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Cover

Space Oddity: When retro meets future

Rides

Welcome the first-ever sustainable supercar, BMW i8 Roadster The impressive electric hypercar C_Two by Rimac When innovation leads to autonomous vehicles A powerful introduction to the Lincoln Navigator SUV

Watches

Skinny Watches: Downsize and concentrate on efficiency Military Watches: Defend your precious time Investments: A real piece of art with profitable promise

Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Building smart machines with emotional sensitivity Toronto is now on the map as a tech city Revisit the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

Travel

Oakland: The coolest city on the rise

Sports

Skiing with skill and style with Christina Lustenberger and Arc’teryx Where mental health and physical sports meet with Olympic athlete Travis Gerrits

Culture & Lifestyle

How to heal and reconnect with nature with Ayahuasca The best restaurants from coast to coast Medical Marijuana: Herbal remedies for everyday life

Cinema

Visionary filmmakers from the past to today

Desire

Marta Stepien, Miss Universe Canada 2018, on modelling, tech, and changing the world

Experience

How Moment Factory attracts people and dazzles audiences with their creativity

Grooming

Impeccable signature grooming and tips for a sharp look Best fragrances for the changing seasons

Art & Design Cover Credits: Reasen/Willot Suit ($998) and Signature Collection Document Case ($1,095) BOSS. Tie ($240) HERMÈS. Coat (Price Upon Request) JOOP!. Eyewear ($665) MYKITA MYLON at JOSEPHSON OPTICIANS. Photographer SYLVAIN BLAIS. Fashion Editor MARK JOHN TRIPP. Grooming RICHARD J using MAKE UP FOR EVER and ORIBE. Assistant photographer ERIC LAMOTHE. Retouching JESSIKA CHIASSON. Stylist Assistant PETER FENTUM. Models MARC-ANDRÉ TURGEON and PATRICK YATES at DULCEDO. Location COSMODOME, LAVAL, QC.

Young Canadian designer, Philippe Malouin, goes international Discover the next generation of designers from Jerusalem Design Week Philip Beesley on using technology to create transformative environments

Style

What would Steve Jobs wear?

Vintage Cartier classic accessories Unleash your inner rocker How technology will improve the shopping experience Layer on the jeans to get the ultimate laid-back look

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FALL/WINTER 2018 Editor in Chief: Sylvain Blais President: Kathia Cambron C.E.O.: Shervin Shirvani Editorial Directors: Sylvain Blais, Kathia Cambron Senior Content Editor: Jason Gorber

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ART AND DESIGN

Design Editor: Sylvain Blais Writers: Caitlin Agnew, Stéphane Le Duc

CINEMA

Cinema Editor: Jason Gorber

CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE

Lifestyle Editor: Marie-Ève Venne Writers: Jason Gorber, Marie-Ève Venne, James West

DESIRE

Writers: Brenna Dixon

GROOMING

Grooming Editors: Steven Turpin Grooming, Makeup, & Hair Artists: Richard J, Steven Turpin

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Sylvain Blais, Erwin Loewen, Mauricio Ortiz, Carlyle Routh

RIDES

Rides Editor: Shervin Shirvani Writers: Themistoklis Alexis, Sandeep S. Gill, Aniseh Sharifi

SPORTS

Writers: Braydon Holmyard, Rebecca Kahn

STYLE

Style Editors: Sylvain Blais, Shervin Shirvani, Mark John Tripp Stylists: Jenn Finkelstein, Corey NG, Mark John Tripp Writers: Kathleen Da Silveira-Pereira

TECHNOLOGY

Writers: Aaron Cunningham, Jason Gorber

TRAVEL

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James West is one of Canada’s best-known media personalities and respected investors whose insight into the cannabis industry helps institutional analysts make better decisions. With the CEOs of the world’s top cannabis companies in regular rotation on MidasLetter.com, his connectivity across the industry is unparalleled. His flagship show, Midas Letter RAW, is every weekday from 3:00 p.m. (ET) to 4:30 p.m. on both Facebook and Youtube under Midas Letter.

It is with enthusiasm that Stéphane contributes his passion for culture and fashion with DTK Men. Since 2014, Stéphane Le Duc has been a curator and moderator at the Festival Mode & Design conferences. This is a platform that allows him to highlight the talent of creators in the field of fashion and design both locally and internationally.

Caitlin Agnew is a Toronto-based writer. She covers fashion, beauty, and lifestyle trends and is a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail. For this issue, she spoke with architect and artist Philip Beesley about the potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionize physical space.

Jason Gorber is a film journalist and member of the Toronto Film Critics Association. He is the Managing Editor for ThatShelf.com, the Senior Content Editor at DTK Men, and a critic for High-Def Digest.

Twitter: @filmfest_ca Guatemala-born and raised in Mexico, Mauricio Ortiz saw much of the world through his camera’s viewfinder shooting for Condé Nast Traveler before settling in Canada. From his studio in Montreal, he shoots a mix of commercial, editorial, and personal projects with a meticulous and clean style he’s become known for. His fashion photography has been featured in publications including Nylon, Cosmopolitan, and Madame Figaro. Follow him on Instagram @mauricioortiz_studio A Montreal-native with a background in fine arts and design, Steven has over a decade of experience. He has worked as a global brand ambassador for luxury brands such as Moroccanoil and R+Co. He keeps busy on the fashion editorial and runway circuit, including New York and London fashion weeks, and working with top designers such as Marchesa, Anna Sui, Zac Posen, Carolina Herrera, and Paul Smith. His work has appeared in top international fashion magazines including Fashion, Elle, Numéro, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Grazia, L’Officiel, and, of course, Dress to Kill and DTK Men. Themistoklis hails from Montreal and has called Toronto home since 2013. In addition to DTK Men, his bylines can be found at theScore, Exclaim!, and MMA Today.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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Since forever, technology has been changing the way we live. Over the years, we’ve seen our world shaken up with the invention of the wheel, the printing press, factory machines, cars, computers, and so on. For 50 years now, we can travel in space. Technological progress has advanced humanity beyond our wildest dreams.

The world is in a period of intense transition right now. Sometimes it can be difficult to follow, but we have to admit, it’s also a welcome challenge. Most importantly, all of the changes made by technologies are bringing us closer to making our world a better place for everyone. We need visionaries and technology to come together if we’re going to see lasting changes.

The technologies that surround us are part of those fast changes in the world we live in.

The cars are getting more ecologic (for example, BMW’s i8 Roadster), cities are growing more user-friendly and sustainable (see Google’s new neighbourhood in Toronto), artificial intelligence is infiltrating our daily lives, and drugs are being accepted for their medical uses.

Design, art, and culture are using technology to reach new frontiers with visionaries’ creativity as the driving force. In this issue, we have features on artist and architect Philip Beesley, designer Philippe Malouin, and Dominic Audet from Moment Factory, who creates incredible experiences and media for a variety of purposes. Cinema has seen many notable visionaries over the years, and we have a feature about the people who cemented it as a true art form as well as those who are shaking it up today.

Even shopping is being advanced with the help of technology. Speaking of style, you don’t want to miss our cover shoot which features sharp suits in the futuristic atmosphere of the Cosmodome, whose mission is to educate our youth about astronomy and science.

We even have a little treat: how to imitate the simplistic style of visionary and tech icon Steve Jobs. He may not have invented the computer, but he changed the way we interact with technology forever.

Technology is helping eco-consciousness and progress to influence the world of tomorrow, and it’s about time.

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Trendsetting Supercar

BMW i8 ROADSTER EXTRAVAGANCE DOESN’T NEED TO BE JUSTIFIED, AND A SUPERCAR DOESN’T NEED TO BE SUSTAINABLE, BUT IT CAN BE. THE DESIRE TO GALLIVANT IN A CAR FOR THE SIMPLE PLEASURE OF EXPERIENCING AN EXTRAORDINARY DRIVE IS UNWAVERING. THE FIRST-EVER BMW i8 ROADSTER PRECISELY EMBODIES ALL OF THESE QUALITIES.

By Aniseh Sharifi BMW proudly boasts its revamped concoction of hybrid AWD technology and its TwinPower Turbo gas engine as the world’s best-selling hybrid sports car, rightfully so, considering the lack of competition in this category. The real bragging rights, though, are hands-down for the vehicle’s eccentric exterior design. This futuristic two-seater convertible hovers fiercely over the road in a lightweight wedge-shaped structure. The exaggerated long lines on the body radiate elegance while the flat hood, long wheelbase, and large track width add to the pronounced supercar vibes.

The simple act of opening the lavish gullwing doors and being folded into the cockpit (as awkward as it may feel at first) is part of the stop-and-stare presence of the car. The soundproof soft top opens and closes in less than 16 seconds even when the vehicle is in motion (up to 50 km/h). Though this gentle giant may have a modest roar, it certainly makes up for it in its loud appearance. The E-Copper metallic exterior and Frozen Grey highlights promise a drool-worthy sight at every angle. It’s equipped with the exclusive 20-inch BMW i light alloy wheels in radial spoke style, emphasizing again that there is absolutely nothing subtle about this car.

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The interior cabin is cozy and true to the standard BMW details. A leather sports steering wheel with paddle shifting joins a multifunctional instrument display with the convenience of voice activation and a Head-Up Display. The perforated leather upholstery is available in the new E-Copper Natural Leather with cloth accents.

More refined than the original i8 launched in 2014, the new Roadster offers more power and an increased electric range. Governed by a low centre of gravity, the vehicle is powered by a driving duo of a hybrid powertrain electric motor and a threecylinder gasoline engine. The engine’s power is transferred to the rear wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission while the electric motor boosts the front wheels through a two-speed automatic gearbox. This melding is the product of a hybrid-specific all-wheel-drive system that gives it that road-hugging dynamic performance. The added electric power and range in the new model is thanks to a higher-capacity lithium-ion battery, which grows to 11.6 kWh with a claimed electriconly range of 29 kilometres. The Roadster’s combustion engine is unchanged with an output of 228 hp from its displacement of just 1.5 liters with a top torque of 236 lb-ft. Combined with the electric motor, the system has increased its output to 369 hp and accelerates 0 to 100 km/h in 4.6 seconds.

In SPORT mode, things get intense. The car drops the tame attitude and revs it up with an appropriate growl to satisfy the sports car experience. The power from both units is sharper, faster, and there is maximized power from the propelled electric motor. Also, to keep the battery topped up, SPORT mode activates maximum energy recuperation on the overrun and under braking. The display switches to orange-coloured dials that add an rpm readout and gear indicator. It’s exhilaratingly fun on an open road or for red light sprints.

Steering is quick, and handling the i8, in general, is a treat and a half. Included as standard are a cruise control system with braking function and the Driving Assistant with Surround View. This system has Frontal Collision warning with City Collision Mitigation Daytime Pedestrian Protection Park Distance Control, sensors at the front and rear, Automatic Highbeams, Speed Limit Info, and Side and Top View Cameras.

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The i8 can be recharged from a standard domestic socket in less than 4.5 hours. Hooking up to a BMW i Wallbox allows charging to be performed at a rate of up to 3.6 kW and completed in approximately three hours.

Forward-thinking rarely relies on practicality to innovate, and the BMW i8 Roadster hardly relies on the conventional to demonstrate a new dimension of driv-

ing. With the top down and being closer to the outside world, every drive will have a story. It will dance with your ego when you undoubtedly stand out in every crowd, but it will also flirt with your love of technology and comfort your environmental concerns. Regardless of any profound reasoning, the i8 Roadster will deliver a purely emotional drive every single time you are behind the wheel.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BMW

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF LINCOLN CANADA.

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Luxury Mountaineer: The Lincoln

NAVIGATOR DRIVING THROUGH BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE NEW RENDITION OF THE LINCOLN NAVIGATOR IS A PICTURE-PERFECT CANADIAN MOMENT AND A POWERFUL INTRODUCTION TO WHAT THIS RIDE IS MADE OF.

by Sandeep S. Gill Italy has the Stelvio Pass, California has Big Sur (Hwy 1), and Switzerland the Furka Pass, but these all pale in comparison to what Vancouver, British Columbia has to offer. Tucked into the picturesque Canadian Coast Mountains and along the Howe Sound is a strip of tarmac known as the Sea-to-Sky Highway. Carved through the side of mountains, this roadway has the majesty of alpine mountains to one side and the jaw-dropping beauty of the Pacific Ocean to the west. It carves its way north with long, sweeping curves, s-curves, and switchbacks and long straights culminating in the world-renowned alpine ski resort of Whistler. This route and destination presented the backdrop for the Canadian unveiling of the all-new Lincoln Navigator.

The new 2018 Lincoln Navigator presents an allnew ground-up design. Constructed on an aluminum body on frame structure, the newly-minted SUV is leaner but more muscular in appearance.

At the heart of the machine beats a revamped twin turbo V6 churning out no less than 450 ponies and 500 lb-ft of torque. All of this translates into a highly-spirited yet manageable and smooth driving dynamic.

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I have said in the past that Lincoln’s new lineup espouses ‘Quiet Luxury’.

The Navigator extends this concept even further, managing its three-ton mass with ease and composure. Weight transitions in curves were imperceptible, the vehicle remaining incredibly flat, only feeling unsettled in extreme maneuvers at higher speeds.

Lincoln Canada could not have picked a better setting to unveil the Navigator. The full-time all-wheel-drive system surefootedly maneuvered through the undulating streets of Whistler Village.

