A few nights ago my huzza and I attended the 25th year gala tribute celebration for Bruce Mau/Design. The event was also a $500 per plate fundraiser for the Design Exchange, and Bruce Mau was the honoured guest. It was an impressive event, with an even more impressive guest list. To the initiated, I imagine that these events could be considered dry and typical. Folks dress up, imbibe a few too many, spend some cash, consume fancy apps, and exchange do you know who I am-type stories. Some attendees might leave motivated and energized, armed with their ‘good deed’ receipts…. [ Read More ]

ithinkyoushould. Mis/align Yourself with a Little Cool. In our world today, Cool is Everything. We are nothing without [our] access to Cool. Cool defines to a certain degree, what we look like, what we believe in, who we associate with, and what we buy. Cool has helped to shape our culture, and what we define as culture. In the global economy, Cool has dictated what we pay attention to, and what is deemed relevant and timely and urgent. If we did nothing else but follow Cool, we might be considered informed enough to live an adequately appropriate-enough Lifestyle. But what…. [ Read More ]

ithinkyoushould. Check out the Interior Design Show’s “World Without Oil Conference” happening at the Design Exchange in Toronto today, January 21st 9am-6pm. There are some fabulous personal favourites including, Bruce Mau, Fritz Haeg, Todd Boontje, and Dr Dayna Baumeister. Here’s a blurb from the symposium: Leading designers from around the globe are invited to imagine A World Without Oil at an all-day symposium in Toronto. They will share their practical experiences in sustainable design, and dare to dream of a society that is no longer dependent on oil. The symposium will provide critical insight to new and alternative practices, materials,…. [ Read More ]