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Tag Archives: urbanity
LIVING WALLS
Architectural design is something city dwellers tend to be as addicted to as they are to the jolts from their coffee shops. A bemusing and most absorbing instance of this devotion is the proliferation of upgrading tired facades with scintillating … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustrators, Industrial Design
Tagged Mural Art, Toronto, uber5000, urbanity
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iPOD POSTERS:THE BEAT GOES ON
Vintage graphics, so heavily indebted as they are to their Parisian roots, have had, through the past century, a pronounced tilt toward the chic and the discreet. But the radical energies which brought about Parisian distinctiveness had their wild side—as … Continue reading
MURAL ART: A CALL TO PARADISE
Since the time of cave-dwellers, there has been mural art. Installing imagery on a much-frequented structure has, through the ages, elicited much-needed focus upon what makes life worth living. From caves to cathedrals, the setting would act as a complement … Continue reading
NEW THEATRICALITY—IT’S SO BIG!
Throughout its fairly long history, Toronto has been a beacon to those counting on safe bets. Though not altogether a bad thing, it has, until very recently, played out as altogether a boring thing. Capping off a recent plunge to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Fine Art, Industrial Design
Tagged abstract expressionism, Bilbao, David Mirvish, Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Toronto, urbanity
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MILANO, THE SUPERB CITY
Milano is an ancient centre with an ultra-modern heart. Just as its cathedral is the most stunningly designed instance to be found, its artisans continue to generate all manner of products at a level of instantly recognizable excellence.
PARIS, OF COURSE (First of a series on Paris, and other great cities)
Rue de l,arbre sec (Street of the Dry Tree), the site of the gallows in medieval Paris, and also the site of the once-glorious Art Nouveau department store, La Samaritaine, now shut down (just off the right foreground of the … Continue reading
POCHOIRS
Today we consider, by way of introduction to be followed by later instalments, a design genre I hope to prompt you to investigate, because I’m convinced it comprises some of the most sophisticated, witty and exciting graphics ever produced.
NUIT BLANCHE
On the last Saturday night in September, Toronto mounts its version of a twelve-hour, all-night art expo the likes of which can be seen in several other large cities. Hidden within this episode—which many of the hundreds of thousands in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustrators, Performance Art
Tagged contemporary dance, music, spectacle, Toronto, Trisha Brown, urbanity
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FRIDAYS ARE FOR FIRST THINGS
At the beginning of the week we’ll look at designs we can touch and buy and bring to some kind of order. On Fridays, we’ll Get Outside and roam around where the odds against order really bite. As an example … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustrators, Industrial Design, Performance Art
Tagged audacity, cities, dance, deluxe amenities, diversity, energy, homogeneity, immigration, music, spectacle, Toronto, urbanity, wealth
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