Over the two-day excursion through Whistler, a chauffeured drive through the sunlit alpine mountains was made that much more magical by soaring through the peaks in an AStar 350 helicopter at a height of nearly 10,000 feet over the highest peak in the range, Mount Waddington. This was followed by a movie-star-landing in the parking lot of the Pemberton Golf Course greeted by a delectable afternoon buffet.

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The final evening in the snowy paradise culminated in the Bearfoot Bistro for an exquisite four-course meal beginning with a one-of-a-kind champagne sabering experience and ending with liquidnitrogen-chilled ice cream and a nightcap of Purity Vodka chilled to -32⁰C in the Ketel One Ice Room. At the culmination of the evening, the Lincoln Navigator awaited outside. As we approached the vehicle, it began to glow, anticipating our arrival. This ‘Lincoln Approach Detection’ system started up with the Lincoln Star Logo, the lights, and then the doors. It is a truly inviting beginning to one’s driving experience.

The departure from Whistler was met with a fresh powdering of British Columbia snow. It was the perfect ending to the adventure and ideal conditions to showcase the Navigator’s prowess. It confidently conquered the weather, never feeling unsettled or lost for traction. The new 2018 Lincoln Navigator is surely set to reclaim its rightful place on the SUV thrown.

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Rimac Automobili brings the C_Two

THUNDERBOLT WITH NEWLY-DESIGNED WHEELS AND A BRIGHT BLUE PAINT JOB, RIMAC’S 1888 HP C_TWO ELECTRIC SUPERCAR IS JUST IN TIME FOR THE MONTEREY CAR WEEK EVENTS.

By Aniseh Sharifi This California Edition C_Two also includes a customtailored trunk compartment that can hold two six-liter champagne bottles and the accompanying crystal flutes to set the luxurious and “vibrant atmosphere” of the events.

Rimac will make the most of its time on the west coast, hosting private previews of the car at its estate before joining the party at The Quail and The Exotics on Cannery Row alongside some of the world’s rarest supercars.

The C_Two has high-tech features, such as a fullyconfigurable, all-wheel-drive system; it’s powered by an all-electric powertrain that is driven by four electric motors for a combined 1,888 hp and 1696 lb-ft.

This impressive battery electric hypercar can do 0 to 96 km/h in 1.85 seconds with a top speed of 412 km/h.

The liquid-cooled, thermal-managed 120kWh battery pack provides long-lasting energy to travel 650 km on a full charge.

Continuing on the exclusiveness of the company’s original model, the Concept One, which they only produced eight of, Rimac has planned to build 150 C_Two editions at $2.1 million each.

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Watches

MILITARY TIME

Breitling

Avenger Hurricane 12H There are many reasons why the Avenger Hurricane 12H earned its nickname as the ‘superlative-charged Breitling’. For starters, its boastful 50mm case is surprisingly light since it has been constructed out of Breitlight®, a cutting-edge, durable material 3.3 times lighter than titanium and 5.8 times lighter than steel, yet significantly harder, anti-magnetic, and antiallergic with a touch warmer than metal. The Avenger Hurricane now welcomes a 12-hour manufacture Breitling Calibre 01 rather than the original 24-hour military display, but it still delivers the guaranteed reliability the brand is known for.

THESE WATCHES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO FIT THE NEED OF RESCUE TEAMS, ELITE DIVERS, AND SPECIAL FORCES. NOW, THESE TIMEPIECES HAVE THE SAME VIRTUES AS THOSE IMPORTANT MILITARY PROFESSIONALS BUT ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE CIVILIANS WHO TAKE TIME JUST AS SERIOUSLY.

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Altimeter Rega Limited Edition

Oris

Luminor 1950 Regatta 3 Days Chrono Flyback

Panerai

Ulysses Nardin Marine Torpilleur

The Oris Altimeter Rega Limited Edition is a dedication to Rega, the Switzerland air rescue service. Suited to meet pilots’ needs, this timepiece is based on the Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter, the first wristwatch of its kind with a built-in altimeter.

The Oris Altimeter is limited to 1414 pieces and is presented in a waterproof stainlesssteel case. The watch measures in at 47 mm, has a water resistance of 100 m, and is equipped with a grey textile strap.

The Panerai watch has been designed for the field of yacht racing. Its movement features one of the rarest yet most indispensable complications when it comes to sailing: the Regatta countdown. For competitive sailors, this function can mean the difference between a win or a loss. Should you not have a boat in your possession, you can still take advantage of the watch’s hour and second chronograph counters, 100-meter water resistance, and three-day power reserve.

The Marine Torpilleur's modern design and technical performance are matched only by its longstanding ties to the sea.

The brand has been the go-to for marine chronometers for over a century, and although its fresh look is city-oriented, the love of the open waters is ingrained in its conception. This timepiece has a 42mm case, a chronometer at six o’clock, and an option for a 60-hour power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock.

Bell & Ross

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Blancpain

BR 03-92 Ceramic Military Type

Big Date Edition “150 Years” Story

Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe

Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Military Type Ceramic, perhaps the most robust high-end watch on the market, sticks to the Bell & Ross roots by embracing its signature 42mm square shape.

The new BR 03-92 features a black ceramic case with a military green dial and the option of either a matching or a black rubber strap.

The BR 03-92 is water resistant to a depth of 100 meters and its dial is accentuated by a red ‘MT’ symbol common among militaryissued timepieces. ($5,000).

The Big Date Edition is the first watch from IWC to feature a large date display alongside easily readable numerals. It has been brought to life in the wake of the IWC’s 150-year story and has been limited to certain models. With a sleek diameter of 46.2 mm, the Big Pilot’s watch has a diamond-like screw-in crown, a see-through sapphire case back, and a sixbar water resistance. Inside the watch is the 59235 calibre movement which offers an undeniable eight-day power reserve.

In the 1950s, Captain Robert Maloubier and Lieutenant Claude Riffaud of the French Combat Diving School gave their elite divers the best diving timepiece. The newlyreleased bathyscaphe is instantly recognized by its deep blue dial and plasma grey, unidirectional bezel. At the heart of this Blancpain is the self-winding 1513 calibre, known for its chronometric performance. The Fifty Fathoms watch comes with a 300m water resistance and a clear sapphire case back.

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Edouard Bovet Tourbillon

by Bovet 1822 Edited in 2018 Only 60 pieces Retail price $325,000 USD

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VOLATILE STOCK MARKETS, PRICEY REAL ESTATE, INSECURE TRUST FUNDS – THE TIME HAS COME TO MOVE AWAY FROM INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INVEST IN PLEASURE. THE PLEASURE OF OWNING LUXURIOUS ACCESSORIES AND NOBLE OBJECTS TO USE FOR EXCEPTIONAL OCCASIONS MAY TURN OUT TO BE MORE PROFITABLE THAN OTHER INVESTMENTS.

By Alexandra Moulin A legendary timepiece, elected “most iconic wristwatch of the XXth Century,” Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona set a world record as it was auctioned in New York for over 17 million dollars in October 2017, after a twelve-minute bidding war. Purchased in the late 1960s by Paul Newman’s wife Joanne, this rela-

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tively simple watch, a stainless-steel chronograph with an exotic dial, changed the game for watch collectors and vintage markets; the product of the sale was used to finance large projects of several Newman charity foundations. It was a dream incarnation of major profit gain with a magic icon.

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Co-branded Breitling & Lip chronograph Manufactured around 1965 Recently sold for $6,700 USD

The Paul Newman Rolex Daytona Courtesy of Phillips/Phillips.com

A treasure quest

A true passionate expert on watches, brands, and the luxury industry, Louis Westphalen, Head of Digital Marketing and Heritage at Breitling in Switzerland, describes the process of investing in precious timepieces not only as a money maker, but also as a source of happiness. Like Paul Newman’s Rolex, vintage timekeepers can be worn and accompany their owners over a long period of time, unlike vintage cars which require large storage spaces or vintage wines which are gone once enjoyed.

Should one want to maximize the financial profit, Wetsphalen recommends to aim for rarity. Ultimate manufacturers such as Patek Philippe intentionally limit their production to small series, hence maintaining highly praised timekeepers. Overall, look for rare features, like vintage watches branded with both the manufacturer and the retailer’s names – a popular trend before brands expanded their branding efforts and overpassed retailers’ notoriety. Sign your looks with the audacity of distinguished models such as Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak. Enjoy your quest for enameled or black dials, which are very in-demand as of late. Bargain hunt small-sized watches, like historic 32mm dials, an industry average in the 1950s, now upscaled to 40 mm for contemporary pieces. Seek out barely-used materials, such as antique timekeepers made from platinum (a difficult material to work with) or elegant and dressy designs amazingly crafted in steel, to comply with specific religious beliefs.

Bare in mind that rose gold was underused in the 1950s, to the benefit of yellow gold.

Explore, enjoy, and don’t crack under the budget pressure, as no minimum amount is required to achieve future profits. Yet, impeccable condition is something that you can’t compromise on, from aesthetics to original spare parts.

Purchases in the $3,000 USD range can turn out to be highly rewarding, as long as the object is pristine. In the price assessment process, keep in mind that traceability of the timepiece is not systematic. High-end major players like Rolex and Omega have produced unregistered large series, whereas Vacheron Constantin or Patek Philippe

have intentionally kept records of each manufactured item.

To sound like an expert, Louis Westphalen recommends to talk about “small series” vs. “limited editions.”

Vintage or contemporary?

There’s no steadfast rule for this. Major auction houses hold vintage sales and feature collections of most highend brands and expensive models, adapting their catalogue to their local audience. Geneva and New York collectors praise vintage pieces, whereas auctions in Dubai and Hong-Kong perform better with modern timekeepers. As for contemporary art’s major auctions, famous collectors like American Eric Ku or Italian Davide Parmegiani make the market; visit local auctions in more humble houses to unearth accessible timepieces.

Investment is about your own pleasure, so indulge with vintage pieces that highlight the incredible craftsmanship of dedicated watchmakers. Today, computers conceive of the most complicated mechanisms, whereas vintage chronographs have both sophisticated aesthetics and technical prowess done by hand – a lesson of humility!

For modern pieces, favourite industry icons are enhanced with a modern touch: all prestigious manufactures revisit their timeless classics, like Breitling with the ageless Navitimer or Panerai with the Luminor logo, introduced with six new versions during the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva in January 2018. Focus on wearable watches, i.e. wristwatches, as opposed to pocket ones, or pay a tribute to singular savoir-faire and authentic creations, with exceptional pieces issued by manufactures such as Bovet 1822, which features patented Amadeo® convertible cases, allowing a wristwatch to be transformed into a table clock, pocket watch, or pendant watch.

As for any investment, knowledge and passion are the keys to success. Diving into the magical dimensions of luxury, rareness, technicity, and exceptional craftsmanship, revisit the traditional cold-hearted investment, but add in emotion.

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Forever

YOUNG LAYERING IS THE BEST WAY TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN BOTH FASHION AND WARMTH AS THE DAYS GET COLDER IN OUR BUSTLING CANADIAN CITIES. WEAR SWEATERS, JEAN JACKETS, AND COATS AND YOU’LL LOOK AND FEEL GOOD NO MATTER WHERE THE DAY TAKES YOU.

Photographer Carlyle Routh Fashion Editor Corey Ng

Coat ($1,250) ACNE STUDIOS at HOLT RENFREW. Denim jacket ($250) G-STAR RAW. Sweater ($1,028) DRIES VAN NOTEN at HOLT RENFREW. Jeans ($170) G-STAR RAW. Boots ($450) INTENSI at BROWNS.

This page: Jacket ($698), Turtleneck ($160), and Jeans ($170) G-STAR RAW. D-Vibe HikeB Boots ($278) DIESEL. Opposite page: Scarf ($355) MSGM at HUDSON’S BAY. Sweater ($1,750) CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC at HOLT RENFREW. Jeans ($220) G-STAR RAW.

This page: W-Dext Jacket ($299) DIESEL. Jeans ($170) G-STAR RAW. Scarf ($575) VERSACE at HOLT RENFREW. Boots ($198) JO GHOST at BROWNS. Opposite page: Jacket ($1,995) JW ANDERSON at HUDSON’S BAY. Turtleneck ($160) and Jeans ($180) G-STAR RAW.

Jacket ($280), Turtleneck ($160), Jeans ($260), and Scarf ($80) G-STAR RAW. Boots ($450) INTENSI at BROWNS. Photographer CARLYLE ROUTH. Fashion Editor COREY NG. Grooming SIMONE OTIS at P1M.ca. Model INDE MACE at SUTHERLAND MODELS.

Watches

LESS is MORE EVERY HIGHLY-SOPHISTICATED TIMEPIECE REQUIRES EXTREME ATTENTION FROM THE WATCHMAKER. NOW, IMAGINE PUTTING TOGETHER A CALIBRE OF OVER 200 INDIVIDUAL PARTS, WHILE MAINTAINING THE SAME THICKNESS OF A MERE PEN NEEDLE. THESE ULTRA-THIN WRISTWATCHES ARE A GRAND EXAMPLE OF SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP ON A SMALLER SCALE.

Piaget

Altiplano Ultimate Automatic Watch Time and time again, Piaget has proven their capabilities of engineering groundbreakingly thin watches. Being only 4.3 mm thick, it holds the crown as one of the thinnest automatic watches in the world. It took the Swiss mansion years to decipher how to create this contemporary piece.

