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How I Lived In Sweden vs. How I live In Rome

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on October 25, 2016October 24, 2016

Travel the world. If that was the one advice I could give to anyone, it…

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Light It Up đź’ˇ

  • by June
  • Posted on October 14, 2016January 3, 2026

  While at work, I realised I became ‘exceptionally’ accustomed to multitasking: using two screens, running multiple software,…

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Guide To Purposeful Wandering

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on October 4, 2016July 28, 2017

There are days when I am stuck in my school studio, listening to my professor…

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Tis the season to Read

  • by June
  • Posted on September 30, 2016July 21, 2017

Temperature is slowly dropping and leaves are changing colours. Yes, it is now officially fall,…

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“La Dolce Vita” – Student Version

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on September 20, 2016September 20, 2016

It has officially been 2 weeks since I’ve arrived to Rome- to read more about…

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The Art Of Social Gatherings

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on August 30, 2016July 21, 2017

Previously on “The Art Of People Watching“, we identified that, one, we all do it,…

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Grab Your Popcorn

  • by June
  • Posted on August 26, 2016January 3, 2026

TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) is just around the corner! Now, I’m not a fan…

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3 Design Strategies I Learned From Losing a Global Domination Boardgame

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on August 18, 2016September 12, 2017

I could have ruled the world. Alas, I lost. So I want to help YOU…

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Being A Tourist In My Own City – Doors Open Toronto

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on June 27, 2016January 3, 2026

Recently I’ve realized I take my city for granted because I forget that people from…

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Home Staging 101: exclusive insights from Julie O, Lux Furniture Rentals

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 23, 2016January 3, 2026

I am old-school when it comes to creating relationships…I believe in face to face meetings,…

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Modern Day Survival Of the Fittest

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on June 20, 2016January 3, 2026

I was crossing the street and just as I stepped off the curb, a car…

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Can Architecture Become More Open To Bigger Public?

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 20, 2016January 3, 2026

We architects constantly discuss the importance of promoting our profession to general public; what we…

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Interior Designer Turned Quirky Jewellery Crafter – Ania Trica

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on May 27, 2016January 3, 2026

Thinking of famous polymaths, I always wondered how someone could know and do so much…

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Architect’s Guide To Working On (Mostly Reducing) A Construction Budget

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on May 24, 2016January 3, 2026

Often, when someone realizes I am an architect, their first reaction is to immediately ask…

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The Ace (AKA The Tree) In The Hole

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on May 21, 2016January 3, 2026

Previously featured is Studio Jonah’s residential project, Herman Avenue. If you haven’t read it yet,…

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Year Of Design In Review : Geometry, Fabrication and Colours, Oh My!

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on May 9, 2016January 3, 2026

Four months into the New Year, I’d like to reflect on last year’s interior design…

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Designing For The Ambiguous: Everyone & Anything

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on May 4, 2016January 3, 2026

What is the meaning of design if not to cater to a specific client? But…

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A Safe Street? With A View?

  • by Crystal Yung
  • Posted on May 2, 2016January 3, 2026

My father recently gotten into an accident and I have been visiting him at Sunnybrook…

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How to be a designer X 3?

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 16, 2015January 3, 2026

It is always exciting to meet designers….any designers! I find ALL designers understand and think…

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Can you think like a developer?

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on April 30, 2015July 21, 2017

It was a question posed by a client who bought a rental property, and wanted…

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