Author: Richelle Sibolboro
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Working as a Team
Over the last week, I’ve seen multiple ways individuals have come together to work as a team to get a job done in different industries. At work, I’ve watched the “take-over” maneuver where the principles just take control of a project leaving the rest of the team to ponder what they are doing and how to…
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Roselawn Lawn Bowling Club
Doors Open Hamilton took place May 4th and 5th. One of the newest editions was the Roselawn Lawn Bowling Clubs. The Roselawn Lawn Bowling Club started in 1925. Situated at the base of the Niagara Escarpment, it has two regulation-sized greens in Gage Park. Lawn Bowling is often compared to curling in that the idea…
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Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
In a recent SuperSoul Conversations, Oprah sits down with renowned philosopher and visionary Jean Houston has traversed the global teaching and consulting world leaders. She has devoted her life to pushing the boundaries of human potential. When asked why she looks so young for her age she tells Oprah that it’s “a passion for the possible.…
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A Quiet Place
So the only reason I saw this movie is that Avengers Infinity War is sold out till next Thursday. I had seen a lot of the previews and watched a lot of the interviews with Emily Blunt and John Krasinski but really had no intention on seeing a horror/thriller because it’s not my type of jam.
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Get Out, life imitating art
I finally watched this modern contemporary portrayal of race in America set within a horror movie. Maybe because I’m neither black or white, some of the innuendos I may have been missed, but being an Asian female, I have lived through many racial profiled moment. And, will admit that I have either used it to my…
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Best installations at Milan Design Week 2018
Going to Milan Design Week is all about innovation in the industry. Introducing new products to the market and doing it in a BIG way. This year, I could attend by scrolling through the many projects that artists and influencers felt were Instagram worthy.
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Designing for Terrorism
It’s been a week since the brutal vehicular massacre that has clouded our city. Since then, I’ve noticed more barricades located around high traffic areas, one, for example, is Union Station. LIke, it wasn’t crowded enough coming from the GO and then jockeying for position to cross the street. Now, we have to maneuver around these…
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Dezeen and Instagram team up for @design
In a world where influencers rule the day on social media. Two of the biggest influencers in architecture and design have joined forces to outsource the content. They recently did a call for contributors to be one of the founding members to be featured during Milan Design Week. One of the caveats, you actually have to…
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Fighting Child Marriage
It’s so exciting when you see a campaign that your teammates have been working day and night to launch. One of our clients, Plan Canada is fighting child marriage in developing countries. Our sister company Bleublancrouge (BBR) is making Canadians imagine that this awful reality is happening in Canada – and impacting our own daughters.…
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Salone del Mobile – The Manifesto
As another Salone del Mobile approaches, one interesting development is to see how exhibitors and the rest of the industry will respond to a new manifesto that was published ahead of the event. The manifesto calls upon the industry to up its innovation and sustainability, citing specifically the need to embrace the “circular economy” and…
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Navigating the Airport Process
Today, after driving through the worst ice storm recorded in April, I dropped my mother and her friends at the airport for their Biennale “Jesus Tour” Trip. Because of work, I’ve been clocking a lot of frequent flyer miles and have become completely accustomed to the “do-it-yourself” digital atmosphere at Terminal 1.
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The Baby Shower
A lot of my friends are skipping the wedding and are going straight to motherhood. This made me think of where the idea of a baby shower came from, and it’s real purpose other than presents and food.
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Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th is known for being the most unlucky day of the year, with many people fearing what the day entails. Here are some fun facts about the day.
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Pier 8 West Harbour Development
Five multidisciplinary development teams have been shortlisted to imagine transformative concepts for the Pier 8 lands in Hamilton. The group of architects and builders are now presenting their detail proposals for the 5.24-hectare waterfront site that the City is banking on turning into a mixed-use community overflowing with residential, commercial and institutional space.
