“[Montreal is] not just known as a city
of designers, but for the strength of our
cultural sector—cinema, theater, music.
We are a city of creativity.”
—MARIE-CLAUDE PARENTEAU-LEBEUF, APDIQ
1. The one kilometer-long
(0.62 mile) linear installation,
“ 18 shades of gay,” is suspended
above the pedestrian axis
of Sainte-Catherine Street East
in Montreal.
(Image: Jean-François Savaria)
2. Detroit’s industrial backdrop
provides an ideal setting
for the city’s Design Summit.
(Image: Keenan Hastings)
3. A building in Detroit’s
Milwaukee Junction
neighborhood is adorned
by a nine-story painting,
commonly known as
the “Illuminated Mural.”
(Image: Platform)
4. Six principal colors, each
in three distinct hues, combine
across 180,000 recycled plastic
balls in the “ 18 shades of gay”
installation.
(Image: Raphaël Thibodeau)
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