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Vancouver shop notes: A.D.F.M.

By Joy Pecknold | February 3rd, 2012 | 3:00 pm

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100 Ideas that Changed Fashion (Laurence King, $26)

Bookmark this new online store: A.D.F.M. (theadfmstore.com). Based in Vancouver, the name stands for Art Design Fashion Music, and it sells a slick selection of exactly that. Curated by style-loving dj Michelle Wong, it stocks art prints, design tomes and music downloads (creative V-Day gifts, anyone?) alongside fashion lines such as Funktional, Mackage, Eryn Brinié and Dolce Vita. The website also offers 24-hour personalized advice from stylists for those wanting a little wardrobe 411. Read more »

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Our top 5 picks for exhibits to see at Come Up To My Room this weekend!

By FASHION Staff | January 27th, 2012 | 3:30 pm

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Tonight through Sunday, the certified design-conscious Gladstone Hotel in Toronto is hosting their annual alternative design event, called Come Up To My Room. Artists and designers are handpicked by event curators and given free range to go wild in one of 25 rooms and public spaces throughout the hotel. With past whimsical installations including a ceiling of hanging jellyfish and a room full of tennis balls, you’ll certainly have your imagination stretched further than you ever expected.

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SNP’s word of the day: Anthropometry

By Sarah Nicole Prickett | July 29th, 2011 | 12:00 pm

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Illustration by Lewis Mirrett

Word: Anthropometry

Meaning: Literally, it’s the measure of a man or a woman; it’s the measurement of human parts relative to the whole. Art historically, it’s the name used by Yves Klein for some of his more infamous work.

SNP’s word of the day: Gradient

By Sarah Nicole Prickett | July 27th, 2011 | 12:00 pm

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Illustration by Lewis Mirrett

Word: Gradient

Meaning: In terms of colour, a gradient is a smooth blending of light to dark, or from one colour to another.
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SNP’s word of the day: Cacography

By Sarah Nicole Prickett | July 22nd, 2011 | 12:30 pm

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Illustration by Lewis Mirrett

Word: Cacography

Definition: Bad, messy handwriting, from Greek kakos (bad) and graphy (writing). The opposite of calligraphy. It can also mean bad spelling, but you don’t want to get me started on that, f’reals.

Summer read: Get a Life

By Rani Sheen | May 26th, 2011 | 12:00 pm

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Get a Life

All ad campaigns are not created equal. Despite their commercial origins, some creep into the realm of contemporary art—particularly when shot by a photographer as singular as Juergen Teller for a client as fearless as Vivienne Westwood.

Q&A: Jeremy Laing talks about his latest project–an art shop

By FASHION Staff | October 27th, 2010 | 2:32 pm

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Laing by Andy Kropa/Getty Images; Art piece by Luis Jacob, courtesty of the Toronto International Art Fair

By Corrine Aberdeen

Canadian fashion darling Jeremy Laing has donned a new, but equally creative hat by curating a special project for the Toronto International Art Fair (October 20 to November 1, from $16, tiafair.com).

Everything Must Go is a shop within the festival, and was inspired by end-of-season and liquidation sales. It is as much an ode to the aesthetics of merchandising as it is to the art being showcased. From shelves and fixtures designed by artists to the flyer-styled catalogue, each detail has been thoughtfully chosen to explore the exhibit’s themes–and everything is for sale. We asked Laing, via email, about his latest project.

How did this project come about? “I was approached by the Toronto International Art Fair and asked to put together an exhibit tying together ideas and themes around art and fashion however I saw fit.” Read more »

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Culture pick: Flash Forward Festival highlights emerging photographers

By Siofan Davies | October 5th, 2010 | 3:47 pm

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Kevin Van Aelst One Heart Beat

This year, the Magenta Foundation has taken their popular Flash Forward competition, which highlights the talent of up-and-coming photographers from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K, and turned it into a festival. The gallery show has been expanded to six curated exhibits and they’ve added workshops, lectures and panel discussions on such pictorial topics as marketing oneself in the fine art market to the future of photobooks in the digital age. All of the venues, including the all-Canadian show Where is Here, and almost all of the external events are free to access, so even if you don’t have an image on display you can learn about the industry and what it takes to be the next Robert Mapplethorpe or Cindy Sherman. The photographs range in their context—dramatic shots of soldiers, snapshots of odd suburbanites and stills of decaying architecture—with photographers taking the role of silent observer or composer of a scene. The Flash Forward Festival runs October 6 to 10, with venues throughout Liberty Village in Toronto (a complete schedule and map can be found at flashforwardfestival.com).

Click the images below to see a gallery from the Flash Forward Festvial