Made You Look ‘s second location highlights the fun and funky side of gems Jaywalking has gone up in Parkdale ever since Sarah Hamel, owner of Made You Look Jewellery Studio & Gallery on Queen Street west of Dufferin, opened a sister accessories store across the street. But a recap for those not yet in-the-know. […]
Second chances
Originally published in January 2008 in Canadian Home and Country
A Toronto designer proves that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure Each day, Michael Simardone weaves his bike through the laneways in Toronto’s historic neighbourhoods, where Garbage Day is like Christmas to this custom furniture designer. “If there’s a bin, I’m in,” he says, speaking of the objects relegated curbside by homeowners. “Last week […]
Good till your last drop
Originally published in September 2007 in The Globe and Mail
Old habits die hard, especially in the funeral industry. The preservationists (of bodies, that is) would have us believe that Cadillac-sized coffins are the only way to go. And, so far, most Canadians agree. These traditional models, made of rare woods with plush interiors, metal linings and multiple coatings of shellac, are designed to comfort […]
Sitting Pretty
Originally published in July 2007 in The Globe and Mail
The great modernist Vidal Sassoon understood the link between high design and hair. In 1963, he spent £40,000 (today about $827,000) to ensure that the leggy clientele at his Mayfair salon perched on Bauhaus-style leather benches before being called to the master’s chair: a boxy swivel designed by British architects Gordon and Ursula Bowyer. “When […]
Jack Ladder House, in Lasting Impressions
Originally published in January 2005 in Art Gallery of Hamilton
E. GRACE COOMBS (1890-1986) Jack Ladder House c. 1933 Oil on laminated car 26.7 x 21.5 cm Director’s Purchase Fund, 1959 Catalogue entry no. 65 in Lasting Impressions: Celebrated Works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton (2005) For a brief period in her career, before she became trapped in an endless and repressive cycle of […]