A version of this column ran in the Telegraph Journal's Art Section'Salon' - my design column, 'Design Driven' - Saturday, November 10th 2012. __________________________________________ Along with a range of obvious advantages, open concept living – so popular in modern home design – brings with it certain challenges....
A version of this column ran in the Telegraph Journal on Saturday October 27th 2012 in Salon, the Provincial Arts Section. A NEW FLAME Photo: Judith Mackin The ‘Prague’ fireplace, by Montreal's Eco-feu, runs on ethanol and cost less than $700. Painting: Jack Bishop Chair: Wassily, by...
A version of this column ran in Saturday's art section in the Telegraph Journal, my column 'Design Driven' on October 13 2012. _____________________________________ Settling into fall, thoughts turn to enhancing or otherwise creating spaces that add warmth to the lives we’ll be living increasingly indoors. On a modest...
A version of this column ran in the Telegraph Journal Art's Section, SALON September 29th 2012. All Photography by Craig Morris. Apart from certain obvious differences, it would be a difficult thing to distinguish between the guiding principles and funding assumptions of fashion and interior design. This...
A version of this column ran in the Saturday Art's Column "Design Driven" in the Telegraph Journal (September 15th 2012): One of the great joys and deepest challenges of interior design follows from the sheer number of potential factors involved. No two rooms, even in the...
For years now, my husband and I have been working toward creating a salon environment as an extension of our home, a place with art and design under one roof – Tuck Studio. Located in the lower level of our new home, the space allows...
A few months ago, a colleague of mine – Joann Arbeau, the Atlantic Canadian manager for Herman Miller – gave me a DVD, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, a documentary by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey. It sat on my desk until an 84-minute...
A version of this column ran in the Provincial Newspaper Art Section 'Salon' - Design Driven column - August 4 2012 _____________________________________________________________________________________ I have never had much access network TV. My exposure has been limited to stays at hotels or friends’ homes. Lately, however, that narrow diet...
A version of this column was posted in 'Salon' the Saturday Art's section of the Telegraph Journal (July 21 2012) Photos courtesy of Meghan Barton & John Budris (and a few by me, Judith) Weddings tend to have a certain ‘sameness’ to them. Steeped as they are...
A version of this column ran in Saturday's Art Section 'Salon' - Design Driven in the Telegraph Journal (July 7th, 2012) Barnett Newman's "Voice of Fire", 1999 - National Art Gallery of Canada. Are you old enough to recall the controversy surrounding the National Art Gallery of...
A version of this column ran in the Saturday Arts Section, Salon, of the Telegraph Journal - Design Driven - June 22nd, 2012. The term ‘design’ is a fairly nebulous one; it commonly refers to web, graphic, interior, and/or industrial design. It can denote everything from...
A version of this column ran in our Provincial Newspaper Arts Section 'Salon' on Saturday June 9th 2012. Perhaps not surprisingly given my line of work, I’m fascinated by the question of taste: what it is, what it’s worth, and how – if you’re thinking you’d...