Bring More Zen Into Your Life Imaginative Design Elements Blossom In A Backyard Garden Sanctuary
By Laura Goldstein Behind a simple cedar fence in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood, is “ a secret garden, an oasis and a …
Action Man – Stunt Performer Mike “Mitch” Mitchell Credits Dance Training as His Secret Weapon
by Laura Goldstein Photos Courtesy Mike Mitchell Pursued by an assailant, actor Gabriel Basso, (aka FBI Agent, Peter Sutherland,) smashes a window …
The world of wellness – Everything from Virtual Reality Fitness Workouts to Cold Plunging and Superfoods are on Trend for 2024
By Laura Goldstein Quality of life through science and innovation with an increased focus on social connections are a priority in 2024. …
Oasis in The City – Take the plunge at Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim’s new Nordic spa experience
by Laura Goldstein Photos: Fairmont Pacific Rim & Nootka Saunas The Scandinavians and Finnish have been doing it for 2000 years. With …
Cosentino and Luxury Interior Designer Claudia Afshar Bring Japandi Style to the Pacific Northwest
by Laura Goldstein Photos courtesy Cosentino The floating world. Living in the moment. Savouring the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and …
Fleurs de Villes: It’s All In the Details, Two Vancouver Entrepreneurs Transform Florals Into Fashion
Photos: Chris Haylett Portrait: Masao Okano for Nicole Chan Photography By Laura Goldstein Recalling the enchanted character in the Hans Christian Andersen’s …
It’s Hot & Cool to Entertain With Mocktails Four Mixologists Shake Up The Booming Non-Alcoholic Trend
By Laura Goldstein Mocktails, those arty cocktails concocted without alcohol, are making a skyrocketing impact on the drinks market in Canada …
Corte della Maestà: An Enchanting Italian Mountain Retreat Embracing ‘Dolce Far Niente’
by Laura Goldstein Photos: Giovanni De Sandre Studio GDS The bridge looks daunting but chalk it up to part of the adventure. …
Grandmillennial Chic – Everything Old is New Again Maximal Replaces Minimal And Heirlooms Make A Comforting Comeback
by Laura Goldstein Fashion aficionados know that the design pendulum always swings back to the past to influence the future and interior …
Seeds of Imagination. German Aguirre Reinterprets Nature Through Storytelling In Design
by Laura Goldstein Like a surgeon performing the most delicate of operations, he precisely places each seed with long tweezers into intricate …
UPCYCLE: Repurposing, visibly mending and creating sustainability in the fashion industry
by Laura Goldstein When upscale Victoria consignment fashion boutique, House of Savoy filled their storefront window with mounds of used clothing on …
Paradise Found A North Vancouver Interior Designer’s Multi-Generational Maui Getaway
by Laura Goldstein Flying above the frothy swells like some wild tropical bird on Maui’s North Shore, Jennifer Heffel is learning to …
Get In Gear – It’s Time To Travel!
Function, Fashion and Design Team Up In These Cool Travel Accessories by Laura Goldstein 1. Who can resist a ‘Kiss’ in the …
Silk and Lace: Christine Lingerie Celebrates 50 Years
By Laura Goldstein Designer, entrepreneur, unabashed romantic, Christine Morton is reminiscing from her 4,500-square-foot showroom and workshop in East Vancouver. When big …
Design Trends 2023: We Can’t Get Enough of Eco-Friendly, Colour, Curves and Cocooning
by Laura Goldstein In 1981, it was Faith Popcorn and her TrendBank who first coined the interior design term, cocooning. She defined …
A Modern Minimalist Retreat With Bird’s Eye Views
“Home and hill should live together, each happier for the other” Frank Lloyd Wright by Laura Goldstein Like a bird’s abstract aerie, …
