Exploring Canada Bundle

A great bundle for anyone interested in exploring the different corners of Canada.

Here is what’s included:

• 305 Lost Buildings of Canada by Raymond Biesinger and Alex Bozikovic:

The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more, torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost, are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canada’s most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style.

Accompanying Biesinger’s illustrations are Alex Bozikovic’s descriptions which capture each building’s historical, cultural, and architectural significance. Bozikovic draws on local histories, archived building permits and his own extensive knowledge of the Canadian urban architectural landscape and its history, from the letters passed through Kelowna’s unlikely art deco post office to the destruction of a home in Halifax’s Africville, to offer fascinating, sometimes forgotten stories about each building and its significance.

An impossible architectural walking tour, 305 Lost Buildings of Canada spans the country, its cities and countryside, and its history. Cities change, buildings come and go, but in this fact-filed compendium, you’ll find the lost wonders of Canada’s architecture.

• Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness by Shawn Micallef:

Toronto is emerging from an identity crisis into a glorious new era.

It began as a series of reports from the civic drama of the 2014 elections. But beyond the municipal circus, writer and commentator Shawn Micallef discovered the much bigger story of a city emerging into greatness. He walked and talked with candidates from all over Greater Toronto, and observed how they energized their communities, never shying away from the problems that exist within them, poverty, violence, racism, and drugs, but advocating solutions that bring people together. Shawn Micallef introduces us to those fighting for a more inclusive vision of Toronto and reveals the promise and potential for a city that has been suffering through a severe identity crisis but is now on a steep upturn. Toronto, he says, is set fair to be a new urban model for cities all over the world. Micallef reveals Toronto in all its rich variety. It is hard, he says, to grasp the vast size and scope of Toronto until you spend a few hours walking through unfamiliar neighbourhoods. Each reveals another adjacent to it, and then another, and another. The city goes on and on, into unheralded ravines and oblique views of the downtown skyline. Hiding in all that geography is not only great beauty, but a force for change that’s been building for decades as people arrived here from every corner of the globe. Frontier City is a revelatory view of the Toronto of today and an inspiring vision of the Toronto of the near future.

• Edmontonia Trading Cards – pack of 8:

Edmontonia Trading Cards are a playful set of trading cards covering landmarks, places, buildings, symbols and more from the city of Edmonton, AB. They feature original text, illustrations, and photography from a dozen local artists, collect all 60 cards!

Edmontonia Trading Cards were created by Michael Hingston and designed by Justine Ma. The set of 60 cards features text by Michael Hingston and all-new illustrations and photography from local artists Andrew Benson, Michelle Campos, Kyle Charles, Emily Chu, Christy Dean, Valéry Goulet, Hamburger Hands, Justine Ma, Kelly Mellings, Nick Ross, Amanda Schutz and Jill Stanton.

• St. John’s NL Postcards – Porcelain Postcards – set of 4:

These vintage-inspired postcards are printed on quality paper that is strong enough for a trip through the mail and beautiful enough to make the postcards suitable as mini art prints and wall art. Each postcard has glossy coating on the front, while the back remains uncoated for you to write your special message. Created by Porcelain Postcards. This set of postcards features these St. John’s motifs:

• The Four Sisters
• The Rooms
• The Narrows
• The Battery

• Vancouver Coffee Shop Print – SnaptureThis:

This gorgeous print features the coffee cups of twelve local Vancouver cafés. Created in collaboration with SnaptureThis & illustrator Juliana (@abategraphics), indulge your love of coffee with these perfectly illustrated cups.

 

 

(Credits: Photos no. 3, 4 and 5 by Jenn Collins; photos no. 6 and 7 by Dahlia Katz.)