Ultra cool Vancouver furniture design company Upholstery Arts has placed a full page ad in the Georgia Straight this week supporting the Green Party of Canada.  The clever ad titled “Elizabeth May Needs Green Seats” features a 25% off sale plus Green Party leader Elizabeth May sitting on a green sofa.  Upholstery Arts is a company that creates environmentally sustainable furniture and has thrown it’s support behind the Greens .  You can see the full ad here.

Emily Carr University of Art + Design graduate Sandy Lam has recently won a prestigious Red Dot award for her space saving balcony furniture.  The design, called “Spaceless” was inspired by a desire to get the most out of her small balcony and the fact that in Vancouver’s real estate market, apartments are going for more than $800 per square foot.  The table and bench collapse into the balcony floor when you aren’t using them.

Si Scott is a graphic designer who hails from the UK, and he has a very unique and stunning illustratative technique with typography. His work is well published, so you will have seen his work I’m sure. And don’t be mislead to think that all his work is done with Adobe software or digital musings like Corel. (more…)

Okay so after a little absence I have to say that I have some pretty cool stuff on the way. Okay so – King & Country – ring any bells with you hardcore design freaks? Well these California Crazies have some sick Motion Graphic/3D skills and their latest pet speaks volumes of there talent.

Take the time to view the rest of the work – it’s worth it – Don’t believe me – check it out!

So our Canary derby was a success – and by that I mean no one lost a limb, or irreparably damaged their brain whilst racing. We managed to raise a little dough for the charity so for all those who donating THANK YOU!! (more…)

I have love typography and the good use of minimal design – and Addiction Advertising has done a great job of using those principals with their site. (more…)

Took me a while to find this gem, but now I’ve at least plugged it here for other short film enthusiasts. Haven’t been able to find much info on the artist known only as Blu (more…)

Since I’ve been a Mac user I’ve grown to appreciate the all encompassing allure that Apple has created. Not only do they have powerful machines that offer endless versatility and cutting edge technology, the seem to look damn cool doing it all. (more…)

So with the growing popularity of JavaScript libraries, the leaning post that flash used to serve is quickly diminishing, which is great – if you’re an SEO nut! (more…)

If you haven’t heard of Sean Kennedy Santos, and you’re a photographer then you either live under a rock – or you’re an amateur and you’re just waiting for someone like me to open your eyes up to him. (more…)

I’ve always been fascinated in the really creative ways people make their business cards these days, and for me the really intelligent way to do it – is to give some literal crossover between what you do and your cards.

The image above is a card created for a Debt Recovery Agent – If you don’t pay your debts, the x-ray is proof that they will break a finger.

Effective? Take a look at CreativeBits blog.

A few months ago I had experienced some frustration in trying to test out a eNewsletter on multiple email clients effectively. Untill a work colleague emailed me a link to Litmus. (more…)

Aaahh – what a lovely and refreshing social experiment with how people navigate the web today! Don’t Click It, was conceived and built by Communication Design student Alex Frank as part of his final work. (more…)

It’s amazing when you get someone to put, astrological numbers into a perspective we can understand. Chris Jordon has created a American Self Portrait in such astonishing visuals that – they’re almost unbelievable!

To give you an example – the image posted depicts 32,000 Barbies, equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the US in 2006. If that doesn’t open your eyes, then I suggest you visit his site!

You know, there is so much information coming at us today that to distill it into one coherent visual form is a visual language all to its own. Visual Complexity seems to be a haven for those interested in the visualization of complex networks. (more…)

Dustin Humphrey has some incredible talent. The work that’s been floating around has gotten
some attention with a few blog, however they don’t stack up to him getting signed
on the Surfer magazine
as a photographer – prestigious affair I’m sure!
(more…)

Yes it’s a fundraiser, and Yes it’s a Soap Box Derby People! Watch some of the weirdest hand made cars go down Gastown’s historic Water Street. Eat, drink, cheer, bring the family, bring the dog.

However, the most important part of this event is the CAUSE, so please donate $1 or $100. This money is for early cancer detection research. It’s proven that early detection of Cancer almost certainly helps in successful treatment, which almost is like a CURE.

For more information about the event and the cause go to the Canary Derby website.

And if you do want to donate, please go to my donation page.

Thank you All!

If you haven’t seen or heard of CK I suggest you check them out. Webby Award Winner of the “Best Visual Design – Aesthetic”, they do have a good sense of what it’s like to create a site that’s “…beautiful, emotional and appeal to the senses.”

Alright image this – You show up to your grocery store, do your usual meandering through isles to land up at the check out. You unpack all your groceries (more…)

Axel Peemoeller has done an impressive display of signage in an underground parking lot in Melbourne. Impressive is actually an understatement. So when I found this I thought – pretty cool. But then my logical side caught up and slapped me upside the head, because if I were driving, would it seem like there was this large impressive sign dangling in the mid air?