Los Angeles Arts & Culture Dazzles
By Laura Goldstein When you think of Los Angeles two things come to mind: celebrities and beaches. But the “City of Angels,” …
Cosmopolitan Toronto’s Vibrant Arts & Culture Scene
By Laura Goldstein A multicultural vibe permeates the soul of Toronto, Canada’s largest city. Dotted with lush, expansive parks, avant- garde public …
A Timeless Classic: The Love of Storytelling Inspired A Hamptons-Style Home In South Surrey
by Laura Goldstein If you’re one of the legions of fans of the indomitable screenwriter, Nancy Meyers, you know that fabulous homes, …
Richard Henriquez Back To the Future: The celebrated architect is Building Stories through historical and cultural narratives
By Laura Goldstein Look up. A four-ton, 35-foot -high pin oak tree is a lone leafy relic overlooking spectacular English Bay, Vancouver. …
Under The Okanagan Sun A Tuscan designed home revels in la dolce vita
By Laura Goldstein Perched atop a terraced promontory overlooking the lake, the dramatic mountains and hillsides are misty apparitions through early morning …
SPOTLIGHT: Game Changer – real estate dynamo Taylor Musseau brings a holistic approach to life & career
By Laura Goldstein You might catch a fleeting glimpse of her kicking up dust over the Okanagan backroads on her Ninja ZX6R motorcycle …
A Home Away From Home: Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon Gets A Kids/Teen Room Refresh
By Laura Goldstein While it could easily be mistaken for a luxury boutique hotel hidden amid landscaped patios & towering Arbutus trees, …
Imagine Picasso: Luminous Art Unfolds In Vancouver
By Laura Goldstein I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them – Pablo Picasso Imagine walking through a landscape …
Celebrity Style: Tennis Superstar Maria Sharapova Serves Up An Elegant Collab With Vancouver Furniture Company Rove Concepts
by Laura Goldstein photos: Rove Concepts
Creativity By Design Nurtured Under The New Arts Umbrella
By Laura Goldstein The new limitless, Arts Umbrella’s imaginative motto is not only a metaphor for transformative arts education for young people. …
A Westcoast Contemporary Home With A Boutique Hotel Feel Channels A Zen Sanctuary In West Vancouver
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN A Pacific red cedar towers over the entrance to the Pillon property; its expansive leafy canopy mimicked in the …
Cori Creed Is Living Art Through Nature: The Painter’s Creativity & Affinity To The Landscape Is Celebrated In Her West Vancouver Home
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Stepping into painter, Cori Creed’s home in West Vancouver is like meandering through one of her immense abstract landscape …
Influencer: Aaron Friedland Reading For Good
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN In our social media world of short attention spans in which kids and teens are held captive by TikTok, …
Influencer: Bruce Munro Wright Living Art Through Philanthropy
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Peering through the heavy glass and steel front doors of Bruce Munro Wright’s Vancouver home, it’s understandable that passersby …
Cori Creed: Into The Woods The Canadian Painter Captures The Evocotive Spirit Of The Pacific Northwest Landscape
By Laura Goldstein Like painter, Emily Carr’s veneration of the rugged British Columbia coastline and lush rainforests, Vancouver-based artist, Cori Creed immerses …
A Vancouver – Made Supernatural Gift Is In “The Bag” For The 92nd Academy Awards
By Laura Goldstein It’s not just an Oscar that the top 25 nominees at this year’s 92nd Academy Awards may be displaying …
Sole Man Canadian Shoe Legend, John Fluevog Celebrates 50 Years Of Marching To His Own Drummer (In Fluevogs Of Course!)
