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Our Ultimate Father’s Day Gift Guide

Make His Day.

Trust us, your Dad doesn’t need another pair of socks.

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Food and Drink

Antica Macelleria Cecchini

Rare Breed.

Dario Cecchini is a rockstar in the food world, his Tuscan butcher shop and restaurant a place of pilgrimage for serious carnivores. But behind all the bravado—and the blasts of AC/DC—is a man who cares deeply about respecting the meat we eat.

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Design

Hermès Canada President and CEO Jennifer Carter

In Dreams.

Opening Hermès Vancouver in the Burrard Building has been a decades-long passion project for CEO Jennifer Carter and, as the finishing touches are put on the new flagship store, she tells us why it’s been well worth the wait.

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Design

Bang & Olufsen

Sound Effect.

In a small town in Denmark, Canadian Geoff Martin spends his days making sure anything you listen to through Bang & Olufsen speakers hits the sweetest spot of sound.

Robert Davidson

Arts

Robert Davidson

Unmuted.

Considered one of the country’s most important contemporary artists, Robert Davidson has spent his life reclaiming his Haida heritage and evolving the language of Northwest Coast art. In the process, the Order of Canada recipient found his own voice.

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Style

Ever New

Dress up.

The Australian brand’s focus on feminine, easy-to-wear dresses is driving its international success.

WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY

Arts

Movie Director Madeleine Olnek

Women In Love.

‘Wild Nights With Emily’ rips apart the myth of Emily Dickinson as a neurotic recluse.

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Shift Lever Knob Cuff Links

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.

From the Mercedes-Benz Collection comes a pair of stainless steel and acetate 300 SL Shift Lever Knob cufflinks.

Shokunin

Design

Japan Handmade

The Art of ‘I to We.’

This weekend, four Japanese master craftsmen have come to Vancouver to discuss the concept of “I to We” through a public lecture and workshops series at Inform Interiors.

Chuck 70 Pride High Top

Style

Pride Shoes

Sole statement.

This Pride month, let your feet do the talking.

Juliette Binoche

Arts

Claire Denis

Trouble Every Day.

A retrospective of one of the most vital directors in contemporary cinema at The Cinematheque.

Karice Electron Wall Sconce

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Karice Electron Wall Sconce

A little illumination.

Out of Surrey, custom lighting and metalwork manufacturer Karice produces this innovative fixture highlighting the path of the electron around the nucleus of an atom.

Dino Egg at Atelier

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“Atelier: The Cookbook”

Gastro technique.

Considered one of Canada’s most creative chefs, Marc Lepine brings his fine-dining skills into the home with Atelier: The Cookbook.

Attems 2018 Ramato Rosé

Food and Drink

Attems Estate Vineyard

Magical Italian white wines.

A 913-year-old Friuli jewel is cut and polished and going strong.

Book by Acton Ostry Architects

Design

AOA25

Designing futures.

Vancouver’s Acton Ostry Architects mark 25 years in business with a book detailing their past projects, with profits directed to help educate the architects of the future.

Beauty

Digital Detox Beauty Products

Offline Time.

A digital detox is just what it sounds like: breaking free from electronic devices for a period of time. It’s an opportunity to reduce stress and focus not only on the world around us, but on personal self-care and reconnection. And a great place to start is the beauty cabinet.

Transportation

Koenigsegg Jesko

Baby Can I Drive Your Car?

The world’s first 300 mph megacar makes a pit stop in Vancouver.