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Make Good Projects: Architecture as a Public Service

Azure Magazine

If you’ve ever attended an architectural talk, walking tour, film screening or panel discussion in Toronto, odds are you already know Joël León and Kurtis Chen. To the degree that architecture ever enters Toronto’s public consciousness, we have the TSA to thank. At the very least, you’ve seen them around.

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New Chicago park identity reflects the rich history and culture of the city’s South Side

Creative Boom

Designed by local studio Span, the identity features a custom logotype inspired by the park's topography as well as a public bench. Chicago-based design studio Span has unveiled its latest place branding project, an identity for a new public park in the Bronzeville area of its home city.

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How Cranbrook’s Design Program Redefined How We Make and Talk About Graphic Design

Eye on Design

In 1984, for example, Paul Goldberger, the then-architecture critic of The New York Times wrote that “Cranbrook, more than any other institution, has the right to think of itself as synonymous with contemporary American Design.” The myth and mystique around Cranbrook is prone to strong emotions and bold statements.

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7 Highlights of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021

Azure Magazine

For the world’s most important architecture exhibition, the question is a mandate, a broad and all-encompassing challenge. On the occasion of the 17 th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia , architects are responding to curator Hashim Sarkis’s overarching theme in myriad ways and from various vantage points.

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15+ Best Graphic Design Books in 2023

Just Creative

Grid Systems in Graphic Design Design is a Job A New Program for Graphic Design Show Your Work!: You’ll learn techniques for interacting with clients and coworkers and giving talks. Effective client communication is a quality of a successful designer. Design is a job by Mike Monteiro Design is a job by Mike Monteiro.

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10 Featured Speakers to Check Out at Human/Nature

Azure Magazine

Recent award-winning projects include the Downsview Framework Plan in Toronto, University of Cincinnati’s College of Business, and the Minneapolis Public Service Building. Michael Sørensen, Partner and Design Director at Henning Larsen Michael Sørensen is a Partner and Design Director at Henning Larsen and co-leads the firm’s U.S.

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A Cafe Animates a Public Square in China’s Hebei Province

Azure Magazine

Imbued with a distinctly European influence, the local architecture is a stark departure from the monumental glass and steel monoliths favoured in the nation’s capital. But in the town’s public square, a new coffee shop is proving that these two distinct design languages can sometimes coexist in harmony.