The ligature: music to your eyes or an outdated typographic nuisance?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 open letter to our future clients on why we charge more.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Categories: Articles, Industrial Brand, Tips, We love | 2 Comments »
Matt recently wrote a great article about why he was excited about the upcoming Icograda Design Week Vancouver 2010 conference. This week Icograda released this animated promo video about the theme of Design Currency created by Rethink, Gia [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Categories: Associations, Design, Events, Inspiration, Vancouver, Video, We love, animation | 1 Comment »
Jim Rimmer died last week and I really wasn’t sure I wanted to post anything online after writing a tribute post for my recently deceased friend Leo Obstbaum. Losing people takes the wind right out of your sails. Then I found the foll [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
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Not sure if Bansky has hit Berlin or not really, but now you have a better chance of finding out. Adidas has created an iPhone app that acts as map and guide for locating street art in Berlin. So, if you’re tired of yet another museum [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, May 7th, 2009
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I am so excited, one of my favorite programs of all time is coming to Vancouver, well Richmond actually. For those that don’t know, This American Life hosted by Ira Glass, is a one hour radio program (and also 30 minute tv show) on NP [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Thursday, May 7th, 2009
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In a world full of crime and comic books what we really need are people dressed in costumes saving our behinds. The World Superhero Registry is a place for serious people who want to adopt a superhero persona and help our society against cr [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
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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
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Interaction, Learning, Technology, Video, We love | No Comments »
It’s certainly no secret that we’re huge fans of GDC, the national design association in Canada, and the various events they produce. So, I’d like to encourage any and all creative professionals that work within the commun [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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It’s time again for Likemind Vancouver, this time on Friday, April 17th at the Starbucks at Nelson and Mainland. Come join this growing group of very cool people for a cup of coffee and some terrific conversation. Here are photos from [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, April 16th, 2009
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DOXA Documentary Film Festival Needs Our Help Graphic designers don’t often participate in documentary filmmaking, which is a shame. Just as our craft helps shape culture, documentaries are powerful storytelling vehicles, often reveal [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Categories: Associations, Film, Inspiration, Vancouver, We love | 1 Comment »
That’s right, someone has gone there. Star Wars Yoga. Rad!
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Categories: Design, Fun, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
I guess this isn’t anything new since we’ve seen choreographed dancing en mass (in a Philippines jail), performance in subway stations (Joshua Bell), and flash mob performance in many other forms the advertising side of this is [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, January 16th, 2009
Categories: Advertising, Inspiration, Pop Culture, We love | No Comments »
Our old friend Ze Frank has been a little harder to find since The Show went off air (or I guess offline) two years ago. A project he was recently involved with came online, a short 12 minute film called “The Remnants“. Well wor [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, January 16th, 2009
Categories: Film, Inspiration, Movie, We love | No Comments »
Here’s a little treat for users who spend hours finding just the right typeface. Flipping Typical is magical. An online tool that give you the ability to enter a word or phrase and view the different variations using fonts in your com [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Categories: Tips, We love | 1 Comment »
I hope that most readers of this blog are familiar with our Stefan G. Bucher and his daily monster drawings. His book—a signed copy with intro by Ze Frank is sitting on my bookshelf right now—contains 100 drawings done over 100 days, ma [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Categories: Art, Fun, Industrial Brand, Inspiration, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
Nearly everyone knows we’re partial to small furry critters (which reminds me, we need to have another Hamster Party soon) as well as passionate foodies. But we seldom get to combine our love of food and rodents, though we’ve be [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
Categories: Food, Fun, Video, We love | 4 Comments »
Fame and fortune oftentimes brings trouble for those not grounded enough to handle it. Hell, even then the most innocent and well-intentioned have fallen into the dark side. Probably tough enough for a human to stay on the straight and narr [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, September 15th, 2008
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Let’s face it: Gary Hustuit’s documentary Helvetica was a runaway hit. I certainly didn’t expect so many designers and non-designers alike to get so goofy about a film about a typeface. Building on his success and reputati [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Categories: Design, Film, Inspiration, Movie, News, We love | No Comments »
Today Rogers Wireless formally announced their iPhone package rates. Set to be available July 11th, this is the newest 3G iPhone 2.0 for $199 for the 8GB or $299 for 16GB. Plans start at $60, and frankly, seem pretty decent all things consi [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 27th, 2008
Categories: Technology, We love | 4 Comments »
There is one thing I know all designers love; freaking sexy business cards. Here’s a site that will definitely get you thinking about redesigning your own card or at least get you itching to do something.