By doing so, they have achieved a new feat in the world of horlogerie. The Altiplano shows off the ultra-thin, automatic, mechanical Manufacture Piaget 910P movement on the dial and integrates the movement’s baseplate into the 41mm case. ($35,700)

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Vacheron Constantin

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar

Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Jubilee

Vacheron Constantin Overseas Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar

Five years ago marked the 180 anniversary of Jaeger-LeCoultre. The horlogerie house released the Master Ultra-Thin Jubilee in platinum. As sleek as they come, it is a true staple in men’s dress watches. It is 4.05 mm thick and holds the Jaeger-LeCoultre calibre 849 movement which is, unbelievably, 1.85 mm thick. Free from any clutter, this timepiece has a minute and hour dial and a 36-hour power reserve. Attached to the case is a fitting alligator strap with a tang buckle.

At the heart of this Constantin watch lies the new calibre 1120 QP/1, an ultra-thin movement comprised of over 250 parts.

Don’t let this watch’s thinness fool you – this overseas model features several complications including the moon cycle at 12 o’clock and a perpetual calendar that is capable of calculating any irregularities until the year 2100. The watch also features an 18k pink gold case, crown, and bezel, a transparent case back, and an alligator strap. ($121,000)

Cartier

A.Saxonia Lange & Söhne Thin Copper Blue

Octo Finissimo

Cartier is known to have interesting case shapes for their watches and the Drive de Cartier is no different. Showcasing a noticeable cushion-shaped case, this extra-flat watch, with a thickness of 6.6 mm, is powered by the manual Calibre 430 MC movement. On the steel octagonal crown is a faceted blue spinel. The satin-brushed dial features easily readable roman numerals and blue-steel, sword-shaped hands. ($7,100).

Few watches have achieved the perfect balance of simplicity and charisma like that of the Saxonia thin. The only thing more impressive than its 6.2mm thinness is its remarkable celestial dial. Rhodiumed gold hands and hour markers mimic the case colour and offer a visible distinction from the copper-blue dial. The process of creating a dial such as this dates back to 17th-century Venice. Complementing the dial is a dark blue, handcrafted, alligator leather strap.

With a mere 5.15mm thickness, the Octo Finissimo is one of the thinnest watches of its kind. It masterfully blends Italian craftsmanship and Swiss ingenuity. Driven by the same quest for perfection that inspired artists like Leonardo da Vinci, the Octo is as efficient as its design is unique. The 310 AD Roman Maxentius Basilica inspired its unique octagonal shape. It has been handcrafted with 31 jewels, has a power reserve of 55 hours, and features the BVL 138 movement.

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Drive de Cartier Extra-Flat

Ultra-Thin RD#2

Going to set the record as the thinnest selfwinding perpetual calendar watch is the Royal Oak RD#2. Measuring in at 6.30 mm, it manages to shave almost 2 mm of the Royal Oak Extra-Thin Jumbo. Audemars managed to achieve the challenging feat of re-engineering a three-story movement onto one single level. The RD#2 features the in-house calibre 5133, a 40-hour power reserve, and a perpetual calendar indicating the day, date, month, astronomical moon, leap year, night and day indication, and hours and minutes.

Bvlgari

TECHNOLOGY

Toronto’s New

SMART CITY

TORONTO’S REPUTATION AS A LEADER IN THE TECH INDUSTRY IS ABOUT TO GET A MAJOR BOOST WITH THE BUILDING OF A GOOGLE INITIATIVE. LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT, THE NEW GOOGLE CAMPUS IS BUT ONE PART OF A LARGER SMART CITY PROJECT CALLED SIDEWALK TORONTO, LOCATED AT TORONTO’S QUAYSIDE. THE QUAYSIDE PROJECT IS BEING DESIGNED THROUGH A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN WATERFRONT TORONTO AND SIDEWALK LABS, THE URBAN TECH-FOCUSED SUBSIDIARY OF GOOGLE’S PARENT COMPANY, ALPHABET.

By Aaron Cunningham Their plan is to turn the area into the “world’s first neighborhood built from the internet up.” What exactly that means is still yet to be seen, but their proposal focuses on five areas: housing, energy, mobility, social services, and shared public spaces. Their goal is to use the rejuvenation project to serve as a model for sustainable neighborhoods around the world.

The new tech hub and smart city are the feathers in the cap of Toronto’s booming and innovative tech industry. In recent years, Toronto has become the home of an ever-increasing number of startups; from blockchain to finance, from education to food, Toronto is establishing itself as an innovative hub for technology.

Quayside’s Vision for a Perfect City

The exact technology that will run through the neighbourhood is under a period of a year-long evaluation, where the public is involved in the process to determine what will be part of this project.

Some exciting initiatives are on the table, though.

A self-contained thermal grid can recirculate energy from non-fossil-fuel sources to heat and cool buildings, while food disposal systems could keep garbage out of landfills. Smart technology will run throughout the city, seamlessly blending into everyday life.

For drivers, the area may seem less than hospitable, as large portions of the neighborhood might prohibit non-emergency vehicles entirely. Instead, bike-share stations, transit stops, and cycling and walking paths will offer driving alternatives. The area may also feature an autonomous transit shuttle, built by the selfdriving vehicle subsidiary of Alphabet, Waymo.

One concept Sidewalk Labs is proposing is potentially having all construction materials be largely pre-fabricated and eco-friendly, with a focus on simple, spacious, minimal, and modular design.

The designers envision buildings that can easily be transformed to suit multiple purposes, from residential to retail and industrial. Their plans call

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A Web of Data Collected from the Smart City

Apart from the self-driving vehicles, the components of this urban utopia are not entirely new.

The quest for the perfect futuristic city has been around since the 1960s. Unfortunately, to date, most of the utopian dream cities imagined by innovative architects have often fallen short. The sterility of a perfectly-designed urban environment can lead to a cold, lifeless place, devoid of heart. Brazil’s capital city of Brasilia is a great example of city planning gone wrong. Brasilia was built from the ground up to be the perfect city, no attention to detail was missed. Although architecturally stunning, most visitors find the place lifeless and dull, devoid of the indefinable quality that makes a great city.

Another facet to Quayside which has drawn concern from its critics is the digital layer that would run throughout Quayside life, using data points collected to improve public services and the overall quality of life in the neighborhood. To make this a reality, Sidewalk Labs would be working closely with the public and with government agencies to ensure the responsible collection and use of the data, such as safe storage, and that all data collected remains aggregate and anonymous. The concerns come from the fact that even the smallest level of detail, such as kitchen lights left on too long or spikes in noise levels, could be monitored. All of the data collected could be analyzed with the intent of perfecting the design of future smart cities – though it does all seem a bit like an episode of Black Mirror.

Regardless of how you feel about Toronto’s new smart city, one thing is for certain, that it will put Toronto on the map. Google is about as big as it gets when it comes to tech firms, and their move to open a campus and smart city in Toronto reconfirms what many in the industry have known for a long time: Toronto is the place to be for innovative technology.

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THE SHED, CREDIT DILLER SCOFIDIO AND RENFRO VISUALS COURTESY OFSIDEWALK LABS.

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LIFESTYLE

DINING OUT IT’S ALWAYS OUR PLEASURE TO MAKE YOU HUNGRY BY CAREFULLY SELECTING THE BEST OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE COUNTRY.

By Marie-Ève Venne Located within the Hotel Georgia, Vancouver's most luxurious hotel, Hawksworth exhibits intimate and refined dining at its best. It was even recently named the third best restaurant in Canada. Whether you're enjoying a drink at the sleek bar or a private dinner, you will find yourself experiencing the next level of west coast dining. But don’t expect a stilted atmosphere as soon as you cross the door: this prime restaurant is all about a lively and casual vibe. Hawksworth’s menu presents plenty of fresh fish, such as hamachi ceviche with sea buckthorn and a seared albacore with flageolets, chorizo, and smoked carrot; there are also options of locally-raised meat dishes. However, the star of their menu is definitely the foie gras parfait with hibiscus and bacon, as well as with their impressive wine selection.

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Hawksworth – 801W Georgia St

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LIFESTYLE

This new dim sum restaurant in Montreal’s suburbs is so beautifully decorated that you will probably spend extra time there just to snap the perfect Instagram photo. Splashed with neon lights and glass tabletops, the vibe is an ode to the kitsch of 1970s ChineseAmerican restaurants. Behind the brilliance of this gem, is mastermind owner Dan Pham, who also owns many other blooming restaurants in the city, like Le Blossom and Red Tiger. On the exquisite menu at Miss Wong, you can find surprising fusion dishes such as beef carpaccio with yuzu sauce and bao buns filled with porchetta char siu, though they also serve delicious Chinese staples such as savory dumplings with peanut sauce. Regarding the cocktails, Miss Wong definitely proposes some creative ideas which are sure to spark your interest; their wonderful combinations include cognac mixed with shitake and a pina colada with Chinese spices.

MONTREAL

Miss Wong – 1780 Avenue Pierre Péladeau

Many restaurants in Montreal’s Little Italy neighborhood play the authentic card, though only a few really deliver the ultimate Italian experience. Thankfully, that is not the case with this newcomer. Signorvino offers a Florentine-inspired menu, along with what must be the most impressive collection of imported wines we have seen in Montreal for a long while. You can start your night with a classic cocktail such as a spritz or negroni, while snacking on some cold cuts to pay homage to the real aperitivo spirit. Be sure to have an appetite for their meatballs, fresh pasta dishes (we strongly suggest you try the gnocchi), and decadent desserts. As for the vast selection of wines, even if you are not very knowledgeable, don’t be shy to ask all your questions for the best pairing to go with your meal; it will be their pleasure to guide you.

MONTREAL

Signorvino – 6961 Saint Laurent Boulevard

This place is for people who take cocktails very seriously and who continue to wonder why Netflix hasn’t yet produced a drinks equivalent of Chef’s Table. Those behind the bar at 472 Queen Street are true innovators, so it’s no surprise to find them on the list of ‘World’s Best Bars’ for 2018. Housed in a stylish venue, with a trendy apothecary vibe and candles everywhere, Bar Chef features a grandiose beverage offering - bourbon and scotch fans will certainly rejoice at their lengthy lists. Each enticing beverage arrives with panache and pomp, leaving you an experience you won’t soon forget.

TORONTO

Bar Chef – 472 Queen Street W

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CINEMA

Cinema

MASTERPIECE

THE TERM VISIONARY GETS BANDIED AROUND ALL THE TIME IN FILM, IN AN INDUSTRY FILLED WITH LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS WHO MERGE ART AND TECHNOLOGY TO ENTERTAIN AND ENTHRALL.THE LIST PRESENTED HERE IS HARDLY DEFINITIVE AND LEAVES OUT HUNDREDS WHO ARE JUST AS WORTHY. THIS IS A MERE CELEBRATION OF A FEW TITANIC TALENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED CINEMA IN THEIR OWN REMARKABLE WAYS.

By Jason Gorber

Orson Welles

Some claim that Citizen Kane is overpraised, providing churlish and contrarian views to those that claim it the greatest film ever made. As ridiculous as that designation may be, no one can honestly argue that Kane is anything short than a miraculous debut: there’s an explosion of art that blended vaudeville, noir, tabloid fodder, and Shakespearian drama in equal measures. Welles would spend a career living up to this monolith, crafting other magnificent works like F for Fake or Touch of Evil that proved him as no one-hit-wonder. Yet with Kane, he saw the future, saw what film could be. It’s the Everest of what was and what would come after, and Orson was the first to see that far into the distance and lead the way forward.

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CINEMA

Stanley Kubrick Like Hitchcock, Kubrick cultivated his own kind of image as a reclusive genius. As a noted chess master who carefully constructed his works with precision, some felt this lacked a sense of humanity, producing a coldness that distanced the viewer from the characters on screen. Yet many forget that 2001: A Space Odyssey was a box office smash, where a work of such bold experimentation and deeply provocative ideas could be embraced at the same level that comic book fare does these days. His range was astonishing – contrast Barry Lyndon with Clockwork Orange to see how radically different works can be, yet while still intensely maintaining the results of a singular artistic drive. We tend to sanctify this bearded wonder, remembering the intensity and capabilities of the work, while forgetting his dark sense of humour. We needn’t deify Kubrick to worship him; we merely need to sit back and revel in his disparate films - each one in their own way is as close to cinematic glory as we are likely to achieve.

STANLEY KUBRICK ON SET OF HIS 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Joel & Ethan Coen

ORSON WELLES’ CITIZEN KANE

The Coen brothers’ greatest gift comes forth when their most cerebral elements are intertwined with their most whimsical, sharing this trait with masters like Sturges, Lubitsch, and Wilder.

Their works often superficially appear boorish or silly, yet have the profundity of an opera or epic poetry. They take silly seriously, and seriousness as a way to undercut expectations, from epic genre journeys through the West to madcap adventures involving the kidnapping of a baby to the construction of a hula hoop. The Coens manage to push and prod at what we can expect from cinema, brilliantly bridging the supposed poles between high and low as deftly as any artists ever have. They revel in uncertainty, embrace the ridiculousness of planning, and accept the fickleness of fate, all while reminding us that when the world conspires against you, sometimes you just need to say, “Fuck it, dude, let’s go JOEL AND ETHAN COEN’S NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN bowling.”

JOEL AND ETHAN COEN

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CINEMA

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S THE SHAPE OF WATER

Guillermo Del Toro

GUILLERMO DEL TORO

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With an Oscar win for the film The Shape of Water, where a woman engages in coitus with a ‘Fishman’, if that’s not enough to celebrate a unique vision, then what is? Del Toro’s ability to reshape classic story elements is particularly wonderful, but few things are more sublime than his contagious enthusiasm for all aspects of cinema itself. His cinephilia is legendary, as is his polyglot consumption of literature, paintings, and other ephemera that shape the worlds he creates.

