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Episode-24: Lori
Canada’s “House of LMD” interior design has 40 luxury projects on the go that can span six years and encompass 30,000 sq feet. After 35 years of success, Lori Morris shares how this “Design Darling” went from small-town Ontario to become North American’s “Maestra of Majesty.”
Episode-23: Simplicity
In Episode 23, we discuss the enduring appeal of mid-century modern furniture. Three U of M designers converses on the newest incarnations of the ever-popular ’30s through 60’s Eames, Bertoia, and Saarinen styles.
Episode-22: Purpose
Cracked windows. Leaky roofs. Abandoned houses. Across Winnipeg’s inner city, there is a great need for improved housing. Many existing homes are old, overcrowded, and in poor repair. We meet the head of a social enterprise and an architectural associate who are working together to build affordable new homes.
Episode-21: David
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.
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-17: Books
What does handmade bookbinding have to do with Interior Design? Plenty, as we’ll find out from a bookbinding artist, an Interior Design professor, and two students who saw and felt the link between the two first hand.