Design

To mark OFFF and FORUM’s return to the SAT, we asked three Montreal creatives three questions each.

Design

Montreal finally has a second airport, and it works... So why doesn't it look like Montreal?

Design

Philippe Charlebois-Gomez turns Expo 67 streetlamps, fan guards and ski poles into handcrafted fixtures. Now he’s asking whether a studio built on one-offs can become a system.

Design

Montreal plans to bring the Village’s rainbow balls back in 2030, reviving an installation its late creator chose to retire alongside a debate he never quite settled.

Design

From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.

Design

When Kyoto meets Montreal, less is genuinely more.

Design

To mark OFFF and FORUM’s return to the SAT, we asked three Montreal creatives three questions each.

Design

Montreal finally has a second airport, and it works... So why doesn't it look like Montreal?

Design

Philippe Charlebois-Gomez turns Expo 67 streetlamps, fan guards and ski poles into handcrafted fixtures. Now he’s asking whether a studio built on one-offs can become a system.

Design

Montreal plans to bring the Village’s rainbow balls back in 2030, reviving an installation its late creator chose to retire alongside a debate he never quite settled.

Design

From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.

Design

When Kyoto meets Montreal, less is genuinely more.

Design

Meet Dazy Chains, the tech-inspired knitwear brand combining fibre arts with digital culture

Hand-knit designs merge CAPTCHAS and AI imagery with fibre arts, while the publication Needlebound builds a tangible community for textile artists.

Design

Estudio Niksen Defines Itself—and Finds Success—in the Art of Doing Nothing

The Saint-Henri brand built itself on the Dutch philosophy of doing nothing. The result is some of the most intentional fashion coming out of Montreal.

Design

207 Ouest: The emotional inventory of a Mile End design shop

A subterranean curation according to coups de cœur from Myriam and Jeanne Élie of MYEL.

Design

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.

Design

The Story Behind the Biergarten Table That Became a Terrasse Staple

Lea Berger missed the folding biergarten tables of her German childhood. A decade later, they're at every great bar in Montreal, shipped in from Stuttgart.

Design

Montreal Has a Winter Identity. But Who Does It Belong To?

Our city has made winter an art form, so the next step is making sure everyone's invited to enjoy it.

Design

Meet Dazy Chains, the tech-inspired knitwear brand combining fibre arts with digital culture

Hand-knit designs merge CAPTCHAS and AI imagery with fibre arts, while the publication Needlebound builds a tangible community for textile artists.

Design

Estudio Niksen Defines Itself—and Finds Success—in the Art of Doing Nothing

The Saint-Henri brand built itself on the Dutch philosophy of doing nothing. The result is some of the most intentional fashion coming out of Montreal.

Design

207 Ouest: The emotional inventory of a Mile End design shop

A subterranean curation according to coups de cœur from Myriam and Jeanne Élie of MYEL.

Design

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.

Design

The Story Behind the Biergarten Table That Became a Terrasse Staple

Lea Berger missed the folding biergarten tables of her German childhood. A decade later, they're at every great bar in Montreal, shipped in from Stuttgart.

Design

Montreal Has a Winter Identity. But Who Does It Belong To?

Our city has made winter an art form, so the next step is making sure everyone's invited to enjoy it.