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, June 6th, 2008
Categories: Art, Branding, Design, Inspiration, We love | 1 Comment »
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
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If you’re in any field related to art or design, you very likely know who Syd Mead is—the artist primarily responsible for the look and feel of influential movies such as Aliens, Blade Runner, Tron and others. Well, as a volunteer o [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Categories: Art, Associations, Events, Inspiration, Vancouver, We love | 3 Comments »
That’s right, I’m blogging about American Idol. Deal with it. I watch it in passing (never longer then 30 seconds at a time) with the same fascination that I watch my dog lose a fight with a chain saw or my left foot hacked up f [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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I’ve rocked both a Canon A620 and Nikon D70S for about two years now and love them both like children from two different mothers however the Canon is a consumer camera and thus makes significant compromises. (sort of like the slightly [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, April 4th, 2008
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Arcade Fire is fairly awesome. We play them often at the studio. And their videos are often pretty darned cool, like this version of “Neon Bible” recorded live in an elevator. But nothing tops this interactive video for “N [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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I could easily just post a link to the MoMA’s online exhibit “Design and the Elastic Mind” and say COOL! Actually, yeah, let’s do that. This site is as cool as the exhibit it showcases. [kudos KB for the heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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I received somewhat bad and disturbing news when I got home tonight. North America’s last remaining Radio Orchestra, Vancouver based CBC Radio Orchestra, has been shut down. The culprit? You guessed it, budget cuts. While symphony orc [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Categories: Music, We love | 1 Comment »
It was almost a year ago when I posted this cool video from Japan, but it was brought to my attention just yesterday that there is a slightly better rendition of Tetris that also uses people as pixels. I do believe that this series of video [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
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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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One of the many perks working for IBC has definitely been around people who has a passion for great well-cooked authentic food. A while back, I had mentioned to both Mark and Ben that I have an aunt who creates magic in the kitchen. Finally [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, March 14th, 2008
Categories: Food, Industrial Brand, We love | No Comments »
So I just tried to comment on another post on here and our own Captcha system rejected me. TWICE! Captcha is one of the easiest and best ways to prevent spam on contact forms and blog comments however is often annoying to the user and is so [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, March 7th, 2008
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Looking back to my childhood memories, playing dodgeball was on of my favorite forgotten activities. Even the very first time I was asked out on a date at the tender age of 12 was during a dodgeball game. Oh Jordan… wonder where he is [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Pop Culture, We love | 2 Comments »
 I've been a big fan of his work before I was a designer and when his titling sequences were just a thing I found cool that kept me engaged at the start a movie. There's a great resource over at <a href=)
Saul Bass is pretty happenin. (and yes that is an academic statement) I’ve been a big fan of his work before I was a designer and when his titling sequences were just a thing I found cool that kept me engaged at the start a movie. The [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
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For over 10 years, local funk band extraordinaire Soul Stream has been playing every Monday and Tuesday night at Bar None in Vancouver. One of the best house bands in Vancouver, Soul Stream mixes covers of Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fir [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Categories: Music, Vancouver, We love | No Comments »
As a in-the-closet geek I love discovering fun and practical apps that make my everyday surfing more interesting. PicLens is a must have, FREE plugin for any user who enjoys viewing images in facebook, flickr, etc. and don’t have the [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Interactive, Technology, We love | 3 Comments »
Here is something that’ll throw you back a few years and remind you of what it is that people do all day. Hope you enjoy the journey back to early childhood fantasmill-ville!! Don’t forget to send love out to Mr. Scarry while yo [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
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Yesterday was a beautiful day here in Vancouver. Blue sky, fresh snow on the mountains, some sun….. it was pretty inspiring, but today it was back to the gray overcast sky that is stereotypically associated with Vancouver. Enter a pre [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
