November 6, 2013 – 7:00 am
Based in Toronto, Post Calligraphy artist Lisa Mavian finds her calligraphic inspiration in beautiful shapes and spaces and voids. Self-taught, the simplicity of Lisa’s style is irresistible: I’m smitten by her selection of elegant holiday tags, as well as her custom work for invitations and events. Seems the minimalist eye runs in the family: her son […]
November 1, 2013 – 10:00 am
There’s something about November 1 that thrusts me into a contemplative/dark mindset. I’m sure it’s partly due to the literal darkness of the dwindling light – which is much more noticeable in London. When 4:00 rolls around these days, it feels like bedtime should be near. Not good! – and partly because Christmas no longer […]
October 30, 2013 – 7:00 am
My discovery of architect Vincent Van Duysen happened in a roundabout fashion. First, I fell for his austere (but beautiful) wooden bowl for When Objects Work at Maison et Objet. Then, I stumbled across a T Magazine piece featuring his Antwerp home. That led me to the Van Duysen website + its rabbit-hole-for-the-minimalist portfolio. Thames […]
October 23, 2013 – 7:00 am
There’s something about the first cool days of fall that makes me want to fire up the oven and bake a batch of cookies. As I’ve felt off my game since moving to the land of metric, I decided to take a French Pastry class over the weekend, in hopes that it would a) get […]
October 16, 2013 – 7:00 am
As a long-time fan of Laura Stoddart‘s elegant yet quirky illustration style, I’m thrilled that she is now offering a range of limited-edition giclée prints in two sizes: the smaller print measures 14.5×19 cm, and the larger option is 19×28 cm. I’ve always thought her artwork was meant to be framed and dipslayed, yet could never […]