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CINEMA

ALFRED HITCHCOCK IN HIS TV SHOW ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS

Alfred Hitchcock No other director better exemplifies the cinematic collision between pure aestheticism and populist art.

Hitchcock, of course, cultivated populism with his cameo appearances and sardonic introductions to his TV films, making him the brand of this type of cinema. Yet, at the same time, he crafted works of astonishing singularity and impeccable craft, eliciting performances for the ages and forever changing the way that editing, score, and the twisting of genres could be employed. Just as the likes of Da Vinci saw no division between his paintings and his study of optics, geometry, and scientific pursuits, so too does Hitchcock most definitively embrace both the art and science of filmmaking to produce works that will be viewed as long as we watch movies.

Akira Kurosawa

AKIRA KUROSAWA

The simple version is to think of Kurosawa as the one who took the best of American genre cinema, wrapped it in the mythologies of his native Japan, and then gave it back to the world in a new and bristling hybrid. Even more than this particular magic trick, Kurosawa shows both the plasticity and power of these shared aspects of filmmaking, doing more than almost any international filmmaker to belie notions that “foreign” somehow meant lesser-than. His exquisite craft and visual style were visionary themselves, but it was how he made the action so effectively interconnected with his narrative elements that truly paved a path forward for cinema: a path that has been followed by those that came after him for decades.

AKIRA KUROSAWA’S YOJIMBO

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CINEMA

STEVEN SPIELBERG & GEORGE LUCAS’S RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Steven Spielberg & George Lucas With their slew of blockbusters, it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of just how bold these two have been over the decades. Both have shared a passion for classic Hollywood and the advancement of cinema technology. Lucas was instrumental in sponsoring almost every phase of modern filmmaking, from image capture to editing, scoring, mixing, and projection. Spielberg set the template as a producer for a disparate array of films, television projects, and even animated shows, while directing everything from somber historical dramas to action adventures. Combined, the two helped usher in the modern blockbuster, much to the chagrin of those less charitable. Yet for those wise enough to see past their imitators, one only needs to look at the sublime Raiders of the Lost Ark, to see a near-perfect exemplar of classic tropes, modern spectacle, and supreme accomplishments in production, montage, and execution.

STEVEN SPIELBERG & GEORGE LUCAS

Mary Pickford

It’s easy for modern audiences to overlook this silent screen star when thinking of visionaries, yet few people in the history of the medium have helped shaped it more.

Born in Toronto, Pickford would go on to dominate early Hollywood, helping establish what it even meant to be a star in motion pictures. Producing many of her fifty-plus films, her acumen was a far cry from her more demure on-screen persona. She parlayed her stardom into creating her own studio, with partners Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks helping usher in the notion of a distribution company that could foster the films from independent producers outside the studio bureaucracy. A fierce negotiator and tireless supporter of the artistry of cinema, she shattered many barriers and paved the way for generations of all stripes to come.

MARY PICKFORD (ACTRESS AND PRODUCER) IN TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY

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CINEMA

DENIS VILLENEUVE’S ARRIVAL

Denis Villeneuve

DENIS VILLENEUVE

It may be premature to include him on this list, yet if one only took Sicario, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049 in his canon, it would be enough. Looking over a filmography that includes ruminative works like Incendies, dark and complex films like Enemy, or haunting elegies like Polytechniques, there is so much to celebrate. Yet of late, the French-Canadian filmmaker has taken the mantle as the keeper of a particular flame, almost uniquely responsible for big-budget studio sci-fi that maintains both the cerebral and spectacular aspects that the likes of Kubrick reveled in. With Dune in pre-production, we can only hope for more from this remarkable artist, unafraid to challenge as he enthralls.

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Almost

FAMOUS AMP UP YOUR FALL WARDROBE WITH THESE ROCKING LOOKS. DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AND TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WITH ‘70s-INSPIRED LEATHER AND ANIMAL PRINT. WITH A WARDROBE LIKE THIS, YOU WILL BE MOVING LIKE JAGGER IN NO TIME.

Photographer Mauricio Ortiz Fashion Editor Jenn Finkelstein Grooming Steven Turpin

This page: Jacket (Price Upon Request) HUGO BOSS. Pants ($345) MARKANTOINE. Boots ($1,145) SAINT LAURENT at SSENSE. Bandana Scarf ($949) SAINT LAURENT. Opposite page: Jacket ($473) LAMARQUE. Jeans (Price Upon Request) LEVI’S. Belt ($620) DOLCE & GABBANA.

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Suit (Price Upon Request) HUGO BOSS. Sequined Turtleneck ($275) MARKANTOINE. Glasses ($300) PLAYBOY at VINTAGEFRAMES. Bandana scarf ($260) AMIRI.

MAKE SCENTS

FRAGRANCE IS LIKE YOUR WARDROBE: DEPENDING ON YOUR MOOD, YOU MAY WANT TO SWITCH IT UP! FINDING A SINGLE SIGNATURE FRAGRANCE CAN BE A CHALLENGE. HERE’S SOME FRESH IDEAS FOR THE COLDER MONTHS, TO HELP YOU MAKE SCENTS OF IT ALL.

By Steven Turpin

Jo Malone

Coach

($240 / 100ML)

A fragrance for men, Coach Platinum is a warm, sensual scent inspired by the spirit of the open road. It opens with fresh notes of black pepper oil, pineapple, and juniper berries, giving way to a distinctive blend of masculine, floral clary sage and geranium with a rich base of refined patchouli, sandalwood, and leathery vanilla.

DARK AMBER & GINGER LILY COLOGNE INTENSE

PLATINUM

($72 / 60ML)

This head-turning fragrance is warm and sexy, enriched with amber and black orchid and illuminated by the clean sensuality of black cardamom, ginger, and water lily. It’s layered with the dark amber body oil for a more intense scent.

Dior

SAUVAGE EAU DE PARFUM

($115 / 3.4 OZ) The powerful freshness of the new Sauvage exudes a mysterious sensuality. Calabrian bergamot and spicy notes add fullness, while the woody amber trail of Ambroxan® is featured.

The scent is wrapped in smoky accents of Papua New Guinean vanilla for greater virility.

Creed

Tom Ford

SILVER MOUNTAIN WATER

FUCKING FABULOUS

($295 USD / 50ML)

($395 / 50 ML)

The adventurous Silver Mountain Water evokes sparkling streams coursing through the snowcapped Swiss Alps.

This modern scent captures the purity of the mountains, with soft, milky, and sweet blackcurrants, mixed with green tea, rich bergamot, and sandalwood.

Delectable bitter almond and vanilla inflections infuse textural richness to the leather heart. Drenched in orris root, addictive tonka bean and lavish leather drive the scent as amber undertones warmly reverberate. Ultra-fine blonde wood creates pure luxury with a creamy finish.

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Gucci

ANGER FOREST EAGLE HEAD NECKLACE ($515) AT BIJOUTERIE ITALIENNE

G-Star

JEAN JACKET

Yves Saint Laurent

Gucci

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L’HOMME COLOGNE BLEUE ($90 / 60 ML)

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GIVENCHY URBAN NYLON BACKPACK WITH BRUSHED SILVER-TONE HARDWARE ($1,673)

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Pushing Media Boundaries

MOMENT

FACTORY

YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF MOMENT FACTORY, BUT YOU MAY WELL HAVE BEEN WOWED BY THEIR STUNNING MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. FROM PROJECTIONS ON GAUDI’S SAGRADA FAMILIA TEMPLE IN BARCELONA TO CONCERT LIGHTING EXPERIENCES MOMENT FACTORY HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CREATING THESE MASSIVE PRESENTATIONS THAT PROVIDE A BLAST OF COLOUR, LIGHT, AND MOVEMENT TO GLOBAL AUDIENCES.

By Jason Gorber DTK spoke with the Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Dominic Audet, from his Montreal office.

What was the spark that let Moment Factory come to be? We started organizing raves. Then, it took off once affordable ‘prosumer’ digital technology came into the market. The industry itself was almost nonexistent in the year 2000, so when Sakchin Bessette and I founded the company, we didn't think it would become a big business. Montreal was a very good ecosystem – we coexisted with stage environments, with Cirque du Soleil, and with video games. Worldwide, this kind of new profession grew up - it's even taught now in schools around the world!

With stage magicians, there’s a symbiosis between the technology that’s invented and trying to think of a trick or performance to make use of the new tool. I assume you see a new piece of tech and think, ‘How can we use this?’. That's exactly how it happens!

I used to work at the Montreal Planetarium before Moment Factory, so we had light projections with a lot of different types of technology. From the medical to the automobile industry, there's a lot of new technology coming out. We are inspired by this new technology to use it in our context, which is live entertainment. So, a lot of the new tricks are bits that collide two technologies from different industries.

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What tech still needs to catch up? There are a lot of new applications with artificial intelligence that help the creative process’ efficiency a lot. What used to be a big challenge is not anymore – that doesn't mean there's no challenge; now, the challenge has switched to more highlevel engineering and architecture or the way the business model works.

But are you still hoping for even greater evolution on the technology side? The main dream, I would say, is for more holographic technology: having content appear to you without having a screen to display it or the screen boundaries. So, if it could be, for example, a paint that you can paint over so video appears out of thin air or a hologram, that would be fantastic for us.

Is there a fundamental difference between working with an established artist versus some of your more architectural works? When you work for an artist like Madonna or Nine Inch Nails, they have the creative vision, and we're kind of a service to deliver their vision. It's the opposite when it's a casino or a shopping mall or an airport.

It's almost a blank canvas - they just know that we're very creative, so they give us a budget, and they say, “Make us something creative or fabulous or create an attraction.” Working with Madonna, every little detail - colours, pixels, everything - has to go through her, and it's her vision and her songs and lyrics, so it's a very different approach.

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This is a fascinating paradox, that in some ways your corporate gigs are more creative.

Yes, it doesn't show. I guess you go on the website, and you think the most creative stuff is with the artists. But actually, yes, you're right, it's more creative with our corporate clients because they don't get into the creative process at all.

So why would something like an airport want to hire you? A lot of our clients are big venue owners that are fighting the web, like shopping malls. People are buying online or people are watching sports with their big screen TV with surround sound at home. So, they want the people to get out of their home and come to their venues. They give us a budget to attract more people.

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Have you been in a project and gotten halfway done, and genuinely not known how you were going to accomplish what you promised? When it's a very innovative process or when there's a risky new technology, we always have a Plan B. We manage that risk with the client. If we do the innovation and it succeeds, then we have an example that it did work, so we can charge the next client for it. There's always a launch customer who doesn't pay the full value because they're the one taking a risk.

On a personal level, what’s it like to be on the forefront of encouraging people to enjoy art en masse?

I don't watch TV. I don't play video games. My will to get people together has been important since I was very young. It was a funny thing to say 20 years ago; nowadays, everybody understands the value of this.

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DOMINIC AUDET

"WHEN YOU WORK FOR AN ARTIST LIKE MADONNA OR NINE INCH NAILS, THEY HAVE THE CREATIVE VISION, AND WE'RE KIND OF A SERVICE TO DELIVER THEIR VISION." Dominic Audet

If there was one location in the world that you could work on, where would it be? I'd love to repurpose a lot of iconic destinations, like old Olympic sites or old world expo sites. I'm going to Japan a lot - we just opened a Tokyo office a year ago - and I'm very impressed by Kyoto in Japan.

Of course, somebody who lives in Montreal wants to repurpose abandoned Olympic facilities. Every time I go to an old Olympic site, it always looks like there's no life anymore. We give a second life by repurposing the place, bringing a new story. It’s something very unique that we're doing, that we hope to bring to great spaces around the world.

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BLOCKCHAIN 3.0 DESPITE THE FACT THAT BITCOIN HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 10 YEARS, IT DIDN’T REALLY CREEP INTO THE PUBLIC’S AWARENESS UNTIL THE END OF 2017. DUE TO THE MANIA SURROUNDING THE CRYPTOCURRENCY CRAZE OF 2017, THE PRICE OF BITCOIN SHOT FROM $969 USD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, TO OVER $20,000 BY MID-DECEMBER. SHORTLY AFTER, THE PRICE CAME CRASHING BACK DOWN, BRINGING WITH IT THE HYPE THAT SURROUNDS BLOCKCHAIN.

By Aaron Cunningham So, what does this all mean for blockchain technology? Apparently, even with a current lull in the media hype, venture capital funding for blockchain technology is at an all-time high, with over $1.3 billion invested into blockchain startups so far in 2018. This is a clear sign that the big players of the tech world are still very hungry for what blockchain has to offer, even if the media has focused its attention elsewhere.

In 2014, cryptocurrency saw a similar, albeit smaller, wave of attention. This initial wave led to a large price spike followed by a crash. After this first wave, many investors left. However, those who saw the potential of blockchain technology stayed, and many became the people who helped usher in the 2017 wave of innovation and adoption.

If one lesson can be learned from the first wave of adoption and investment seen in 2014, it is that when the market is at a low, it’s time for those serious about the industry to dig in their heels and start to create products that will shape the future of our society. Those who do so stand to reap the biggest gains from the next big wave.

“Innovative pioneers catch the largest worms, but most pioneers must experience mockery, cold-shoulders, and even dark moments. If every venture could be accomplished in a month or a year, then everyone would be a pioneer,” declared

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Jimmy Zhong, Co-Founder and CEO of Internet of Services Token (IOST).

