Time and time again when we present websites and online projects to clients we are met with blank stares and questions when we begin talking about the more technical aspects of what we do. From these questions we have developed a few exampl [...]
Posted by: Tyler Wilman on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
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I was recently asked to be a presenter at PechaKucha Toronto. Of course it was an honour and, telling myself that these sort of challenges lead to discovery and reward, I happily agreed. As the day grew near I started to fret—OK, I was [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Categories: Articles, Events, Inspiration, Learning | 1 Comment »
The ligature: music to your eyes or an outdated typographic nuisance?
Posted by: Dana Deschene on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Categories: Design, Fun, Industrial Brand, Learning, Pop Culture, Technology, Typography, Uncategorized, We love | 2 Comments »
An edited version of the following article was published on DesignEdgeCanada.com on June 7, 2011: Walking into the Interlink Conference felt a bit like witnessing two worlds collide. Half the audience was the hardcore designer set, with th [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
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The following article was published on DesignEdgeCanada.com on June 2, 2011: Web design veteran Shawn Johnston was frustrated by a lack of local forums for progressive conversation and collaboration aimed at propelling the web from a new i [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
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An overview of An Event Apart, the design conference for people who make websites.
Posted by: Sylvia Rigakis on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Categories: Design, Education, Events, Inspiration, Interaction, Interactive, Learning, Social Media, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
Move beyond the RFP to evaluate and hire the best design firm I have responded to numerous Requests For Proposals (RFPs) in the two decades I have been managing a design studio, and we have developed a point of view that makes some business [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, April 8th, 2011
Categories: Articles, Industrial Brand, Learning, Tips | 1 Comment »
Have you ever hung out with people who all belong to a different professional circle than you and they crack ‘industry specific’ jokes? You can feel clueless and a total ‘div head’ (English slang for a rather slow st [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Friday, April 1st, 2011
Categories: Education, Industrial Brand, Learning | 3 Comments »
Our firm is entering its 15th year, and despite being frequently hailed as successful design industry veterans, my partner Ben and I often feel like we have much to learn—both personally and professionally—hence our recently joining The [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
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Over the years as a design director, design association executive, and design instructor, I’ve been asked by innumerable potential students about the merits or shortcomings of the various local design schools. It seemed time to put these [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, October 15th, 2010
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For the past three and a half months I have been an intern at Industrial Brand, and what a journey it has been. I have learnt a lot about the business of design and every step in between from how to write an RFP response to preparing produc [...]
Posted by: Nikole Japuncic on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Categories: Industrial Brand, Inspiration, Learning, News | 2 Comments »
Our very own Matt SamyciaWood was featured in a recent issue of Business in Vancouver with his article A Home Business is Still a Business. Addressing some of the more common mistakes with branding a business, Matt shares insights into how [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
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I believe there is always room for every person to grow, personally and professionally. But as an Art Director (and father of a two year old) my ‘spare’ time for a conference is very limited. I have been in this industry for 15 years an [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Categories: Associations, Awards, Design, Education, Events, Learning, Vancouver | 1 Comment »
Big news in the web world as Typekit was launched last week. For those of you who missed news of the launch, it serves to bridge the copyright issues associated with the CSS3 Property @font-face (hotly debated issue among foundries and deve [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
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We are getting close to adding the one millionth word to the English language. And that word is more than likely going to be, wait for it “Noob”. See definitions at wiktionary.org and Urban Dictionary. “The widespread popu [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Categories: Learning, Trends | 1 Comment »
Bill Buxton is so cool. He’s Canadian, a massively talented designer, and arguably the world authority on interaction and usability design. What’s not to like? Oh, Buxton does work at Microsoft as their Principal Researcher, but [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
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Friend of the studio and occasional collaborator Jer Thorp is putting on some Processing Workshops in Vancouver. I’ve had an intro into Processing from Jer while I was in school and enjoyed it, though sadly haven’t spent much ti [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 6th, 2009
