Don’t let curtain fall on arts education
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on June 11, 2008
As a foundation for practicing imagination, the arts are a critical ingredient to forward-thinking change. When widely applied, the inherent concepts taught by the arts lead to progress in every arena of life — from advances in medical technology to transformative public policy. The arts are not superfluous to society; they are an underestimated force [...]
Kitchen Curtain Dynamic Design
Filed Under Cur Tainx | Posted on April 17, 2008
Four years ago, The Independent Weekly launched The INDesign Awards to honor the most innovative and thoughtful architecture, historic preservation projects and interior design in Acadiana. In its best and purest form, architecture reflects a community’s history and values and incorporates the past into forward-thinking designs for modern living.
For our fourth annual INDesign Awards, projects [...]
Earth Hour Everything (in design) is illuminated
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
IN 1979, RODNEY GRAHAM trucked two diesel generators into the dense old growth of super-natural British Columbia. Still a student at Simon Fraser University, Graham had barely begun a career that would make him one of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary art exports, and [...]
Big hit for a six
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 17, 2008
WHAT WE’VE BEEN DRIVING LATELY
Mazda6 Luxury Sports hatch
The price: from $44,650 (base-model Limited from $29,740).
Vital statistics: 2.5-litre, four-cylinder petrol (125 kW/226
Nm), six-speed manual, front-wheel-drive.
WHY WE’RE DRIVING IT
This is the just-launched, second-generation Mazda6, a car that
Mazda expects will capitalise on the popularity of the original
mid-sized model. The new model, available as a sedan hatch and
wagon, is [...]