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F5: Nicko Elliott Shares a Favorite Coffee Shop, On-Going Research + More

Design Milk

Nicko Elliott is the principal and co-founder of CIVILIAN , a building and interior design studio working with cultural institutions, forward-thinking companies, and creative individuals to tell their stories through design. Today, Nicko Elliott is joining us for Friday Five ! Nicko Elliott Photo: Brian W. Photo: Civilian. Oliver Coffee.

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A Montreal Restaurant Unites Two Disparate Cultures

Azure Magazine

Chinatown might be the last place you’d expect to find Montreal’s newest Italian eatery. It all starts with the menu — an assortment of classic Italian dishes, each with a hint of Japanese flair (think white soy panacotta or sushi rice arancini).

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Kefan Shi's metaphor-packed illustrations tackle themes of self identity and mental health

Creative Boom

When it comes to his biggest artistic inspiration, Kefan has a clear answer: Hieronymus Bosch. I like to visit these places to collect inspiration for my creations. Understanding colours in illustration helped me a lot in this project, helping me to match the colours to the different themes and make connections between them.

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The Next Course: Future of Hospitality

Azure Magazine

And then they created a 120-seat outdoor dining area servicing a number of restaurants in Chinatown — an even harder-hit contingent — in one anchor set-up. As summer turned to fall, Rockwell helped to winterize these spaces by designing a slender heater that could fit on Chinatown’s narrow sidewalks.

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How Smiley can inject emotion into a brand

Creative Review

Within the fashion industry, for instance, Smiley often draws on its heritage in electronic music culture to create a stylistic fusion – with recent collaborators including Loewe, Chinatown Market, Ellesse and Pull&Bear. “You can’t think of the Year 2000 and not think of the Millennium Bug,” she smiles.

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In Conversation: DesignAgency on 25 Years as Hospitality Heavy-hitters

Azure Magazine

Seeing their careers grow as they built their brand internationally was a big inspiration. restaurant, Toronto-based DesignAgency turned a Chinatown warehouse into a buzzy industrial-chic restaurant. I think those partnerships survived and flourished because of that; we could listen and stay egoless in a way.

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Jolene Delisle on balancing a creative career with motherhood and how she supports other women founders

Creative Boom

After being born into homelessness in South Korea and driven by the hardships endured in her formative years, Jolene Delisle was inspired to launch her creative agency, creating opportunities for other women and people of colour and working with clients that positively impact the world. Jolene Delisle. Here, she shares her story so far.

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