Ever since the emergence of instant messaging, the letters DND have become one of the most recognizable acronyms in everyday life. But let’s not forget when the term Do Not Disturb was more commonly seen on doorknobs than on your friends’ MSN Messenger status. Apparently, the creator of the Do Not Disturb website has not only kept these signs in mind, but has also dedicated a website to it. That’s right, the DND Collector has gathered Do Not Disturb signs from hotel doors, cruise ship cabins and even adhesive labels from airline companies to showcase on his site.

As our Torontonian readers might very well know, last Saturday was Toronto’s fourth annual Nuit Blanche festival. Although there were numerous ‘art’ (and I do use the term art quite loosely) exhibitions throughout the downtown core, there were only maybe a handful that we really revered and showed appreciation for. Don’t get me wrong, it was in fact a fun night for the city and I do admire the notion behind the whole event, but the majority of the exhibitions just didn’t impress us all that much. But there were impressive displays nonetheless, and one that really caught our attention happened to not even be part of the Nuit Blanche exhibition. I was initially informed of this through our friend Rowley who owns one of our favourite stores Rolo in Yorkville. They were kind enough to offer the entrance of their store to Cube Works – a group of designers and Rubik’s cube-ists who create iconic images out of Rubik’s cubes.

I’d like to introduce to you Florentijn Hofman. A Dutch artist who is known for his intriguing and interactive installations in public spaces. You will notice from his work that he is not your average gallery exhibitor. Playing with scale is a theme for this artist. “The bigger the object, the smaller the world. It makes us all family,” he notes. He likes to take things to the extremes and really draw a crowd. Quite frankly, it would seem that the world is a huge playground in which he can choose just about any spot or material to display his installations.

A couple of months ago, we showcased some wall decals based on some popular 80’s themes. This time, we would like to show you some more modern wall decals from Mae and Chocovenyl.