Design Vancouver city is abuzz this weekend as IDSVancouver opens at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This year's theme is Surface and Depth, referring to how our built environment and products look — aesthetics, but also, how design impacts how we innovate, feel and interact with one another. The 2018 fair invites visitors to engage, celebrate and investigate the notion of design, featuring a collection of various exhibits and installations sure to make one's heart skip a beat.  With local and international speakers featuring architect, Michael Ford and Karim Rashid to even some youth programming, this year's show has a little something for everyone.

This recipe is adapted from our friend and former contributor, Jeannette Ordas of Everybody Likes Sandwiches' Crunchy Maple Granola recipe which she made for one of her posts here on Poppytalk several years back.  We were craving some granola recently, and rather than pick up something conventional from our local grocers which is usually packed with all processed sugars and preservatives, I remembered Jeannette's recipes and thought I could adapt with some organic gluten free oats and switch things up a bit.  That's what I love about granola, it's a perfect recipe for customizing yourself, and for this one I just switched up for other items I had at home, like hemp seed instead of sesame seeds, coconut sugar instead of brown sugar, etc.  The result is a rather delicious addition to a bowl of yogurt, or as a meal or snack on it's own with coconut milk.

It is well established that a kitchen nowadays is no longer just a place to cook and eat, it is so much more meaningful in terms of its functionality and its integration within a home. This kitchen by Cuisines Steam, a Montreal kitchen design and manufacturing company, sits in a newly constructed single family dwelling in Montreal.

Verglass | Photo @francisamiand via @maisonetobjet

Love this time of year, there's so much going on and we're being pulled in so many directions!  A few faves from Maison et Objet in Paris; This year's show is inspiring, with beautiful muted tones and lots of art deco influences it seems.  Let's take a look!

It's been a few years since we wrote about Anne Carnevale's work Carnevale Clay, so after a few double-takes on her Instagram feed; we thought it's about time for a revisit. Her sculpture-like pieces speak to us on so many levels. The colours, shapes and forms; all so simple, yet elegant in a raw, primitive way; we're imagining the Mug Aquatic (above) set, sitting on our shelf as we speak (loving all the clay coloured hues).  Coincidentally, if you're in the Chicago area, her ceramics will be at the Renegade Craft Fair there all weekend, September 8 + 9/18. Click below to see more!

We're excited to announce starting this fall we are opening a new door here at Poppytalk, well, a new blog series actually, featuring a more holistic approach to health and wellness, and more specifically, Functional Nutrition when it comes to the food component of the blog.

I'm also excited to announce, to bring more credibility to this series, and in hopes of helping others alongside myself and family, I am currently studying for my Functional Nutrition Certified Practioner certificate. Functional Nutrition? After much research, I have come to the realization that Functional Medicine and Nutrition is truly the future when it comes to optimal health.  There is so much you can test these days from Vitamin D deficiencies to hormones, and with Functional Medicine and Nutrition at the forefront of this, I love the idea of being able to know exactly why or what is the root cause of chronic issues, as well as, how to obtain optimal health goals. By utilizing nutrition, supplementation and bio-hacking (eg; like important information on how to sleep well), and the knowledge also that everyone is different, I believe a customized strategy towards optimal health is so important.

As mentioned in our previous post, IKEA is launching two new collections this fall, and the second collection is the SJÄLVSTÄNDIG Collection. Another limited-edition, SJÄLVSTÄNDIG, which translates to ‘independent’ was originally inspired by “hacking” and DIY movements, and with that in mind, the products have been designed with the intention of users making them their own.

The result is a collection with a bold expression, colorful aesthetics and a building-block quality, unlike anything IKEA has done before. Let's take a look!

Welcome back! After a nice summer break, we are excited to be back, kicking off the autumn with a new collection that's just being dropped from the folks at IKEA. The Swedish retailer is launching two new collections for October 2018, and we have a double-whammy sneak peek coming your way. First off  let's take a look at LUSTIGT, a whole new collection of toys for an expanded age range.

Last night we got a preview of a very special new home designed by our friends at Vancouver Interior Design firm Falken Reynolds Interiors in collaboration with boutique builder Moosehead Contracting and Randy Bens Architect.

Lovingly known as the 'St. George', this high-end modern designed house is located just 3 blocks from Main Street here in Vancouver, a location which was recently named one of the coolest streets in North America. Yet as busy and popular as Main Street can be, we found the location (3636 St. George Street), to be rather surprisingly tranquil and serene, making for a perfect oasis to come home to. Let's take a look!