AMSTERDAM, CHICAGO, MONTRÉAL, PARIS et TORONTO – Essais, critiques et interviews sur l’art visuel, le design graphique et les médias de l’architecture et des smart cities – surtout en anglais.
Longform essay – English
2026 (coming soon)
Self-published
The Story of Shelter
MONTREAL – Publication design and longform essay that explores how Canadian architecture media shape our views on housing—who designs it, who gets it, and who doesn’t. Edited by Emily Keeler. Self-published in Montreal (soon).
Photo by Jeff Bierk, Derrick’s Home, 2020.
Exhibition review – English
Summer 2025
Vertical Urbanism
The Summer of Skyscrapers
CHICAGO – Exhibition review of Skyscrapers by the Roots: Reflections on Late Modernism at Musée d’art contemporain in Montreal, curated by François LeTourneux. Edited by Daniel Safarik for VERTICAL URBANISM in Chicago, the flagship magazine of the Council on Vertical Urbanism.
Photo by Lynne Cohen, International Square, OACI, 1977.
Visual essay – English
2024
Volume no. 65
Don’t Try This At Home
AMSTERDAM – Collage and essay on what we learned about the Canadian home, housing, and journalism from Sidewalk Labs’ smart city scandal in Toronto. Edited by María Mazzanti for VOLUME magazine no. 65. Published by STICHTING ARCHIS in Amsterdam and NIEUWE INSTITUUT in Rotterdam.
Cover design by Irma Boom Office.
Essay – English
2020
The Big Picture
A Solo Space for All to See
MONTREAL – Photography direction and essay on the happiness industry and its surveillant nature in pandemic homes. For the THE BIG PICTURE quarterly and its series When a Pandemic Goes Viral. Edited by Emily Gribbin for NEW CITIES FOUNDATION in Montreal.
Photo by Fred Ross for TORONTO STAR, 1970.
Sélection
Interview – English
2020
Design Dedication
2020
Design Dedication
These Are Still The Times
AMSTERDAM – Interview with Pratt Institute professor Chris Lee on economic crises and their effects on graphic design and education. For the print book DESIGN DEDICATION. Published by SANDBERG INSTITUUT and VALIZ BOOKS in Amsterdam.
Essay – English
2019
Failed Architecture
2019
Failed Architecture
AMSTERDAM – Collage and essay on how Sidewalk Labs’ public relations came to dominate journalism when it tried—and failed—to sell Toronto on a smart city. For the digital magazine FAILED ARCHITECTURE. Edited by Joshua McWhirter. Published by FA FOUNDATION in Amsterdam.
Film Review – English
2019
C Magazine
2019
C Magazine
TORONTO – Film review of Design Canada as a neo-colonial film wrapped in happy tunes, modern design, and architecture. Edited by Chris Lee and Ali S. Qadeer for C MAGAZINE no. 141. Published by C THE VISUAL ARTS FOUNDATION in Toronto.
Interview – English
2018
Articles
2018
Articles
A Conversation with Michèle Champagne
MONTREAL – Interviewed by Joana Joachim about Michèle Champagne’s 2018 research residency at Artexte, which focused the the happiness industry’s lexicon and the alternatives offered by art and architecture. For the blog ARTICLES. Published by ARTEXTE in Montreal.
MONTREAL – Interviewed by Joana Joachim about Michèle Champagne’s 2018 research residency at Artexte, which focused the the happiness industry’s lexicon and the alternatives offered by art and architecture. For the blog ARTICLES. Published by ARTEXTE in Montreal.
Échange – Français
2018
Back Office
2018
Back Office
Apprendre de LUST
PARIS – Un échange épistolaire avec Greg J. Smith à la suite de la dissolution du studio de design néerlandais LUST et LUSTlab à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas. Édité par Anthony Masure pour la revue BACK OFFICE no. 2. Publiée par Éditions B42, Paris.
PARIS – Un échange épistolaire avec Greg J. Smith à la suite de la dissolution du studio de design néerlandais LUST et LUSTlab à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas. Édité par Anthony Masure pour la revue BACK OFFICE no. 2. Publiée par Éditions B42, Paris.
Handwriting in an Era of Glitter Text Generators
MINNEAPOLIS – Photography direction and essay about human handwriting and how it thrives in an era of machine aesthetics. Edited by Paul Schmelzer for the WALKER ART READER and with photography by Norman Wong. Published by Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS – Photography direction and essay about human handwriting and how it thrives in an era of machine aesthetics. Edited by Paul Schmelzer for the WALKER ART READER and with photography by Norman Wong. Published by Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis.
Transcript – English
2013
Volume
2013
Volume
Criticism as a Fun Mechanism
AMSTERDAM – Transcript of an American Institute of Graphic Arts conference on design and architecture criticism as a fun mechanism for learning and growing. Edited by Brendan Cormier for VOLUME magazine no 36: Let’s Get Critical. Published by STICHTING ARCHIS in Amsterdam.
AMSTERDAM – Transcript of an American Institute of Graphic Arts conference on design and architecture criticism as a fun mechanism for learning and growing. Edited by Brendan Cormier for VOLUME magazine no 36: Let’s Get Critical. Published by STICHTING ARCHIS in Amsterdam.
New City Myths
AMSTERDAM – Essay and visual audit of the visual mythologies presented by new private towns in London, India, Portugal, as well as “smart” cities like New Songdo in South Korea. Edited by Brendan Cormier for VOLUME magazine no. 34: City in a Box. Published by STICHTING ARCHIS in Amsterdam.
AMSTERDAM – Essay and visual audit of the visual mythologies presented by new private towns in London, India, Portugal, as well as “smart” cities like New Songdo in South Korea. Edited by Brendan Cormier for VOLUME magazine no. 34: City in a Box. Published by STICHTING ARCHIS in Amsterdam.