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Be your true self. Exceed your own expectations. Wearever you go, give thanks. These are not your usual fortune …
Luzia: A Waking Dream Of Mexico Cirque Du Soleil Casts Its Magical Spell Under The Bigtop In Vancouver
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN A running woman propelled on a treadmill has metamorphosized into a monarch butterfly; her spectacular gossamer wings beat the …
INFLUENCER: Richard Pass, CEO Ronald McDonald House: A Home Away From Home Keeping Families Close
The old adage ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ is a mantra practiced by Richard Pass throughout his long career …
Bjarke Ingels: The Architectural Provocateur Returns To Vancouver Creating “The World Of Our Dreams Through Inspiring Design And Responsibility”
By Laura Goldstein Bjarke Ingels is captivating the audience at the 2019 TED Talks conference at Vancouver’s Convention Centre. The atmosphere is …
Resilience: Through Laughter The Versatile Canadian Designer, Corrine Hunt Surmounted Adversity To Celebrate Life With A New Exhibition
By Laura Goldstein Da’lalan– I laugh. Overseeing and tweaking the mounting of her art panels in Gastown’s Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery, …
Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
By Laura Goldstein When Leonard Nimoy passed away on Friday, February 27th at age 83, almost a year ago to the day, …
Remembering Florence Knoll A Beacon for Architects, Designers, Women and Modern Thinkers
By Laura Goldstein If you were a fan of the Emmy Award-winning series, Mad Men,the intrigues weren’t merely plot and character-driven. We …
Best of Bermuda, Beguiling Bermuda Makes Waves
By Laura Goldstein “Chingas!” That’s Bermudian parlance for amazing, awesome and oh so cool. From suspended ocean hammocks that lull you to …
Wild At Heart: A Seaweed Adventure for Mind & Body
By Laura Goldstein Looking at Diane Bernard one could easily surmise that she was destined to work with seaweed. That’s because the …
Making A Layover As Much Fun As A Stayover At Fairmont Vancouver Airport
By Laura Goldstein Travelling the globe is exciting until weather or other unforeseen circumstances puts your schedule in a tailspin. But whoever …
The Winter Magic of Lake Louise
By Laura Goldstein You’re peering into a snow globe. Inside is an Alpine-inspired chateau nestled in a hamlet between the Rocky Mountains …
Jessica Mulroney: A Passionate Influencer For Canadian Fashion
By Laura Goldstein When Canadian fashion strategist, brand ambassadour and royal wedding insider, Jessica Mulroney, recently took the stage at Fleur Luxury …
Herschel Supply Company Lyndon Cormack’s Urban Hideaway
By Laura Goldstein Like Alice falling down the rabbit- hole or in this case, navigating an endlessly curvaceous road down through dense …
Bard on the Beach Artistic Director Christopher Gaze Celebrating 30 Years and Still Taking Risks
By Laura Goldstein In his office at the BMO Theatre Centre, Artistic Director, Christopher Gaze is waxing poetic about the 30thanniversary of …
Oakridge Centre 2025 A Futuristic Vision of The Shopping Centre Redefines Community in Vancouver
By Laura Goldstein In Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi thriller Minority Report starring Tom Cruise set in the year 2054, self-driving flying cars …
Lingerie Designer, Christine Morton Celebrates 45 Years of Helping Women Feel Beautiful
By Laura Goldstein Christine Morton is turning back time. Reminiscing through stacks of photo albums in her 4,500-square-foot East Vancouver showroom and …
Karim Rashid on showing his true colours
By Laura Goldstein Karim Rashid takes me by surprise by wearing yellow (not his usual pink attire,) for our Skype interview from …
Haute Couture Designer Guo Pei Conjures Fantasy Into Fashion
By Laura Goldstein When popstar Rihanna wore a spectacular imperial yellow 24-karat-gold- embroidered silk cape that trailed 16-feet behind her as she …
Flying Dutchman, Maestro Otto Tausk, Takes the VSO Helm
By Laura Goldstein If frequent flyer miles were any indication of a conductor’s popularity, Maestro Otto Tausk, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s new …
Herschel Supply Co. Takes Flight From Local lLabel to International Brand
By Laura Goldstein As soon as one walks in the door, a roaring jet (albeit a floor-to-ceiling video,) takes off to parts …
Back to the Future, a Burnaby Retro Gem Gets a Modern Update
