Archives by month: October 2008

A NEW FACE

“Want!” That’s the first thing that comes to mind even before telling you what it is. Headhoods are hand-screened hoodies made by New York-based designer/musician Clinton Van Gemert. Comfort, style and surprise, we like simple ideas. He ships everywhere; $49.99 … Read more →

FF Fagomo Bold, 48pt. 60% Cocoa, minimum.

Right now? I’d gladly devour a 500-word article, minimum. Typographer’s tools, made from chocolate with 60% cocoa, 48 points in size… that’s what TYPOLADE offers, based out of Stuttgart, Germany. This gives me ideas… like printing poems with jam and … Read more →

24 Stories about Ghost Towns and Abandoned Cities

Around this time of year, Halloween and all, you have to try to get scared at least a little. However, these photos and stories hold a certain fascination (so not really scary for the moment) in these 24 Empty Villages … Read more →

2009, A Crash and a Few Kleenex

And how are your 2009 planning meetings with your clients going? For us at Toast, the sea seems relatively calm. But I received a call from a potential client in the financial field who kindly explained: “We have to put … Read more →

Rita’s Folder Chairs

We love seeing Montreal-based studios shine. I discovered Rita’s Folder Chairs on Apartment Therapy, huge interior-design blog based out of Chicago.

Academic Signs

For the West London Academy, Graphic Through Facility developed a series of signs and symbols with character. The project was in 2006, but we stumbled across the link via Coudal Partners last week.

Eresys Invites Cordial Soirée at Salon Daomé

Christian Thibault, happy web producer at Toast and DJ, will be at Salon Daomé on October 25th. If you missed him at Laïka or at CIBL this summer, time to get caught up. Couple details: Saturday October 25th, come dance … Read more →

Nintendo Wii, the Danger of Realism

At Toast, we work hard. But sometimes to have fun, we whip out a game of Wii to relax a bit. We’ve never gone this far, though …

Developing an Idea Shouldn’t Always Require Four focus Group Sessions

New Belgium Brewing, a Colorado-based microbrewery, give us a glimpse of their creative process in a recent blog post. Go check it out and find out a bit on what brought about the name ‘Giddy Up’ for a beer and … Read more →

Jam Goes Live! Let’s Celebrate!

We’ve had this blog up our sleeve for awhile now. We’ve been secretly practicing and auto-critiquing on the desired tone and content of the articles and wrote a fair bit of content before putting it all online. Voilà! It’s done! … Read more →