So, what are the new wave of blockchain companies like IOST working on? They are creating what is known as blockchain 3.0, essentially taking the torch from Ethereum, aka blockchain 2.0, and attempting to overcome some issues Ethereum faced in terms of scalability. The trick here is that they must also maintain a high level of security.

Ethereum represents a huge leap forward in decentralized technology. However, immediately following the massive wave of innovation and development built on top of Ethereum, the network started to show signs of its limitations. The best, and cutest, example of this is CryptoKitties, a cute game that allowed users to purchase, breed, and trade collectible kittens on the blockchain. The game was so popular that it clogged the Ethereum network with transactions, bringing it almost to a grinding halt.

One victim of the CryptoKitties craze, SophiaTX, had to delay the launch of their initial coin offering (ICO), a type of blockchain-based startup funding. Imagine your company has plans to raise tens of millions of dollars using the Ethereum network, only to have them spoiled by a bunch of digital kittens. Obviously, this led many to wonder – is Ethereum ready for real-world applications?

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ILLUSTRATION © STACIE ANT

Although Ethereum has a massive team of developers working to solve its issues, fixing a blockchain once it’s been launched has been compared to changing the wheels on a moving car. Is it possible? Yes, with enough ingenuity almost anything is possible, but it’s easier to just create a new car with wheels that work.

Blockchain 3.0 is the new car with the new wheels that work.

Blockchain 3.0 promises to bring in a new wave of development, with real-world applications that can truly scale. For example, the blockchain-based content dis-

tribution will revolutionize the dynamic between user and service provider by creating an ecosystem where the economic value of the content produced by individuals is funnelled back to the users. Or virtual product exchanges can provide a platform for the online trading of goods, such as game cards, rewards, copyrights, etc. Trading on a virtual product exchange eliminates intermediaries and enables simple, fast, and secure peer-to-peer transactions.

So, is the blockchain craze over? Not even close – it’s just getting started.

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A LOT CAN CHANGE IN FOUR YEARS. A STUDENT CAN GET A DEGREE, THE SEASONS CHANGE 16 TIMES, AND 48 MONTHS GO BY. FOR AN OLYMPIAN, IN THOSE 1,460 DAYS, EVERYTHING CAN CHANGE.

By Braydon Holmyard At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Travis Gerrits was flying 50 feet in the air, proudly dressed in red and white, as he’d always dreamed. The aerial skier finished seventh in the world. It was not the result he had hoped for, but considering where he would be during the next Olympics, it was one he would learn to be proud of.

Four years later, it was a different story — one that Gerrits was not a part of. Injuries forced him to miss out on South Korea. After years of working toward a second chance of Olympic glory, that reality disappeared, and it crushed him. “It broke my heart,” Gerrits says.

“It was completely the end of the world for me. I had one shot at redemption and I felt I had messed it up.”

After the heartbreak, depression hit. So, on the day of the PyeongChang 2018 opening ceremonies in February, Gerrits checked himself into the hospital. Ten days later, on the same morning of the men’s aerial finals that

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he could have been competing in, he was discharged.

He watched from his couch in Milton, Ontario.

While aerial skiing has blessed Gerrits with happiness, precious accolades, and lifelong memories, the nature of sports does come at a cost.

The pressure to perform can take a toll on mental health. Of course, it impacts some differently than others. For many Olympic athletes, that pressure is magnified. “I do triple backflips on a daily basis,” Gerrits says, reflecting on his Olympic experience in Sochi, “but to compete in front of so many people, including my family in the stands, was very different.” Gerrits didn’t leave his dorm for two days after his event. Instead, he replayed the jump over and over again in his mind, desperately wishing he could have gone back in time, in a sport where a split second is the difference between triumph and disaster.

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PHOTO CREDIT: LARIS THOMPSON.

Dealing with mental illness was nothing new for Gerrits, and it wasn’t just related to sports. He first saw a doctor for depression when he was 14 years old.

After Sochi, though, things were different. His first lengthy hospital stay would lead to his first label: Bipolar 1 Disorder. The news shocked him. “I didn’t know what came with that. I had to go home and research it myself,” Gerrits says. “Even though a doctor gave me this label, this diagnosis, they didn’t quite explain what came with it and how I was going to live with it the rest of my life.”

Mental illness in the sporting world is nothing new.

But the way athletes are willing to talk about it has become a defining part of today’s sports culture. Dr. Kate Hays, a sports psychologist and the founder of The Performing Edge in Toronto, calls it a phenomenon. From trail blazers like Clara Hughes to more recent NBA superstars Kevin Love and DeMar DeRozan, athletes are more willing than ever to use their personal struggles to help others. “The conversation has changed dramatically,” Dr. Hays says. “It's tremendously important that athletes who are role models in so many ways have the opportunity and willingness to speak in public about some of the pressures and experiences they have.”

At first, Gerrits couldn’t imagine coming out with his diagnosis. He feared he would lose sponsorships. He feared the backlash. Many of the people closest to him said that sharing his story was a bad idea. It was too great a risk. But Gerrits was never one to shy away from a challenge, and in 2017, with the help of his brother Tyler, he shared a video message with the world. “I was diagnosed with Type 1 Bipolar Disorder, which is essentially mood swings going from manic to depressive episodes and everything in between.”

His story was out, and, once again, everything changed.

“To see how supportive people can be despite how I feel internally made a big change in my outlook in life,” he says, remembering the start of a new journey. Since that day, Gerrits has embraced his new role as a mental health advocate. He suffers from bipolar disorder, but that doesn’t stop him from living a happy life and chasing his dreams. He hopes his story will help someone out there do the same. “I hope I can just find one person to help or to [get them to] speak out and get the help they need, to live a better life: be healthy, happy, and have goals, and realize you can still achieve amazing things,” Gerrits says.

As he fights against the stigma of mental illnesses and disorders, the challenges of living with one do not dissipate. In August, Gerrits was given a new label when visiting a doctor at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. Four years after his original diagnosis, he was told he had Borderline Personality Disorder.

Over time, he’s learned not to let these labels define him. “It has taken four or five years to finally understand

“TO SEE HOW SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE CAN BE DESPITE HOW I FEEL INTERNALLY MADE A BIG CHANGE IN MY OUTLOOK IN LIFE.” Travis Gerrits that I am not aerial skiing, and I am not my diagnosis,” Gerrits says. “I am not my mental illness. We are far greater than any label we are given.”

Recovering from his fourth knee surgery, the 26-yearold is already looking down the road at what’s next.

The 2022 Winter Games are in Beijing — the same place he won his first and only gold medal at the World Cup in 2013. Telling him it’s not possible will only make him want it more. When he was 11 years old, Gerrits wrote an assignment saying he wanted to be a professional skier. His teacher asked him to pick something more realistic, so he went home and wrote up a weekly plan for the next eight years on how he would make it happen.

“Dream big,” he says with distinction. It’s as if the words mean more to him than anything now. “There’s no dream that’s too big.” Gerrits’ dream is to continue flying and flipping through the air on skis for as long as he can.

Aerial skiing is reckless. It’s dangerous. But for Travis Gerrits, it’s the safest place in the world. “When you’re 50 feet up, you’re not thinking about anything else in the entire world,” he says. “I live for that moment.”

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CATALYSTS & BOOBY TRAPS

Cannabis Follies UNLIKE ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA USE IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO RECREATION. THE REAL DRIVING FACTOR AND SECRET TO MAKING BANK OFF OF CANNABIS LIES IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA’S ABILITY TO HELP SOOTHE AND HEAL.

By James West There are two principle schools of thought in the cannabis investing phenomenon that has minted more millionaires than Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves: 1) that this perpetually-giving gift has a long way to run before it even gets close to running out of steam, and 2) this is all going to end in tears à la Dot Com Bomb of March 2000.

Both are, to some degree, plausible, but more likely will be vortices of value explosion to the upside, followed by long periods of sideways price drifting after prolonged periods of absence of major industry catalysts.

For example, the long summer preceding Constellation Brands’ $5 billion investment into Canopy Growth Corp announced on August 15 this year was characterized by just such a sideways drift in all Canopy company valuations.

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Some even suggested it was ‘over’. How wrong were they?

There are a number of major value catalysts on the future timeline of this global cannabis revolution, and there are a couple of major potential deal wreckers. Let’s consider the upside first.

The one factor many doomsday-ers fail to take into consideration when making gloomy prophetic pronouncements on the imminent demise of the cannabis bull is that unlike the economic bounty that lies at the foundation of many of today’s billion-dollar fortunes as a result of alcohol de-prohibition, cannabis demand is not limited to recreational use.

Getting high and having fun is a rite of passage for a significant percentage of today’s youth, but the daily consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes tends to diminish with age.

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Where the real, long term, likely permanent, and ever-expanding driver for cannabis consumption lies is in the categories of general wellness and medicine.

Cannabis and cannabinoids are slowly revealing themselves to have profound bio-symbiotic significance for human beings, and, as it turns out, all mammals. Thanks to the endocannabinoid system that exists within all such creatures’ bodies, there appears to exist a biological predisposition towards such a symbiosis. Besides being generally homeostatic, the naturally-occuring constituent of cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD) has remedial effects on human conditions ranging from arthritis to cancer. In the case of childhood epilepsy, CBDs are proven to impart life-saving transformations.

The anecdotal evidence of quality-of-life enhancements due to cannabis consumption in some way, shape, or form are legion, and will gradually be replaced by clinical studies by universities and labs around the world who are now unencumbered by the stigma and legal risk that helped keep cannabis in maligned purgatory for decades.

Theoretically, we could see a world within a few decades where cannabis and cannabinoids are present in a wide range of foods, beverages, and topicals.

Imagine the global economic value if every man, woman, child, dog, and horse were daily recipients of a dose of CBD for one medical reason or another.

Consider the Recommended Daily Allowance for Omega 3 fatty acids that might soon exist, for which hemp provides one of the most abundant vegan sources.

So, that means the demand for cannabinoids will only continue to grow for generations as science funnels cannabinoids into an ever-broadening range of food, creams, balms, and baked goods.

I began dosing myself with 20 mg per day of full spectrum CBD oil about four weeks ago, and there were improvements to my sleep patterns, digestive processes, cognitive focus, and connective-tissue recovery after exercise.

I’ve experimented with cutting myself off too, to test for psychological dependence, and I learned that I generally forgot about and had to remind myself to continue the experiment after about a week. Not that that’s conclusive, but I don’t detect any recurring thoughts of CBD, nor did I think about increasing the dosage.

Me being me, however, I did ‘OD’ one day by drinking an entire 30 ml bottle containing a full

dose of 1,000 mg of CBD, just because I wanted to see what the outcome was.

I found that volume had a really heavy mental effect, in that I felt a THC-esque high, though that might have been from the few milligrams of THC that were residual in the oil. But that was it.

Commoditization and Biosynthesis

As is the case with many medically-beneficial molecules in the human pharmacopeia, the life sciences industry has a habit of lowering the cost per unit of input of any valuable plant-derived ingredient to pennies or less.

They do this by “growing” the molecules they are interested in through biosynthetic processes, such as genetically modified yeasts that can be tinkered with to yield any one of the 113 CBDs identified so far.

By way of example, Hyasynth Bio is just such a producer of cannabinoids, and is owned 20% by Organigram, one of the original medically-oriented, licensed producers of cannabis.

In theory, the costs of producing cannabinoids in this way relative to growing and harvesting and extracting from plants is orders of magnitude smaller. One could surmise that this method of producing pharmaceutical and food-grade cannabinoids could easily be the default method for all medical applications and most food and beverage applications.

That would suggest that the scores of “ultra-high tech greenhouses” now littering the landscape are going to be used for nothing more than growing high-tech tomatoes in the near future.

I think this is the primary risk factor for investors in licensed cannabis producers. If the merde hits the rotating blades of the fan of misfortune as a result, there could indeed be a ‘dot com’ style meltdown of epic proportions on the horizon.

Offsetting this worst-case scenario are several developing unknowns. For example, when will the US federally allow cannabis? When will Europe? What about China? China could potentially energize the sector for years to come.

Then there are the cannabis applications that are not suited for a biosynthetic source. Hemp fibre promises to outperform trees for paper, cotton for clothing, and even plywood for sheathing.

According to Yoda, “difficult to see, the future is.” Nary a truer phrase was ever spoken. Stoploss strategies across trading platforms is an absolute must for investors seeking long-term wealth generation from this once-in-a-lifetime financial opportunity.

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SUMMER time BLUES CROWNED MISS UNIVERSE CANADA 2018, MARTA STEPIEN DISHES TO DTK MEN ABOUT IMMIGRATING TO CANADA, PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, BEING ADMIRED BY GIRLS ACROSS OUR NATION, AND CHALLENGING NEGATIVITY TO PURSUE HER DREAMS.

Photographer Erwin Loewen

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By Brenna Dixon You were born in Warsaw, Poland and moved to Windsor, Ontario. What do you recall of the move? I have quite vivid memories of the experience. My family and I immigrated from Poland when I was five years old, first to Toronto, and then Windsor. At the time, I didn’t fully understand how far we were moving, but I remember being concerned that [it] would be too far for my grandmother to make me breakfast every morning. My parents sent me off to school immediately, and I was bullied relentlessly because I didn’t speak a word of English. I missed “home” a lot after we got to Canada. Quickly enough, I picked up the language, made new friends, and discovered poutine! I fell in love with my new home country.