By Laura Goldstein “When we discovered this 1968 time capsule house and then purchased it from its original owners in 2008, I …
Contemporary Luxury Design Meets Family-Friendly In This Thoughtfully-Planned Kelowna Home
By Laura Goldstein With meticulous detailing, Kelowna based interior designer, Trisha Isabey of Isabey Interiors has created a show home – worthy …
With a salute to the glamourous era of Art Deco, Israeli Furniture Designer, Hagit Pincovici brings Italian craftsmanship to Canada
by Laura Goldstein On Monday, May 28th, acclaimed Israeli furniture designer, Hagit Pincovici visited the SwitzerCultCreative Showroom to launch her newest collections and …
Canada’s 2018 Olympic Gold Ice Dancing Champions Tessa Virtue And Scott Moir Ignite the Ice
By Laura Goldstein Chanting and screaming their appreciation and excitement, thousands of mobile phone flashlights lit-up Vancouver’s Rogers Arena like swarms of …
Spirit Messenger: Glassblower, Naoko Takenouchi Breathes Loss And Rebirth Into Her Abstract Sculptures
By Laura Goldstein The blue translucent wings of Flightare in repose, as if wrapped around itself for warmth or seeking comfort; Winged …
The Enchanted, Wild Wonders of the Island of Hawaii
By Laura Goldstein If taking a helicopter ride over the active Kilauea Volcano is still on your bucket list (don’t be deterred by …
Karim Rashid Reshapes Design for Our Contemporary Culture
By Laura Goldstein Speaking over the telephone from Toronto, product designer, Karim Rashid is a whirling dervish of ideas and opinions. With …
The 106th Calgary Stampede – The Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth
By Laura Goldstein If the annual Calgary Stampede (July 6th-15th 2018) in Alberta, Canada immediately conjures images of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, …
Bali On The Bench, Inspiration From Their Exotic Travels And A Shared Love Of Wine Sent A Vancouver Couple On A Quest To Build A Balinese Dream Home In Naramata
We’ve all searched for that one perfect souvenir on holidays that when brought home, brings us endless pleasure reminiscing about the adventures …
A Whirlwind Weekend in Toronto
By Laura Goldstein A multicultural vibe permeates the soul of Toronto. Dotted with lush expansive parks, public art and cutting-edge architecture, its …
For Interior Designer, Janie Hungerford Charity, Like Design, Begins At Home
A symphony of tropical bird calls and a very early morning Maui trade wind are kicking up a competition during an outdoor …
Paradise Found: The Best of Maui
By Laura Goldstein Whether you’ve dreamed of doing the downward dog at a secluded tropical yoga retreat; swimming with Mermaids; exploring secret …
Montreal For Foodies – C’est fantastique!
By Laura Goldstein Perhaps the key to devouring Montreal’s cosmopolitan food scene is put most succinctly by Food Network and celebrity Executive …
History In The Making At Fairmont Le Château Frontenac’s 125th Anniversary Year of Celebration
By Laura Goldstein What do pop star, Céline Dion, Sir Winston Churchill, actress Grace Kelly, U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt and director, …
Design & Décor Reign At The Empress Hotel, Victoria
By Laura Goldstein If you’re a fan of the sumptuous sets by production designer, Michael Howells in the fascinating British television series, …
Catherine Regehr: Couture That’s Second Nature
By Laura Goldstein A non-descript industrial area of East Vancouver belies the atelier of one of Canada’s hidden gems, couture fashion designer, Catherine …
One to Watch: BMX Freestyle World Champion, Jay Miron Flips Over His Work As Bespoke Furniture Maker
By Laura Goldstein It may seem like a surprising dichotomy of interests, but Vancouver’s former Freestyle BMX World Champion (9 medals) explains …
Chan Hon Goh – Vancouver Ballet Dynasty Raises The Barre For Dance Training And Education In Canada
By Laura Goldstein Perhaps her breathless exuberance is partially a consequence of a grande jeté (that’s ballet parlance for ‘big leap’) into …
Great Okanagan Winery Restaurants in British Columbia
By Laura Goldstein A visit to a winery usually includes a requisite swirl and sip, but few destinations including those just south …
Hip Locations for Celebrity Spotting In British Columbia
By Laura Goldstein With the moniker “Hollywood North,” BC is a great enticement for film production and foodie heaven when it comes …
Access Art: Elisa Valentine Transforms Words, Images and The Natural World Into Painting
by Laura Goldstein Elisa Valentine of Studio Valentine is a Renaissance woman. A former casting associate for film and television (Stargate, Elf,) …
