Design Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/category/arts/design/ Arts, Culture and Lifestyle from Calgary Wed, 24 Jul 2024 23:46:45 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calgaryguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-CalgaryGuardian_Logo_FaviconApp-32x32.jpg Design Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/category/arts/design/ 32 32 “A Day in the Life” with: Metalsmith Artist Barb Temple https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-barb-temple/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 06:33:48 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=22713 Barb Temple is a Calgary-based self-taught artist, working out of her home studio. As a kid, she was always happiest with a pen and paper in hand. Barb began exploring metal smithing in the ’90s [...]

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]]> What Furniture To Use For The Outdoor Houses in Calgary https://calgaryguardian.com/what-furniture-to-use-for-the-outdoor-houses-in-calgary/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:10:31 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=18747 In the realm of al fresco living within Calgary, selecting the ideal furnishings can prove transformative. Optimal outdoor accoutrements have the potential to cultivate an enchanting haven, conducive to hosting visitors, savouring a tranquil interlude [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with fibre artist, Nina Milloy https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-nina-milloy/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:33:25 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=16050 Life can be hectic, disorderly, and stressful, but Nina Milloy finds peace and tranquility in a metre of fabric and a skein of yarn. Though a graphic designer by training, Nina is a fibre artist [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with Calgary artist/designer Amy Adams https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-amy-adams/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:00:13 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=13986 Amy Adams, a former Los Angeleno who’s resided in Calgary since 2008, has always been an artist but decided to pursue a safer route through architecture in her early career. Upon turning 40, life events [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with embroidery artists Anna and Piotr Angiel https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-angiel-family/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:00:28 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=13974 There’s so much I could say about the Angiel family — like Anna can do a stunning makeover of a home in need of a ‘refresh’ using little more than a few power tools and [...]

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]]> What is Cozy Minimalism? Comfort and Functionality as One https://calgaryguardian.com/what-is-cozy-minimalism-comfort-and-functionality-as-one/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 03:10:49 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=14029 Back in the day, people were more maximalist, and this made their rooms look more cramped. From a luxury pillow and heavy metal furniture items to bold patterns, this was the most common theme for [...]

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]]> Home Decor & DIY https://calgaryguardian.com/home-decor-diy/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 03:10:52 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=9828 With 2020 going the way it is, many people across Canada (and the world!) have turned their attention towards their homes and interiors, and are taking this time to decorate or finish some odd jobs [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with Ceramic Production Artist Mabel Tan https://calgaryguardian.com/ceramic-production-artist-mabel-tan/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:30:07 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=6362 Mabel Tan is an artist working primarily with Ceramics, she came to Calgary from the Island City of Singapore and graduated from Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD or more recently AUarts.). Mabel has [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with local Calgary artist Kathleen McCallum https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-kathleen-mccallum/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:30:25 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=5484 Kathleen McCallum is an Alberta College of Art, Visual Communications graduate. From a very young age, Kathleen knew she wanted to be an artist. She took up oil painting as a teenager, where she mastered [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with local Calgary artist Milt Fischbein https://calgaryguardian.com/local-calgary-artist-milt-fischbein/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 08:30:58 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=5439 Milt Fischbein is an independent jewelry artist and educator who discovered his love of working with precious metals about 25 years ago. More recently, Milt has shifted his studio practice to making filigree jewelry. Filigree [...]

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