I had dinner last night with a good friend of mine, Valérie Sangin, a photographer who specialises in creative portraits and of course we had to catch up and I got her to share some of her experience, working in Montreal. Things weren’t that peachy. Talented to bits, and very creative, she has been freelancing… Continue reading Valérie Sangin: photography and Montreal (Day 2 of looking)
Media and government in design (Day 1 of looking)
As I walked back from breakfast at Café Eldorado, (I could have sworn there was another nice breakfast place on Mont-Royal), I walked past Le Point-Vert on St-Laurent and figured I would start my search for everything design in Montreal by buying Design Lines a so called “Ultimate guide to design in the city”. It… Continue reading Media and government in design (Day 1 of looking)
Looking for design in Montreal
So I’m back in Montreal after 3 years and nothing seems to have changed. I’d like to be proven wrong though. I am really amazed that whenever we speak of design here, what shows up is either related to urban design, architecture or interior design. Where is everything else? Certainly not listed on the pathetic… Continue reading Looking for design in Montreal
Designing audiences: master and puppet.
Spending time in New York is always a story of compromises. I planned to go to the MoMa but didn’t get a chance to. Nice people were in town but triangulating was a nightmare. I think it has something to do with the scale and the spread of urban life there. In some cities, you… Continue reading Designing audiences: master and puppet.
We interrupt this illegal trip…
Ok so yes, I admit it’s time. I’ve been cruising around Europe for long enough without proper paperwork, so it’s time for a trip to the Motherland Montréal. I’ll spend some time practicing my dying québecois skills, drinking some sangria with long lost friends who think i’ve abandoned them, and do the best shopping in… Continue reading We interrupt this illegal trip…
Sleep less indeed
Went to see Design products show from the RCA (headed by Ron Arad) and I have to say I think the general trend in product design master’s is to make designers become more and more conceptual to the point of hovering in a grey area between art and design. In any case, I wasn’t moved… Continue reading Sleep less indeed
Religion2.0
I’m sitting here in Schipol airport, majorly delayed, so I thought I’d do something constructive and write about a few projects from Sacral design a great exhibition put together at the Designmai festival in Berlin. I think it’s interesting to look at a body of work that addresses the presence / absence of belief in… Continue reading Religion2.0
In transit
I’m in a non-descript hotel in Amsterdam, a place I called my home for 8 months. Now I stay in hotels here. There’s something terribly disturbing about traveling to 4 different cities in the same week especially when you’ve lived significant amounts of time in some and no time at all in others. You brush… Continue reading In transit
What people must be thinking…
… when I travel Via Someecards.
Xtech talk: Ceci n'est pas une pipe
Had a great time at Xtech on monday and basically tweaked my talk in light of the great things I had seen at Designmai. I talked about product design, how designers see objects and how that influences how the future “internet of things” will be designed. So you can download the pdf of my slides… Continue reading Xtech talk: Ceci n'est pas une pipe