German Aguirre: Storytelling and Spiritual Symbiosis Bring Artist and Nature Together
by Laura Goldstein A rotating conical pendulum of burnt wood and gold leaf is a mechanical embodiment of a Japanese dry sand …
Living Design: Danielle Trofe Transforms Lighting Through Mushroom Mycelium
By Laura Goldstein If you watched the award-winning documentary, Fantastic Fungi on Netflix you know about the incredible communicative and medicinal properties of …
Aqua Creations – Drama In Motion
by Laura Goldstein Appearing to sway seductively by imaginary water currents Aqua Creations’ Morning Glory Floor Lamp is positioned precariously like an …
A Delicate Balance: Nature and Geometry Go Hand & Hand for Two Designer/Makers
BY Laura Goldstein “I really felt that the fitness world was trapped in an odd aesthetic place. There’s no reason why the …
IDS Offsite: SwitzerCultCreative Greenscapes the Showroom for ARTISAN and Mary Ratcliffe Collabs
By Laura Goldstein Bringing nature indoors takes on a new creative connectedness at SwitzerCultCreative with two wood-inspired furniture brands and the botanical …
Mary Ratcliffe Shakes Up the Male Dominated Realm of Furniture Making
by Laura Goldstein Gone are the days when creative women were pigeon-holed into interior design and textile design career options only. Now they …
Studio Isac Elan Kaid Explores Amorphous Sculptural Furniture Rooted in Antiquity
by Laura Goldstein Isac Elan Kaid is about to fly to Italy for an intensive art residency outside of Florence. “I realize …
Simon Johns: Living Design Through Nature
By Laura Goldstein If furniture designer, Simon Johns ever decides to retire, he can convert his rustic home and studio near …
A Vancouver – Made Supernatural Gift Is In “The Bag” For The 92nd Academy Awards
By Laura Goldstein It’s not just an Oscar that the top 25 nominees at this year’s 92nd Academy Awards may be displaying …
TIMELINES: A New Exhibition At SwitzerCultCreative Traces the Passage of Time In Blown Glass By Jaan Andres and Through the Lens of Vince Hemingson
By Laura Goldstein Like icicles dissolving into an imaginary landscape, Jaan Andres’ blown glass Crystal Curios are alive with movement: while ridges …
SkLO Studio: Seeing Sculpture In A New Light
By Laura Goldstein As graceful as a multi-tiered necklace, orbs of suspended light compose a chandelier’s planetary system of handblown Czech glass. …
ARTISAN: “We Have Known Wood Our Entire Lives, From the Forest We Played In As Children”- Fadil Ćostović, Co-Founder
By Laura Goldstein Many entrepreneurial partnerships seem to begin serendipitously. Fadil Ćostović, a craftsman with a well-established family wood production business for over …
ZANAT Goes Back To The Future Producing Contemporary Furniture With Historical Wood Carving Techniques
By Laura Goldstein “There’s an emotional appeal to our brand and not just because our family has been producing hand-carved furniture since …
With A Heritage of Makers Going Back 500 Years, Calgary Furniture Designer, Sumer Singh Innovates For the Future
Talk about pressure to succeed! When you come from a long line of artists, poets and authors, an engineering degree alone just …
Made From Scraps: When Leftovers Become A Feast For the Eyes
By Laura Goldstein The Pacific Northwest is not just a playground for tourists but has become a mecca for makers and artists …
Craftsmanship & Creative Risk-Taking A Panel Presented At The Interior Design Show IDS-Vancouver
By Laura Goldstein What happens when four of the Pacific Northwest’s most distinctive glass and furniture designers meet to discuss the trials, …
Portland, Oregon Furniture And Lighting Designer Neal Aronowitz Is On A Roll With His Concrete Canvas Collection
By Laura Goldstein Concrete is a much in vogue 2018 interior design trend for countertops, fireplace surrounds and floors. It’s incredibly durable …
Bespoke furniture maker, Jason Klager is inspired by the simplicity of Japanese design
By Laura Goldstein Jason Klager has never visited Japan but it’s on his bucket list. The custom fine furniture and cabinet maker …
With an eye for contemporary graphics, Iván Meade’s Mexican heritage is at the heart of his prolific product designs
By Laura Goldstein “I remember playing with marbles on my grandparents’ tiled floor when I was a little boy in San Luis …
Vancouver glass-blower, Jaan Andres breathes reverence to the passage of time into all his vessels
