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ENVIRONMENT | 2011.09.15 :: Happy 40th Birthday, Greenpeace Canada!
PHOTO > Alan Katowitz COURTESY > Doug Sprenger | JoniMitchell.com SOURCE > jonimitchell.com 20th-Century Heroes: The crew of the first Greenpeace direct action (to stop nuclear testing at...
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FASHION | When the Future Was Ultramodern :: Visions from the Space Age
designKULTUR’s top post. Originally published on 7 February 2010; relaunched with lots of extra bits on 11 October 2011. “Donyale Luna dans une robe Paco Rabanne” (aluminum plate studded chest dress,...
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STREET ART | Seen in T.O. :: WWJMD? ::: »What Would Joni Mitchell Do?«
PHOTOS > Christine Estima PHOTO > Beautiful Reality PHOTO > Meaghan Beames PHOTO > 26.media \ PHOTO > Kaydi PHOTO > Ivvonka Frankova PHOTO > David J. Phillips WWJMD? How...
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CULTURE + SCIENCE | Your Daily Laugh :: from the Rick Mercer Report
BURNING QUESTION > Who is that woman with the sexy voice who does the voice-overs for these things? She’s so perfect! Filed under: ADVERTISING, CANADIAN DESIGN, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭...
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designKULTUR DESIGN ICON | Mid-Century Modern :: The Ericofon
1930 | Siemens prototype “Crouching Dog” 1941 | Ralph Lysell prototype 1941 | Early plastic prototype of the Ericofon designed by the engineers Blomberg and Lysell 1940s | Early wooden prototypes of...
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VISIONS OF THE FUTURE | “A Day Made of Glass”
The (capital “F”) Future Lives! Visions of Tomorrow, via Corning. designKULTUR, naturally, likes the “Architectural Surface Glass” — it’s Tough,Thermally Durable, and Display Enabling — just what the...
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CITIES | Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto + Toronto’s Missing Groove
Toronto’s “art mayor” eating bikes IMAGE > Martin Reis Sarah Lazarovic SPOTTED BY > Photographer Martin Reis Fordzilla (SPACING Disaster Issue cover) ARTIST > Steve Murray Dave Murray –...
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RETAIL LOGOS | Nordstrom
The downtown Seattle Nordstrom store, 18 May 1961. Photo: Seattlepi.com File / SL The Nordstrom Best store at Bellevue Square, 1967. The company was renamed Nordstrom Best in the late 1960s and...
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SCULPTORS | R.I.P. George Norris :: 1928 – 2013
Vancouver artist George Norris displays his winning entry, the Crab, in contest to choose $40.000 showpiece for Planetarium. Photo >Ken Oakes, Vancouver Sun Source > The Province File photo of...
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TOKYO 2013 | Images from a Short Visit :: Hotel Grand Arc Hanzōmon
This is the first hotel review to grace the pages of designKULTUR. We’ve stayed in a few nice hotels – and lots of dumpy ones – in Tokyo, some only slightly larger than a couple of capsules in a...
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SCULPTORS | George Norris :: A Photographic Tribute
I studied in the building overlooking Mother and Child. I worked as a letter carrier in Postal Station D. I attended a few Pink Floyd laser light shows at the Planetarium back in the day, and I swim...
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designKULTUR | 5th Anniversary
Details like this make WordPress an extraordinary blogging platform. I love the continuous-improvement ethos at work at WP! Filed under: designKULTUR✭ STARS Tagged: 5th Anniversay, Continuous...
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SCULPTORS | Gerhard Class :: George Cunningham Memorial Sundial, 1967
Public Art Registry George Cunningham Memorial Sundial Sundial (VanDusen) Artist(s): Gerhard Class Description of Work: A classic bronze sundial sits on top of a 4’5″ high rectangular granite...
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CIVIC LEADERS | R.I.P. Mayor Art Phillips :: 1930 – 2013
Art Phillips, Mayor of Vancouver from 1973 to 1976 He beat Mr. Peanut, stopped freeways and saved Chinatown and Gastown. He met Mitzi Gaynor (Vancouver’s Sweetheart”), rode a horse with élan, and – as...
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OLYMPICS | Tokyo 1964 :: Kenzo Tange’s Shadows via Harvard Students
An explanation of the video: As we approach the centennial of Kenzo Tange’s birth (2013) and the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympics (2014), the time seems right for a renewed appreciation of what...
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