http://www.designedgecanada.com/rss/news.php Design Edge Canada RSS en-us Sat, 19 May 2012 08:12:29 EDT Sat, 19 May 2012 08:12:26 EST http://www.designedgecanada.com info@printcan.com webmaster@northisland.ca http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120518811.shtml Fri, 18 May 2012 14:29:04 EST TORONTO—The first shortlist for the 2012 Marketing Awards, a celebration of the best advertising and communications from across Canada in the last year, has been released. The first shortlist covers nominees in the radio, magazine and TV/Film categories. Here's a sampling of the shortlisters:   http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120518778.shtml Jeff Hayward Fri, 18 May 2012 13:41:03 EST TORONTO—The historic St. Lawrence Market, owned and operated by the City of Toronto, is two floors. But the problem is that many people are apparently unaware there even is a lower level, where more vendors, not to mention the washrooms, are located. Making shoppers aware of a whole other level was part of the challenge faced by Shikatani Lacroix, a design studio in Toronto commissioned by the city to develop a new navigation system for the 200-year old marketplace. Signs now point people to the market's lower level (click to enlarge) http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120516730.shtml Wed, 16 May 2012 12:31:42 EST TORONTO—RGD Ontario elected its board of directors during its annual meeting recently; its president Lionel Gadoury was re-elected. Lionel Gadoury at RGD DesignThinkers 2011 http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120515786.shtml Thu, 17 May 2012 09:53:15 EST TORONTO—The merger of 16-year-old graphic design firm Hahn Smith Design with 20-year-old industrial design firm Kerr + Co. into KerrSmith Design is now official — but it was years in the making. http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120515635.shtml Tue, 15 May 2012 10:14:57 EST TORONTO—Two innovators at the top of the their game in the fields of editorial and typographic design, Richard Turley and Christian Schwartz, will be speaking in Toronto in early June. http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120511871.shtml Fri, 11 May 2012 15:54:49 EST TORONTO/VANCOUVER—Blast Radius, a global digital agency in Toronto with offices in New York, Vancouver and London, has responded to growing business in its Canadian offices by adding three new senior staffers including Keith Liu, vice president strategy, mobile, Toronto. Erin Cooper, director, project services, and Andrea Moretti, technical experience director, both join the Vancouver office.   Erin Cooper http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120510844.shtml Jeff Hayward Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15:34 EST TORONTO—What's it like to be a designer when your client is essentially yourself? That's the challenge faced by in-house designers; in other words, designers who work within a company as opposed to a separate agency. Five panelists with in-house experience (along with moderator Tina Mackenzie, manager of creative services at City Of Mississauga) took to the stage at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on Thursday morning for the In-House Design Forum presented by RGD Ontario and sponsored by Cascades and Creative Niche. From left is Tina Mackenzie, Jennifer Schelfhaut, Justin Rieder, Ruben Goulart, Gary Laughlin, and Sabine Harmouche http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120509817.shtml Wed, 9 May 2012 14:36:29 EST [The fourth among the occasional review of new and classic design-related titles] Roadsworth by Roadsworth and Bethany Gibson (foreword by Scott Burnham), Goose Lane, September 2011 $29.95 Cdn Reviewed by Jeff Hayward, Design Edge web editor Who is Roadsworth? That's what I wanted to know, and what many people wanted to know from 2001 to 2004, when some 300 examples of painted street art mysteriously popped up around Montreal. Following his eventual arrest in 2004, Roadsworth continues to make art in public spaces — but now he's asked to do it. This book is a good look inside the mind of a once-elusive street artist to the person he has become.   http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120508660.shtml Tue, 8 May 2012 10:51:36 EST MONCTON, NB—At its annual general meeting held in Moncton in late April, the 2012 National Council fo the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) elected its new National Executive Board for the 2012-2014 term. The new executive members and national committe chairpersons include: http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120508656.shtml Jeff Hayward Tue, 8 May 2012 10:45:02 EST TORONTO—How do you design happiness? That was a challenge faced by Oxygen Design in Toronto, when it took on creative for a campaign by SickKids Foundation to build awareness about children's health issues and the need for support to further research and patient care. The solution: Draw a happy face, then make it relatable to all walks of life in an effort to drive people to "Do the Happy" and donate to the Toronto hospital in the process. Some of the icons created by Oxygen for the SickKids 'Do the Happy' campaign (click image to enlarge) http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120508620.shtml Tue, 8 May 2012 09:52:49 EST Large agencies, mid-size studios, freelancers and in-house designers are among the finalists of the 2012 Regional Design Awards. This year's awards had over 700 entries from across the country, with a great uptake in entries from the west coast and a strong contingent of in-house designers taking part. Category and Best of Region winners will be announced in Toronto on June 26; work from the finalists will be exhibited at the evening event and will also be featured in Design Edge's 2 2012 Regional Design Awards Annual, copies of which will be handed out to those attending the party. Purchase your tickets here. http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120507077.shtml Tue, 8 May 2012 09:51:36 EST Design Edge has added four new services to its website this week to provide more services to readers and advertisers alike. All the services are available from the main navigation: Design Edge Classifieds: Have extra studio space to rent out? Want to post an RFP? Need business services? Looking to hook up with a designer? Try our new Classifieds! Your classified is posted on the site, published in Design Edge Express e-newsletter, and sent to our Twitter followers. Get the word out to tens of thousands of designers in the community. Free introductory offer. http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120507782.shtml Angela Hot, Special Correspondent For Design Edge And Senior Designer With Vancouver's Ion Branding + Design Mon, 7 May 2012 13:47:02 EST VANCOUVER—You can't talk about architecture in Vancouver without talking about sustainability. But Friday's CreativeMornings/Vancouver wasn't all about what we're doing right. It was also about what we're doing wrong. Darryl Condon is a partner in Vancouver architecture firm Hughes Condon Marler Architects (HCMA). Condon opened his talk by telling the audience that he is a "glass half full guy." But he had to admit that our efforts in North America can often be a drop in the bucket of global sustainability. Darryl Condon/Photo by Mathew Smith http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120507661.shtml Mon, 7 May 2012 10:52:46 EST TORONTO—UPDATED MAY 9, 2012 As part of the official Canadian launch of Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud, Adobe, in partnership with Ottawa-based training centre Eliquo, will host a series of day-long seminars across the country featuring short talks by Canadian designer/photographer Tim Van Horn. http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2012/20120504768.shtml Jeff Hayward Fri, 4 May 2012 13:26:02 EST TORONTO—There was a decidedly upbeat atmosphere during the opening night of OCAD University's 97th annual graduate exhibition at the art and design school in Toronto Thursday night. The four-day grad show attracts about 20,000 people, said OCAD U president Dr. Sara Diamond. That was evident opening night, with hundreds of visitors browsing the displays spread throughout six floors. Also upbeat was graduating graphic designer Antonio Lennert, who was honoured with a medal from the school for being tops in his program. His multi-disciplinary thesis showcased his educational background beyond graphic design, and focused on "the issues of identity and belonging, Brazilian culture and design."  OCAD U Graphic design medal winner Antonio Lennert with his work