Category Archives: Responsibility
Rocky Railway High @ Nuit Blanche
One of many (too many) things to tackle during tomorrow Nuit Blanche in Toronto: Rocky Railway High an Interactive Art Project for the symbolic return of the Chinese railway workers to Guangdong, China, their homeland (an important Chinese custom at the time). Between 1881 – 1884, about 15,000 Chinese laborers from the southern Province of Guangdong [...]
Eastern Eggs
Eastern Eggs is an amazing project by TBWA\London and a spattering of talented illustrators and designers. Purchase a lucky wooden egg for just £10 (about $16 CAD), and see your proceeds go to the Red Cross Japan Tsunami appeal. Eastern Eggs from TBWA\London on Vimeo.
noma
San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards were handed out Monday night, and little restaurant named noma took the top prize for the second year in the row. With a menu featuring “Oyster and ocean”, “Fresh cheese and cabbage, Söl and bacon” and “Beef cheek and pear”, it’s enough to make me want to hop on [...]
Makeshift business cards
OK, so Print and I have a complicated relationship. Ask any graphic designer (or, well, any snooty one), and we love love love our printed material. Sure, web is fun and progressive and yes, the direction in which everything is moving these days. But there is simply nothing quite like picking a nice thick, 140 [...]
The Plight of Flight
This morning, hurrying from my printer’s shop off to a brunch, I was compelled to stop and linger over the sight of a small bird that looked to have died from flying into a window. It is said that in Toronto’s Financial District alone, thousands of birds die every year, and while this was just [...]
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Narrated by the indelible Jeremy Irons, a clever and cautionary tale of the tragedy that is the Plastic Bag. Via GOOD.
Circuit Board Furnishing
The creations of Theo Kamecke are beautiful in their aesthetics and intricate patterns that come from old boards from the wee years of computers where one will take up an entire room. Through marquetry, these old boards are given a new lease on life.
Interviews: Meaghan Orlinski
The first ever BikeStyle Tour officially kicks off tonight in Toronto with a slammin’ style ride and ending with a party at the Drake Hotel to dance the night away (helmets not included). Somehow, between putting together a Canadian tour, planning parties at each stop, and wrestling down sponsors, Toronto expat Meaghan Orlinski still managed [...]
B.Y.O.C.
“Bring Your Own {fill in the blank}”-ing (along with DIYing), is yet another glorious by-product of conscious hipsterdom. We citizens of the Earth are finally learning that we can save money and the environment by making the most out of what we have. And… it’s cool! One idea that has been slowly but surely catching [...]
The promise of BIXI
Our town is all abuzz with BIXI. And if you still haven’t heard about it, well – this could change the way you commute. Set to launch next Spring, in short, BIXI is a hop on/hop off bicycle rental system for short-term loans. Rates run at $5 for the rental, with additional fees tacked on [...]