What did you dream of being when you grew up? As a kid, I listened to a lot of music. My parents got me CDs, hoping it would help me learn the English language and help with pronunciation. It helped, and to this day, I’m convinced that it’s the reason I don’t have an accent… I wanted to be a singer when I was growing up. The best part? I can’t sing to save my life.

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opportunity to experience as many beautiful places as I have.

Who do you consider one of the most positively influential people in your life and why?

My mother. To this day, I’m still convinced she’s superwoman. After my family immigrated to Canada, within a few short months, my father left. She had no family in Canada, absolutely no money, and no knowledge of the English language. She worked 3-4 jobs at a time to provide for us and to make ends meet. I don’t know how she managed, but, despite her situation, she still gave me the most incredible childhood.

I think her determination and perseverance is something we can all learn from.

Today, you are studying biomedical engineering technology – can you explain why you chose to pursue such studies? What shifted your attention in this academic direction? I actually come from a family of engineers, so it’s a career path that was always in the back of my mind. I’m a huge nerd, so anything involving calculus or C++ gets me excited!

How did you begin modelling at the age of 14?

Was it something that you were always interested in? One of my mom’s friends suggested I should try it when I was 13… I felt like it was a shot in the dark, but I did my research and sent my digitals to a few reputable agencies in Toronto. I was over the moon when I got a positive response. Within a few days, I was off to Toronto for my first test shoot. Within a couple weeks, I booked my first magazine editorial, and, a month later, I was leaving for Paris!

You’ve mentioned you wish eventually to work to improve robotic prosthesis in order to improve the quality of life for patients, particularly children – can you explain why this is an area you’ve focused on specifically? It is important for me to focus my efforts and talents to better the lives of people. My talents lie in technology.

Robotics is an area that excites me because what we thought was impossible just a few short years ago, is extremely possible today. I want to be able to work towards making this kind of technology readily available to everyone regardless of financial status.

Modelling is a demanding career - can you share with us one thing that you had to overcome during your prime modelling years?

Modelling is time demanding, often travelling nonstop for months at a time. The majority of my teens and early 20s were spent living out of a suitcase. I loved being able to experience different cultures, meet new people, and see new places, but I definitely battelled homesickness. As incredible as seeing the world was, the downside was that I missed out on family Christmas holidays, birthdays, and a “normal” high school experience. Regardless, I wouldn’t change a thing. I come from a lowincome family, so had it not been for my modelling career, I probably wouldn’t have had the

What and how do you hope to impact young women looking up to you with the title of Miss Universe Canada? I want to show young women that you can be a mosaic of different talents, and that you don’t have to only pursue one thing. Many people told me that pursuing post-secondary education and modelling at the same time “won’t work” because it was “too much.” I challenged that. I knew I had the work ethic and determination to do both, and that’s exactly what I did. On top of it, while I was working on those two, I had an opportunity to pursue pageantry, which I welcomed with open arms. If you are willing to put in the hard work, long hours, and sometimes even tears, you can really achieve whatever you want in your life.

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“IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO FOCUS MY EFFORTS AND TALENTS TO BETTER THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.” Marta Stepien When you have free time, what is your favourite pastime? I really love working in my garden. I’m also very artistically inclined. I play guitar, too. I’m a huge classic rock fan, so you can usually hear me strumming something by Pink Floyd or Queen. I also enjoy being active, either by running, swimming, or weight training.

One of my favourite things since winning the title has been the privilege to make a difference with charities in my city. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with several organizations in Windsor. Together, we have been able to do things like inspire young women to pursue careers in STEM, raise money for the hospice, and raise awareness for mental health.

Can you picture where you will be in life in the next five years? In the next five years, I want to be successful in my biomedical engineering career. I want to work a job that doesn’t feel like work, and that betters people’s lives with technology. I want to have the opportunity to do this on a much larger scale, and hopefully impact people globally.

Career aside, I’m hoping to start my own organization that will aim to spark an interest in the field of engineering and technology for young girls. Growing up in a low-income family, oftentimes certain equipment was financially out of my reach for me. I’m hoping this organization will be able to connect young girls who may be in similar positions with learning resources, technology, and equipment to explore possible future career paths, allowing them to connect and develop a lifelong love for the engineering and technology fields.

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SKI LIKE A PRO

CHRISTINA LUSTENBERGER AT REVELSTOKE MOUNTAIN RESORT, BC. BY MATTIAS FREDRIKSSON. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARC'TERYX.

PLACING IN THE TOP-TEN ON THE ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP CIRCUIT IN OFTERSCHWANG IN 2006, CHRISTINA LUSTENBERGER GIVES US A TOUR OF WHAT THE SKIING LIFE IS MADE OF: HOW TO STAY IN SHAPE, WHERE TO SKI, AND, OF COURSE, WHAT TO WEAR.

By Rebecca Kahn How do you prepare before skiing? How does your fitness routine change throughout the year?

During the off season, I trail run and rock climb.

Once fall comes around and the temperatures start to drop, I start running longer distances. I think it’s important to stay active in the off season, whatever you might be doing. Running, climbing, and biking are all great activities to keep you fit and get you ready for ski season.

How do you stay on top of your game? I’m an Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG)

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ski guide, so every year begins with ‘guides training’. This consists of avalanche training, crevasse rescue training, and practicing all the safety protocols. It helps me keep sharp and start the season off well.

What are some tips and tricks to staying in shape and healthy that people might not think of? During the winter, I ski so much - I really have to take my health seriously. I can be skiing for 8-10 hours a day, in the cold, breaking trail, so it’s easy to run yourself empty. My biggest tip is staying hydrat-

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How do ideas of freedom play into your life? Freedom to me means following your dreams.

What’s your go-to equipment? Black crow skis, smart wool socks, petzl gear (helmet and climbing hardware), Oakley goggles, and anything from the Arc’teryx line. I’m lucky to have support from the best companies in the industry.

How do you survive the harsh Canadian cold during the winters? When I’m out ski touring in the cold, it’s all about the right layers. I’m trying to stay dry on the way up. As soon as I stop, my warmer layers go on. Good gloves, sometimes heated socks, neck buff, and a thermos of hot tea.

Does style play an important factor in your life at all? Do you manage to stay stylish within the constraints of winter clothing? Yes! This is huge for me. I’m constantly working with the Arc’teryx designers on how we can make technical gear without sacrificing the style. I think it’s important to portray yourself with style in the mountains. You want your jacket and layers to fit properly, have stylish contemporary colours, and have accents and details that have been well thought-out. The days of unstylish outerwear are over!

What are your favourite Arc’teryx products?

Sentinel LT Jacket ($700)

With a GORE-TEX protective outer shell, this weatherproof and long silhouette jacket will be your best friend.

Airah Jacket ($800)

This insulated, backcountry jacket is all you need to keep you warm and dry on even the worst days.

Konseal Hoody ($230)

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CHRISTINA LUSTENBERGER IN PEMBERTON, BC.

ed; I drink lots of water before and after skiing, warm tea when I’m at home, and I get lots of sleep to recover for the next day.

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CHRISTINA LUSTENBERGER’ FAVORITE RESORTS

Revelstoke Mountain Resort, BC

It has the best skiing and snow in the world.

From alpine to tree skiing, this area has it all.

Recommended for: All skiers, from first time touring to expert ski mountaineers.

Types of terrain: Beginner, freeride, and great top to bottom piste skiing.

Rogers Pass, BC

This is roadside ski touring and ski mountaineering at its finest. I love skiing in the pass, with big long alpine runs and beautiful Selkirk peaks.

Best time to go: December - March.

Recommended for: People with touring experience, good fitness, and some knowledge about the backcountry.

Whitecap Alpine Adventures Lodge, BC

It’s a beautiful fly-in ski touring lodge. I love it here – the terrain is amazing. It has a guided and fully-catered lodge life experience.

Recommended for: People with touring experience.

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PHILIP BEESLEY'S 2011 SARGASSO INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED BY TORONTO'S LUMINATO FESTIVAL

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PHILIP BEESLEY IN HIS TORONTO STUDIO.

INTELLIGENT INTERIORS SEE HOW ARCHITECT AND ARTIST PHILIP BEESLEY USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE ENVIRONMENTS.

By Caitlin Agnew How did you start incorporating artificial intelligence into your work? This work started as traditional architecture deeply involved with the collective myth of working in Canada and on the land and trying to find relationships in the way that architecture has worked for 3000 years, of working with the idea that you connect [with] and that you’re supported by your surroundings, by the ground under your feet, and by the people that are around you.

Along the way, that work, which has been so devoted to building, has resulted in seeing space itself change as well. Instead of working with the solid ground that supports you, that you are freely on, like you’re working on a stage, the sense that things can become resonant and start to vibrate and oscillate and move and shift around you has tended to make things become much, much more personal, even intimate in the way they start to wrap around you and extend you. What that’s meant is that the

layers that are much more familiar as clothing and fashion and sculpture have become very immediate, direct scales. That’s made this studio practice change fundamentally into working with architecture very explicitly as clothing.

How does this type of technology function in your designs? There are layers of artificial intelligence in this work. I’m very attracted to mesh-based micro-processing systems, which is a way of generating control and imbuing intelligence into a system that’s quite different than making a powerful central controller or a powerful central brain. Instead, this is an event that takes many very small bits of intelligence, microprocessors, [and] connects them together and gives each of them a modest task, but keeps them signalling from part to part to part. And, in total, all of those individual controllers can have a really profound effect.

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What does that type of a building look like? Imagine going into a slightly darkened space. At first, the atmosphere is very still and you are first aware of just basket-like forms and quite lightweight shelves around you, framing the space and making canopies and vaults above you. Then, as you go a bit closer, you become aware of a very faint rustling and slight undulations. You reach out your hand, and then a sensor nearby detects your movement and sends a signal to a microprocessor which responds with a little ripple of light and a blooming of movement, which then recedes away from you into the distance with a wave that moves from part to part. And you come closer and wave your hand again, and then a much stronger burst of light

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results, which then ripples out even more strongly. You start to explore, and this whole web of sensors gets revealed together with a myriad array of lights and small vibrations and little ripples of sound as well that move off into the distance and start rebounding.

The sense of going through an environment like that is one which is not quite the same as being amidst a group of fully-conscious beings. It’s quite explicitly mechanical, but at the same time, there’s something [about it that has] the quality of being in a rainforest or in a deep woods where things are very distinctly alive around you and which have presence, rather than things moving and responding as if they are tools or machines.

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HYLOZOIC SERIES: SIBYL WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF THE 18TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY IN 2012.

How does an environment learn how to respond this way? These are environments that have embedded intelligence running all the way through them and their meshworks and microprocessors. The small ripples of responses have [a] quality of being able to respond to you in very particular ways that start to open up the possibility of them being empathetic, even sympathetic to you, not simply registering your presence but starting to know you and to echo and to offer qualities back.

Going forward, where can living architecture take us? We’re just at the very beginning of understanding how to work with these kinds of systems. Some of the things that we do are a bit clumsy and hesitant, but other parts are starting to gain some confidence. What I can say is that working in this way seems very worthwhile. It’s important to get to know this medium.

Art is obviously very important to what you’re doing. What periods and genres are you most inspired by?

Quite recently, the collective work of the ’60s, where such subtle phenomena were really embraced with all kinds of willing disorientation and a wish to find new boundaries, I find incredibly compelling. I really love some of the revolutionary work of the early 20th century. I’ve got a very soft spot for romantic work in the 19th century as well. I have to say, some of the dimensions of medieval work of seven or eight hundred years ago are also incredibly compelling – just the sense of searching and trying to manifest what is vastly larger than you and then trying to honour and touch it and give it new language.

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TECHNOLOGY

HANSON ROBOTICS’ HUMANOID ROBOT, SOPHIA, AND COMPANY FOUNDER DAVID HANSON.

Artificial Intelligence

SAVIOUR or OUR DESTROYER? ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) COULD BECOME “AN IMMORTAL DICTATOR FROM WHICH WE WOULD NEVER ESCAPE,” WARNS ELON MUSK. THE INVENTOR AND FUTURIST IS ASKING RESEARCHERS WORKING ON AI TO SLOW DOWN THEIR QUEST FOR SENTIENT COMPUTERS AND FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING CONTROL MECHANISMS THAT WOULD ENSURE WE ARE SAFE. OF COURSE, IN A TYPICAL HUMAN FASHION, MOST RESEARCHERS HAVE CHOSEN THE POSSIBILITY OF SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL GAINS OVER LONG-TERM SAFETY.

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The most prized goal of AI researchers is to create an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a computer that can think, and perhaps even feel, like we do. Teams all over the world are currently working toward this goal. The risk presented here is that an AGI would represent an extreme level of power and that such power would be highly centralized, governed by only a handful of people, assuming that it can be governed at all.

Artificial Intelligence Today

AIs at their current level are fairly rudimentary, having mostly been designed to work endlessly on the huge amounts of data collected by companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. In their current stage, AIs are far from the Skynet nightmares depicted in films like The Terminator.

In fact, the development of AIs up to this point has been hugely beneficial to mankind.

Today, AIs process huge amounts of medical data, looking for correlations that may lead to new and unthought-of cures. That eureka moment that every scientist hopes for comes when they are able to shed light on a blind spot in their research. AI enables researchers to overcome these blind spots, working through areas that previously seemed impossible or where the dots didn’t quite connect.

