Sajo and The Beaver People by Grey Owl
Design:
Client: Grey Owl and Charles Scribner’s Sons
Date: 1971
Add comment January 31st, 2012
Book/Magazine
Toronto Poetry Vendors Vending Machine
Design: Elisabeth De Mariaffi and Carey Toane
Client: Toronto Poetry Vendors
Date: 2010
This lovely project popped up in Toronto a couple of years ago and we only became aware of it now. The re-purposed vending machine concept reminds me of another project we at the CDR hold near and dear which also serves up exclusive pocket-sized pieces of art.
From the creators:
Toronto Poetry Vendors is a mechanical poetry journal which operates out of refurbished gum vending machines. Produced twice yearly, issues consist of 10 single, hand-folded broadsides by 10 Toronto-based poets, which can be purchased from the machines for a toonie.
-Via
4 comments January 30th, 2012
The Modern Eye exhibit catalog
Design: Michael Erdmann and Motherbrand
Client: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Production: Hemlock Printers Ltd.
Date: 2011
In addition to conveying a lot of information in a small amount of space (the 120 page catalog features more than 200 Canadian designs, over 70 designer bios and two curatorial essays), The Modern Eye catalog succeeds at conveying the tone of this era in Canadian design without resorting to flat-out mimicry. The design makes prominent use of Carl Dair/Rod McDonald’s Cartier Book typeface and a classic modernist grid structure, while the airy, full-bleed layouts, floating page numbers and unique cover treatment aim for a more contemporary feel.
”The Modern Eye curator, Allan Collier was interested in developing an eye logo for the cover, but this felt a bit too on-the-nose (and too corporate). Instead, we developed an eye graphic (with a tiny maple leaf ‘glint’) that could be laser cut into the solid red cover. All of the cover text is applied as a gloss coating, so what grabs your attention is the eye.“
- Michael Erdmann
The Modern Eye catalog is available for purchase from The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria or online at abcartbookscanada.com
1 comment December 16th, 2011
Cupid & Psyche
Design: Bonne Zabolotney
Client:
Date: 1998
A set of three books dealing with visual and literary adaptations of Cupid & Psyche.
Add comment November 9th, 2011
Art & Design Montreal Magazine
Design:
Client: Art & Design Montreal
Date: 2010
1 comment November 7th, 2011
Nolin Promotional Book
Design: Nolin BBDO Montreal
Client:
Date: 2010
Add comment November 4th, 2011
OCW Magazines 5.3/#1
Design:
Client: OCW Arts & Publishing Foundation
Date: 2010
Add comment October 25th, 2011
The Native Trees of Canada
Design: Leanne Shapton
Client: Drawn & Quarterly
Date: 2010
Shapton takes the otherwise complex objects of trees and strips them down into stark, almost abstract shapes and colors. She distills each subject into its simplest form, using vivid colors in lush gouache paint. Her passion is evident in each painting: the waterbirch is represented as two pulsating red bulbs contrasted against a grey backdrop; the eastern white pine is represented by a close up of its leaves against a radiant summer sky.
Add comment October 24th, 2011
Magazine for CWOF
Design: Taxi
Client: Canada’s Walk of Fame
Date: 2011
Add comment October 21st, 2011
Half Blood Blues Cover
Design:
Client: Serpent’s Tail and Esi Edugyan
Date: 2011
Add comment October 8th, 2011
