Tag Archive for the term: designer

That’s right buds, cheap gifts: Kir Devries has a coupon for you and so does indie magazine BUST. Because you are special, and lovely, and deserving of discounts.
On the Kir Devries special:
We proudly offer one of the largest selections in the US from the fabulous zakka designer Shinzi Katoh. Admired worldwide, his collectible goods [...]

There is a real sweet little interview about the why’s and hard’s of going indie from an ex-mainstream gamer developer’s perspective over on Tales of the Rampant Coyote today; and an interview with indie accessories designer Kate Garey on Style Dash that will point you towards some real sweet consumables, if that’s what you’re craving [...]

While I’m on the subject of cool indie-oriented blog projects (like IndiePendence) here’s an interview series with Indie Designers from over on StyleDash. I just discovered MissEvilKitty jewellery while looking through it, and while the vintage pieces clumped together artfully onto a gold necklace is something a lot of people are doing, I like how [...]

As shown in Tessa’s fantastic video, she and Risa braved the first day of the Matt & Nat sample sale — the crowds, oh my! — to pick up two boxes of bags for the Indyish team, leading to quite the joyful meeting that evening. But if you paid attention to the video, you saw that Marilis and I weren’t quite as jumpy as the rest… Our bags weren’t in the boxes!

Yesterday, Risa and I took the bus up to the garment warehouses of Chabanel in north Montreal to pick up 2 boxes of Matt and Nat bags for the team. It was the first day of Matt and Nat’s Sample Sale and (mainly young and female) folks were lined up along the street and all [...]

The Matt and Nat vegan leather designer bags made here in Montreal have a pretty active following, because they’re quite stylin and make you feel like you’re doing some good while looking so fine. They emphasize Choice - it’s written right on their bags: Choose to Make a Difference, a friendly fonty kick towards empowerment. [...]

Today is a day of fearsome storms here in Montreal, we can hear the roof and all the old French doors shaking and moaning in our 100 year old apartment building, and the sound of the odd car squealing, moaning and sliding in the street. This afternoon I dragged 2 garbage bags full of secondhand [...]

 
In the spirit of highlighting new stores in Mile End, here’s the word on the Hanneman Design/EcoDarling store on Villeneuve that opened this fall. The owners have been superbusy getting the store ready and the Official Opening Party is December 4th from 5-8 at the store, which is located at 69 Villeneuve, between St. Urbain and St. Laurent. If [...]

Hey, this month’s Lou Lou magazine has Posch’s Kyoto tank on the cover!
The April issue is all about eco-shopping so Luce Beaulieu’s Posch line of bags and shirts made from recycled bedsheets and pillowcases with awareness-raising prints fit in well.
Pick up a copy of the magazine for info on the 25% discount for [...]