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Among the guests at HAVAN’s Home Design + Reno Show—on April 20 at VanDusen Botanical Garden—is the mother-daughter home-design team of Julia and Aiyana O’Dwyer of BroenHaus. The duo will be among the builders, renovators and designers giving out advice and taking part in 30-minute one-on-one consultations.
“The advantage of working with a mother-daughter design team is that our brains work very similarly,” Julia says. “Each one of us individually is already very good at remembering all the things. Together, we tend to not miss anything.”
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Adds daughter Aiyana: “Most design partnerships are with people who are similarly aged and have similar backgrounds. Having two generations and having different outlooks, even in the way we consume design content, means we bring different perspectives to the table.”
Along with consultations, the show offers panel discussions on the latest trends, including adaptive homes, kitchen design, multiplex legislation, and B.C.’s Energy Step Codes. Admission is $10 per person, with proceeds going to Cityreach Care Society.
Exploring the links between humanity and technology
Ksawery Kirklewski, better known as Ksawery Komputery, has gained international acclaim for his pioneering work in the realm of sculptures that combine the physical and digital worlds.
The Centre of International Contemporary Art Vancouver—CICA Vancouver—showcases his work in RRGGBB, including interactive installations and generative art, light and sound that explore the relationship between humanity and technology. Ksawery Komputery’s recent work includes a tubular light installation that runs by code and is synchronized to a spatial sound score; a typographic video with text by Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein set to music by London producer Max Cooper; and a digital/analog mirror programmed to read and print the camera signal on a display made up of mechanical digits.
RRGGBB will be at CICA Vancouver until April 20.
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