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Brazilian Jewelry House ART’G Finds Inspiration in Canada’s Natural Majesty

Art’G, the Rio de Janeiro house behind the Velvet Gold finish, has wrapped a design expedition across Western Canada, closing its journey in Vancouver after stops in Toronto and Montreal. Led by designer Márcio Granatowicz and commercial director Henrique Cristiano, the expedition set out to translate over four decades of Brazilian goldsmithing into a collection...

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Girls’ Night Out Raises $260,000 for QMUNITY’s Next Generation

Eighty of Vancouver’s most engaged community leaders and philanthropists recently gathered for the inaugural Girls’ Night Out, an evening that raised an extraordinary $260,000 in support of QMUNITY‘s new purpose-built home at 981 Davie Street. Rather than following the format of a traditional gala, the evening unfolded across three curated acts, each one designed to...

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For the Person Who Tracks Time as Closely as They Track Value: Rolex Joins Oakridge Park

Oakridge Park has a new anchor, and it wears green and gold. Global Watch Company has opened its second Rolex boutique in western Canada, a 390 square metre space built for a city that has long understood the value of quiet luxury done with confidence rather than volume. For the person who tracks their collection...

Meet the Voices Taking the IDS Vancouver 2026 Keynote Stage

Each autumn, the interior design and architecture community turns its attention to IDS Vancouver, the West Coast’s foremost gathering for the industry’s practitioners, product specifiers, and design-minded public alike. This year, the Keynote Stage, presented by Vicostone, assembles a roster built for those who follow the discipline closely: an interiors veteran who has shaped Vancouver’s...

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Against the Grain: Zubkova & Lovink Bring Wood to Life at Kostuik Gallery

Kostuik Gallery, located on the cusp of Yaletown, kicks off its fall exhibition season this month with Against the Grain, a duo show featuring gallery artists Katja Zubkova and Marianne Lovink. The exhibition opens September 17 and runs through October 11, and brings together two sculptors working in the same material — wood — but...

Araxi’s Longtable Dinner Returns to North Arm Farm

The Coast Mountains rise directly behind the table at Araxi’s Longtable Dinner, held each summer at North Arm Farm in Pemberton, where rows of white linen stretch across an open field beneath wide, unobstructed sky. Before the first course arrived, guests wandered the property, posing on an old wooden swing framed by ivy, while a...

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TIFF’s 51st Edition To Open Its Doors To Every Kind Of Film Lover

This September, Toronto welcomes back one of film’s most anticipated gatherings, with a lineup built for every kind of moviegoer. The city’s studios, festivals, and screening rooms have shaped generations of storytellers, from the documentary tradition championed by the National Film Board to the genre filmmakers and episodic creators now finding audiences beyond Canada’s borders....

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Holborn on Redefining Vancouver’s Skyline with Glass Sea Sponge-Inspired Development

Some cities offer a view. Vancouver, through Holborn‘s newly approved Georgia + Abbott development, is preparing to offer an address that becomes part of the skyline itself. At 315 metres, the development’s hotel tower will rise as Western Canada‘s tallest, a landmark shaped by the same forces that carved British Columbia‘s coastline, and destined to...

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An Evening of Elegance with Louis XIII: A ‘Sip Over Water’ Sunset Yacht Experience

What does a toast sound like when the glass has been designed for it? Last week, guests aboard Sip Over Water found out, raising bespoke crystal glasses that each produced a distinct note on impact. Presented by Young Elite Vancouver, Cigar Club Vancouver x SC Manor x Louis XIII Rémy Martin, the private sunset yacht...

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Inside Studio Sette: A Conversation With Founder Breanna Laubach

Hey Beauties! If there is one Vancouver address I have been quietly obsessed with lately, it is a discreet little studio just off South Granville, where the treatment menu reads less like a spa list and more like a love letter to your lymphatic system. I am talking about Studio Sette, the brainchild of Breanna...