design
21
A new city gateway and memorial with the Montreal Irish Monument Park
An incoming commemorative park design makes the Black Rock accessible for the first time with public space honouring 6,000 Irish famine victims and the Montrealers who tried to save them.
There’s a reason why this fashion runway was out in the cold
It was chill: ROYALMOUNT’s Urban Park hosted eight brands and a live Milk & Bone set.
Inside the New Chabanel workshop of Montreal designer Finkel'
Daniel Finkelstein's anti-ego approach to design is what makes his work in restaurants, retail, and beyond authentic to their purpose.
Will Crosson's critical approach to Canadiana through fashion
The Montreal designer creating thoughtful garments that critically engage with Canadian landscapes, histories, and identity.
The fairyland fashion brand sewn entirely in its founder's bedroom
Avenir Vert's Olivia Donahue turned thrift store finds and teenage entrepreneurship into British Vogue features—all while refusing to compromise on a sustainable vision.
A fictional designer of very real experiences
André Brown doesn't exist per se, but the branding created under that name shows how hospitality can think differently about storytelling, atmosphere, and emotional design.
The hidden world bustling beneath Montreal’s Olympic Pyramids
Echoes of elegance: Inside a faded “Grand Hotel” that's lost its splendour over time.
The urban meadow rewriting the map and memory of Montreal
The Ville-Marie Expressway cut its city in two. This civic space honouring 21 women with flowers, architecture, and intention stitches it back together.
Can Montreal's Quartier Molson solve the heritage paradox?
How a 238-year-old industrial legacy is being transformed into a waterfront neighbourhood of urban repair.
The Saint-Henri soundsmith reclaiming how music should feel
How a record store kid slinging wax by day and DJing by night turned his obsession with audio clarity into a speaker company with soul.
A public solar-powered hangout lands in the Olympic Park this summer
Aire commune’s Espace solaire is an evolving vision of urban design—and it's got Wi-Fi.
GOODEE's flagship Westmount space combines curated global design with Montreal roots
Step inside Byron and Dexter Peart's world of goods vetted for design excellence, craftsmanship, and positive social and environmental impacts—all in 1,000 square feet.
How Montreal falls in and out of love with Brutalist architecture
How Montreal’s unapologetic concrete giants went from symbols of modernist utopia to polarizing relics—and why the city just can’t quit them.
Your local design re-education starts with these Montreal creatives & artists
Spotlighting 20 Montreal trailblazers reshaping fashion, art, and design with sustainable practices, bold craftsmanship, and boundary-pushing creativity.
On the factory floor with Montreal farm-to-garment designer Milo & Dexter
How the Montreal brand Milo & Dexter is weaving Canadian wool, heritage, and innovation into the fabric of modern fashion.