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Branding gone wrong
Some competitions make sense. But when they don’t, boy does the community have an opinion about it. The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts; the Toronto Centre for the Arts; and the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, currently called Civic Theatres Toronto have opened up a “national public naming competition” − with a “great prize…
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Design Canada
Canada’s heritage of graphic design. Through the lens of graphic design, Design Canada follows the transformation of a nation from a colonial outpost to a vibrant and multicultural society.
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The Captain Class – 7 Core Qualities of True Leaders
In a recent Tony Robbins Podcast, “Are you part of the Captain Class?” Sam Walker gives us insight into what drove him into writing his book “The Captain Class”. It all started with a question. What makes teams so great.? Was there some foundational DNA to a winning team. Next, once a team became great,…
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Only rugby players really like rugby
This is what my friend says to me as we begin our hour drive to Buffalo to play in a Rugby Seven’s tournament. She participated in it last year and really liked it and managed to convince me to play this year with her. In preparation for the upcoming rugby season, I have been on…
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The Carnivore Diet
I definitely consider myself a carnivore. I really don’t like vegetables unless it’s fresh from the garden or in a stir-fry, with meat. I saw a holistic practitioner to learn more about my diet and there was a moment when my body didn’t reject meat but was ok with it. She didn’t like the results…
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You’re job will be replaced with robots in 10 years
When did customer service mean that only those with major attitudes, who essentially hate their job get these positions? I just came back from a luxury vacation, but because of forces out of our control (a snowstorm in New York), our flight was delayed 3 hours, which meant that we were going to miss our…
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The Current State of Architecture
In the recently published book On Seen, Zoe Ryan presents the eleven most influential design and architecture exhibitions in the last 50 years. From This is Tomorrow to Massive Change: The Future of Global Design she identifies the key drivers such as expressive antidotes, new materials and conceptual work that made these exhibitions so important.…
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Born a Crime
Trevor Noah a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central since September 2015. In Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations he sits down with her at the famed Apollo Theater in New York City to promote his best-selling book “Born a Crime”. In the interview, he discusses his childhood in South Africa, his mother who…
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Architecture Matters
While doing my research for my Masters I came across the book Architecture Matters by Aaron Betsky. When I was in London, after taking a pause from the Serpentine Pavilion I went into their bookstore. And guess what book was on the shelf? I took it as a sign and bought it. It was such an…
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The Glass Cliff
The glass ceiling is a metaphor was first coined by feminists in reference to barriers in the careers of high-achieving women. Now, that we’ve essentially shattered that believe there’s a new term on the rise. The glass cliff. A supposed phenomenon of women in leadership roles, such as executives in the corporate world and female political election candidates, being likelier than men…
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Sacred Spaces by Meredith Jay
Meredith Jay is a multidisciplinary artist who received a BFA in studio art from Concordia University. Located in Toronto, she makes sculptural installations that merge the digital and physical, as well as, sound, drawing, video and film. Through ritual and devotion Jay invokes and questions human behaviour and the collective memory.
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Can flying make you sick?
In a recent article by Gizmodo, “How a Virus Spreads Through an Airplane Cabin” looks at the misconception that traveling b plane increased our chances of getting sick. What the latest research suggests is it really depends on where we sit.
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Fontainebleau Miami Beach
This Easter I’m going to be celebrating it by the pool of a 5-star resort. The Fontainebleau is one of the most historically and architecturally significant hotels in Miami Beach, Florida. Opened in 1954 and designed by Morris Lapidus, it was arguably the most luxurious hotel in Miami Beach, and is thought to be the most significant building of…
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The Secret to a Bigger Life
I’m a little late to the game when it comes to podcasts. But I have found several channels that I just can’t get enough of. And one of them is Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations. This one was an interview she did with Brian Grazer who has produced some of the most famous movies such as A…
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Derek Jenkins: E6 Process
Derek Jenkins is a multidisciplinary artist based in Hamilton, ON. His practice is handmade, personal, and documentary, with an interest in labour and the domestic. In his current exhibition the E6 Process, he showcases the invisible labour beneath moving images. It is a work about work: the unseen beneath the seen, the heard beneath the unheard. It is subterranean.
Richelle Sibolboro 