A Kinder, Gentler Pug Awards
Once focusing on the worst, architecture awards now highlight public's choices for the best new buildings in Toronto. Once upon a time, awards were established to celebrate the worst in Toronto...
View ArticleLocally Made: Grant Heaps, Textile Artist
Fabric fanatic Grant Heaps makes quilting look cool.Grant Heaps was 14 when his mother first taught him how to sew. “I was always obsessed with fabric, even as a child,” he says. Because of his...
View ArticleLocally Made: The Art and Design of Bookhou
For John Booth and Arounna Khounnoraj, making useful goods is a family affair. The name “Bookhou” sounds vaguely French. It’s not. Rather, Bookhou is a portmanteau of the last names of its founders,...
View ArticleLocally Made: Evan Biddell
The bad boy of Canadian fashion does it his own way. It’s been a busy week for Evan Biddell. The 29-year-old designer, who burst onto the scene in 2007 as the winner of Project Runway Canada, has been...
View ArticleThe Gladstone Hotel Unveils Come Up To My Room 2013
The popular annual design show enters its tenth year. Come Up to My Room 2013 The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West) January 24–27 $10 The curators of the Gladstone Hotel’s annual art and design...
View ArticleDesign TO DO
Showing at over 40 venues across the city, the Toronto Design Offsite (TO DO) Festival is part experimental design show, part experiential art party, with local designers and artists welcoming the...
View ArticleDoor Stops: Photographing the Doors (and Walls, and Textures) of Toronto
A new photo project that stops and looks—really looks—at the ordinary textures that make up the city. Editor’s note: Andrew Louis has been one of Torontoist‘s photographers for several years; he’s got...
View ArticleHere’s What the TTC Wants Toronto’s New Subway Signage to Look Like
Bloor-Yonge and St. George stations will be the test sites for a new generation of signs. The image above is only a mock-up from the TTC, but, if transit officials have their way, it will soon be...
View ArticleRyerson Reveals Design of New Mixed-Use Building on Church Street
The Church Street Development north of Dundas will feature clinical experience suites, teaching and research space, and residence beds. Students entering Ryerson’s Faculty of Community Services in 2018...
View ArticleThe SRT Gets a Makeover
On Sunday, Scarborough Rapid Transit riders can check out the first newly redesigned vehicles. On its 30-year birthday, the much-maligned Scarborough Rapid Transit line will finally sport a new look....
View ArticleDevelopment Signs Could Become Less Boring, More Readable
Worthwhile Toronto initiative could see the City "sell democracy" through better design. The current signage for Toronto’s development proposals are anything but inviting: the language is boring, the...
View ArticleVandalist: Depression and Design
It doesn't have to be this way. BY: #DepressionAndDesign LOCATION: Dundas and McCaul PHOTO BY: Mandy N. FIELD NOTES: There’s an old stereotype of the depressed artist: the romanticized idea of a...
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