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Category: Canadian Style

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Omotesando Hills Opening Party Canadian Style You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here.

  • Canadian Style Mixes

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    As mentioned in the previous post, Marc Xavier LeBlanc compiled 8 great mixes of Canadian artists for the event, all under various themes. It’s basically an amazing collection of the Canadian independent scene, and here are the mix titles: CANADA… ELECTRO POP, CANADA… FRANCO POP ROCK, CANADA GOES INSTRUMENTAL, CANADA JAZZ… READY OR NOT, CANADA……

  • Marc Xavier LeBlanc

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    The other main participant of Canadian Style is photographer/DJ Marc Xavier LeBlanc. Marc Xavier LeBlanc is a photographer, artist, graphic designer, music promoter, musician, DJ and radio show host. He’s been nominated for the third year in a row as “photographer of the year” at the East Coast Music Awards, and has won numourous competitions…

  • Sonia Chow

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    One of the main participants of Canadian Style is Tokyo-based Canadian designer Sonia Chow. Sonia Chow is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Tokyo. Her achievements include 19 professional awards for graphic design and furniture, and a poster in the collection at the National Gallery of Canada. Her work has been shown in numerous publications, including…

  • Canadian Style Flickr Photoset

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    I’ve put up a Flickr photoset of 35 pictures taken earlier today of the Canadian Style event. Still missing are pictures of Marc Xavier LeBlanc’s “The Minimalism Series” and Sonia Chow’s “Red + White/Read + Write” interactive installation (I’ll add those tomorrow).

  • Canadian Style Opening Day

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    Canadian Style is officially on at Cafe Pause! I just have time to post one quick pic, but I’ll be updating tonight with plenty more, including lots of info on the various installations. For readers who are a bit tired of my Canadian Style promotion, skip reading tonight and come back tomorrow.

  • Canadian Style Signage

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    For Canadian Style, I’ve also created plenty of signage. Above are the profiles for the two featured artists (I’ll post the text in another post): designer Sonia Chow and photographer Marc Xavier LeBlanc (who also created all the Canadian Style music mixes — more on that later). Marc’s card is actually at the same scale…

  • Canadian Style Menu

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    As promised, here’s a look at the Canadian Style menu I designed. As you can see, the food selection is maple-heavy, and quite tasty I might add. My faves? The meat pie brought me back home, and tastes pretty much like the kind my mom made. My favorite dessert had got to be the maple…