Elia Essen

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Architect Walker McKinley, the founder and CEO of McKinley Studios in Vancouver and Calgary, doesn’t believe offices are going anywhere any time soon—but they are changing. “What’s fun about offices right now is that there is this question of ‘Why office at all? Why are we doing this?’” he says. “In some ways, that sounds like it would lessen the opportunities, but I think it’s done the opposite for a lot of our work.

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Maguire's newest store in Brooklyn, New York Taking Steps: Maguire’s Slow Approach to Shoes How a Montreal designer turned an end-of-year bonus into a chic and award-winning shoe brand. If there’s one thing Myriam Belzile-Maguire wants people to know about shoes, it’s how much work goes into each and every pair. “To make one pair of shoes, imagine 50 different components.

1 month ago | nuvomagazine.com | Elia Essen

The Newly Opened Liberty Inn Is a Countryside Ode to Canada Current Issue — Reimagined by Jacqui Liberty and Bruno Roldan, the five-suite boutique hotel opened in a historic building in Caledon last month.

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When Chloë Fraser walked by a small floral shop on Queen Street in Toronto, she had no idea it would change the trajectory of her life. At the time, she was searching for the right path for her future. She’d spent several years working with art and cultural institutions, including MOCA and TIFF, followed by a brief stint in advertising, before turning her sights toward a master’s in architecture that she quickly realized wasn’t for her.

1 month ago | nuvomagazine.com | Elia Essen |Raquel Guiu

Photographer Raquel Guiu captures the magic of everyday life in Morocco’s Draa Valley. At any given moment, there is a good chance Raquel Guiu is travelling somewhere remote, camera in hand, using her lens to capture moments of daily life steeped in a sense of place. When we connect, the Barcelona-based photographer and art director is in Uganda, where she helps lead a nonprofit, but her travels have taken her to Mozambique, Albania, Cuba, India, and beyond.