Press Release originally published on EIN Presswire, October 26, 2026.
EcoLuxLuv Communications & Marketing Inc. has published Volume 4, Issue 15 of Portfolio.YVR Business & Entrepreneurs Magazine, a Design Special Edition that follows IDS Vancouver and carries the momentum of the show into the months ahead. The digital issue brings together architects, interior designers, stagers, photographers, and artists from across the province, giving each a permanent, searchable feature that keeps their work in front of clients and collaborators long after the show floor has been packed away.
Shama Gupta of the AEON Group leads the edition. After co-founding Aeon Stone & Tile with Amit Thale in 2009, she helped grow the company into a group that now includes Aeon Habitat and Poliform Vancouver, and this October the partners introduced Poltrona Frau to the city. Her feature draws on more than four decades of entrepreneurship that began in India in 1982 and carried on through technology supplies, consulting, and natural stone exports before reaching the West Coast.
Višnja (Vish) Pavicic-Kaltenbrunner, founder of V² Design Studio, appears on the cover. A former researcher with a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology, she worked in Vienna, Chicago, and London before turning to luxury interiors, and her studio now applies a philosophy she calls The Science of Design to residential, commercial, and hospitality projects.
The issue’s full-length features span the province’s design economy. Meme Brooks traces her path from construction sites to Meme Brooks Design, an award-winning design, build, and staging firm with a team of nine. Architectural photographer Ema Peter of Ema Peter Photography, a former Magnum Photos intern and Architizer A+ Award recipient, describes how she built an international studio from Vancouver. Registered architect Tina Dhillon of Studio DO Architecture and Interiors introduces Club Les Carrés, her digital platform for Hermès scarf collectors. Elle Hunter reflects on 17 years leading ellement re:design and training new stagers through her STARS program, and Ann Squires Ferguson represents Vancouver Island with Western Design+Build, whose all-female team has since merged with her second studio, Design District.
Shorter QuickTake and SnapShot profiles round out the edition. Artist Natalia Vetrova of N.V. Studio shares her Special Mention for Painting at the IX Biennale di Chianciano alongside her mural and portrait commissions. Mike Freedman and Jennifer-Lee Gunson mark the approach of their 100th episode of HAVAN‘s Measure Twice, Cut Once podcast, and Michelle Raymond of Raymond Realty unveils Elevated Experiences, which debuted this summer in support of Dress for Success Vancouver. Art consultant Natalie Myles of Natalie Myles Art Consulting presents panova, her new concept gallery in West Point Grey, and Janie Hungerford of Hungerford Interior Design closes the issue.
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Helen Siwak created the edition to extend the reach of the province’s design community past a single week on the trade show calendar. In her view, one annual event cannot carry a full year of business development, and as search engines and AI tools increasingly shape how clients, partners, and investors discover talent, the creatives who build a lasting digital presence will be the ones who reach new markets throughout the year.
ABOUT PORTFOLIO.YVR BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURS MAGAZINE
Portfolio.YVR remains advertising and distraction free, with every feature giving its subject the space to tell their story in their own voice rather than through a traditional business profile. That editorial model is paired with a full-service, post-publishing distribution strategy, including curated newsletters, social media amplification, replica site placements, digital repurposing, and paid international press releases, extending every feature well beyond the digital newsstand. That combination is why founders and entrepreneurs across British Columbia continue to choose Portfolio.YVR for full-service marketing support alongside their business profile.
ABOUT ECOLUXLUV COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING INC.
EcoLuxLuv Communications & Marketing Inc. is a Vancouver-based independent media and publishing company founded by Helen Siwak. The firm specializes in editorial development, brand storytelling, media brokering, digital distribution strategy, and hybrid digital magazine production. Through its flagship titles, Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine and Portfolio.YVR Business & Entrepreneurs Magazine, ELL Comms delivers narrative-driven content to engaged audiences across Canada and international markets, surpassing 6.5 million combined reads since January 2025.
ELL Comms operates a media brokering division connecting brands and publishers with strategic placement opportunities across print and digital platforms, including a national content partnership with Retail-Insider.com. Both flagship titles licence content to news agencies in Korea and Asia, extending their reach across international markets while maintaining a refined West Coast editorial voice.
The company is committed to elevating independent publishers and entrepreneurs, building long-term media partnerships, and democratizing access to professional publishing infrastructure across Canada and beyond.
Portfolio.YVR Vol. 4, Issue 15 is available now on portfolioyvr.com, with the Flip by Issue feature offering full digital access to every profile.
