Merry Christmas !

Substantially complete

Our latest project in North Vancouver is approaching completion. Great clients, a contractor who 'gets it' and a fabulous house that really only needed a few gentle prods in the right direction. Just in time for Christmas.

Tom Dixon

Holyness

planting palate...

for a new job and a sexy one... even if I do say so myself!

Aurora

Top all-round Northern Bloke and Mancunian most likely to have us all disappearing down a worm hole to an alternate universe, Brian Cox discussing the Northern Lights. Puts me in mind of an Ian Brown song......

and talking of the Aurora, every Northerner likes a good Anorak. This one is from Burton. Quality.

metal work

The metalwork has arrived onsite at our North Vancouver project. Matt black and slightly rubbery powder coated finish...we're pretty pleased with it.

Heritage Orchestra x Union Chapel x Unkle

The sound of Considered Design this morning

UNKLE x McQueen

Got my grubby mitts on this last night. Handed out for free at the Press Day of McQueens sub collection Mc Q. Its bloody great. Dark, almost gothic in places. Perfect company for Mr McQueens work. Hope he's still listening in the other place.

Gil Scott-Heron Chris Cunningham remix

Ethereal, dreamlike new work from our favourite director Chris Cunningham. Brilliant.

How Reindeer Fly

we're feeling a little festive around here at Considered Design (it's the time of year we design our Christmas Cards), here is an 'inspirational' video to get you in the mood....

electrify the boys and girls

Tron Legacy

The hype is building ridiculously but still, looks pretty damn cool. Daft Punk sound track. Cant wait.

New Works II Planting

Plants have arrived. Always a pleasant phase in a new project, the warm and fuzzy bit.

canadian architect_rennie gallery

Great article and front cover for the Rennie Art Gallery in this month's Canadian Architect, with a lovely paragraph on the Roof Garden on the last page.

Migration of Mel and Judith - Europe & Luxor

Beautifully crafted Architecture as narrative. More fantastic, fantastical work from Tom Hillier. Love this. World in a Lampshade.

'Becoming bored with Europe, Mel & Judith eventually decide to settle down to a new life inLuxor, Egypt. They now live on a small, uninhabited island situated on the River Nile, where in their weird and wonderful ‘Do-It-Yourself’English manor Mel brews beer in his bathtub-brewery whilst Judith bakes rose-bread in the bread-garden. Their island comes alive during the holiday season creating an English retreat in the middle of Luxor, a retreat that lures in English tourists with the opportunity to besurrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of home. The smell ofroses and freshly baked bread drift through the air whilst the temptation to drink beer (whichis illegal inLuxor) is impossible to resist. So if you are ever in Luxor and miss the familiarity of home, take a rowing boat over to Mel and Judith’s island for a little piece of England.'

weekend preoccupations

Current preoccupations: Peter Cook (the cookie monster) and Colin Fournier's Kunsthaus, Graz, a looming, menacing presence with a lo-tek programable skin. The Japan only release from the brilliant FYI design (straight out of Pemberton, BC) of the next level AK 457 packable down insulator and the Casio G-Shock green collection 2300 solar charged watch from the good folk at Livestock. Have a wicked weekend everyone. Happy Halloween.

New Works II

cadence n., the measure or beat of movement, as in dancing or marching.

considered design on landezine

Rennie Gallery Roof Garden, published on Landezine!

54 Elms

Bug eyed kids, burnt abstracted elm trees and the local winnipeg knitting circle, normal day @ Considered Design

Ten Digit Shelter

SHELTER from jason sussberg on Vimeo.

Friday afternoon

It is Friday afternoon @ Considered Design and a long (thanksgiving) weekend in Canadaland, We are working on a yarn bombing concept for Winnipeg ! Enjoy your weekend !

Godogan table

Godogan Table by Niels van Eijk & Miriam van der Lubbe for Droog. Stunning craftsmanship near impossible to find in the West. Furniture as illustration, this one for an Indonesian Fairy Tale. now i wonder if CNC technology could do that on a mass market IKEA scale....

The Dark Side of the Lens

Beautiful, dark, heavy, cold, scary, epic.

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

Four Lions

cant wait to see this Warp films can do no wrong

walrus gifts!

Walrus, Vancouver, is obviously my kind of shop, both of my lovely birthday presents this year came from there! so thanks to walrus for having a great shop and thanks to friends having great taste!

nike climbers pack

Very excited (quite possibly in an unhealthy way) by these puppies. Been a big fan of both shoes since the late 90's, very happy Nike are on the money once more with these. Part of a 'climbers pack' release. Let's hope some of our favourite retailers in this fair city get them landing through the door....oh Santa there is too much good stuff.....

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New works

Finally we are making some marks on the ground. New project in North Vancouver with Splyce Design. This one is going to be fun.