September 2011
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We're Moving!
Thanks Tumblr, it’s been a blast. But, in line with our continuous expansion, we’re moving to a bigger space. Same URL, but no more dashboard. If you’d like to continue reading we suggest you continue to visit www.wearemosaic.ca, add us to your RSS feed, and sign up for our newsletter (available soon.)
We’re transferring content as I type and couldn’t be more excited...
August 2011
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5 Questions with Brad Michelson
Full disclosure: I’ve written for Brad once or twice. That said, it’s hard to have completed a writing degree at UVic and not have written for Brad. For a young student, Brad’s got a plethora of editorial experience and it shows: in his confidence, in his knowledge of the industry, in the rare seamlessness with which he deals with stories. But perhaps the most impressive thing...
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5 Questions with CASTE Projects
To say that Caleb Beyers and Hanahlie Beise, the founders of CASTE Projects, are designers isn’t entirely accurate. It’s definitely true, but it fails to capture the full breadth of their work: they’ve shot films and photographs, created identities, curated and bound books, built objects and built spaces. Simply put, they’re creators, and in that capacity they’ve shaped many of...
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July 2011
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The Weekend Update #31
I’ve been trying to get some damn adventure time in this summer, so last week I made the executive decision that the weekend was obvious and scooted off to Ucluelet for my days off. God rewards the impromptu with glorious sunshine and Long Beach surf, apparently. I’m still digging the sand out of my bathing suit. You know, between the seventeen iced coffees, beers, sunning, and reading...
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Weekend Update #30
Iiiiii’m so tiiiiired becasue I was getting craaaazzyyyyyy in Laaaangley aaaaaaaat the dentiiiiiiist. My dentist is named Aurora and she has a porn-star voice with an accent and everything. She grew up in Romania where she dreamt of infected mouths and moved to Langley to begin her very own dental practice. She looks like Shakira’s older, more grounded sister. The sister that combs her...
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The Weekend Update #31
Whoa guys, I fell down a rabbit hole and didn’t realize what day is was until 5AM this morning. Combination food poisoning and nervosa, I think. Feeling crazy tends to suspend my understandings of the passage of time. I either think that I’m shooting around at light speed (makes itself especially clear when I try to speak), or I sink into a puddle of staring while my friends all make...
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5 Questions with Glen O'Neill
Somehow, between working full-time as the visual mastermind redefining the Martlet and caring for his (adorable) newborn baby, Penelope, Glen O’Neill finds time to run an artistic empire in the form of Glen O’Neill Dot Com and his hair-brained charity series Beards, Mostly, on top of giving away a boutique’s worth of free t-shirts he designed himself. And in his off hours, if...
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Weekend Update #30
Like any holiday related to nationalism or religion, Canada Day and the internet will breed an informative edumacated commentary on colonialism and pride. Upon this day, Twitterers and FB friends will be treated to incense and righteousness crafted to suit 140 characters. Spread thy knowledge, middle class Canadians, for today you have been granted the gift of cultural relevance. Happy July 1st!...
June 2011
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The Gentlemen's Reserve
Links:
Free/man Brand
Tellason Denim
Maak Soap Lab
WM J Mills & Co.
Bridge and Burn
Barrett Alley Leatherworks
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5 Questions with Mikael Kennedy
Mikael Kennedy has captured thousands of photos, logged countless lonely miles, published seven books, shot designers like The Hill-Side, Rogue’s Gallery and Moscot, shown at New York’s Chelsea Hotel, and graced Secret Forts, Corduroy, and GQ. But he got there by discarding the map, by refusing to set a destination. He’s arrived, in a way, but his journey is far from over. Not...
Weekend Update #29
We’ve all left the island for the weekend in an effort to bandy ourselves around Gentleman’s Reserve and The Cheaper Show in Vancouver. Sorry Island. I love you and all but until I have the time to set something like this up on my own I’ve got to make the ferry trip across. Distance really does make the heart grow fonder, and I’ve got something of a track record of losing...
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WatchHemlock Printers x CLOU Design x The Cheaper Show
The 10th Annual Cheaper Show is coming up this Saturday in Vancouver, a one night opportunity to grab international artwork at a stylishly affordable $200 apiece. But if that price tag is still too steep, then this year you frugal bastards are in luck: as a permanent and cost-effective substitute, the Cheaper team have hooked up with an...
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5 Questions with Darian Hocking
When I was first asked to join Mosaic, I came onboard with a short list of online publications to aspire to. One of those was Free/man Brand. So, when I heard Darian Hocking, Free/man’s Founder and Creative Director, was hosting a pop-up market just across the straight in Vancouver, I knew I had to get in touch.
What I didn’t know was that Mr. Hocking was also in the process of a move...
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Weekend Update #28
Everyone stop everything you are doing. Clive’s Cocktail Lounge has released their summer Tiki drink list, which means that every guy in the city is going to be playing a misogynistic game of House, except they call it “Mad Men”. Is this acceptable? I like a good role play situation, but there’s no agreed upon safe word for this macho posturing. I can’t spout off...
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WatchFolly and the Hunter x Here On Out Sessions - I Was Only Going Out
It looks like this week’s going to be a treasure trove of independent Canadian releases.
Today, I received this video in my inbox from Nick Vallee of Folly and the Hunter. The group released one of my favorite folk records, Residents, back in March. Naturally, I was jazzed to hear something new from them so soon.
The song in this...
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Busy at Work
Readers, as always, thank you for your time.
We regret to inform you that there will be no Five Questions this week, as it’s been a very busy season behind the scenes at Mosaic.
This month, we say goodbye to Edmund Teh, Mosaic co-founder, design guru, and the handsomest-asian-in-all-the-world. Ed co-founded this site with Grady in late 2009, and has been keeping Mosaic looking spiffy...
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Weekend Update #27
There is so much amazing stuff happening over at Mosaic, I can barely sit still long enough to write this down. Woo. Woooof. I’ve been tweeting since 7AM and have had three cups of coffee. I feel like I could run a thousand laps around this city, which I’m going to be doing with my main boiz anyways, as Mosaic is shooting its first ever promotional video today. Hopefully lots of cool...
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