NUVO Magazine

11/12/2024

Introducing our latest edition of NUVO, Issue 103. On the cover is Canadian actor Scott Speedman, wearing a winter look from Hermès.

As the snow starts to fall and the holiday season approaches, we invite you to celebrate another season of exceptional stories.

An introduction to the new edition of NUVO, from editor Claudia Cusano.

11/12/2024

Clad in diamond-shaped tiles and narrow horizontal windows, this east end home in Toronto adds modern edge to a leafy, historic neighbourhood.

Clad in diamond-shaped tiles and narrow horizontal windows, Neville Park House adds modern edge to a leafy, historic neighbourhood.

11/11/2024

Are we pulling back to physical media? While the digital transformation of creative industries has increased access to art, the experience of it is somewhat diffused, and there persists a communal yearning for touchable culture.

Before writing an obituary for print or lamenting the loss of Blockbuster, look first to the resurrectionists and archivists around the globe making space for physical media.

Before lamenting the loss of Blockbuster, look first to the resurrectionists and archivists around the globe making space for physical media.

11/08/2024

Designed by New York design firm Grzywinski+Pons, Locke at East Side Gallery is home to a coworking space, a café, restaurant, and wine bar.

11/08/2024

What makes Slowburn unique is the surprising coziness of its location—an operating denim factory. On weekdays during the day, Blackhorse Lane Ateliers, London’s only craft jeans maker, uses the factory space to design and sew its pieces.

But on Friday night, the transition into an eatery begins with tables being shuffled into the space for the weekend rush.

Discover Slowburn's veg-forward sustainable menu, along with it's unusual shared working location in East London.

11/07/2024

Poplar Grove, the Naramata Bench winery whose award-winning wines have helped put the Okanagan Valley on the map, is once again proving itself a step ahead with the release of its inaugural Library Collection.

Inspired by proprietor Tony Holler’s own adventures in wine collecting, as well as a stirring visit to the Rhône Valley’s legendary Château de Beaucastel, the collection is the first of its kind in the Okanagan and one Holler thinks can help push the region forward.

Limited amounts of the Naramata Bench winery’s three flagship wines from the 2014 vintage will be available for purchase alongside their previously released counterparts.

11/07/2024

Here, we explore the fascination with Canada’s forgotten agricultural heritage: the Montreal melon, a once-famous fruit with an enigmatic history.

What happened to Quebec's most famous fruit?

11/07/2024

While many brands employ the antioxidant benefits of grapes, Dior’s L’Or de Vie skin-care line harnesses the power of noble rot, the natural occurrence of Botrytis cinerea, which affects wine grapes at the legendary Château d’Yquem.

Dior’s L’Or de Vie skin-care line harnesses the power of noble rot, which affects wine grapes at the legendary Château d’Yquem.

11/05/2024

If you’re old enough, you probably remember the curious phenomenon known as “the lunch break.”

I, for one, look back on this relic of work history with much nostalgia. When I think about the days when one-hour, out-of-office meals were considered normal, I think about being 19, working a summer job as a receptionist at a developer’s office on Vancouver’s waterfront, writes Tara Henley.

If you’re old enough, you probably remember the curious phenomenon known as “the lunch break.”

11/05/2024

Renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erickson designed projects such as the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia and Robson Square, that have remained important beacons for Vancouverites.

But until now, few knew about the 1965 home he designed for a musician in the affluent MacKenzie Heights neighbourhood.

The home built by Erickson was commissioned by Nicholas Metal, who was seeking a space with excellent acoustics for his baby grand piano.

11/03/2024

An Ontario winery gaining national and international attention is the result of its owners’ perseverance where others might have given up.

Leaning Post Wines, in Niagara Peninsula’s Lincoln Lakeshore subappellation, is consistently ranked among Niagara’s best wineries, and its small-lot wines are gaining high scores at home and abroad.

Leaning Post Wines is consistently ranked among Niagara’s best wineries, and its small-lot wines are gaining high scores at home and abroad.

11/03/2024

When does good design become a distinctive style? According to Fred Thornton Hollingsworth, good design never becomes a style because good design is all about planning a solution to an individual problem.

Fred Hollingsworth is a Canadian architect who was instrumental in the West Coast Modern style.

11/02/2024

While sailing on the turquoise waters near Miami, Florida in 1927, Harvey Firestone—founder of Firestone Tire—spotted a beachfront property that evoked a scene F. Scott Fitzgerald himself couldn’t have imagined better.

While sailing on the turquoise waters near Miami, Florida in 1927, Harvey Firestone—founder of Firestone Tire—spotted a beachfront property that evoked a scene F. Scott Fitzgerald himself couldn’t have imagined better. A place for parties, social strata, and, when needed, repose.

11/01/2024

Just five years since its first release, Phantom Creek Estates is setting the bar for the Okanagan Valley’s wine industry.

Phantom Creek Estates in Oliver, British Columbia, has established itself as one of the most estimable wineries in the Okanagan Valley.

11/01/2024

After years of living in a classic Victorian weatherboard house, a Melbourne family found their beloved heritage home bursting at the seams.

With children in their teen years, and the alignment of the home making for dark and cramped living areas, the couple wanted to reorient the interiors for more abundant and daylit space while also adding influences from their diverse roots.

YSG Studio introduces colour, pattern, and a cache of delightful tilework to a home renovation in Melbourne.

10/31/2024

Today, we take a look back on our time with actor David Harbour, who is anything but strange.

David Harbour acts within worlds of darkness. In that realm, unflinching and impenetrable, the "Stranger Things" actor has found his unlikely niche.

10/31/2024

What is your favourite movie soundtrack? Music, of course, is an important supporting character to any film: it sets mood, helps articulate story, and highlights nuance.

Particularly in scary movies, soundtrack and score also serve to build tension and dread, turning up the audience’s emotions and making those scares even more visceral.

Particularly in scary movies, soundtrack and score build tension and dread, turning up the audience’s emotions.