New York based + Vancouver native menswear designer Dana Lee is a true gem in Canada’s fashion scene.
Fashion Friday // Dana Lee Menswear
March 30th, 2012Designer Highlight // Josh Holinaty
March 28th, 2012
Meet Josh Holinaty, an Edmonton-based editorial illustrator, graphic designer and all around talented guy. His affinity for the “silly, gross, drippy, grungey and clean” is exactly what sets him apart and why we so admire his work. Holinaty’s illustrations have appeared everywhere, from the Globe & Mail to WIRED, Transworld Snow to Runner’s World, all the while crossing boundaries with his unique illustrative style. So get up-close and personal with this creative dynamo in our March designer highlight.
Man Made Toronto // Stephen Burks
March 27th, 2012
New York- based industrial designer Stephen Burks and his studio, Readymade Projects, have been showing their work Stephen Burks: Man Made Toronto since the new year at the exhibition hall of the Toronto Design Exchange. Collaborating with artisans in the developing world he transforms raw and recycled materials into clever, usable products. Man Made Toronto brings social, cultural and economic benefit to people in many remote locations by linking their products with the distribution and marketing of design brands like Artecnica, Cappellini and Moroso. In doing so, he also introduces new forms and aesthetics to contemporary design in the industrialized world. Through his project, Burks asks the public to consider these unique Senegalese basket lamps, shelving, tables and other interior products as true hybrids of two cultures.
Lee’s Palace // Runt Mural
March 26th, 2012Cape Fear // Modallion Rugs
March 23rd, 2012
If you haven’t heard of Modallion yet you need to check them out. I found them by fluke one afternoon while lurking around on Facebook and have been obsessed since. A modern rug design studio in the heart of the Castlefield Design District in Toronto, Modallion was established in February 2011, as a division of Reznick Carpets. Working as a custom, hand-knotted rug design service, each piece is a gorgeous one-of-a-kind work of art.