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Is there anything better really than spending a few days with family and friends snowboarding on Sun Peaks Mountain cruising through glades on fresh powder? Even though it was only a few days I came back feeling like I’d had a two wee [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 15th, 2008
Categories: Inspiration, We love | 1 Comment »
 a new website collecting the work, and information has been posted. Currently in a beta launch, <a href=)
Paul Rand shouldn’t be a new name to anyone and while the internet is a diverse repository of information of all kinds (I know, this is coming as a shock..) a new website collecting the work, and information has been posted. Currently [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
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Here’s this week’s episode of You Suck At Photoshop on Paths and Masks, in which Donny works on an image for an eBay auction. As he says, you need to watch this “because you’ve only been using about $75.00 worth of [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Categories: Education, Fun, Uncategorized, We love | No Comments »
“My name is Donny and you suck at Photoshop…” So begins episode 3 of the tragic and funny tutorial series, You Suck At Photoshop, in which Donny teaches you how to use Photoshop, while focusing on the breakdown of his ma [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Friday, January 18th, 2008
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Our recent designer Leigh Peterson (who we miss dearly) and her partner, software developer Jeremy Karlson, recently launched a free Mahjongg Solitaire game called Ivory Mahjongg for Mac and Windows. After hunting for a decent free version [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
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I’ve always wanted to make a roast turkey costume for my cat. A combination of my own laziness and the cat’s reluctance to wear costumes (go figure) has sidelined those plans. Yet, today I was confronted by a project we can both [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
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Every once in a while something crosses my path that defies any kind of definition or categorization. Moo is certainly in that vein. The randomness, meaty and twisted nature of this animation slots right into our collective adoration of wei [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, November 30th, 2007
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Happy Halloween. Scaaaaaary. While we eat way to much chocolate that’s really supposed to go to children, you can enjoy McSweeney’s Halloween Tales. An excerpt: I gave Ethan a long, why-didn’t-you-tell-me stare. WHY DIDN&# [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
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Hot on the heels of SIGGRAPH 2007 in San Diego, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is coming to Vancouver, September 19 & 20, 2007! You don’t want to miss this extraordinary collection of animated shorts, digital films, comm [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Categories: Associations, Events, Film, Vancouver, We love | No Comments »
William Gibson’s stretched stooped figure curls over book and microphone under yellow lights that hang like a field of beauty salon hair dryers before an unlit neon sign tracing out the words Studio One on a wall deep within the bowels of [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, September 7th, 2007
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It’s certainly no secret that we’re huge fans of William Gibson around here. Well-worn copies of his books Pattern Recoginition, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties and Neuromancer are found on our bookshelves. And we jump on any [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
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Delectable mochi and ice cream for bringing joy and with happiness. Its taste soft like winter. We can watch snow together. Let’s enjoy! This summertime treat has been brought to you by Lotte of Japan. These melt-in-your mouth chewy m [...]
Posted by: Matthew Shettler on Friday, July 27th, 2007
Categories: Food, Fun, We love | No Comments »
A cool little demonstration of information design in action: a behind-the-genius peek at Michel Gondry mapping out the video for the Chemical Brothers’ Star Guitar
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
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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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Our friend Kuba has been on a creative streak lately, releasing a new single and a sexy music video call Brotherman, directed by Noah Davis. Listen carefully to the lyrics, they’re quite moving.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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I’ll gladly admit that I’m no coder, but Coda is a cool application. Text editor + Transmit + CSS editor + Terminal + Books + More all in one window.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Categories: Design, Technology, Tips, We love, Websites | 1 Comment »
For those of you who know us you know we don’t need to say one thing about this hamster powered paper shredder. Okay, one word…sah-weeet! (via Core77)
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 1st, 2007
Categories: Art, Fun, We love | No Comments »
A while ago I made a post about Apple’s lagging policy on environmental standards, which was something I became aware of here. I am happy to announce that Steve Jobs has recently issued a statement about Apple’s initiatives to b [...]
