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Design

Could Pecha Kucha's corporate sponsor please stand up?

Corporate sponsor.  The words hovered on the otherwise empty screen above Steven Cox on the stage of the Vogue Theatre. Volume 20 of Pecha Kucha Night, sold out as usual, and Cox aimed his...

New Twitter: simpler, customizable and a chance to brand

The goal: more than a billion of us tweeting.

Pecha Kucha a simmering saucepan of food, art and ideas

A chocolate train station. A feared food critic. A guerrilla gastronomer. Pecha Kucha Volume 19 straddled the worlds of design, eating and art.

Design Thinking unConference to bring no-holds-barred thinking process to Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Creative problem-solvers and innovators will be gathering at the Design Thinking unConference (DTUC) on August 19-20 at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design on Granville Island.

A staple of Calgary Stampede style gets a royal twist

Princess-worthy cowboy 'fascinator' sells out immediately.

Oh Canada! Kate wows 'em in designs by Quebec-born Erdem

Wrongly predicted to be designer for royal wedding gown, London-based designer has still clearly won the newlywed's heart

Check out this weekend's top summer Vancouver events (June 23-26)

Summer is officially here and so are all the great outdoor events! All our old favourite events are back (Jazz festival, Greek Day, Piknic Électronik, Chinatown Night Market) in addition to some...

Chanel picks Blake Lively for Mademoiselle handbags

Blake Lively is the new face of the Chanel Mademoiselle handbag collection. Surprised? So was the industry. The French fashion house made an unexpected decision, choosing a blond American actress...

Lady Gaga raises $250,000 in 48 hours

Monsters, rejoice. In order to help Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims,  Lady Gaga (a.k.a mother monster) spun her creative wheels and turned to design.

Circle Craft Fair at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre

"Western Canada’s largest one-of-a-kind gift fair, the Circle Craft Christmas Market. If it's handmade, you'll find it there."