Design: Arc’teryx
Client:
Date: 2012
Premium brand Arc’teryx has been doing something interesting for the past three years…creating 700 tough and technical poncho jackets to give away. Developed to support the needs of Harbour Light and the Harvest Project, the jackets are distributed to folks who need stay warm and dry during Vancouver’s wet winter.
Learn more here.
Via our friends at Vancouver Is Awesome.
1 comment February 2nd, 2012
Design: Sarah Peebles
Client: The Tree Museum in Gravenhurst ON
Date: 2011
“Aesthetically compelling, immersive and informative, Audio Bee Booths intersect habitat interpretation, bio-art, sound-installation and sculpture. They allow the public to view and listen to native bees.”
Add comment February 2nd, 2012
Design: Rob Cruickshank
Client: Music Works
Date: 2011
1 comment February 2nd, 2012
Design: Gary Taxali
Client: Royal Canadian Mint
Date: 2012
“Toronto contemporary visual artist and award-winning illustrator Gary Taxali has collaborated with the Royal Canadian Mint to create a series of six celebratory coins to feature in its 2012 gift sets, covering the themes of Birthday, Wedding, Tooth Fairy, New Baby, O Canada and Holiday (which will be released later this year). The Taxali-designed coins are a departure from the Mint’s usual coin designs, with a edgy, vintage yet contemporary style. The words “25 Cents,” “2012” and “Canada” are depicted on the coins in Taxali’s font called Chumply. This is the first time the Mint has allowed an artist to change the typography on coins”.
Peter Giffen
Add comment January 20th, 2012
Design: Rita with Francis Rollin and Amandine Guillard
Client: Reford Gardens
Date: 2008
Part of the Reford Gardens International Garden Festival, Rita took on reforestation with ‘pine tree air fresheners’ dropped into a natural setting.
1 comment January 19th, 2012
Design:
Client: MLSE
Date: 2012
Canadian Forces inspired tribute jerseys.
3 comments January 15th, 2012
Design: Alex Henderson
Client: Henderson Dry Goods
Date: 2011
1 comment December 22nd, 2011
Design: Cristina Covello
Client: The Good Work Co.
Date: 2011
A set of ornaments, constructed out of tins cans by a social design project in Vancouver called The Good Work Co. and designer Cristina Covello. The project works to make socially responsible products by repurposing waste materials. Doing good with the resources we have…great project!
1 comment December 16th, 2011
Design: Robert Oldrich
Client: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB.
Date: 1970s
Photo: Allan Collier Collection
Add comment December 16th, 2011
Design: James Dou, Stewart Aitchison, and Rakesh Nayyar
Client: Toronto’s University Health Network
Date: 2011
Another fantastic idea that will radically improve conditions in the developing world. The portable HIV monitor will make it easier, faster and cheaper to track the progression of HIV in patients living in the developing world and to target areas most in need for medical support. This design uses a computer chip to analyze samples, requires no lab or doctor, provides immediate results and can be used for maintenance in past patients. Another example of design solving wicked problems.
Add comment December 14th, 2011
Design: Mélanie Kimmett
Client: BC Ferries
Date: 2010
Add comment December 7th, 2011