Posted by: Amanda Fetterly on Saturday, May 26th, 2007
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Brilliant as always, Marian Bantjes’ Limited Edition Cover for Wallpaper Magazine.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, March 19th, 2007
Categories: Design, Illustration, Inspiration, We love | No Comments »
I stumbled upon fantastic street artist Dan Witz via Wooster Collective last night. His street art is amazing and beautiful, but I particularly like his mosh pit series of paintings. The style of these really reminds me of Norman Rockwell, [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
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Wicked new stop motion Sneaux commercial “Human Skateboard” directed by PES. Do NOT try this at home. [props to Steph for the heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Categories: Advertising, We love | No Comments »
If you’ve never had the rare privilege to hear Canadian poet, typographer and author Robert Bringhurst speak in person, here’s your chance. He’s a captivating speaker – sort of like Dr. Hunter S. Thomson mixed with a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 17th, 2007
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With the iPhone topping Saddam’s hanging (an ’06 event but one that was conveniently slipped in after all of the Year in Reviews had gone to press) as the top story of this young year, it seems everywhere one clicks someone is d [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, January 11th, 2007
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You know when your friend does something better than you? You have such respect for them and are so proud of them, yet still have this quiet pang of jealousy. That’s how I feel about my talented friend and GDC colleague Marian Bantjes [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, December 18th, 2006
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If you know at all, or have ever experienced our corporate fascination with victimizing hamsters, you’ll realize just how perfect this completely useless novelty USB gadget is for us.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, December 4th, 2006
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Ikea has done it again. Here’s a wicked site for their closet systems. [kudos Mike for heads up]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
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Just click on this link. Seriously – TV ads are getting weird man. And I like it. [kudos RGE for this one]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 19th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Inspiration, We love | No Comments »
Our musical friend Clive has been mentioned here before. He’s equal parts code monkey, tortured artist and genius savant. He’s a real inspiration to all who know him actually. Well, this time Clive has tossed a little home recor [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, October 13th, 2006
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Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 12th, 2006
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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
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Photos from Banksy’s LA exhibit “Barely Legal”. Plus an interview with the artist himself.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
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Banksy set up a life-size sculpture of a Guantanamo Bay inmate at Disneyland which remained in place for an hour and a half before it was spotted.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
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Ricky Gervais reprises his role as David Brent alongside Steve Merchant in these spots for Microsoft UK.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, August 21st, 2006
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What is it about paintings of celebrities that are so funny? Maybe Christopher Walken really likes to build robots…
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, August 4th, 2006
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Remember the infamous 1984 Mac commercial that started it all? I don’t because sadly, I wasn’t born yet, but I do love Lego. Today PodBrix releases their 1984 Playset at 9:00pm eastern time, a current day mock up of that very co [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
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The unstoppable Stephen Colbert is Wired Magazine’s August Cover model. Inside, he imparts his wisdom on how to be an expert on anything, including this gem: “USE THE WORD ZEITGEIST AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. Ideally, you want to fin [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Categories: We love | 1 Comment »
Perry Farrell Interviews Shepard Fairey on Banksy, street art, and how Andre the Giant came about. Part One + Part Two
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
Categories: Art, Pop Culture, We love | 1 Comment »
When we were planning our trip down to Seattle Design Week, the event organizers recommended hotels out near the University District close the conference. I’m not sure what they were thinking exactly. Other than the convenience factor [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 17th, 2006
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Douglas Coupland doesn’t want to end the Book Club meeting on a positive note. They always end upbeat he explains. For once, he wants things to end darkly. “Doomed. We are all doomed.” He throws this out there as his final [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Categories: Events, Pop Culture, Reading, Vancouver, We love | 1 Comment »
Don’t know much about Director Reuben Sutherland or Joyrider Films in London, UK, but check out this innovative music video for New Zealand’s The Phoenix Foundation. Also worth check are Reuben’s Eurostar Da Vinci Code spo [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 26th, 2006
Categories: Film, Inspiration, We love, Websites | 1 Comment »
Please to see this website from Kazakhstani MTVe SuperStar.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
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This is Yamroll. He is the Happy Kingdom’s most excellent cab driver and is friends with just about everyone due to his good nature and sweet, root-vegetable flavour. Series in prodution by Jon Izen.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
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Around the same time Mark and I started Industrial Brand I discovered Joe Frank. We’ve mentioned him before, but today I got their infrequent newsletter. Joe’s been battling serious illness for some time and though on the road t [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
