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Eric Nay

Eric Nay is an architect, designer, artist and a professor at OCAD University. His blog, Made in Canada, profiles examples of Canadian design innovation, including sustainable buildings and design, craft practices and innovative businesses across the country.

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Knives, forks, and spoons made from a biodegradable starch-polyester material.
Plastic is the scourge of our post-industrial age. So much waste has accumulated that we could­ – and should – have foreseen. Plastic is the scourge of our post-industrial age. So much...
Pumpkins after Halloween by Mk2010.
"There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” Charlie Brown "There are three things I have learned never to discuss...
SaskPower Boundary Dam GS
To quote John Goodman’s character (Hound) from the film Transformers: Age of Extinction, "That’s a bad idea — but I’m all about bad ideas." To quote John Goodman’s character (Hound) from...
Newfoundland root cellar
To be brutally honest, I actually don’t believe in sustainability at all. I confess! The trend currently identified as “sustainability” would simply be called using common sense if either of...
reclaimed barnboard toronto
The mountain pine beetle has arrived in western Canada in what Canadian Geographic has described as “a slow-moving tsunami,” and Canada’s boreal forest is at risk of potential obliteration if...
Abeego wraps
Summer is sadly drawing to a close and visions of leftover potato salad and backyard BBQs are fading away into the distant past – much like the toothsome memories of...
2014 Arctic Adaptations Venice Biennale Exhibit
How can contemporary design adapt to the unique physical climatic conditions, tectonic traditions and rich local cultures of Canada’s Arctic? And how can the fragile threads of indigenous knowledge and...
monfortecheeses
Sustainable design is often narrowly construed as only the environmentally conscious design of objects. Broader considerations for what design can be should also embrace services, experiences and even behaviors. But...
Abenaki-style birchbark canoe made by Tom Byers.
Like the beaver, maple syrup, politeness and hockey, the canoe has sadly descended from valued cultural icon to pure kitsch for those who peddle Canadiana kitsch. So it was refreshing...
Up Drop (Aurora Robson), a 9-foot-tall sculpture made from plastic debris.
Up Drop (Aurora Robson, 2010) is a 9-foot-tall suspended sculpturemade from plastic debris (PET) intercepted from the waste stream. Up Drop (Aurora Robson, 2010) is a 9-foot-tall suspended sculpturemade from plastic debris...