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You’ve gone to school and learned about proper design theory. You can identify fonts from a mile away, know your analogous from your complimentary colours and even your dreams line up to a grid. Now you’ve turned to the web but [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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Wandering a friend’s blog I discovered this great site in London. ‘Together for London’ is a website in the UK whose message is ‘A little thought from each of us. A big difference for everyone’. The site is an [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Categories: Inspiration, Learning, Trends, Uncategorized, Websites | No Comments »
The BC Chapter of GDC has been selected among a select few organizations to receive the 2008 Capilano University President’s Service Awards as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. GDC/BC was honoured for its continued support an [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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My day started today by finding out that I had accidentally saved a crop of a website design yesterday. In the perfect storm of backup redundancies not working (including the most important one – my brain) I was left with one of two opti [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Categories: Design, Learning, Software | 1 Comment »
October 14th may be the most discussed election date in recent memory; individuals’ voices—and votes—have never mattered more. Perfectthewayweare.ca, an online resource website and video, was created by a group of young Canadians who [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Monday, October 6th, 2008
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During the research and planning phase of an upcoming GDC event—Practivism: Practical methods for radical sustainability in design—I came across Alyssa Walker’s article Conventional Wisdom: Eight Ways to Save Design Conferences. I [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
Categories: Associations, Design, Events, Learning, Sustainability, Vancouver | No Comments »
Work on the web? Then you’re (hopefully) familiar with A List Apart. (if not, shame on you!) Last year they ran their first survey for Web Professionals (results located here) and it’s back this year. Go take a whopping 10-15 mi [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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Today I am in San Francisco at the PSFK Conference, billed as a day of trends, inspiration and creativity. So far I am enjoying the content and discussions so much that I am going to avoid trying to frantically keep up with notes, Twitter a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Categories: Events, Inspiration, Learning, Trends | No Comments »
For years, British graffiti / guerrilla artist has operated in anonymity. With “art” like spreading doctored versions of Paris Hilton’s album in UK music stores, erecting a life size sculpture of a Guantanamo Bay Prisoner [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, July 14th, 2008
Categories: Learning, News, Pop Culture | No Comments »
We’ve been inundated with messages about how we suck at Photoshop so I was glad to finally find some nice Photoshop Tutorials. But with so many tutorials and so little time in the day, one tip in a 10 minute video simply doesn’t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, July 7th, 2008
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What do Nigeria, Algeria, Isreal, India, Brazil, and Russia have in common?
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, May 30th, 2008
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If I was asked who Stefan Sagmeister was a week ago, I could’ve given a handful of knee-jerk descriptions; he’s a designer, he’s provocative, he’s influential. I could’ve said many things to describe the icon h [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Categories: Art, Articles, Events, Guest, Inspiration, Learning, We love | No Comments »
How does one improve their vocabulary AND help end world hunger? FreeRice.com is a site I came across a few months ago from a friend and I’ve always regretted not posting this sooner. The concept is simple: For each multiple-choice vo [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, March 21st, 2008
Categories: Food, Inspiration, Learning | No Comments »
We’ve used FunctionFox‘s TimeFox web-based time and project management tools for years and love it. Their new TimeFox Premier release has added handy functionality such as task management, to-do lists, calendar and scheduling to [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, March 21st, 2008
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The importance of Corporate Branding has been extensively discussed but personal branding is a topic that can often fall by the wayside. Jonathon Snook just put up a great short article that sums this up nicely. Most of it seems like common [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, March 17th, 2008
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Ever have one of these days when you get off the rails and things keep on spiraling downhill? Well what happens if it happens on air, and gets passed around the internet and is with a celebrity? Check this interview with Super Dave Osborne [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Learning | 1 Comment »