Artificial Intelligence on the Blockchain

Until recently, most medical data collected by doctors was kept out of the hands of scientists over concern for the privacy of patients. Blockchain and cryptography technology promises a world where medical data can be shared without the need to breach patient confidentiality. AI working on this data may lead to medical breakthroughs and new treatments for ailments which have long-eluded scientists.

Companies like Singularity are working to create benevolent AGIs. Singularity is partnered with Hanson Robotics, which you may recognize by the ground-breaking work they have done with the humanoid robot, Sophia. AIs today exist in silos, meaning they work in one system and have limited functionality. For example, an AI may be programmed to analyze market trends for a financial company, and that is the sum of its abilities.

Keeping AIs in their silos is inefficient. Take the example of a market analyst AI: the markets are only open during weekdays, leaving the AI to often lay dormant on the weekends.

Singularity is using blockchain technology to create modular AIs that can use their resources toward other tasks during their downtime.

Again, with market analyzing AI as an example, Singularity envisions that when done analyzing the market, an AI can then lend its computational power to medical research or whatever else it decides is a worthwhile cause. The team believes that by allowing AIs to work on benevolent tasks like medical research in their spare time, they can teach them to keep humanity’s best interest in their cold robotic hearts.

The Race for AI Supremacy

In June 2018, the Pentagon announced the creation of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). They plan to invest $1.7 billion into the JAIC over the next five years. Known as ‘The Jake’, the initiative includes Project Maven, which involves researching ways for AI to identify people in videos captured by drones. Though they have not explicitly said they will be integrating AI into weaponry, it is not hard to envision this technology being used for the creation of automated killing machines.

Google recently withdrew from their involvement in Project Maven after thousands of their employees protested. This came as a surprise to the Pentagon, who had been working with big tech companies for as long as there has been a Silicon Valley.

The leaders of the world are now locked into a race for AI supremacy. This same logic is what fueled the last arms race, the belief that if their enemies create the weapon first, that they will be put at a disadvantage. Therefore, despite great intellects issuing warnings to slow down the development of AI, those in power still maintain the belief that by losing the race, they will also lose their governing superiority.

The future of humanity and AI is still unknown, but one thing is for certain: they will be closely entwined with each other. One can only hope for the best, but let’s hope that we err on the side of caution when it comes to inventing our digital equals.

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SPACE

ODDITY

AS ROBOTS GET MORE AND MORE LIFELIKE, HUMANS SEEM TO BE BECOMING MORE AND MORE ROBOTIC. AS HUMANITY FOCUSES MORE ON FUNCTION, WE STILL NEED AN OUTLET FOR OUR CREATIVITY, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO SO THAN FASHION? THESE HOT NEW TAKES ON SHARP SUITS WILL AWAKEN EVEN THE DEEPEST-BURIED EMOTIONS.

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Creating the

FUTURE ISRAEL COMMONLY ATTRACTS A GREAT DEAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION FOR ITS POLITICAL NEWS, BUT WE RARELY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE CREATIVE MINDS AND THE UNIQUE APPROACH PUT FORWARD BY ISRAELI DESIGNERS. THE JERUSALEM DESIGN WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER AND PROMOTE THE UNIVERSE OF ISRAELI DESIGN, ALONG WITH ITS CONTAGIOUS ENERGY. FOR THE 7TH EDITION, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANAT SAFRAN AND CHIEF CURATOR TAL EREZ DECIDED TO PUT FORWARD THE THEME OF ‘CONSERVE’, CHOSEN WISELY TO DEPICT AN ERA WHERE UPHEAVAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE ARE ALMOST A PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

By Stéphane Le Duc Photos courtesy of Jerusalem Design Week Amongst the major design weeks around the world, including Milan, Helsinki, and Beijing, Jerusalem remains distinguishable. Tal Erez describes Jerusalem Design week as having a singular vision dedicated to the very origin of the country’s history: “Milan is about the industry, the Netherlands is about the cultural essence of the people, Taiwan and Vienna are about the craft. Every place has a specific colour. We looked very deeply and said that [Israel] is none of those things.

It is about conflict; it is very social. So, when you look at social issues, Jerusalem is a microcosm of all these social issues that happen everywhere. Conflicts of religions, conflicts of liberals versus conservatives, conflicts of race, etc. It all happens here, intensely, and for a long time. For a practice in design, we think that [for the] people who grew up in these conditions, that the conflicts are part of their design metabolism. The choice of theme presented to the exhibiting designers is a reflection of this unique approach of the week, as ‘conserve’ represents a challenge and reflection on the inherent conflict between what will be kept from the past to make it a better future.”

EXHIBITION OF STUDENTS FROM THE NB HAIFA SCHOOL OF DESIGN, DEPARTMENT OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.

“The choice of theme is a local and global look at the same time. These are important things in our lives and represent changes now. We noticed this movement, probably due to the rapid technological changes and geopolitics that are happening all over the world right now. We have understood, with the future that seems incomprehensible and difficult to determine, that people tend to look back, and we also see an increase in conservatism. We also look at the role of the designer in this situation, and we believe that he has a very important role in defining what our future is.”

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SAGA DESIGN SHOP’S POP-UP SHOP FROM YAFFO.

SAGA DESIGN SHOP’S POP-UP SHOP FROM YAFFO.

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Artistic Director Anat Safran also points out that despite the importance of designers’ creative contribution in Israel’s industrial and social development, their existence remains a constant challenge: “I think it’s difficult because there are not many industries here. If you are a designer who works in the commercial environment, there are not many companies and publishers. If it’s more in the cultural world, there are not a lot of platforms - that’s one thing we’re trying to change. There are quite a few who go abroad and succeed elsewhere. It’s a fight, but it’s a struggle that develops a lot of creativity. It is also the source that allows designers to become very entrepreneurial and very independent and

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truly creating the infrastructure for their creations. In fact, Magenta Workshop is a design firm created in 1992 by Ronen Bavly that perfectly expresses the vitality of local design, as it brings together artisans, product designers, and designers in a workshop on one of the hills surrounding Jerusalem. Graphic designers independently and without constraints produce prototypes that will be presented in international exhibitions. Their presence at Design Week did not go unnoticed, in an original installation ‘100 Years of Preservation’, orchestrated by the Pro Jerusalem Society (PJS), offering a bold look at what preserved architectural heritage and objects have made history from Jerusalem.”

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SHIR SENIOR TAKING PART IN TAL GUR’S INSTALLATION.

“...I HOPE THE JERUSALEM DESIGN WEEK WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE THIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WITH US AND ALSO DISCOVER THIS CITY AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER.” Anat Safran

Despite Jerusalem being the home for Design Week, the city of Tel Aviv remains the place of choice for artists, galleries, and workshops, with the flourishing nature consistently bringing together the largest number of designers in Israel. A few kilometres from the city, the Holon Design Museum was opened in March 2010 and is a place devoted solely to design in all its forms. The museum is housed in an exceptional building by Ron Arad and presents exhibitions that are the envy of the big cities of design.

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A PERFORMANCE FROM OPENING NIGHT BY DANCE ENSEMBLE KA’ET AS PART OF TAL GUR’S INSTALLATION.

We wish for a long and beautiful life for Jerusalem Design Week. The successful efforts to bring together over 150 Israeli and international designers this year establishes its becoming an essential engine in the development of the design industry. Noted by Artistic Director Anat Safran, is the desire for the emulsion created by the event to become an anchor for creators: “I hope the design week will continue to grow and settle. I would like for Israeli designers to understand that this is their platform, which invites them to express themselves in a very personal way, much more than elsewhere. I also hope to establish more international relations. I hope the Jerusalem Design Week will attract people who want to live this unique experience with us and also discover this city and all it has to offer.” www.jdw.co.il

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PHILIPPE MALOUIN THE WILL TO SUCCEED

THE LIFE OF THIS CANADIAN AND LONDONER (BY ADOPTION) DESIGNER IS ONE SYNONYMOUS WITH SUCCESS, BUT THIS SUCCESS IS MOSTLY THE RESULT OF HARD WORK AND AN IRONCLAD WILL. NOTABLY, HE GOT AHEAD BY PURSUING HIS EDUCATION IN EUROPE, SPECIFICALLY AT THE WELL-KNOWN DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN IN THE NETHERLANDS. HIS SMARTEST DECISION BY FAR WAS TO MOVE TO LONDON, THE HIGHLY-COMPETITIVE CREATIVE CENTRE. TEN YEARS LATER, HIS HARD WORK HAS DEFINITELY PAID OFF.

By Stéphane Le Duc GRIDLOCK FOR ROLL & HILL, 2014, BRASS, ELECTRICAL FITTINGS

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CORE BENCH WITH PHILIPPE MALOUIN, PHOTO BY JEZZICA SUNMO

You were recently named the 2018 Designer of the Year by Wallpaper* magazine.

What does it mean to win this prestigious prize? It means that people recognize us now, which is always astounding because, in my mind, we’re still a little studio. One of the jury members was Jasper Morrison, my favourite designer, whom I admire a lot, and it is fantastic that he voted for us. I never would have thought, when I started, that one day he’d know that we exist. Getting chosen by a designer of his level – it’s amazing. We hope that we continue to grow.

The jury expressed appreciation for your “friendly, dexterous, and hardworking demeanor,” and they commended “the minimalist values which underlie [your] creations, and championing the simple mission at the core of [your] practice: to make good design that works.”

What does this mean to you? The term “friendly” is kind of like the reflection of my generation. I think that no one in this post-financial crisis generation thinks of themselves as better than others. We are simply happy to work and live, while

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SPEED OF LIGHT, DESIGN MIAMI, 2016, MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT, PHOTO BY ROBIN HILL

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“I AM INTERESTED IN MAKING SIMPLE THINGS THAT WORK, WITH MINIMAL DESIGN, BECAUSE DESIGN NEVER AGES WELL.” Philippe Malouin doing what we love. I am very humble, especially in my work ethics. We have to keep ourselves grounded; after all, it’s not like we’re saving lives. This humility is important because today’s context has changed a lot. There are more than five million designers today, while in the ‘80s, there were significantly less. There is no place in the world for egotistical and mean people. Despicable people don’t interest me, and they don’t belong.

“Make good design that works,” is one of your philosophies, even in your earlier years. Can you expand on that? One thing is certain: if I make a chair, we have to be able to sit on it. It has to have a reason to exist. I am interested in making simple things that work, with minimal design, because design never ages well. I come from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, where the design pro-

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PRESS MIRROR

cess is crucial. It is hard to create new things: that’s because they don’t exist.

We can create things that are a bit new, but never groundbreaking, unless we find a new material or such. It is by making, that inspiration comes — the myth of the designer with a pen, drawing scribbles on a paper for inspiration, is not true. We have to make millions of things before making something important.

You have used a variety of materials in your projects, from lighting, to sofas, to dressers. A good example of your versatility is this concrete pavilion you made in a Brutalist spirit – that seems to be a strong trend right now. I don’t follow trends. It’s a material I’ve always loved, especially coming from Montreal, where we get to admire buildings such as the Habitat ’67, the purification mills, or even the silos in the Old Port. I could say the same about London,

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THREE TIER ARCA LIGHTING, MATTER MADE

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NYLON TURNTABLES, 2017

where concrete is omnipresent. Brutalism is part of the city. We were offered a commission for a public bench in a Swedish park, which was not a work of art to start with. The mandate was “made to last and made tough,” which is the reason why I opted for concrete. When my gallery, Salon 94 in New York, saw it, they wanted to make an edition of it and sell it to Design Miami, and, finally, it was sold to some individuals. It was a great surprise.

CORE BENCH

In July, your London studio will turn ten years old. What does that represent? It represents that we are doing something right, since we are still going strong — and that I haven’t had to change my style into something completely different. My biggest challenge now is to decide what we do with this business. Do we make it bigger, or do we keep it smaller, to maintain this interesting life quality? We have to decide which direction to take. This company has to stay a passion. I don’t want to get tired of my job, and I don’t want people to get tired of me. I hope that soon, we will get orders from Canada, because we have worked everywhere else in the world, but never in my own country… It’s a dream of mine.

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RIDES

The Greater Good

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

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RIDES

CONVENIENCE IS KING IN THE DIGITAL AGE, AND A NUMBER OF GUILDS, INCLUDING GOOGLE’S WAYMO AND DRIVE.AI, AIM TO DO THE TENET JUSTICE WITH THE SELF-DRIVING CAR. THIS TANTALIZING, YET EMBRYONIC INNOVATION HAS BEEN EASED INTO A HANDFUL OF LOW-RISK LOCALES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL US AS OF LATE. HOWEVER, IS THERE A GRANDER PURPOSE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (AVS) BEYOND OPTIMIZING THE CAREERIST’S COMMUTE OR SHEPHERDING TOURISTS TO AND FROM SUBURBAN TEXAS HOTSPOTS À LA DRIVE.AI?

By Themistoklis Alexis Timothy Carone, a technology professor at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, certainly believes so. While predicting when AVs will be fit for the masses remains a Sisyphean order, Carone expects them to mitigate both the consumer’s need for a personal vehicle and, by association, parking, thereby leaving countless lots ripe for reinvention. This will compensate for the workforce hits in the automotive supply chain with an abundance of jobs in other sectors.