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“The SurvivaBall is designed to protect the corporate manager no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way,” said Fred Wolf, a Halliburton representative who spoke today at the Catastrophic Loss conference held at the Ritz [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, June 19th, 2006
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It is amazing how wide the gap is between pop culture and mainstream media. Last night on the evening news I learned that there was this phenomenon on the internet called “Viral Videos”. The term “viral” comes from t [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, June 9th, 2006
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You know how much I love good food. I also love a good read. Nobody combines both like Anthony Bourdain. The infamous chef, author and television host – and personal hero of mine – has once again outdone himself, this time servi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Categories: Events, Food, Inspiration, Reading, We love | No Comments »
We have a fondness for all things abattoir related, like these cool plates from Sprout Home. Imagine a nice arrangement of lamp chops, potatoes and some fresh peas, or maybe some bbq pork? Yes, learn from your place settings, then make a st [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Categories: Design, Food, We love | No Comments »
ACM Vancouver SIGGRAPH presents Artifex Studios & The Embassy Visual Effects at the Vancouver International Film Centre May 17th at 7:30pm. Join Marc Roth, Visual Effects Artist at The Embassy, and Adam Stern, President and Visual Effe [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
Categories: Events, Technology, We love | 1 Comment »
Everything just works better on a Mac. Get a Mac.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
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Our friend Ze Frank has been busy with a new project as of late. The Show is a daily vidcast of newsworthy and not so worthy content that is sure to make you chuckle. Enjoy.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
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Are you kidding me? Jet boots and skydiving? Could this finally mark the beginning of uninhibited human flying? Now THIS looks like huge fun! Check out the video.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Technology, We love | 1 Comment »
As designers many of us have found inspiration at the bottom of a box of chocolates. Yes, we use chocolate, but do we ever stop to think about where it comes from? If you’re in Vancouver this weekend stop by the Purdy’s Chocolat [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 31st, 2006
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dear, home decor + gifts on South Granville brings you a unique selection of high quality, funky and often quirky home decor items and gifts. When I need a gift, I know there is plenty of expressive and offbeat stuff to inspire me, and the [...]
Posted by: rae paziuk on Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Categories: Art, Design, Fun, Inspiration, Vancouver, We love | 1 Comment »
What happens when the Beastie Boys hand out 50 video cameras to their fans at a concert at Madison Square Garden? Always pushing the limits, Awesome..I F**ckin’ Shot That looks…well…f**kin’ awesome. Another brilliant [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Categories: Film, Music, Pop Culture, We love | No Comments »
Even if you’ve only recently started reading our blog you might have picked up on the fact that we like Michel Gondry. His latest feature film project, called The Science of Sleep, looks well, Gondryesque. It’s about an artist w [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, March 20th, 2006
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We’re big fans of designer Charles S. Anderson and have been on the receiving end of many a French Paper promo featuring his work. Hell, a couple years ago I even made a special trip down to Bellingham to see the Halloween decor he di [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
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Every now and again at IBC we award The Great Boo Award to our favourite drink. It is in honour of Mark’s Great Uncle Boo, who was a narcoleptic. He slept long and late, sometimes for days so when he finally woke up, there was much ce [...]
Posted by: Paul Wallace on Friday, February 24th, 2006
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CANCELLED BY CARSON The Art Institute of Vancouver is pleased to present a special public seminar with international design icon and typographer David Carson on Thursday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m at the school’s campus in Burnaby, BC. UPDA [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
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How often does a civilian get an invitation to work directly under the wing of the top chef in Vancouver for a day? Not often. West Restaurant’s Executive Chef, David Hawksworth, graciously allowed me to infiltrate his tightly knit te [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
Categories: Food, Inspiration, We love | No Comments »
IBC are proud members and supporters of the BC Chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) and are thrilled to announce the launch of the BC Chapter’s Blog. The blog, developed by IBC, was designed to open a more tangi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Categories: Associations, Design, Industrial Brand, Inspiration, News, Tips, We love, Websites | No Comments »
Developed by Jeff Han and his friends at New York University’s Department of Computer Sciences , Multi-Touch Interaction Research, this is prehaps the coolest touch screen monitor ever. I wonder if they’re Mac-compatible? :-) Vi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, February 13th, 2006
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I have been on a sort-of cupcake bender lately, trying to create the perfect cupcake recipe to add to our kitchen blog. Along my search I came across Johnny Cupcakes, one of the coolest brands I have never heard of. The mysterious Johnny Cu [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, February 13th, 2006
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A revival of espadrilles with a little help from twelve of the greatest international graphic artists. The String Republic
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, February 13th, 2006
