Azure celebrates anniversary with whimsical stop-motion video

Azure, the design magazine, is celebrating 25 years of publication with its March/April issue and, in honour of the occasion has posted a whimsical YouTube video called "25 ways to read Azure". The stop-motion video was shot by emerging photographers Alex vs Alex in Toronto's historic Burroughes Building.

The anniversary issue features 25 front-runners the magazine considers are creating the future of design.

"Since we founded the magazine in 1985," says editor Nelda Rodger in a release, "we've seen the awareness of design and architecture grow from almost insignificant to fundamental. This independent magazine - which we have often considered a lab, a place to experiment - has become something of an institution. Azure has launched careers, marked milestones, created buzz and brought awareness to the issues of the times."