“There are 200 square miles of parking garages in the city of LA. Imagine if most of those disappeared and you had 150 square miles to repurpose in Los Angeles,” Carone remarks to DTK Men. “You could do a lot with that, including vertical farming to feed people in LA and relieve some pressure off the San Joaquin Valley. I absolutely think that while it may destroy jobs in the automotive supply chain, it will create lots of jobs [elsewhere]. The telephone operator job goes away, but the mobile app developer replaces it, so I think it’ll work that way.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF DRIVE.AI

According to Carone and the Director of the University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator, Daniel V. McGehee, with the driver’s eventual extinction, a plunge in DUIs and therefore car accidents will also follow. However, a pair of fatalities have been attributed to AVs in the United States earlier this year.

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lic opinion, though McGehee maintains that gradual increases in automation will lead to safer roads.

“I think all of us have friends who’ve been in a crash, and you generally have some sympathy, empathy for your human driver, friends or family, but I think people don’t have a lot of sympathy for robots crashing and hurting people, even though in the US, we [humans] killed about 40,000 people on roadways last year.”

“When you look at [US] studies and other national studies by Transport Canada, the vast majority of crashes are humanerror-contributed. I think you’ve got to look at data from the US that really looks at a reduction in crashes with technologies like automatic emergency braking and others, to really see how these are truly good things. They’re not perfect, and I think that’s really important, but overall, there are a lot of very positive things to say.”

McGehee and Carone agree it’s not a matter of if, but when the flaws get wiped from the design, and driverless cars will be the norm, as opposed to a divisive pie in the sky for Waymo and Co. But for the time being, purists can rest easy, says McGehee. “A purely self-driving robot that operates in all conditions, picks you up at your place and takes you to work, that can drive in any kind of road conditions in a city, is probably decades away. I think we’ll see quite a few small demonstrations in cities like we’re seeing now, but it’s a very slow thing.”

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TRAVEL

CALIFORNIA HOTEL, EBALDC RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

WELCOME TOthe“West OAKLAND Coast Brooklyn” OAKLAND HAS MADE HEADLINES FOR VARIOUS REASONS THESE PAST FEW YEARS. TUCKED BETWEEN BERKELEY AND SAN FRANCISCO, THE BAY AREA TOWN IS INSANELY CREATIVE. STUNNINGLY PROGRESSIVE AND POLITICALLY ENGAGED, OAKLAND HAS GARNERED THE TITLE OF “COOLEST CITY ON THE RISE” QUITE A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS. TOO OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY SAN FRANCISCO, THIS HIPSTER HAVEN IS ON THE BRINK OF MAKING HUGE WAVES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CURRENT MASS TECH EXODUS FROM SILICON VALLEY. HERE ARE OUR GO-TO SPOTS, PERFECT FOR A LONG WEEKEND GETAWAY.

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TRAVEL

9TH STREET, IN THE OLD PART OF TOWN

More than just home to three professional sports teams, Oakland is also the birthplace of the infamous Mai Thai and the Black Panther Party Headquarters. More interestingly, it recently started getting some attention because of its culinary scene and Silicon Valley expats in quest of a better work-life balance. Here, street-art and stunning murals, breweries and A-list swanky spas make for a unique, copacetic cohabitation.

A wave of gentrification is moving across the entire Bay Area, only to see Oakland emerging from its industrial past, en route to becoming a top food and shopping hub. With colossal murals and lively neighbourhoods as a backdrop, the “City of Contrasts” is at a massive turning point. Chock full of architectural gems, creative energy, and talent, its residents are young, artistic, and taking over warehouses and off-the-beaten-path alleyways alike. Behind some inconspicuous facades, emerge some of the most delish dishes we’ve feasted on, legit coffee shops, and cool drinking holes in every part of town, while art galleries and fellow entrepreneurs are currently changing the gleaming skyline and rejuvenating the downtown area bit by bit.

Get around town

A 20-minute drive from San Francisco, it’s eminently easy to get straight to the harbour for approximately $11 USD with Lyft’s ride-sharing services. If not, the BART transit system will cost you a whopping $5, tops!

Since venues, hiking trails, and dining haunts tend to be spread out within the six districts, don’t expect to explore everything in one day!

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For Insta-worthy pics

Unusual finds, coveted waterfront sunsets, lush hillsides, and industrial factories mirrored by hipster joints line College Ave. in Rockridge to make for the best of both worlds.

Oakland’s world-renowned murals and graffiti can be found on Telegraph Avenue near the harbour. Venture out to the west end for even greater sights and stunning finds.

You’ll find an aerial gondola ride, stunning views of the Bay, and 700 native and exotic animals on site, all in a century-old zoo. The newly expanded Oakland Zoo certainly does not disappoint.

The Claremont Canyon Preserve is located right beside the Claremont Hotel & Spa and offers prime views of the Bay. Hiking is the name of the game and a hit with the locals, as the steep hills make for more than just a decent workout. It’s unrivalled, especially at sunset!

Lake Merritt, located downtown, is another crowd favourite, especially during the weekend when families and friends line up for a cosy brunch in the gorgeous waterfront park. It has the best views and authentic Venetian gondola rides, to boot.

Fox Theatre, on Telegraph Avenue in Koreatown, makes for the most IG-worthy shots at dusk, with its eye-catching retro marquise. The most iconic attraction in town, this historic building is most certainly not to be missed.

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Sit down on the posh outdoor patio and stare at the SF skyline while you sip from an expertly-crafted Aperol Spritz from the cocktail list at Claremont Hotel & Spa. We hear that this iconic Fairmont resort is where Brad Pitt, Michelle Obama, and a slew of other tycoons stay for months at a time, unwind, eat, or just come to play! A major draw for these Alisters is the 32 treatment room spa. Nestled atop the foothills in Berkeley lays a white, century-old, majestic property, oyster bar, a café, three saline pools, and a few tennis courts.

Sprawling lush vegetation abounds, and the driveway is lined with elegant palm trees gently swaying in the wind.

Limewood Bar & Restaurant offers brunch daily (great after playing tennis!). A propitious menu boasts a plethora of healthy organic options, in true California style. The plating is meticulous (we really dig the ricotta beignets with lime curd for $13). It has a resort feel in an urban location.

The most stylish stay in town is a four-star Joie de Vivre luxurious property, aptly named Waterfront Hotel. Overlooking the East Bay harbour and a stone throw away from the bustle and coveted grub of Jack Union Square, the luxury boutique hotel also hosts an esteemed Italian restaurant, Lungomare. On site, there’s access to the ferry, contemporary nautical-themed rooms, and modern amenities. Rooms start at $270 CAD a night.

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For some serious chow

When it comes to cocktails, the city has as much of a rich history as San Francisco. After all, this is where a legendary tropical cocktail, the Mai Tai, was invented!

Oakland’s industrial hoods are crawling with high-end and soul food major players, award-winning chefs (such as the super trendy Reem’s, who specializes in Arabic flatbreads - its owner was just nominated for a James Beard Award), and under-the-radar dives.

Telegraph Avenue in Rockridge is chock-full of hip, low-key joints and cafés. A crowd favourite is Cholita Linda for its incredibly tasty Mexican fare and zingy sauces. Julie’s is an incredibly popular vegan brunch spot. A few blocks over on College Avenue, lies an esteemed address, A 16, the sequel of San Fran’s original outposts and one of the best mouth-watering spots to eat in the Bay area, which focuses on Southern Italian specialities and boasts a serious awardwinning wine list. Amongst the ultimate swoon-worthy dishes is a Naples-style funghi pizza with smoked caciocavallo and a perfectly airy, charred crust. Sit at the packed bar in the dining room, snack on some home-butchered and home-cured meats, or sip on a fine, hard-to-find Sicilian red.

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Brown Sugar Kitchen, “The Best of the East Bay” winner, is overseen by award-winning and Top Chef contestant Chef Tanya Holland. Critically acclaimed for her buttermilk fried chicken and cornmeal waffles, exceptional culinary skills, and her modern take on soul food, she’s also known for her involvement in the local community.

Head over to Swan’s Market on 9th Street for communal tables and a bustling vibe. Expect a lively atmosphere, thanks to a wine and cocktail bar, a ramen counter, a sausage grill, and several other meticulously-curated food purveyors.

AlaMar Kitchen & Bar may have hip-hop music blaring from the speakers, and the lights may be dim, but the dishes coming out of the kitchen don’t lie! Think creole-BBQ-glazed calamari, Cajun Crawl, etc. Representing African culinary talent at its best, Chef and Owner Nelson German serves unorthodox fiery cuisine “with a New York attitude.”

Indie shop paradise THE LIBRARY AT CLAREMONT HOTEL & SPA

After leaving the Claremont, saunter down College Ave. in Rockridge toward Temescal Alleys. It’s tucked between Telegraph Avenue and Clarke Street and lined with scrumptious gems such as a hipper-than-hip barbershop Curbside Creamery (the best in town), an art gallery, and the quirky Minds Eye Vintage, known for its impeccable selection of vintage clothing for men and women. At Preserved, we found all the kitchen equipment required to make kombucha gummies and a variety of rare Asian spices such as Shichimi Togarashi (a citrusy Japanese seven-spice blend).

Atomic Garden is one of Oakland’s most famous lifestyle stores. We fell head over heels for its selection of fragrant natural toiletries, stylish home accessories, and its modern-yet-rustic aesthetic. It’s meticulously curated, and, oh, rock-and-roll-royalty-related. Need we say more?

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Oakland is where outstanding fare, underground art, and brewed awakenings await. A destination in its entirety, Oakland stands out in the Bay Area. Hurry, while its prices still remain pleasantly affordable.

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AYAHUASCA RON SHORE IS A LEADING EXPERT IN BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL WESTERN MEDICINE AND THE PRACTICES OF SHAMANISM, EXPLORING HOW THE USE OF PSYCHEDELICS LIKE MUSHROOMS AND AYAHUASCA HAVE REAL CLINICAL SUCCESS WITH THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WHILE ALSO GUIDING PARTICIPANTS ON THE BEST PRACTICES FOR CONSUMPTION. IT’S A DIFFICULT DIVIDE TO CROSS, ONE THAT DIRECTLY PITS ANCIENT TRADITION WITH SCIENTIFIC ORTHODOXY, BUT SHORE’S GIFT IS IN BEING OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITIES WHILE APPROPRIATELY SKEPTICAL OF SHORTCUTS TO ENLIGHTENMENT.

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By Jason Gorber How did you come to study ayahuasca? I’m in the second year of a PhD at Queen’s University, where I’ve taught in the department of Kinesiology and Health Studies for about 12 years – a course called “Introduction to the Study of Drug and Alcohol Problems.”

I was brought in because I was considered an expert in the field; I’ve worked in community health and harm reduction for 23 years as part of that original cohort of the AIDS movement organizers.

What prompted you to get into that work?

I was a young anarchist doing community organizing in a rural commune during some meeting or other, and there was an older gentleman in his 50s named Roy Johnson.

He was the first needle exchange worker in Kingston and was deeply connected with

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aboriginal communities. He introduced me into that world.

Is it possible to overly glorify so-called non-traditional practices? For sure. Any time people are either cavalier or superficial in their approach to anything, it’s not going to bear a lot of fruit. A lot of it is just rediscovering our history and rediscovering what I would call archaic wisdom or ancient wisdom.

There’s a fetishization of the archaic, that it somehow should be free of criticism and/or testability. I was in conversation with someone, and she was kind of giving me a hard time, saying these are different worlds: one is rationalistic and scientific and the other’s [in] the realm of spirit, and never the two shall meet. We live in a multi-dimensional

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world. We have heart, we have mind, [so] we need a balance of things.

What ultimately drives your research into the power of these substances? I spent more than two decades working on drug-related issues, so it’s not a lot different than doing the early work around heroin use or cocaine. Now, we’re dealing with totally different psychedelic substances, which I would call medicine. I’m very supportive of the legalization of cannabis, but, at the same time, there’s not the cultural literacy in how to use it well. Anything can be a medicine or a poison. We need to understand the difference between drugs and medicines.

How do you delineate ‘medicine’ from ‘drug’?

Today’s clinical practice is certainly a medical pharmaceutical paradigm. We have very few proven treatments for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction. Success rates are between four and 12 percent for addiction; for PTSD, it’s eight to 16 percent. With psychedelics, you’re seeing treatment efficacy of 70 to 80 percent.

Impressive if repeatable. My interest in psychedelics is driven by a desire to heal some of these wounds, to bring people back into the fold, and to work more of a healing narrative instead of pathology. We live in a society that needs to heal and get reconnected with nature. It seems like a nice way to meet those two paths to me.

What specifically do you do to incorporate those notions of shamanism into what could be broadly described as a therapeutic session? The gap in the literature that I’m trying to fill is connect-

“WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT NEEDS TO HEAL & GET RECONNECTED WITH NATURE. IT SEEMS LIKE A NICE WAY TO MEET THOSE TWO PATHS TO ME. ” Ron Shore ed to science and spirit, bringing that cultural anthropology and shamanism. Science is showing us there’s some real benefits that we need to pay attention to, yet how do we make sure people use them with respect?

The possibility of a bad trip is real.

Do you see a challenge with those that simply will succumb to a romanticism of a non-rationalist alternative? Your line of questioning reminds me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the whole classical versus romantic thinking. We have a mind, we have a spirit, we have emotion, we have executive rationality. Psychedelics suppress that part of your brain that is responsible for autobiography, for rumination. You get better access to memory, to feelings, to interconnectivity, and [to] transpersonal connection with others.

What’s the biggest misunderstanding about what it is that you do? That we’re just encouraging people to have a trip. We have psychedelics because they make the internal part of the mind more externally accessible. So, that’s different than tuning out or dropping out, that’s more a matter of tuning in.

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