By Laura Goldstein Having grown up in the picturesque Haliburton region of Ontario, Andres was indirectly influenced by his uncle, celebrated Canadian …
Former BMX Freestyle World Champion, Jay Miron Flips Over His Work As Bespoke Furniture Maker
By Laura Goldstein It may seem like a surprising dichotomy of interests, but Vancouver’s former Freestyle BMX World Champion (9 medals) explains …
Meet Your (Local) Maker
By Laura Goldstein Imaginative, playful, and a passion for hand-made craft with enduring design describes Vancouver artisans whose unique, small production pieces can …
David Foster – Music Man
By Laura Goldstein Celebrating his 30th Anniversary Miracle Gala & Concert, David Foster the multi-talented Canadian takes a big bite out of …
Celebrated Spanish Designer, Jaime Hayon Wows at SwitzerCultCreative Booth & Presentation at IDS-Vancouver
By Laura Goldstein If Jaime Hayon’s day job doesn’t work out, he can always be a stand-up comedian. The charismatic Spanish artist …
The Haida Spirit Of Creativity Is At The Heart Of Fashion Designer, Dorothy Grant’s Tsawwassen Home
By Laura Goldstein Sounds of ferry foghorns roil through the haze across the Salish Sea and over miles of beachfront, a ghostly …
Spruce Up Your Home Gym With Star Wars Workout Gear or Frank Underwood’s WaterRower
By Laura Goldstein Outfitting the luxury home gym is the latest trend on the custom fitness landscape. Forget clunky weights relegated to …
Art by Design Furniture & Lighting by Israeli Makers are both Sculptural & Functional
By Laura Goldstein When Hagit Pincovici was a little girl in her grandparents’ atelier in Tel Aviv, she remembers the exhilaration of …
Modern design for growing families on offer at Fleetwood Rise
By Laura Goldstein Kids race up the stairs with their parents in tow in the three-bedroom show home at Surrey’s new townhome …
A Cathedral Of Art: Bruce Munro Wright
By Laura Goldstein Bon vivant Bruce Munro Wright’s passion for the arts, entertaining and philanthropy are reflected in his eclectic Arthur Erickson-designed …
Homes at Delta Gardens proving to resonate with buyers
By Laura Goldstein Eventual residents of Delta Gardens may well imagine how incredibly convenient it’s going to be to join a curling …
Eaglehurst Homes taking shape in north Saanich
By Laura Goldstein An eagle is soaring over the large single-family community of detached homes on the Saanich Peninsula on southern Vancouver …
Disher House Showcased with 13 Iconic Residences in HGTV’s Doc
Great bones, exquisite historical detailing – even a secret room. A 105-year-old Arts and Crafts estate in Vancouver’s First Shaughnessy neighbourhood was …
Vancouver, Canada’s 2017 Eco Fashion Week At The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Showcases Style With Sustainability
By Laura Goldstein A parade of models wearing elegant eveningwear, strutted down a very untraditional runway alighting on podiums surrounded by a …
Go Ahead, Play With Your Food. Makers Are Experimenting With Interactive Tableware That Brings Back Conversation
By Laura Goldstein Remember when Mom scolded you for playing with the food on your plate? Not anymore. There’s a growing international …
Once In A Blue Moon Toruk’s Kym Barrett Costume and Make-Up Designer; Time-Traveller
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN As a child growing up on tropical Christmas Island, an isolated and rugged Australian territory dotting the Indian Ocean, …
Japan Unlayered: Not Lost In Translation
By Laura Goldstein Master Architect, Kengo Kuma’s First Residential Skyscraper In North America, Is the Jewel In The Crown of Japanese Exhibition …
Frank Giustra: How Empathy And Direct Impact Philanthropy Can Change the World
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN “I was devastated. I don’t want to sound melodramatic but what I experienced was so disturbing. What these refugees …
Romancing the Stone – “Life is Art” for American Luxury Jewelry Designer, David Yurman
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN In Greek mythology, nine muses presided over the arts and sciences. For Renaissance man, sculptor, horseman and jewelry designer, …
2017 Trends that Bring Out Our Inner Child
by Laura Goldstein If you grew up in the late 60s and 70s you’ll remember that the Bean Bag Chair (knock-offs came …
Cut From A Different Cloth Vancouver’s Museum Of Anthropology’s New Textile Exhibition Unfolds Cultural Expression
By Laura Goldstein Dressed to kill. Wear your heart on your sleeve. In your birthday suit. She’s a shoe-in. He’d give the …
Architect And Designer Patricia Urquiola: Thinking With Her Hands in Living Colour
