Design

Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

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

Design

How Japanese Spatial Design Reshaped a Plateau Family Home

When Kyoto meets Montreal, less is genuinely more.

Design

When a Ballet Inspired a Jewellery Collection

A two-year collaboration between Mona Fine Joaillerie and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens explores the shared language of movement, transformation, and craft.

Design

A Westmount Renovation That Leaves the Century-Old Bones Alone

Montreal studio Vives St-Laurent's latest work shows that sometimes the smartest move is knowing what not to touch.

Design

The Cabin of the Future Is Smaller, Simpler, and Prebuilt

Architect Julien Nolin’s Quebec prefab company Base Habitation is building high-performance cabins around local manufacturing and simplified designs.

Design

A Guide to Design Week Montreal 2026

Where to be, what to see, and how to make the most of the city's first-ever design week.

Design

Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

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

Design

How Japanese Spatial Design Reshaped a Plateau Family Home

When Kyoto meets Montreal, less is genuinely more.

Design

When a Ballet Inspired a Jewellery Collection

A two-year collaboration between Mona Fine Joaillerie and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens explores the shared language of movement, transformation, and craft.

Design

A Westmount Renovation That Leaves the Century-Old Bones Alone

Montreal studio Vives St-Laurent's latest work shows that sometimes the smartest move is knowing what not to touch.

Design

The Cabin of the Future Is Smaller, Simpler, and Prebuilt

Architect Julien Nolin’s Quebec prefab company Base Habitation is building high-performance cabins around local manufacturing and simplified designs.

Design

A Guide to Design Week Montreal 2026

Where to be, what to see, and how to make the most of the city's first-ever design week.

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

The Mile End tale of El Greco

Tattoos and redemption: A portrait of an upholsterer on Parc Avenue.

Design

Emilie Pittman's Em & May designs clothes for bodies, not trends

A look at Em & May’s evolving collections, hands-on production, and commitment to inclusive style

History Lesson

Design

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.

Design

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.

Design

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.

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

The Mile End tale of El Greco

Tattoos and redemption: A portrait of an upholsterer on Parc Avenue.

Design

Emilie Pittman's Em & May designs clothes for bodies, not trends

A look at Em & May’s evolving collections, hands-on production, and commitment to inclusive style

History Lesson

Design

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.

Design

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.

Design

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.