Stay ahead of the style curve with inspiring trends and tips for your home By Henrietta Southam In honour of our country’s sesquicentennial, there is no better time to shine a national spotlight on uniquely Canadian designs and artists. We break down eight trends with a focus on sustainable...

Painter-designer Zoë Pawlak unveils collection of mirrors By Janet Wilson Canadian artist Zoë Pawlak doesn’t just make decorative mirrors.  She offers windows into a person’s soul. A longtime landscape and figurative artist, Pawlak has been branching out into the home decor business and...

Ottawa architect Rod Lahey has built a reputation designing contemporary homes like his own: filled with light, clean lines and plenty of space for an eclectic art collection By Sheila Brady Photography by James Park Rod Lahey is in a reflective mood, musing over a lengthy career that has changed...

Ottawa Art Gallery  to host major retrospective on prolific designer By Paul Gessell The Garbo is a trash can. It is perhaps the best-known of the thousands of functional, esthetically-pleasing objects, many with sensuous curves, created by Karim Rashid.he vase-shaped, plastic object is called...