MARKOCONNELLSTUDIO: RECIPES

A Nourishing Midwinter Bowl: Mark’s Cabbage & Fennel Soup Fennel is one of those ancient plants that wandered calmly through human history, quietly improving things as it went. Native to the Mediterranean, it was treasured by the ancient Greeks and Romans not just as food, but as medicine, symbol, and superstition. The Greeks associated fennel with victory and knowledge; Roman soldiers ate it for strength, while Roman cooks used every part of the plant: bulb, stalk, leaf, and seed, toRead more

Arc’teryx & the Luxury of Disruption: Sustainable Drivers of a Fashionable Brand. Conference Presentation, In Pursuit of Luxury Conference, May 26-27, 2022, Milan, Italy

Arc’teryx & the Luxury of Disruption: Sustainable Drivers of a Fashionable Brand. Conference Presentation, In Pursuit of Luxury Conference, May 26-27, 2022, Milan, Italy Abstract In Canada we struggle to recognize homegrown fashion talent, and our benchmarks for identifying quality work are based on imported luxury brands. Paradoxically, however, where we are most successful is when we are at our most Canadian. The Arc’teryx label for example. This brand that grew from a passion for rock climbing, and whose gear subsequently expandedRead more