Much has been made of Facebook Privacy lately. Basically Facebook owns has access to all your personal information and rights to use, sell or otherwise make profit from worldwide, for ever. Is this a problem? Do you care? There are plenty o [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Categories: Advertising, Fun, Learning, Websites | No Comments »
This short film The Story of Stuff has been making the rounds recently and totally worth sharing. If I were an elementary school teacher, I’d show this to my class and use it as a starting point for a discussion on consumerism and its [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
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Long gone are the days of guilt-free ridonculously extravagant gift-giving. Not that I’d like a return to over spending and under thinking gift giving, but it seems that the pendulum has swung too far the other way. We’ve become [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Friday, December 14th, 2007
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Thanks to the swag bag at Graphex 2008 Judges Night I find myself ogling Kwantlen University College’s Graphic Design for Marketing 2007 Degree Show Catalogue (what a mouthful). Being that the show happened over six months ago, I gues [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Friday, December 7th, 2007
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Sometimes ideas come together in a collision, creating sparks. And for one, brief moment, you can see something in a new light, something you may not have seen before. This afternoon, I read David Pogue’s review of a new phone offering, t [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Monday, November 12th, 2007
Categories: Interactive, Learning, Reading, Technology | No Comments »
I don’t know about you, but I will definitely be at ECIAD on November 8th. Last year I completely devoured Bill Moggridge’s book Designing Interactions. A comprehensive historic look at the innovators and milestones of interface [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Categories: Education, Interactive, Learning | No Comments »
I am not a designer. I am…well…something else. So everything I know about UI and Human-Computer Interaction has been learned the hard way: spending countless hours using software and websites and wrestling with a UI so bad I wanted to g [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Saturday, October 6th, 2007
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You’ve probably secretly fantasized about having Wikipedia on your iPod, right? Just imagine, a friend asks you a perplexing question and with a flick of a thumbwheel you’ve got an answer. Well, wait no longer. You can now take [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Categories: Learning, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
I’ve always appreciated defined methodologies and well documented processes with steps, procedures and documentation. It’s long been an accepted approach to developing design or technology solutions. And nowhere has this been mo [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Categories: Learning, Reading, Technology, Tips | 1 Comment »
I love architecture. Heck, at one point in my life my goal was to become an architect. So when I was invited to attend an installment of CBC’s Studio One Book Club to meet and hear renowned philosopher and historian Alain de Botton di [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, July 8th, 2007
Categories: Architecture, Inspiration, Learning, Reading | No Comments »
A recent article in New York Magazine about Edward Tufte begins “Edward Tufte is most likely the world’s only graphic designer with roadies.” But Tufte is certainly much more than a graphic designer, which is sort of the point [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, June 16th, 2007
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We often implement content management systems (CMS) for our web clients and the topic of Drupal versus WordPress is commonly debated. Linux.com’s Bruce Byfield recently compared the two open source platforms, comparing their interface [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Categories: Learning, Technology, Tips, Websites | 1 Comment »
After trying a variety of different organizational tools I’m trying out a software tool called Thinking Rock. it uses a very simple interface that follows a ‘Get Things Done‘ philosophy of time management. The general appr [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, May 14th, 2007
Categories: Learning | 2 Comments »
Design Can Change conveys exactly why we are all uniquely positioned in this field of creativity to make a difference. “Designers like to characterize themselves as problem-solvers. If this is true then they should have little difficu [...]
Posted by: Amanda Fetterly on Friday, April 13th, 2007
Categories: Learning | 1 Comment »
Ben, Haig and I are attending the Northern Voice 2007 blogging and social media conference this weekend at UBC in Vancouver, BC. Basically, we’ll be listening to a bunch of bloggers talking about blogging to other bloggers. Sounds fas [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Categories: Events, Learning, Technology | No Comments »
It’s time to weigh in on the subject of Digital Democracy and Net Neutrality. No, we’re not just talking about clever alliteration, there’s a lot at stake here. At issue here, as in the United States, is whether telecom co [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Categories: Learning, Technology, Tips, Websites | No Comments »
As we at IBC plan our next Industrial Revolution it seems others have begun their own. Here’s a supreme piece of motion graphics that describes a paradigm shift .
