Royal Bison Art & Craft Fair
November 27, 2008
Behold! A sneak peak into the wares that Dana and I will be selling at the Royal Bison Art & Craft Fair this weekend. Info for the event is shown below, come out to show some community/indie spirit and get your Christmas shopping started.
Royal Bison Art & Craft Fair
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Sirius.ca, Discover Again
November 25, 2008
I love the feeling evoked by the new Sirus.ca 'Discover Again' ad campaign. The campaign, developed by BBDO Toronto and Proximity Canada, features a slowly, building music track and, for me at least, does a great job of capturing the joy of discovering something new.
...and perhaps more important, in this case, I dig the ...more
How to Make Mistakes on Purpose
November 24, 2008
This past weekend, I was fortunate to participate in Laurie Rosenwald's How to Make Mistakes on Purpose Workshop at the Banff Centre. I've sworn an oath to the artistic Mafia, not to reveal any of the workshop secrets, but you can check out Laurie's article in Communication Arts to learn more about it.
Whether discovering happy accidents ...more
20 Bees Wine
November 21, 2008
I was telling Amanda this morning about how I just seem to love any packaging that contains bees. She agreed and then told me about a wine that she had tasted when travelling across Canada last year with Dana. 20 Bees winery is located near the little town of Virgil, Ontario, ...more
Your world in pictures
November 19, 2008
Google is hosting (and has made searchable) millions of images from the LIFE magazine archive. The collection is a still frame documentary of over 250 years, from civil war portraits to Muhammad Ali, and rare gems like Disney artists mugging for the camera. more
Work is play
November 18, 2008
I've long touted that Work = Fun, so it was a treat to trip across this poster set from English designer Anthony Burill. If positive propaganda is your thing, you can find them for sale at a wee online shoppe called Concrete Hermit.
Being nice to people is always good too. more
Target library campaign
November 17, 2008
We recently worked on an event for Target and the Salvation Army. Target is spending something like 2 million across the US to refurbish libraries. A great and valuable idea in this digital age. This particular event is a dedication day for a library in NYC.
We created over 20 different ...more
Parking Garage Typography
November 13, 2008
This way-finding-system was created by Axel Peemoeller for Eureka Tower Carpark in Melbourne, and it has won several international design awards. Just goes to show that brilliant ideas can exist in the most unexpected places!
via: swiss miss more
you thought new coke was bad…
November 10, 2008
There's been plenty of commotion surrounding the new Pepsi redesign by Arnell Group. The updated logo and packaging has a lot of designers up in arms. You can check out some of the design community reaction over at Brand New or The Dieline or from a whole slew of other sites ...more
What’s happening at the box office
November 7, 2008
Take a look back at the past year at the movie box office. This colourful chart is the work of Zach Beane. Very beautiful! more
