{"id":538,"date":"2013-04-17T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=538"},"modified":"2013-04-24T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T16:44:31","slug":"spacing-edmonton-launch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/04\/17\/spacing-edmonton-launch-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Edmonton launch party photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 4th, <a href=\"http:\/\/thecommon.ca\" target=\"_blank\">The Common<\/a> hosted a capacity crowd of urbanists, planners, architects, and inquisitive Edmontonians to celebrate the launch of the first\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spacing<\/a> franchise in the prairie provinces, based in Edmonton. \u00a0Partners <a href=\"http:\/\/progressunlimited.ca\/\">Progress Unlimited<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/madeinedmonton.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">M.A.D.E. in Edmonton<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonnextgen.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton NextGen<\/a>\u00a0helped bring the event together, while support from <a href=\"http:\/\/urbansystems.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Systems<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/designdialog.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Dialog<\/a>\u00a0provided the wine and tasty Common catering.<\/p>\n<p>Following some words from Spacing founder, publisher, and creative director <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/matthew-blacketts-biography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Blackett<\/a>, Edmonton editor <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/author\/paulgiang\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Giang<\/a>\u00a0took to the microphone to introduce <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/adambentley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Bentley<\/a>&#8216;s short film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JMuypJBFZgI\" target=\"_blank\">iCUP<\/a>\u00a0which explores new public washrooms in the Old Strathcona neighbourhood of Edmonton. \u00a0Adam also designed a full set of <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/04\/04\/spacing-edmontons-lrt-pins-and-magnets-now-arriving-on-all-tracks\/\" target=\"_blank\">magnets and pins<\/a>\u00a0based on each LRT stop in the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-76.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-549\" alt=\"spacing-76\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-76-600x400.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-76-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-76-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-76-940x626.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thomasculture\" target=\"_blank\">DJ Thomas Scott<\/a> provided a brilliant soundtrack, and thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/northstreetcreative.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Street Creative<\/a> and their <a href=\"http:\/\/socialpulp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Social Pulp<\/a>\u00a0digital media app, we were treated to a dynamic mosaic of local imagery- a collection of user submitted photos of their favorite Edmonton spaces, as well as a live feed from Twitter and Instagram posts tagged #spacingyeg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-5-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-545\" alt=\"spacing-5-2\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-5-2-600x399.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-5-2-600x399.jpg 600w, 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href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spacing-39\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-39-600x400.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-47.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spacing-47\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-47-600x400.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spacing-21\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/spacing-21-600x400.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, 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