Author: Richelle Sibolboro
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North Korea Exposed
North Korea is not only wonderfully interesting, but also surprisingly accessible. The following photo series showcases a traveler’s week in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Exclusive travel is an understatement here because less than 5000 western tourists visit this Asian country annually. Pristine public spaces and epic monuments capture a mixture of tastes and…
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Junction Design Crawl
The theme of ‘locally-made’ and ‘Toronto-based’ was in the air at the third annual Junction Design Crawl. Armed with our TAS-made maps of neighbourhood hot spots to hand out, we followed swarms of people to the dozens of stores featuring custom designs and temporary art installations on Dundas Street West. The starting point was the Night…
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Arboretum Playground
The National Arboretum Playground, designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean challenges the conventional idea of play environments, featuring giant acorn cubby houses floating in the sky, and enormous Banksia cones nestled on the forest floor. Located in Canberra, Australia, the work takes it’s form from the Arboretum’s 100 forests of rare and endangered trees from around the…
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Lost Hoops by Adrian Skenderovic
Street photographer Adrian Skenderovic utilizes his eye for detail in this series of abandoned basketball courts entitled ‘Lost Hoops.’ The artist skillfully captures the juxtaposed urban neglect within jungle settings. The images highlight each setting, which he as collected throughout his travels, to present its own story and personality over the years of use. The…
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Patio House by Carles Enrich
Rethinking the unused space between party walls in the Gracia district court, Barcelona based architect Carles Enrich has designed a home-studio optimizing the conditions of an old dry-cleaning shop. The system enables the inhabitants to live in a single space arranged around the patio, where the bathroom is the only enclosed space. All activities take…
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The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum
The Temporary Andy Warhol Museum designed by LIKEarchitects is a cultural space within a commercial space. It was designed to host the exhibition “Andy Warhol—Icons | Psaier Artworks and the Factory,” which was open between April 11 and July 11 at the Colombo Shopping Mall in Lisbon and included a total of 32 original works by…
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Life Imitating Art
In a world of over-designed goods, Mjolk, (which is Swedish for milk) is a local gallery and lifestyle store operated by husband and wife team John and Juli Baker that features simple design. Located in the Junction neighbourhood the space offers the perfect balance of Japanese and Scandinavian products that reflect the art of living…
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The Stop’s Night Market
Inspired by night markets from around the world, The Stop’s Night Market transformed the alley and parking lot next to Honest Ed’s into a tantalizing feast for the senses. This year’s event provided a mash‐up of Toronto’s best street food and art, offering Torontonians a unique chance to experience Honest Ed’s iconic space like they’ve…
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House in a Warehouse
‘House Within a Warehouse’ is a new dwelling in an old warehouse shell designed to be a garden oasis. Designed by Splinter Society, the compact urban residence, combines green spaces and sustainable living. The concept involved creating a layered system of screens and frames that split the site and lift the living spaces of the…
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We all Scream for Ice Cream
The Fabulous Frozen Factory, by Jakob Gomez is located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico is a new concept in the city that creates ice cream in cryogenic ways. The interior concept was based in a big ice cream machine inside a warehouse where the costumer can be part of the spectacle of the preparation…
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Great Day for a Junction Flea
The Junction Flea, located at Dundas Street West and Keele Street, organized by SMASH owner Paul Mercer and Micah Lenahan, is Toronto’s only west end flea market. Held on the second Sunday of every month from 9-4pm, rain or shine, the Junction Flea features a mix of 70 independent vendors selling a range of goods…
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Karim Rashid talks Shoes
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VutyhGfxqs0&w=800&h=460 While in Toronto for the opening of Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture at the Bata Shoe Museum, Karim Rashid reveals to Azure the inspiration behind his exhibit design for the show and his thoughts on the power of a great shoe.
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Custom Road Signs
The Road Sign Project is a production of Centre3 for Print and Media Arts in Hamilton, Ontario, presented in partnership with Atelier Imago in Moncton, New Brunswick. The two art centres each invited artists to create road signs that incorporated the vernacular and syntax of email and text messaging. The initiative served two goals: to…
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Fruit Salad
This poster/print series by graphic designer Christopher Dina celebrates the wondrous varieties of fruit, their unique forms and myriad of colours. The collection features gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom trimmed with 1″ border for framing.
