Industrial Brand is excited to welcome two new members to our growing communication design team.

Sylvia Rigakis comes to us from Edmonton Alberta where she owned and managed her Chaos Communications for 14 years and served as President of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) Alberta North Chapter as well as Vice-President, Communications for the national executive of the GDC. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and Grant MacEwan University, Sylvia brings over 20 years of experience as a designer, director and manager as she assumes the role of Production Manager, overseeing all aspect of project and studio management.

Tyler Wilman is a talented young designer adept at identity, print and web design and production, making him a perfect fit for our team. Also a graduate of Emily Carr’s Communication Design program, Tyler combines with conceptual thinking, obsession for type and photography, and traditional graphic design process to bear as a Senior Communication Designer and leader on our team.

Welcome Sylvia & Tyler! We’re pleased to have you on the team and already enjoying collaborating with you on the brand, identity, communication and interactive projects in the studio recently.

After a lengthy search resulting in dozens of portfolio reviews and interviews, Industrial Brand is proud to announce the newest member of its growing communication design team.

Joanna Ambrosio was born in Mexico City and raised in Guadalajara and graduated with honours from the ITESO before finishing her Masters of Design in Vancouver at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she was chosen as class valedictorian. As Industrial Brand’s newest Communication Designer, Joanna brings over six years of international experience working as a Communication Designer in Canada, Indonesia and Mexico.

Joanna’s passion as a designer is exploring the different possibilities that hybrid design brings to a stream of creative discipline, and how this diversity can be used as a tool to expand the relationship between space, culture and creativity.

A co-founder of the creative collective Gámomo Creative Lab, where she served as Head Designer overseeing the publishing of Mátika Magazine for the past six years, Joanna’ strong background in identity and print design is complimented by her abilities in strategy development, design research, web interface design, and environmental installations.

Joanna loves working with people from around the world and different perspectives on collaborative projects, and is committed to a life-long learning experience both in and outside the job. Like most Mexicans, she’s crazy about good food, so she’ll fit in easily at Industrial Brand.

Welcome Joanna! We’re looking forward to seeing your work and your contributions to this blog!

Industrial Brand recently welcomed two new members of its growing design team.

Mathilde Salvert was born and raised in France and graduated from the École Estienne in Paris, before completing her design studies at the London College of Printing, England. She made her first steps into the design industry as an intern for various busy studios in London and Amsterdam, including The Partners, Johnson Banks and Lava; there she fulfilled her curiosity for rigorous type and edgy conceptual design.
She then returned to Paris where she worked for major governmental and cultural clients. With a strong background in print design, identity and event design, she moved to Vancouver in 2008 and was part of the team at Identica before joining Industrial Brand.

Alex Leynes studied Sociology in university before training as a designer, recently graduating from Langara College’s Electronic Media Design program. Drawing inspiration from industrial design, architecture and music, Alex is firm believer in the power of a good concept. An illustrator at heart, he compliments this skill with his interest in information design, and typography. When designing, either for the web or for print, Alex strives for usability, clarity and thoughtfulness. Outside of his duties at Induastrial Brand, Alex serves as a volunteer executive for the BC Chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers, and is committed giving back to those who have helped him in the pursuit of his design career.

Welcome Mathilde and Alex! We’re looking forward to seeing your work and your contributions to this blog!

We’ve had quite a spat of designers falling down and breaking bones lately, but don’t get the wrong idea. Just because Kevin broke his elbow, or Leigh crushed her foot, we’re not going to let them off easy. On the contrary—Kevin is now quite good at mousing with his left hand and Leigh has found a way to get comfortable in front of her Mac (see above) so she can keep cranking out brilliant web designs. But serious gang, no more falling down!