One day Man decided that toast too difficult, who wants to watch over cooking bread? So Man logically made something to make the toast pop up by itself when it was ready for us to devour. That is what we do – when something requires what we deem as too much effort we create something […]

Imagine a community that was sterile, tidy, quiet, reserved and regimented. A neighborhood that said goodbye to noisy streets, chaotic markets, and invading neon. A residency that cultivated hygienic, strategic and standardized dwellings so that all the world was harmonious and uniform. Sounds like a sci-fi flick to me ( enter zombies here). […]

As a designer, well an almost designer anyway, I hear and see a lot of products that both fascinate and frightening…mostly frightening actually. It is this combination that comes to mind when I discovered the red leather kitchen cabinets from Snaidero. I am of course speaking of the Venus kitchen – a new contemporary design […]

Massive Change:
By Bruce Mau, Jennifer Leonard and Institue Without Boundaries

Passionately written and captivating in every way, Massive Change challenges the reader to create a new definition of design. One that encompasses not only the built environment, but all that surrounds it. A holistic approach which includes transportation, energy, data bases, materials, and life. As […]

A while back I blogged about the book Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. At the time I was of course singing the praises of this book and I still am. The difference is that I have actually finished the book now. I had been procrastinating over the last 2 chapters for […]

Sometimes all you need is the right inspiration to get a project started. With interior design, I find one of the hardest obstacles is seeing your space through another person’s eyes. Looking outside of the box, so-to-speak. If you can imagine an area without the walls that split up your area it would be so […]

I was asked the question. The one question that we all avoid like politics or religion. The one question that everyone seems to be an expert on yet no one practices what they preach. The question that so many will debate with such passion and yet not have a clue of the complexity of what […]

Sketches of Frank Gehry is a movie, or rather documentary that many have been waiting for. Here is an extraordinary approach to capturing the essence of architecture and design in an informal and heart warming way. The story of Frank Gehry, a man driven by imagination and energy rather than rules and conformity, […]

“Now that we can do anything, what will we do?” Great words delivered by a great designer, Bruce Mau. Last week I enjoyed hearing Bruce speak while he was in Calgary. For the most part he spoke of his current project/book, Massive Change, asking the audience to interact with a question and answer session at […]