Posted by: Haig Armen on Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Learning, News, Technology | No Comments »
The struggle to find a balance between work and life is hard for anyone in creative industry, but even more so for creatives who freelance; for these unlucky individuals, work life and home life often fall into a single space. I’ve st [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Categories: Learning, Tips, Vancouver | 2 Comments »
We didn’t make the list, but Communication Arts’ 2006 50 Essential Bookmarks is a great resource for design and advertising fodder.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Design, Learning, Tips, Websites | No Comments »
A couple of years back there was a mass reclamation of perfectly preserved lumber that had been submerged up to 50 years ago in transport through rivers; useful, but modern design now has a way to get a little more profit from that which li [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Learning, Pop Culture | 1 Comment »
After having a busy week of blogging I was going to try to take today off but ran across John Maeda’s site – The Laws of Simplicity. It has basically the content from his new book, surprisingly called The Laws of Simplicity, in [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, November 24th, 2006
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Learning, Reading, Websites | No Comments »
Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy. I was walking to work today comparing the dichotomy between his dedication to peace and the polar opposite view that we have seen in subsequent US Presidents, particul [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Categories: Events, Learning, News | 1 Comment »
Adobe has released a new website dedicated to exploring colour called Kuler. (get it…. colour…. kuler… colour…. kuler…) You can use it to explore colour combinations online and of course download an app to use [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Learning, Tips, Websites | No Comments »
NEW MEDIA BC EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Work/Life Balance: Empty Promise or Key to Happiness? Join New Media BC for a round-table discussion with top-notch service professionals from Vancouver as we dive into what “balance” means, shar [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Categories: Associations, Events, Learning, Tips, Vancouver | No Comments »
All I can say is wow, check out what Jacob and Manto have to say.
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Learning, Tips | No Comments »
A lack of.. uh, hmm… courage, has for many years been keeping men from showcasing their toolbags, it is no secret. Now, the pros at AussieBum have begun using “Wondercup” technology to create “appearance flattering u [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Monday, November 6th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Fun, Learning, Pop Culture, Tips | No Comments »
With a long history of innovation and leadership in the commercial printing industry, Hemlock Printers has just launched an online version of their popular newsletter, Inklings. With news and updates from their plant floor, e-Inklings newsl [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Categories: Learning, News, Printing, Reading, Technology, Tips | No Comments »
It’s Monday morning and I had a bunch of cool blog postings I thought of over the weekend (stay tuned for a good game of bus chicken) and some cool ones I found this morning, but this one is HELLA-cool! (and I don’t use that wor [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Film, Fun, Inspiration, Learning, Photography, Technology | No Comments »
5oup is a great site to keep on your radar if you’re an art/design student. Post your portfolio, share thoughts with peers, and get feeback on your work. Check it out here.
Posted by: Mike Withers on Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Categories: Learning | No Comments »
With increased CCT coverage and greenspace disappearing all over the world, teenage pyros have no place to practice their craft. In addition “grown up” pyros (note the large quotation marks and lack of use of the word reformed) [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Learning, Pop Culture, Technology, We love, Websites | No Comments »
Recently Kevin did a great interview with with Carmen von Richthofen and John Furneaux, Executives with the Association of Registered Graphic Designers about the issue of spec work and the damage that can be wrought by such practices. Calle [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Categories: Design, Interview, Learning | No Comments »
Our good friends at RGD Ontario are hosting what they’re calling “a stimulating, interactive thinkfest” and it looks like an event not to be missed. DesignThinkers 2006 features keynote speeches from industry experts such [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Categories: Associations, Design, Events, Inspiration, Learning | No Comments »
The problem with having the ability to recognize great artwork, is also having the ability to label something a steaming pile. Usually the notion can be combated or questioned, as art is and always will be subjective; the exception to this [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, September 24th, 2006
Categories: Art, Learning, Marketing, Pop Culture | 8 Comments »
Get some scented massage oil, light a few candles, sit back, and check out this link; in a strange yet fascinating way, you will see what can only be described as alluring. In only four minutes you too can discover how sensual and massively [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Categories: Inspiration, Learning | No Comments »
All this week is Icograda Design Week and IBC will be in Seattle covering the event as part of TAXI Design Network‘s international media coverage. Special emphasis will be on the International Conference July 14 and 15, with presentat [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 10th, 2006