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN When multi award-winning architect and designer, Patricia Urquiola was a little girl in Oviedo, Spain she played with dolls …
Caviar – The Jewels Of The Sea
By Laura Goldstein The ancient Chinese steeped sturgeon eggs in tea before pickling the eggs in brine. The Turks thought “khavyar” originating …
Kate Middleton’s Stellar Style On The Royal Tour (With A Little Help From Her Friends)
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN As we’re waiting for the Harbour Air Seaplane coasting in from Victoria with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge …
Dale Chihuly: The Maestro of Glass
By Laura Goldstein A surreal, fecund garden of vibrant orange, red, blue and green flora appears to propagate overhead; a spectacular, almost …
Vancouver’s LAMP Is Out Of This World – The 4th Annual International Lighting Competition With a Roundup of (Inter) Stellar Winners
By Laura Goldstein A cumulonimbus cluster of bubbles cast by Cloud is reminiscent of the cosmic phenomena of a starburst galaxy. The …
For Pâtissier, Thomas Haas, Slow and Steady Won the Race To Make Him Top of His Game
Thomas Haas is on the pinnacle of a mountain in the Italian Alps. Like a lithe performer in Cirque du Soleil, he’s …
Israel’s Political Thriller, Fauda Puts A Face On The Families Of The Israeli – Palestinian Conflict
By Laura Goldstein Like the Nordic countries, Israel is on a roll producing series for the small screen that have captured global …
Tom Dixon Is The Quintesential Rebel With A Cause
From Bass Guitarist In British Band, Funkapolitan Touring With Simple Minds, Bob Marley And The Clash, To Welder And Self-taught Industrial Designer …
IDS-Vancouver wows this year with big-name talent and bright ideas
LAURA GOLDSTEIN. Special to The Globe and Mail “The Pacific Northwest has experienced a major design boom and we really need to recognize …
Michael Bublé Out of His Comfort Zone
By Laura Goldstein On the line from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Burnaby-born crooner, Michael Bublé is ecstatic: not about his new perfume, By Invitation launched …
Coco Chanel – The Timeless Visionary “Fashion Changes But Style Endures”
Hers truly was a rags to riches story. Born in 1883 and raised in an orphanage in Saumur, France where the nuns …
Anne Fontaine Seeds Sown in Nature, Flourish in Design
When Anne Fontaine was ten years old, and a bit of a wild child living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, her mother …
Making Waves
From Sleepless in Seattle to sleeping underwater in Dubai, floating homes are emerging as an alternative lifestyle By Laura Goldstein Imagine exploring …
Executive Chef Ryan O’Flynn Never Let the “Big City Boys” Intimidate Him. Now He’s One of Them.
By Laura Goldstein “Surrender your cellphones and all communication devices! Standby for pat downs. Open your knife kits for inspection – no …
Luxury Footwear Designer, Tabitha Simmons Walk A Mile In Her Shoes (She Certainly Does)
By Laura Goldstein Tabitha Simmons is making great eye contact and if she’s checking out my shoes (they’re floral flats, but not her …
Heather Marks “Walks For Water” From Tomboy to Vogue Cover Model, The Prairie Girl Stays Grounded By Her Calgary Roots
By Laura Goldstein Surrounded by the world’s top South Sudanese models, many of whom fled their native civil war – ravaged country …
David Burdeny: Palaces For The People
Words By Laura Goldstein Photography David Burdeny Steep, descending escalators lead down 74 meters at the deepest point, to a cavernous underground …
Nigella Lawson’s Delicious Wit
Words By Laura Goldstein Photography Charles Birchmore BBC Yes, she’s gorgeous in person. And, yes, she oozes sensuality even in a red …
A Modernist Nod To Mad Men’s Iconic Design: Liquidity Winery VIP Suite & Home
Written By Laura Goldstein The Home Photography By Janice Nicolay Photography VIP Suite Liquidity Winery Photography By Ema Peter Photography “I worked …
Wine, Design, De-Stress and Dine Makes 50th Parallel Estate Winery A Destination For All the Senses
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Photography By Colin Jewall Studios Inc I’m imagining floating in one of Sheri-Lee Turner-Krouzel’s vino therapy treatments absorbing all those …
Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA – A Pandora’s Box of Hilarity and Sheer Death-Defying Acrobatics
By Laura Goldstein You’ll never look at a hamster running inside a wheel the same way again. Two horned daredevils propel a …
