Vancouver Special http://vanspecial.com Vancouver Special offers a carefully curated range of contemporary furniture, sofas, design objects, household accessories, and art and architecture books. 3612 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V5V3N5, Canada. Phone 604-568-3673 Sat, 12 May 2012 20:31:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 NORMANN COPENHAGEN http://vanspecial.com/normann-copenhagen/ http://vanspecial.com/normann-copenhagen/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 05:08:23 +0000 vancouver special http://vanspecial.com/?p=3691

]]> http://vanspecial.com/normann-copenhagen/feed/ 0 NEW CARDS BY MK http://vanspecial.com/new-cards-by-mk/ http://vanspecial.com/new-cards-by-mk/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 03:40:06 +0000 vancouver special http://vanspecial.com/?p=3668 We have new mothers and fathers day cards by melanie kwan. Printed on goregous paper with handmade envelopes. Made with love for someone you love. xo

]]> http://vanspecial.com/new-cards-by-mk/feed/ 0 EXPANSION/RENOVATION http://vanspecial.com/expansionrenovation/ http://vanspecial.com/expansionrenovation/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 00:54:31 +0000 vancouver special http://vanspecial.com/?p=3652 Please excuse the noise and appearance of the store over the next couple of weeks, as we are EXPANDING! We have taken over the space next door, are cutting out the wall and in June will offer you a bigger, better Vancouver Special! More furniture, new products, and twice the space! Can’t wait for you to see what we have in store…

]]> http://vanspecial.com/expansionrenovation/feed/ 0 PARTY PHOTOS http://vanspecial.com/party-photos/ http://vanspecial.com/party-photos/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:49:17 +0000 vancouver special http://vanspecial.com/?p=3624 Vancouver Special hosted the first UBC AHVA Alumni Event on Wednesday night. Alumni from the department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory gathered for a special evening with guest speaker Ian Wallace. Thank you all who attended, it was great to see so many friendly faces and meet lots of new ones too. See you at the next one!

]]> http://vanspecial.com/party-photos/feed/ 0 NEW VS SHIRTS http://vanspecial.com/new-vs-shirts/ http://vanspecial.com/new-vs-shirts/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:50:20 +0000 vancouver special http://vanspecial.com/?p=3492 We now have a limited number of new Vancouver Special t-shirts for sale at the store! The original type-effect was designed by our friend, the talented filmmaker/musician/east-LA Vancouver transplant Aaron Beckum. Printed on ultra-soft 50/50 American Apparel black shirts. $28 each. Get one before they’re gone!

]]> http://vanspecial.com/new-vs-shirts/feed/ 0 UBC Architecture Lecture Series http://vanspecial.com/ubc-architecture-lecture-series/ http://vanspecial.com/ubc-architecture-lecture-series/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:14:20 +0000 vancouver special http://vanspecial.com/?p=3483 There are some excellent architecture lectures coming up this spring… most exciting is the return of Bjarke Ingels to Vancouver, which is not to be missed! Check out the Danish wunderkind’s work at his website: www.big.dk !

 

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]]> http://vanspecial.com/boxing-week-sale-2/feed/ 0 HOLIDAY CARDS BY MK http://vanspecial.com/holiday-cards-by-mk/ http://vanspecial.com/holiday-cards-by-mk/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:17:47 +0000 vancouver special http://vanspecial.com/?p=3426 We have some beautiful new holiday cards designed excusively for us by the very talented Melanie Kwan.

Printed on 140lb. cold press watercolour paper, hand-cut and hand-folded. There are 2 designs (Well actually 3 because we added the text “have a very cozy christmas” to the one with the houses), they are packaged individually with craft envelopes for $5 each.

Send one to someone you love.

xo VS

]]> http://vanspecial.com/holiday-cards-by-mk/feed/ 0 BEST OF VANCOUVER http://vanspecial.com/best-of-vancouver/ http://vanspecial.com/best-of-vancouver/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:38:32 +0000 vancouver special http://www.vanspecial.com/?p=2591 We are pleased to announce we have been recognized in three categories in the 2011 Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver issue! We won 3rd place for best furniture store (independent), best specialty furniture store, and best wedding registry! Thanks so much to all our amazing customers who voted for us and for your loyal support. You’ve made us proud!

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]]> http://vanspecial.com/best-of-vancouver/feed/ 0 PARTY FOR ARCHITECTS PHOTOS http://vanspecial.com/party-for-architects-photos/ http://vanspecial.com/party-for-architects-photos/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:10:07 +0000 vancouver special http://www.vanspecial.com/?p=2564 Photos from the Party for Architects on August 25th are now up on the P4A facebook page. Thanks everyone who came out for the event. Also thank you to Juan Castaneda for your continued photographic services and to Omer Arbel for speaking. Next one  is coming up in November!

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