An Enchanting Workshop: Tom Bartlett Guitars
An Enchanting Workshop: Tom Bartlett Guitars BY CHRIS TIESSEN Somewhere deep in the heart of The Ward – Guelph’s storied neighbourhood renowne…
GETTING TO KNOW: Blooms + Flora
GETTING TO KNOW: BLOOMS + FLORA INTERVIEW BY SONIA PREISLER You know someone’s doing something right when their flower shop becomes a regional …
Hand Craft: Celebrating Our Regional Climbing Scene
Hand Craft: Celebrating Our Regional Climbing Scene BY CHRIS TIESSEN It’s pretty easy to recognize a climber: just look at their hands. Thick. …
Experiential. Tangible. Intimate: Uptown’s Insight Eye Care
Experiential. Tangible. Intimate: Uptown’s Insight Eye Care BY CHRIS TIESSEN 'So much of what people buy – and how they buy it – is determined by w…
Getting to know: Phidon pens
Getting to know: Phidon pens BY CHRIS TIESSEN Mano Duggal’s Phidon Pens has become somewhat of a downtown Galt institution. Indeed, it’s not oft…
Rug & Weave: Like home away from home
Rug & Weave: Like home away from home BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘Everything about this place is gorgeous,’ I remark. Then I whisper, only to myself, with …
St. Jacobs Furnishings: woodcraft in Mennonite country
St. Jacobs Furnishings: Woodcraft in Mennonite Country BY CHRIS TIESSEN As we meander past an amazing number of stalls featuring fresh produce, g…
Sympathetic Deconstruction: The Timeless Material Company
Sympathetic Deconstruction: The Timeless Material Company BY CHRIS TIESSEN When I was a kid growing up in Kitchener, my dad used to pile my br…
True North Bikes: Framing The Good Life
True North Bikes: Framing The Good Life BY CHRIS TIESSEN Like any fallen creature, I’ve got a few vices. Craving Arabella’s glee-inducing B-b-b…
ARTISTS OF (DIS)COMFORT
ARTISTS OF (DIS)COMFORTBY CHRIS TIESSEN WITH SONIA PREISLER We do not tend to equate tattoos with comfort. Irritation, yes. And a little pain too. Yet…
COMFORT ZONES
COMFORT ZONES MANY OF US SPEND NEARLY AS MUCH TIME AT WORK AS WE DO IN OUR OWN HOMES. DEPRESSING? MAYBE. BUT CERTAINLY NOT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHOSE WORKP…
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