While Louise Thibeault was working at her parents’ hardware store, she realized that beauty and design were sorely lacking in the world of faucets. Together with her husband, Jacques, she decided to change that. From this vision, BARIL was born. In 1986, the world was brimming with creativity. Jean-Michel Basquiat burst onto the international art scene, symbolizing the rise of urban art to prominence. In Paris, Christo wrapped the Pont Neuf and redefined the art scene with his monumental installations. Graffiti made its way into galleries, breaking with convention and asserting a new, raw, vibrant visual language. In cinema, David Lynch’s *Blue Velvet* unsettles audiences with its dark poetry, while Oliver Stone’s *Platoon* shakes people’s consciences with its raw portrayal of Vietnam, and *Top Gun* propels pop culture to new heights. In music, *Master of Puppets* propels Metallica to become a pillar of thrash metal, while Madonna reigns over the global pop scene with *True Blue*. On the opera stage, the “Three Tenors” command a vocal power and international aura that herald a new era. In Quebec, the excitement is just as palpable. Denys Arcand’s *The Decline of the American Emp