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Haven in the subway
Every time I’ve caught the subway lately I’ve notice this ad for Showcase’s new series called “Haven”. Apparently it’s “the story of Audrey’s entry into this seemingly normal town..based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid [...]
Urban Picnics
This might not be the most convenient way to trudge your picnic over to Toronto Island but meeting someone for a lunch during the work week with this urban picnic basket would be pretty amazing. The only thing I love [...]
160/90 is 100/100
As someone who is married to an in-house designer for a University, I know how challenging it can be to cut through all the red tape and do something really different. It’s possible and he does it everyday [...]
Wood scraps = awesome farm rebrand
Armin Vit sums this rebrand up pretty well (as always) on BrandNew but I thought this was worth an extra shoutout since it’s SO AWESOME. Designed by Ryan Rhodes out of Austin, TX, Ryan inked and stamped different wood blocks to get this crafted organic mark. [...]
Can you zoom in and enhance that lamp?
How great are these lamps from Guillaume Devigne out of Paris? They come in 3 resolutions translated [...]
LUX Letterpress SNEAK PEAK!
I may have strep throat, and one of the busiest work weeks to deal with at the same time, but the cards I just finished for LUX Beauty Boutique’s [...]
Moving is hard
Apologies for my sudden disappearance. We’ve been doing nothing but spackling and painting Chez Janky (aka. our new house) for the past month and as a result all my internet attention [...]
Never become a professional.
Came across this student handbook, “10 Penneth”, by Craig Oldham out of Manchester. It features 10 helpful tips for students that are unapologetic [...]
LUX Makeover In Progress
My great client LUX Beauty Boutique is in the process of moving and upgrading her store in Edmonton and we’ve been working together for the past couple of months [...]
Lunch Adventures: St. Lawrence Market
It was a sunny day so we went for fish sandwiches at the Market.
MTV has redeemed itself
These videos are fun and perfectly executed which is nice to see after MTV’s unexpectedly boring rebrand which took an endlessly permutable and [...]
Liberty Alley Adventure – Day 3
Everyday my workmates and I go for an Alley Adventure where we walk down one of the alleys in our neighborhood. I’m kicking myself that I didn’t have my camera when we saw the [...]
Now we’re cookin’ with gas-oline
I’m not going to lie. I haven’t found many inspiring things this week which is why I haven’t posted anything but I think that has more to do with my hefty workload at work and home [...]
SHOUTOUT: Esther Aarts
AMAZING! Love, love, love everything on this portfolio site. Especially the hand rendered type. I’m such a sucker for Hellenic Wide and rainbows! How have I never seen this before?
Concrete never smelled so good
Some beautiful examples of architecturally inspired fragrance bottles. The first bottles were designed by NY artist Anicka Yi and architect Maggie Peng and incorporate [...]
OM Sketchbook featured on FPO
The sketchbook/organizer I did for our holiday gift this year is being featured on FPO, design blog extraordinaire that focuses on print work. Now I get to put a little starburst on it that says “Featured on FPO”….
Olympic Fever
Everytime the Olympics come around complain and whine about how terrible they are and what a waste of money bla bla bla and then when they start I get sucked [...]
Another awesome HP ad…
…this time by Lab Partners. In their description of the work it’s hard to tell whether it was made and photographed or whether it’s all digital. Either way, it’s nice (bonus points for [...]
Central Park in your living room
This is an awesome installation piece done by LTL Architects for the offices of The Open Planning Project (topp) in New York. It’s a wall sized grid of New York made of wood that double [...]
Billboard Spaceships
I would proudly hang a 60″ print of this in my living room. Beautifully abstract photos of billboards shot at night from below. Also really loving the Gas Pumps series. [...]
More = Better
I’m not sure where to start with this. The content of the site is one thing. I’ll let you work your way through it yourself. Don’t miss out on the portrait gallery or recipe index. I’m going to try the apple pie this weekend [...]
Alex Varanese is pretty awesome
“Adulthood begins with the startling realization that our personality has been formed by a decade or two of arbitrary circumstances without so much as our written consent—much less input…”