Designlines issue launch

The spring issue of Azure's digest spinoff magazine Designlines will be launched on Thursday March 9, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Kiosk, 99 Jarvis Street, Toronto. Designlines features designers and design outlets with its bi-annual Toronto and annual Montreal editions. It claims 30,000 readers.

The new editor of Designlines is Catherine Osborne, former managing editor for a time of The Walrus and before that editor of the free circ art magazine Lola.

"The city is constantly transforming," said Osborne. "I want to reflect that in Designlines, so we''ve kept a close eye on the changes. Ossington Avenue, for instance, used to be down-and-out, but start-up restaurants and bars are revitalizing the street. We asked local writer Lisa Rundle to report on it for our Scene feature." (Rundle is also a former Walrusite and runs the books section over at rabble.ca.)