Category: Culture
Episode-43: Atmosphere (Part Two)
Three keynote speakers share their ideas on living together as we explore how life became realigned through Covid. What are the new and emerging normals? How did the parameters of life get realigned? How can we rethink housing based on what we are experiencing? Analysis comes from: Diana Lind in Philadelphia – the author of…
Episode-41: Firms
Many students drawn to architecture school imagine working with, or creating, a small firm and having a personal impact designing unique structures. But the reality of architecture is changing. More and more architects choose to work with larger firms and collaborate with diverse multi-skilled teams on long-term projects requiring intense planning, preparation and financing. In…
Episode-39: Photographers
What does photography have to do with how we see architecture? Plenty according to gifted Winnipeg photographers Jacqueline Young and Lisa Stinner-Kun. They tell us about the tools of their trade including: capturing ultra-deep depth of field, image-sensors, large-format cameras, Photoshop, gigabite-sized files and phase-one backs.
Episode-36: Imposters
Do you use Instagram much? We hear from team members, including three Winnipeggers, who created Canada’s Pavilion called “Impostor Cities” at The 2121 Venice Biennale of Architecture. The team used Instagram to portray how architecture is deeply used, over and over, as Impostors to tell movie stories
Episode-29: Bisi
Prairie Design Lab returns w/ Season 2. In Episode 29 meet Winnipeg-born Bisi Williams, Chief Insights Officer of the Chicago-based Massive Change Network and the partner of Bruce Mau. Find out why this expansive thinker calls herself “architecture & design adjacent”, a “Prairie chauvinist” & a “Winnipigeon”.