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Spotlight on the Object: Manhole Covers in the Gallery
Interview with Aason Oussoren
by Lorraine Johnson
by Lorraine Johnson
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LASS ARTIST AARON OUSSOREN graduated from the Craft & Design program at Sheridan College in 2008. From 2008 to 2012, he...
Ironclad Art: Vancouver’s Manhole Covers
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Article by Matthew Kleywegt
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LL INTENTIONALLY FORMED OBJECTS in a city are designed. They exist because they serve a desired function. However, beauty is a function not everything...
Whitehorse Bike Racks: An Artful Solution to a Bike-parking Problem
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Article by David Dennis
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HITEHORSE TAKES CYCLING seriously, though not too seriously. Visitors to the storied capital of the Yukon are struck by the sight of whimsical...
Technology and Design: Early Gas and Electric Lamps in Canada
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Article by Anna Adamek and Louise Trottier
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N 1887 A SMALL RIOT erupted in the Township of Hull, on the north bank of the Ottawa River, just...
Signs of the Times: Documenting Toronto’s Heritage Signage
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Article by Debbie Adams
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HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED by signs. My great uncle made neon signs. My grandfather was a sign painter. As a child, I recall...
What Buildings Tell: Fossils Hidden in Plain View
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Article by Ingrid Birker
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HE DECORATIVE FEATURES OF BUILDINGS are usually the result of an intentional design process that begins with the architect’s vision and develops through...
Editorial: Utilities in the City
John Fleming
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OWEVER SIMPLE A STREET OBJECT in an urban setting may be in form and function, it carries through its material presence an innate aesthetic content,...
Art Deco and the Cocktail’s Influence on an Era
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Article by Lindsay Rose-McLean
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rt deco is a term applied to a popular aesthetic movement that was prominent in parts of Europe, Britain, and North America between 1910...