Category: People
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”.
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?