Published Saturday November 6th, 2010 Karim Rashid - the King of Industrial Design himself - has come and gone from the stage of the Imperial Theatre, leaving visions of 'blobjects' to dance in our heads. I for one will never again casually stroll past Method home...
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Why bring a futuristic designer - a man who designs buildings, furniture and interiors for companies like Acme, Alessi, Disney and Coca-Cola - to New Brunswick to share his vision of the new in the oldest incorporated city of Canada? Once upon a time, not so...
Submitted October 16th, 2010 It is a truth universally acknowledged that the work of interior designers and decorators very much depends upon the creative endeavours of industrial design. If you think industrial design plays no role in your life, think again. SUBMITTED PHOTO Alessi's Pito Water Keettle (1992)...
Posted by Elana Safronsky Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:00 PM Entrance, looking into front sitting room. Photography by Jennifer MacLean of Hemmings House Pictures. Who: Judith Mackin, Principle of PUNCH Productions marketing agency, journalist -- talked about our visit in her column! -- freelance documentary producer and Robert Moore, poet, playwright and...
Published October 2nd, 2010 A Coal Harbour residence in downtown Vancouver, designed by Kelly Deck. This past month I was featured as ‘Artist and Designer of the Month’ on Vancouver’s Design collective website ‘Rollout.ca.’ My neck still aches from having to support the weight of a...
Client: CCSA (Canadian Cable Systems Alliance) CONNECT 2010 (Summit for Independent Communications) Three day Conference – Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario PUNCH provided project and event management, marketing, branding, logo design, website, e-letters, brochures, advertising, public relations, direct mail and on site event signage. In addition, the conference includes a full day...
Friend and Realtor Bob McVicar hired punchinside to take a tired worn out looking condo unit and turn it into the model showroom for a new downtown Condominium Project for his client. The biggest challenge was the budget. With very limited funds we painted, removed...
Published September 11th, 2010 In my last column I sang the praises of Design Within Reach for the innovative and creative fall catalogue they sent out in the mail, a catalogue featuring a very useful educational component on the furniture they sell, including short bios of...
Greg Hemmings, CEO: "I now pay close attention to interior design, I never knew how much of an art designing a room would be...
Published August 28th, 2010 The LC4 Chaise Lounge, above. the 1006 Navy Counter Stool, left, and the 111 Navy Chair made form about 111 recycled plastic bottles. This past week, among the usual deluge of flyers, bills and bank statements in the mail, something arrvied from Design...
Published August 14th 2010 Before I jump into this week’s column I need to make good on my last column’s promise to let you know when HGTV’s feature on our home would be available on their website. I am pleased to report that you can now...