A leader we lost too soon. Architect David Penner died suddenly in January of 2020 at 61. His legacy lives on. We salute the gifted designer & founder of Storefront Manitoba.
Category: Architecture
Episode-20: Westcoast
How is it that two of the most successful West Coast Modern Architecture practitioners both trained at The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture? What was it about The U of M’s rigours that prepared D’arcy Jones and Sean Pearson for West Coast notoriety?
Episode-19: Whimsy
Today on “Whimsy” — Episode 19 of Prairie Design Lab — design to make you smile. Much design, no matter how beautiful and useful, can be sort of serious. We introduce you to two Winnipeg designers who put delight, pleasure, and whimsy at the centre of what they create, and people across North America are smiling as they discover it.
Episode-18: Colour
When you painted your bedroom last month why did you choose that colour? What’s the colour of your favorite sweater? What colour is your front door? What shapes your taste in colours? Episode 18 of Prairie Design Lab meets three people from the global colour industry, with distinct Winnipeg connections, who analyze and shape worldwide…
Episode-16: Supportive
People with disabilities often face challenges in accessing resources and funding to pay for their housing and care. We explore what it takes to create housing to support them in their needs with Amie Gross (NYC), and Emily Barber (U of M Interior Design Masters student) specializing in Supportive Housing.
Episode 15: Landscape
World-renowned French landscape architect Michel Desvigne tells us why transformation, transposition, and time are at the core of his success.
Episode-14: Heritage
What makes an old building worth conserving? Three Winnipeg architects who have focused on heritage preservation work explain the challenges and values that infuse their work.
Episode-13: HOF
https://umfm-broadcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/013-Prairie_Design_Lab-EP_013-HOF-2021-01-13.mp3 You start out at a good architecture school in your hometown, but — you get restless. You want to experiment with learning & working in a different setting at a new school & workplace — far from home. Today on Prairie Design Lab, we talk with three people who left for Hong Kong, Oslo & Frankfurt to do just that. HONGKONG OSLO FRANKFURT
Episode-12: Cold
https://umfm-broadcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/012-Prairie_Design_Lab-EP_012-Cold-2021-01-06.mp3 Cold enough for you? The classic Canadian winter question. We explore the creative impetus that cold weather provides to two Canadian international design festivals. We celebrate the success of Winnipeg’s Warming Huts and Toronto’s Winter Stations. NUZZLES by RAW Design (photo: WarmingHuts)
Episode-10: Leadership
Episode 10 of Prairie Design Lab is titled “Leadership”. In it, three practice founders explore not the aesthetics of architecture but the effectiveness of imaginative leadership. Guests: Monica Adair, Marianne Amodio and Johanna Hurme