Nina DiGregorio is a very successful musician. She’s performed with The Killers for President Obama. She’s played with Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, Shakira, Michael Bublé, Boz Scaggs, Peter Cetera, Stevie Wonder, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and plenty more. She was in Toni Braxton’s band. She leads the all-female troupe Femmes Of Rock, who are currently touring the US. But […]
The question of how AI will impact on the creative sectors and what it means for those in training has been one of the most hotly debated topics of the year. We reported a couple of months back on a study into how Hollywood bosses expect AI to impact on their HR needs. Now the […]
AIA Architecture Week 2024 is April 14-20. Learn how a popular children’s book could be the tool you need to inspire K-12 students to learn about architecture and design. In 2021, Mollie Elkman released The House That She Built, a children’s book highlighting women in the building industry. Inspired by the 2020 Utah project that […]
The city is releasing potential designs for a new park on False Creek near Science World. And they’re asking the public for advice on them. Currently dubbed East Park, the new park was announced in 2022 and went through a round of public consultation to guide initial designs. It’s now moving forward. “In this round of […]
Hugelkultur gardening, pronounced hoo-gul-culture, is an ancient approach to creating organic raised beds. As with other techniques employed in permaculture gardening, the hugelkultur method cleverly uses garden waste as opposed to removing nutrient-rich materials from the backyard. Originating from Germany and Austria, the term ‘hugelkultur’ translates to ‘mound culture’ in German, referencing the mound shape […]
Scientists have developed a new “ink” that allows objects to be 3D-printed out of wood. The material could reduce the amount of wood that gets wasted in the manufacturing of various products, plus it could utilize existing wood waste that would otherwise end up being burned or dumped. Among other things, we’ve previously seen wooden-ish […]
Should there be one rule for waterfront licensed premises and another rule for similar businesses in the uptown area? That was the question Scott Keddy, owner and president of uptown venues 3 Dogs Brewing and the Beer Shack asked White Rock council at its meeting meeting Monday (March 11). In asking council consider an extension […]
Fasten your seat belt; Bentley (yes, the luxury carmaker) and Macallan have launched a whisky that looks like some kind of science fiction vehicle that you’ll wish you could get behind the wheel off. The Macallan Horizon has even outdone the lightning bolt Tesla tequila for edgy looks. The design features a striking 180-degree twist. […]
Have you ever wondered what sparks a designer’s passion? For Julien Fincker, the answer lies not in a flash of light, but in the quiet hum of the printing press and the smooth glide of a skateboard. This talented type designer is celebrating a major milestone – five years as a typeface designer and the […]
Sweden’s CorPower has announced “breakthrough” results from Atlantic ocean testing of its full-scale floating generators, which cleverly time their motions to amplify smaller waves while protecting themselves against dangerous storm conditions. In a mechanical sense, this is a pretty standard looking anchored buoy point absorber type system; waves lift a floaty air-filled chassis up and […]
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