Categories: Associations, Design, Events, Learning | No Comments »
According to CNN, web design firms in India are turning to ancient philosophies of vaastu shastra and feng shui to create “balanced” and “harmonious” Web designs. I didn’t realize a website had “chi” [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, June 30th, 2006
Categories: Design, Learning, Websites | No Comments »
Reminder: April 20th GDC Event in Vancouver. RSVP now to reserve your spot. What’s right and what’s wrong with your profiles in Photoshop? How much does all this have to cost? Can I do contract quality proofs on my Inkjet? Ernst [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Categories: Associations, Events, Learning, Technology, Vancouver | No Comments »
This would have come in handy a while ago when we had our cute rodent visitor … and the exterminator thought I was crazy for wanting him to come to my place and catch the little critter without killing it, he obviously doesnt read Mak [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Categories: Learning, Tips | No Comments »
This just in: less is more.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, March 16th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Learning, Marketing, Tips | 2 Comments »
There’s a new design magazine in Canada called Design Edge that just launched in February with up-to-the-minute news, a national job board, events calendar, contests, links and resources. Its companion e-mail bulletin is published eve [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Categories: Design, Learning, Reading | No Comments »
You know that you are a true design geek when you are listening to Doyald Young recount the moment in 50′s Paris when Adrian Frutiger showed him the early drafts of a font called Univers, and you have goosebumps on your arm.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, March 10th, 2006
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Learning | 2 Comments »
Interested in studying for a graphic design degree at a university design in Canada, USA or UK? Here’s a pretty comprehensive list of schools offering 3 and 4 year undergraduate programs.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, March 3rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Learning | No Comments »
The highlight of day two at Flashforward for me was a presentation by well known speaker Larry Lessig, a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school’s Center for Internet and Society, entitled Building the Read/W [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
Categories: Events, Learning, Tips | 1 Comment »
While planning my upcoming trip to FlashForward in Seattle, I noticed their sponsor Lynda.com and was impressed by what they offer. Often confronted with the challenge of learning new technologies or new staff hires that aren’t famili [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Categories: Learning, Technology, Tips, Websites | No Comments »
Solar Initiatives from the Netherlands has created the first full motion postage stamp in commemoration of the Olympics using lenticular technology. This goes way beyond those Cracker Jack prizes that we used to get as kids. Amazing.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Categories: Design, Learning, News, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
Take a break from the usual spray paint and try LED Throwies. Using LED’s, magnets, lithium batteries and tape you can make your mark last up to 2 weeks (depending on weather). Check out this video of them in action. [via Make:blog]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Categories: Art, Learning, Technology | No Comments »
We used to be fans of the Across The Sound podcast with Joseph Jaffe and Steven Rubel. As podcasts go, it was often inciteful and intelligent discourse between two innovative marketing professionals exploring new technologies and schools of [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 30th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Inspiration, Learning, Marketing, Websites | 5 Comments »
What if our favourite uncle were perhaps the most famous graphic designer alive today, having given the world such cultural iconography as the famous Dylan poster and wildly popular I Love New York logo and dozens more? What advice would he [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Learning, Pop Culture | No Comments »
The Prepared Mind is one of the best (and only) podcasts dedicated to issues affecting the graphic design industry. Check out the latest podcast as host Chris Gee speaks candidly with Jason Fried of 37signals, the company behind the wildly [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Categories: Learning, Tips, Websites | 1 Comment »
As the online world moves towards Web 2.0, the very notion of “identity” is changing. At the recent Oreilly Open Source Convention, or OSCAN 2005, Dick Hardt, founder and CEO of Sxip Identity gave a funny and fascinating inside [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, November 11th, 2005
Categories: Learning, Technology | No Comments »
We all want to grow our businesses and do great work, right? So what happens when your gut tells you to decline work? What guidelines do we have to reference as the potential client dangles the almighty dollar bill in front of us? The GDC, [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, August 8th, 2005
Categories: Design, Industrial Brand, Learning | No Comments »
I have heard several stories recently of parents freaking out when their children have discovered they are dyslexic. Most people say ‘get a grip’ and think that the parents are over reacting. But, as Dyslexia is inherited it hig [...]
Posted by: Charlie on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
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