UBC AtoM

In 2004, Coupland produced a series of paper nests, inspired by those that wasps create. To make these nests, Coupland hand-chewed pages from two of his novels. The series contains samples of this paper in various stages of being pulped.

Artist’s proofs

RBSC-ARC-1643-157
File
[ca. 2010]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Flattened Cheese Tic-Bit cracker box

RBSC-ARC-1643-175-13
File
[200?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Communist badge mounted on styrofoam

RBSC-ARC-1643-175-49
File
[200?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Canoe Landing Park and Terry Fox Memorial ground-breaking

RBSC-ARC-1643-176-09
File
2009

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Texaco letters template

RBSC-ARC-1643-177-01
File
[200?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Canone Landing Park colour choices

RBSC-ARC-1643-177-05
File
2008

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Heavy Industries manufacturing proposal

RBSC-ARC-1643-177-06
File
2008

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Digital art designs

RBSC-ARC-1643-177-10
File
[200?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

1970s grey gym shorts inquiry

RBSC-ARC-1643-178-06
File
[ca. 2011]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Paint Finishes for Orca

RBSC-ARC-1643-178-13
File
[ca. 2010]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Tile with calligraphy

RBSC-ARC-1643-180-05
File
[200?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Canadian Firefighters Memorial call for credentials

RBSC-ARC-1643-180-15
File
2010

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Contains a printout of the callout and submission requirements from the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation (CFFF) invitng professional Canadian artists and Canadian architects/designers to submit proposals, January 2010. Four pages.

Infinite Tire public art proposal and biography

RBSC-ARC-1643-180-16
File
2010

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Digital Orca finanical breakdown

RBSC-ARC-1643-180-35
File
[2010]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

An interview with Douglas Coupland and Emily Carr

RBSC-ARC-1643-181-05
File
2010

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival material

RBSC-ARC-1643-181-08
File
2010

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Calligraphy slogans on instant grits box and book cover

RBSC-ARC-1643-181-29
File
[200?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Starburst engineering plans

RBSC-ARC-1643-181-32
File
September, 2008

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Conservation questionnaire and other information about Sworn to Fun, Loyal to None

RBSC-ARC-1643-183-30
File
[2011?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Contains a rough draft copy of a series of forms for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Coupland's 2011 painting, Sworn to Fun, Loyal to None, including a conservation questionnaire, a non-exclusive license agreement, an object questionnaire, and an (incomplete) artist biography questionnaire.

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects regional honour award certificate

RBSC-ARC-1643-183-32
File
February 2012

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Certificate of Regional Honour conferred upon PLANT Architect Inc. and Douglas Coupland for the outstanding achievement in the profession of landscape architecture for the Canadian Firefighters Memorial, February 2012.

Images of Electric Canadian Landscapes

RBSC-ARC-1643-184-01
File
[ca. 2010]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Calligraphy on loose leaf paper

RBSC-ARC-1643-184-31
File
[200?]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

Maquette of public sculpture outside the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, ON

RBSC-ARC-1643-184-37
File
2011

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

This file contains maquette for Coupland's sculpture installation at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Toronto, ON. The piece is Coupland's representation of Peter Croydon's 1957 group portrait of the Painter's Eleven.

Hornet's nest covered with rhinestones

RBSC-ARC-1643-184-38
File
[ca. 2004]

Part of Douglas Coupland fonds

This file contains a bejeweled hornet's nest sculpture. The piece likely relates to Coupland's other nest sculptures made out of the paper of his own books and royalties cash.

Painting and colour schematics for G7 painting series