Design: Chris Milk
Client: Arcade Fire/Google Chrome
Date: 2010
Wow.
Maybe I’m just homesick, but this blew me away. Get Google Chrome and check this out. Do it. Now.
- Hannah Wise
Add comment August 30th, 2010
Design: George Norris
Client: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Planetarium / Vancouver Centennial Museum
Date: 1967
Photo: Chimay Bleue
A lovely, enigmatic stainless steel giant crab provides a dramatic entry point to the Museum of Vancouver (formally known as the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Planetarium ). It is hard to figure out the actual thinking behind this installation, but the supplied content from the gallery states that the crab is the Squamish people’s mythical harbour protector, giving the work a localized tone and reference.
Via our friends at Ouno Design.
2 comments August 26th, 2010
Design: Jan Poynter
Client: BC Hydro
Date: 2008
Add comment August 18th, 2010
Design: Myfanwy MacLeod
Client: Vancouver’s Olympic Village
Date: 2010
Photo: Karin Bubas
“My work for the Olympic Village tries to infuse the ordinary and commonplace sparrow with a touch of the ridiculous and the sublime. Locating this artwork in an urban plaza not only highlights what has become the ‘natural’ environment of the sparrow, it also reinforces the ‘small’ problem of introducing a foreign species and the subsequent havoc wreaked upon our ecosystems.”
- Myfanwy MacLeod
Add comment August 16th, 2010
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Client: Toronto Transit Commission
Date:
Design is everywhere we go, but sometimes it needs to be revealed so that we can really appreciate it. I always walked past these TTC Floor markings, and treated them as poor interior design choices until last year when I found out who they were created for. These simple strips, with their 2 types of ridges (inside and edge) and high contrast colours assist people with visibility issues to use the transit. This simple, accessible design opens up a world of commuting and city events to everyone.
-Todd Falkowsky
Add comment August 5th, 2010
Design: Ian Grais, Chris Staples and Jeff Harrison
Agency: Rethink Communications
Client: Victoria Bug Zoo
Date: 2009
Add comment August 1st, 2010
Design: Banksy
Client:
Date: 2009
Via our friends at the Torontoist.
Add comment July 25th, 2010
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Client: SkyTrain Trans Link Vancouver
Date: 2010
Add comment July 25th, 2010
Design: Dan Bergeron
Client: Fauxreel, Toronto
Date: 2009
“I shot portraits of 600 girls and staff at Havergal College in Toronto, focusing on their eyes. The idea to create a tree out of the images came about from a short brainstorm session with students in the art club. They were interested in ideas of representing the school population as a whole and giving a nod to where the school is physically located – amongst a beautifully landscaped tree filled acreage. As much of my work deals with inclusion and I like breaking down ideas to their simplest form, the idea to create a tree using the girls eyes seemed to make complete sense and satisfied everyone’s various interests in the project”.
Via our friends at Unurth and Fauxreel.
Add comment July 21st, 2010
Design:
Client:
Date: 2010
I am not sure when watermelons got so small (GMO’s anyone?), but someone along the line figured out that lugging a huge basketball sized melon might not be as appealing as popping a shot-put sized one in your bag. Regardless of its history, I was definitely drawn in by this sign at my neighbourhood grocer, branding this lovely summer treat as a “personal watermelon”…like a personal pizza – just for me!
-Hannah Wise
3 comments July 8th, 2010
Design: OMD Canada
Client: Wrigley’s Canada
Date: 2009
Add comment June 10th, 2010
