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Designer Playlist: Jaime Hayon

Designer Playlist: Jaime Hayon

“I spend much of my time draw­ing. Whenever I have free time, I reach for my sketchbook,” the Spanish designer says. Here, he lets us in on his go-to sources of inspiration.

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October 13, 2015

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Designer Profile: Studio DeFORM

Designer Profile: Studio DeFORM

The London-based Czech duo of Jakub Pollág and Václav Mlynář has lit up Milan two years in a row with their material exploration and finely detailed pieces.

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September 29, 2015

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Talking to Ma Yansong

Talking to Ma Yansong

The founder of Beijing’s radical MAD studio wants large-scale architecture to embrace the landscape.

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August 13, 2015

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5 Questions for Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto City Planner

5 Questions for Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto City Planner

A champion of the livable city, Keesmaat explains how she keeps the big picture in focus while dealing with Toronto’s explosive growth.

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May 15, 2015

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Designer Profile: Margaux Keller

Designer Profile: Margaux Keller

Can an object tell a story? This French designer believes the products we live with can summon memories from the past.

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April 7, 2015

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Designer Profile: Joran Briand

Designer Profile: Joran Briand

The French designer’s approach is shaped by a love of collaboration and a surfer’s connection to the ocean.

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February 20, 2015

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Architecture on Film: Cathedrals of Culture

Architecture on Film: Cathedrals of Culture

Robert Redford aims his lens at Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute and Wim Wenders films inside the Berlin Philharmonie in this series of six documentaries that explores iconic buildings, showing at Toronto’s TIFF Lightbox from December 19.

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December 18, 2014

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Designer Profile: Lukas Peet

Designer Profile: Lukas Peet

The lighting and furniture designer – whose Andlight brand of fixtures just launched at Inform Vancouver – has an eye for detailed finishes that turns function-driven concepts into immaculately resolved objects.

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November 12, 2014

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Q&A: Lateral Office

Q&A: Lateral Office

The Toronto firm, which is representing Canada at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, discusses its fascination with Nunavut and how architects can respond to the challenge of building in the north.

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July 21, 2014

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New York’s New Makers: François Chambard

New York’s New Makers: François Chambard

Azure looks at four designers making it big in the Big Apple by working their distinct aesthetic and formal signatures into brilliant furniture, lighting and interiors. In our final instalment,…

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July 14, 2014

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