JAPAN, Kenzo Tange, Mark Mulligan, Nathan Shobe, Tokyo, Yoshikatsu Tsuboi, Yoyogi
• 2013/03/31 CIVIC LEADERS | R.I.P. Mayor Art Phillips :: 1930 – 2013 posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | VANCOUVER, designKULTUR✭ STARS, URBAN PLANNING, VANCOUVERISM tagged Alex Waterhouse-Hayward, All Seasons Park, Art Phillips, Art Phillips Park, Arthur Erickson, Blocks 51/61/71, BowMac, Carole Taylor, Discovery Square, Four Season Hotels, Greenpeace, Mitzi Gaynor, Mr. Peanut for Mayor, Pete McMartin, Pierre Trudeau, Ron Love, Setty Pendakur, Stanley Park, TEAM, The Electors' Action Movement, Vancouver, Vancouver 1973, Vincent Trasov, Yippies
• 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
• 2013/03/28 designKULTUR | 5th Anniversary posted in designKULTUR✭ STARS tagged 5th Anniversay, Continuous Improvement, designKUILTUR, Wordpress
• 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 TOKYO 2013 | Images from a Short Visit :: Hotel Grand Arc Hanzōmon posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CITIES | TŌKYŌ, designKULTUR✭ STARS, JAPAN | JAPANESE ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, JAPAN | JAPANESE DESIGN, JAPAN | THE BEST + WORST OF JAPAN, JAPAN | THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC, TRAVEL tagged Chiyoda, Girls' Day Japan, Hanzo Gate, Hinamatsuri, Hotel, Hotel Grand Arc Hanzomon, Hotels in Tokyo, Imperial Hotel Group, Imperial Palace, JAPAN, National Diet, National Theater of Japan, Shinzō Abe, Tokyo, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Tower, Toto Toilets, White Day 2013
• 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
• 2012/10/25 RETAIL LOGOS | Nordstrom posted in ADVERTISING, CITIES | VANCOUVER, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, FASHION, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, RETAIL DESIGN, SHOPPING BAGS, STREET FURNITURE, TYPOGRAPHY tagged Bellevue Square, Downtown Seattle, Eaton's, Eaton's of Canada, logos, Nordstrom, Nordstrom Best, Nordstrom Rules, retail
• 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
• 2012/02/04 VISIONS OF THE FUTURE | “A Day Made of Glass” posted in ADVERTISING, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, RETAIL DESIGN, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO tagged A Day Made of Glass, Corning Glass, Corning Kitchen of the Future - 2011, Corning Museum of Glass, Frigidaire Kitchen of the Future - 1957, Gunnar Birkerts, visions of the future
• 2012/01/20 designKULTUR DESIGN ICON | Mid-Century Modern :: The Ericofon posted in ADVERTISING, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, LOGOLANDIA, MID-CENTURY MODERN, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY tagged "Crouching Dog", Ericofon, Ericofon "Cobra", Ericsson, Gösta Thames, Hugo Blomberg, Industrial Design, Model 700, Ralph Lysell, Siemens, Telecommunications, Western Electric 500
• 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?
• 2011/10/11 FASHION | When the Future Was Ultramodern :: Visions from the Space Age posted in ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | LONDON, designKULTUR✭ STARS, FASHION, MID-CENTURY MODERN, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPACE RACE tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andre Courrèges, Blowup, Braniff Airlines, Celia Hammond, Craig Teper, David Hemmings, Diana Rigg, Donyale Luna, Edward Mann, Eero Saarinen, Emilio Pucci, Emma Peel, Fashion, Françoise Hardy, Giorgio Armani, GoTopless, Gwen Jacobs, Hussein Chalayan, Jean Shrimpton, Jocelyn Rickards, John Bates, John French, Michelangelo Antonioni, monokini, Paco Rabanne, PanAm, Patti Boyd, Peggy Moffit, Pierre Cardin, Queen Elizabeth, Richard Avedon, Rudi Gernreich, Sir Hardy Amies, Stanley Kubrick, The Avengers, The Temperamentals, Topfreedom, Tulip Chair, Vidal Sassoon, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, visions of the future, William Claxton, Yves Saint Laurent
• 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
• 2011/09/09 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | The Aalto Vase Reinterpreted in Laser Cut Steel :: by Ronen Kadushin posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, designKULTUR✭ STARS, FURNITURE, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY tagged Alvar Aalto, Flataalto, Industrial Design, Laser cutting, Modern Design, Ronen Kadushin, Stainless steel, Vase
• 2011/09/09 DESIGN + ENVIRONMENT | The Aalto Vase Reinterpreted for Changing Times :: by Jan Čtvrtník posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, designKULTUR✭ STARS, ENVIRONMENT, FURNITURE, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY tagged Aalto Vase, Alvar Aalto, Climate Change, design, Designers, Droog, Droog Climate Competition, Droog Vaas, Droog Vase, Dry Vase, Green Design, Jan Čtvrtník, Váza Droog
• 2011/09/09 DESIGN ICON | Alvar Aalto :: The Savoy Vase, 1936 posted in ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, FURNITURE, GRAPHIC ARTS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, LOGOLANDIA tagged "The Eskimo Woman's Leather Breeches", Aalto Vase, Alvar Aalto, Alvar Aalto Collection, Finland, Iittala, Modern furniture, Savoy Vase, Savoy-Maljakko, Vase