Category Archives: Design

Turn on your senses… Open your eyes and see. Montreal is full of surprises when it comes to architecture, interior and industrial design. Whatever catches our eyes, we’ll let you know!!

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Konishiwa! Put some Happy Friends on it, tudo bem?

By Myriam Richard iSkin, a world leader and my favorite brand in cool tech lifestyle accessories, launches the Happy Friends Collection, a japanese-inspired print series of covers, folios and carriers for iPhone 4/4S, iPad2 and Mac/PC respectively, designed exclusively for iSkin by Brazillian illustrator Cako … Read More

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FLASH: A new Le Château at Les Promenades Saint-Bruno, QC

On the verge of celebrating their 25th anniversary, famous QC fashion boutique Le Château shows us that they are definitely here to stay, with a new concept store that recently opened at Promenade Saint-Bruno. With a design making way for beautiful lighting and glass to … Read More

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The empty lines of my notebooks

By Myriam Fact. I love to write. Fact. I love notebooks. Fact. I collect them. Fact. I love writing in them…. Ummm,  not so much! Actually, I do, but I’m always scared to do so. Bizzareness. I must confess. You may find me in the stationary section … Read More

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A visual masterpiece you must see…

By M We often come across beauty in many places at different moments in our lives- and that’s the beauty of it! It’s everywhere. It doesn’t have to be big or last hours, it can be a fraction of a second or a shiny rock … Read More

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MacGirl4Life: 4 apps for writers

Featured image credit: www.therake.co (The Christina Desktop found in the general store) By MacGirl4Life Hello world! MacGirl4Life here with you on another mission to share. Being a writer at heart, it fits perfectly paperplanes.ca’s “we love to write and we write on what we love” signature. … Read More

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Petals and seashells…

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard (via Fuchsia Interiors) Surrounded by the city’s concrete jungle, we often want nature closer to home, to connect with a life that is not our own or family’s or pet’s, but that still requires taking care of. We thus like to … Read More

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Furnish Poetically

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard While reading one of the best books I’ve laid my eyes upon, Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space, the author says of art after a reflexion to a quote from french author Lescure that it “is an increase of life, a sort … Read More

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Montreal Fashion Week 20 – FW11 coverage

My heart sings BARILA! by Organik D’va I have always been a fan  of black, although I had a strong color phase once and started wearing bright colors, there is NOTHING like a nice black outfit. Now that this is out of the way, I … Read More

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Zagrum Restaurant: More than oranges

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard In the Ahuntsic borrough on Montreal, specifically on Fleury street, corner Papineau sits one of my favorite places to brunch in the city, Zagrum. The name derives from the french word for citrus fruit, agrume. I was introduced to it by one of my … Read More

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In 2011, the word is “Uplifting”

By Myriam ‘M♥’ Richard With a gloomier year than usual with the economy hitting almost rock bottom, not much could bring the affected sprits so high. But the little that could be done was a help in its rights. That is why the color reference king … Read More