L A M P – Lighting Architecture Movement Project, Sheds New Light On Innovation And Talent
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Gweilo, a family of ghostly apparitions, drapes light in a pooling effect across the floor. Like a cluster of …
Floating Saunas – The Shvitz Gets A Re-Design
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN The steam sauna, or shvitz (Yiddish meaning to sweat) in North America has always had a less than pristine reputation: big …
Beauty And Brains , Actress Olivia Cheng Is As “kick-ass” As Her Marco Polo Alter Ego, Mei Lin
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN PHOTOS TRACEY AYTON Wearing only a diaphanous silk robe, her provocative foreplay is conveyed through a graceful, mesmerizing dance; …
Printed Glass A Technicolor Take On Architecture
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Special to The Globe and Mail In Moscow, a lush 3-D forest of dense green trees stretches up to …
Designer Profile: Secret Location ‘s Carey Melnichuk
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN A modern Alice need not fall through the rabbit hole in order to discover a Secret Location that embraces …
Expressions: Giving Fashion A Purpose Obakki’s (fearless) Treana Peake
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Swaths of narrow jagged charcoal mountains bisect parched golden sand. A vibrant orange sunset melts into an indigo blue …
EXPRESSIONS: Abstract Floral Painter, Bobbie Burgers Planting the Seeds of Rebellion
By Laura Goldstein A tumultuous gale of purples, indigo and magenta, assault all the senses and pulls you in like an overwhelming …
Accessories, Apparel Designer & Social Media Maven, Rebecca Minkoff Connects Design With Smart Dressing, It’s In The Bag
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN Once upon a time there was a very creative little girl in San Diego, California, who wanted a very …
Chef Yotam Ottolenghi Is Credited With Putting Fresh, Middle Eastern Cooking On Everyone’s Radar. He Makes Vegetables Sexy. Just Don’t Call Him A ‘Celebrity Chef’
BY LAURA GOLDSTRIN On a whirlwind North American tour to promote his newest Vegetarian cookbook, Plenty More (published by Appetite Random House,) Vancouver is …
A Hamptons State-of-mind In The Heart Of The Okanagan
Timeless, Traditional Style Sets The Stage For Interior Drama Designed To Capture The Glorious Okanagan Light And Lake BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN “I remember …
Realist Painter, Robert Bateman And Photographer, Birgit Freybe Bateman Call Of The Wild
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN EXPRESSIONS A charging rhino’s skin is so deeply creviced and weathered you can almost touch it’s hide and taste …
Rock Stars – Decorating With Minerals And Gemstones
BY LAURA GOLDSTEIN If the thought of decorating with minerals and gemstones evokes the scene from Superman in which Marlon Brando as …
Sparkling Hill Resort – Wellness by Design.
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Inside Vancouver – My Vancouver Then & Now Series
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Olive Oil – Nectar of Gods, Celebrities & Mere Mortals
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The Garage Sale Luxury Auction House Where Buying A Home Is Always An Event
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A Night at the Aquarium – Where Marine Life Watch the Humans Dine!
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Charity Galas: Hey Kids, Let’s Put On A Show!
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Annabel Stanley – Living Art Vine Cane & Willow Sculptor
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Stu and Yvonne Goldberg: An Inseparable Partnership of Music & Art
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Martha Sturdy Interview
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Kim Ironmonger Undercover To Design Whoopi Goldberg’s Wedding Dress
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The Secret Canadian Enclaves of Ajijic and San Miguel De Allende
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Sarah Polly Interview – TV Guide
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Tennis Goes Hollywood – Rogers Cup
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The Tennis Apparel Industry Capitalizing On Men’s Buff, Sexy Images – Rogers Cup
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The Mermaid’s Kitchen
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