Rapp Writing
Design: Shilo Rapp
Client: Rapp
Date: 2010
Add comment January 27th, 2012
Miscellaneous
Passe-moi un sapin Rita Installation
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
Camouflage Jerseys
Design:
Client: MLSE
Date: 2012
Canadian Forces inspired tribute jerseys.
3 comments January 15th, 2012
Christmas Ornaments
Design: Alex Henderson
Client: Henderson Dry Goods
Date: 2011
1 comment December 22nd, 2011
Angel Ornaments and Tree Topper
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
Glenbow Museum Façade
Design: Robert Oldrich
Client: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB.
Date: 1970s
Photo: Allan Collier Collection
Add comment December 16th, 2011
Portable HIV Monitor
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
Vancouver Olympic Ferry Graphics
Design: Mélanie Kimmett
Client: BC Ferries
Date: 2010
Add comment December 7th, 2011
Lucky Iron Fish
Design: Christopher Charles
Client: University of Guelph, The International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, and the Canadian Institute of Health Research
Date: 2011
Starting with a challenging problem…a medical issue deep in the jungle where 60 per cent of Cambodian women face premature labour, hemorrhaging during childbirth and poor brain development among their babies all due to simple anemia, or a lack of iron. The solution was pretty obvious, throw a piece of iron into a cooking pot, but how would this be done?
“We knew some random piece of ugly metal wouldn’t work . . . so we had to come up with an attractive idea, it became a challenge in social marketing. The research team tried a small circle of iron. The women wouldn’t use it. They crafted iron shaped like a lotus flower. The women didn’t like that either. But when Charles’ team came up with a piece of iron shaped like a local river fish believed to be lucky…bingo. Women were happy to place it in their cooking pots and in the months that followed, the iron levels in the village climbed. We designed it about 3″ long, small enough to be stirred easily but large enough to provide up to about 75 per cent of the daily iron requirement,” said Charles. They found a local scrap metal worker who could make them for $1.50 each, and so far they have been reusing the fish roughly three years. The iron fish is incredibly powerful.”
3 comments December 2nd, 2011
Sharx Safety Whistle
Design: OHM Industrial Designers
Client: Fox 40
Date: 2011
The new FOX 40 heard for kilometers, is the loudest whistle made an ideal feature for something designed to get you noticed in a tough spot. The innovative design has no pea and two sound chambers and four resonators, it works in both wet and dry conditions, is made from tough polycarbonate (co-molded with an elastomer grib so the whole thing is one piece) and will always work with a simple blow.
“The whistle is incredible. I highly recommend covering your ears when you blow it. The first time I used it my ears rang for several minutes from the intense sound. The sound is also easily localizeable, meaning you instantly know what direction it is coming from. In search and rescue operations this feature is crucial”
P. Gilwit, M.D. ON
Add comment November 29th, 2011
Beta 5 Topographic Chocolate Bar
Design: Odin Cappello, Design & Mischief
Client: Beta 5 Chocolates
Date: 2011
2 comments November 28th, 2011