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Daniel’s Lane
Sited on a narrow, one-acre, oceanfront lot, the design of this house was one of the first projects in the Village of Sagaponack to be affected by the 2010 revision to FEMA flood elevations, requiring a first floor elevation of approximately 17 feet above sea level with a maximum height allowance of 40’. All construction…
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Raw Food Diet
I must admit that when I was first approached with the idea of eating raw, images of carrots and celery with dip came to my mind. But the demonstration by Marni Wassserman of Delicious Kitchen completely changed my point of view, as she provided us with a five course meal that ranged in seasonal ingredients…
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Warsaw Apartment
REPUBLIKA ARCHITEKTURY has designed a 180 m2 apartment located on the top floor in a high end building not far from the city center of Warsaw, Poland. From the apartment one can enjoy the best views in town as it overlooks the Vistula River and the National Stadium on one side and the Old Town…
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Objet de Cuisine
Angela Cho, has designed a tea whisk that emphasizes the beauty of tea ceremonies. This western interpretation simplifies and modernizes the intricate lines of its original form. Designed to feel like an extension of the hand, the geometric shapes and sharp corners, offering a juxtaposition to the curvilinear form of a traditional tea whisk. Aside…
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Sacred Spaces
This body of work explores the idea that great buildings create an experience of beauty and space that takes us to a place of personal sanctuary. These images of public space interiors call the viewer to feel their harmony of space, form, line and light. This combination of qualities is what photographer David Simmonds calls…
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House GEPO by OYO
Architecture firm OYO (Open Y Office) has created a single-family house where the concept of less is the result and not the goal. Conceived as a place without boundaries, the use of steel throughout the structure gives the experience of an open plan. The garden is the living room, the small lake is the bathroom,…
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Resonance
On May 28th, protests over the demolition of Taksim Gezi Park located in Istanbul, Turkey arose when 50 environmentalist publicly expressed their objection to the replacement of the space with the reconstruction of the historic Taksim Military Barracks and a potential shopping mall.
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Array Seating by Zaha Hadid
Array is a matrix in the language of science and is perfectly inclined to describe the new auditorium seating system designed by Zaha Hadid for Poltrona Frau Contract as it creates a network of visual and geometrical effects in each seating area. The project breaks the mould of traditional auditorium and theatre seating system. Array…
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All Out War
Filmed in a fresh, unique style, All Out War is a feature length documentary that follows four b-boys from different positions on the breaking spectrum. The stories of Machine, Alien Ness, Dyzee and Casper intersect at one of b-boying’s most prestigious competitions: The King of the Ring.
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A Quick Dip
Shot from doorless helicopters from around the world, the collection looks at a diverse range of swimming pools and how it can become a blank canvas for a new world of art.
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LITOS by Alberto Villarreal
Industrial designer Alberto Villarreal has design a modular system of storage pieces made out of concrete and walnut for Brain&Storm branding agency. The stacking elements in the ‘LITOS’ system allow the pieces to be re-arranged on either their long or short side. Formed with a cylinder hole in the middle to accommodate wine bottles, the…
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Frank Gehry does it again
“It’s pretty rare to have three buildings at this scale,” says Frank Gehry partner Craig Webb. “It’s something we haven’t done before. The three individual expressions emerge from a cloud-like podium. We don’t want to create another dark glass tower; we want something silky and soft. We want lightness.” Via thestar.com
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Marble Walls by Zaha Hadid
The following collection are a series of six large marble panels based on designs by Zaha Hadid. Developed for Citco, the marble and stone sculptures play with neutral tones and three-dimensional, chiaroscuro effete. The source of inspiration is based on the geology of the stone itself. Lace, 400 x 300 cm, Nero Marquina Matrix, 400…
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An Ant’s View
Taken from Wellington Station in New Zealand, photographer Catherine De Vries captures the street scape as a journey, traveling along the pedestrian access ways.
Richelle Sibolboro 