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Vancouver Design Week Wants to Know Your Favourite ‘Design Landmarks’

The third annual Vancouver Design Week is still a while away (May 7-13) but organisers are asking Vancouverites for your input in advance. They want you to use this simple voting system to pick your favourite space/place around the city, be it a building you see on your daily commute; a piece of public art that has some special meaning to you; a restaurant that makes you feel at home; or what have you — just so long as you consider it a ‘Design Landmark’.

Voting ends on April 26th, which gives you plenty of time to think about the places you find most intriguing. We suggest convincing your friends to vote too, because the places that receive the most nominations will be included in a series of designer-led tours taking place during the VDW’s weekend calendar. Get on it ASAP here.

Niwa Heads to Hazelmere Farm for a Mid-Summer Feast, July 25th

The crew at Niwa and Hazelmere Farm have been pals for years, so it was probably only a matter of time before somebody had the good sense to set up a table. On July 25, Chef Darren Gee cooks dinner at the source, with Naty King's fields helping decide what's on the menu.

A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.