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If you’ve ever seen the Japanese film Tampopo, you no doubt recall the scene where the elder character teaches his sidekick the fine art of truly appreciating and devouring a good bowl of ramen. Another favourite Japanese restaurant i [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 4th, 2006
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So as of tomorrow morning, I will be starting my guest editing gig with the fine and talented folk over at Coudal.com. Should be a wild show. When it comes down to it, Coudal is one of the fundamental reasons that we got messed up in this b [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
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Created by Unirrelevant, here’s a great fan made video celebrating 30 years of Apple, showing their progression through the ages. [Kudos to Piers at PSFK for the link]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 30th, 2006
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If you took the time to click on the list of sites in the “Blogroll” on this site, you’ll find serious sites about marketing, culture, literature and design. Then there’s a link to a site named after it’s famou [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 28th, 2006
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Regular readers will no doubt recognize the name Mike Goedecke as the Founder and Creative Director of Belief from the past references in these pages. While in Vancouver this week to speak to a sold out crowd at an ACM SIGGRAPH event, Goede [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, January 20th, 2006
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Apple has finally revealed their new Intel Core Duo Processor computers at this years MacWorld 2006 in San Fancisco. From the new advertisement released today, it seems Steve Jobs thinks THX1138 looks as cool as we do. Check out how similar [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
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While recently visiting my buddy Piers at his office in New York, he ran off excitedly returning with a few small soft-cover books called The Royal Magazine. Holy man is this ever up my power alley. Their website claims the publication is a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 16th, 2006
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I can’t believe I’ve never posted about this before. I’m so ashamed. One of my favourite movies and soundtracks ever is the double Grammy nominated film 1 Giant Leap. Everyone should see this film. Amazingly shot by musici [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, January 13th, 2006
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Wrap your headphones up in the cutest new iPod accessory, TETRAN. Just wind your cable around TETRAN’s body and use TETRAN’s cute mouth as a holder for your earbuds. They cost about $13 and the pink one would go so perfectly wit [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, January 12th, 2006
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Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH is proud to announce its first presentation on motion graphics with Mike Goedecke, writer and director of the short film UNTITLED:003-EMBRYO which will makes it’s Canadian debut at the January 18th event. Follow [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
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We’ve been big fans of what Coudal Partners and Veer have been doing for a long time, so when the two teamed up this summer to make a short feature in their spare time around the studio…wait a second, they have spare time? Who h [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 29th, 2005
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I love giving our resident pop culture princess a hard time about the new Madonna album, but the fact remains: Madonna is one of the most successful marketers of the last century. Now she seems to have caught a new wave: social software. He [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
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What happens when you mix a cute gift shop with a raging typography fetish? The Regional Assembly of Text on Main Street in Vancouver, BC. Nearly everything in the store is hand made by the two artist-owners Brandy Fedoruk and Rebecca Dolen [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, November 28th, 2005
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Check out I am mint condition for a great source of visual inspiration.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, November 25th, 2005
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I could have titled this entry “Taking Liberties with Taxidermy”, or should that be “Mouse-a-dermy”? For Jeanie M it started out as an obsession with taking photos of roadkill. One thing led to another and a friend g [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
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Last week while in NYC I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Jon Stewart of Comedy Central‘s The Daily Show. He told me he didn’t view his position as a popular comedian and political satirist as signficant, despite my [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
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OK Stop. Back up. What is it about this rapper M.I.A. from London via Sri Lanka? On Friday, October 7th she played to a sold out room at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom. The fierce delivery of her zany, politcal songs – often sou [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, October 8th, 2005
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Merry F*cking Blog Day. This blog combines the spirit of the HomeBrew Computer Club, RadioShack, and eleventh-grade electronics class. The Make Blog caters to the do it your self, code cracking intellectual with a tendency to take things ap [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
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Happy BlogDay2005 everyone. Hug the person next to you and check out Pitchfork.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
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Recently launched in association with Wooster Collective, Streetsy.com is a daily blog of street art. Most of the photos are taken with a mobile phone so the quality is not always great; but with an open policy toward sharing photos and dir [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
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BlogDay2005 is upon us and that means we get to blog about another blog. At Industrial Brand we’re rather into cooking. Recently I came across a cool site called Cooking For Engineers. Engineers aren’t always known for being gre [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
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