Say Cheese, Kitchen! 

What do you enjoy doing in your kitchen? Eating, cooking, drinking or maybe just avoiding it all together. Dutch photographer and engineer, Erik Klein Wolterink, has created a series of kitchen portraits. We’re getting hungry just looking at it!

Craving more culinary fun? Shop our kitchen goodies, here. 

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Sneak Peek of our Spring Campaign 

Enjoy some behind-the-scene snaps from our spring campaign photoshoot shot by Steven Beckly with assistance from Aaron Wynia.

We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been up to! 

DIY Thursday: Scalloped Photo Background

As much as we love the faux bookcase or blurry cloud backdrops from elementary school photos, we could use a change. Graduate to this DIY project. It’s a charming and contemporary idea for wall decoration for your next party. Say cheese! Full directions, here.

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Last minute gift shopping again? We totally get it. To help you curate the perfect gift, our own, Joanne Cheung, has created beautiful collections of our curiosities. Stay tuned, we’ll be sharing more next week.

These goodies are perfect for the person in your life who makes everything a little more colourful. Take home all the products below:

1. Rabbit Foot Keychain, $8
2. Shared History Speckle Sock, $8
3. Build Your Own Robot Kit, $24
4. Risograph Calendar, $18
5. Rainbow Flag Ornament, $12
6. Popsicle Thermometer, $32
7. Chocolate Chai Latte, $14
8. Rainbow Ashtray, $15
9. Perpetual Block Calendar, $20

Art Fridays: Csilla Klenyánszki

The whimsical photographs of Csilla Klenyánszki inspire us to look everyday objects in new light.

Art Fridays- Sylvain Dumais

Montreal’s Sylvain Dumais’ ongoing photographic series called “My Body is a Temple” uses everyday junk food items to create Tibetan mandalas. It reminds us of Aurel Schmidt’s work! 

Cool Class: Shop now!

 The Drake General Store gives you an A+ in shop class!  Head back to school in style with the our top fall picks, from Canadian-designed Shared knapsacks to hangover tea, we have you covered from grade school to frosh week. Shop our whole collection, here.

Our Cool Class campaign was shot by our very own Steven Beckly.

At the Same Time - Launch Party Tonight

Feel like doing something awesome tonight? Our very own Steven Beckly is showing his photography in “AT THE SAME TIME.” The exhibit highlights the personal romantic relationships of six artists in the LGBT community from three different parts of the world. For more information, check out the Facebook event, here. See you there!

AT THE SAME TIME
Opening reception August 10th
34 Isabella Street.

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A Love Letter to NYC by Ryan McGinley + Sigur Rós

This hypnotizing, playful and beautiful music video for Varúð by Ryan McGinley makes us fall even more in love with the Big Apple. From downtown to uptown, the band’s haunting vocals and the bird’s eye view of the street give a slow and tranquil peek into the city that never sleeps. Enjoy!

Art Fridays: Jung Lee

South Korean artist, Jung Lee’s pieces makes us feel whimsical and romantic. She’s a very talented photographer who works mainly on light-based installations. The contrast of the sentimental statements with the bleak nature is giving us chills! Her photos are also reminding us of our purple neon cross.