Archives by month: April 2009

And What Were You Doing When You Were 15 Years Old ?

<p>A much too short time ago, I discovered the photographic talent of <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/-oliviabee-/page3/”>Olivia Bee</a>. At barely 15 years old, this young lady does surprising work for her age. The staging, subject and light treatment come together to bring us … Read more →

April 29, 2009 , Julie Dufour // Posted in Art | Post a comment

LetterPress

<p>It is good to know that our trade of communicators isn’t losing its history or its know-how!</p> <p>Ink, metal and wood; arms, a good eye and the love for a job well done!</p> <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/2170116″>Letterpress Poster Printing</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/niceredshorts”>Joshua … Read more →

April 28, 2009 , Lionel Michée // Posted in Art, Tools, Type | Post a comment

Binary Earth !

<p>Dutch artist Helmut Smits created a “Dead Pixel in Google Earth”. It’s a 82cm_ patch of burnt grass, which is the size of a pixel when you’re at an altitude of 1km in Google Earth.</p> <p>I love the idea that … Read more →

April 28, 2009 , Lionel Michée // Posted in Art | Post a comment

Daddy! How Are Babies Made ?

Tricky question to answer, isn’t it? Here is a lovely way to do so that you can discover by clicking HERE.

April 27, 2009 , Julie Dufour // Posted in Life | Post a comment

Chaplin, Hitler and Che Highlighted

<p>Leo Burnett Mumbai had a stroke of genius to sell Luxor highlighters.</p> <p>What does a highlighter highlight? Whatever is important in a text, in a story (the story). Here, in addition to depicted the well-known portraits, and well-done at that, … Read more →

April 27, 2009 , Annabelle Fiset // Posted in Advertising, Design | Post a comment

360° Photo Shoot, Only 500 More to Go

As part of our interactive development mandate for the Avataq Cultural Institute (a complete overhaul of the website), part of the job is to include nearly 500 360° photos of objects in their collection. We headed to the Museum Collections … Read more →

April 22, 2009 , Alexandre Gravel // Posted in Work | Post a comment

What If We Took the Time?

Now that practically everything can be done at the speed of light (for real!!), there is one trend that has developed over the course of the past few years: Slow Food. Its leitmotiv? Take the time. Learn more about it … Read more →

April 22, 2009 , Julie Dufour // Posted in Art | Post a comment

Photo: Suitcase looking for owner

Your suitcase’s contents, pictured flat. Simple description for the Is This Your Luggage? project. It isn’t ours, but we haven’t been able to find the name of the project’s photographer, male or female (rather difficult to know if lunalaboo@googlemail.com is … Read more →

April 8, 2009 , Alexandre Gravel // Posted in Art, Life, Voyeur | Post a comment

Discovering or rediscovering Montreal

Design*Sponge offers a lovely city guide. It is rather design-oriented, but not exclusively… Something to help make beautiful and surprising discoveries. Isn’t playing tourist in your own city a luxury? Via: Design*Sponge. Photo credit : Nino H

April 7, 2009 , Julie Dufour // Posted in Urban | Post a comment

WE HIRED A THREESOME.

A few weeks ago, we announced on Twitter that we had three new recruits in our team (yes, Toast is on Twitter, and so am I). You’ve already met Lionel and Julie on the blog. As for Karim, he is … Read more →

April 6, 2009 , Alexandre Gravel // Posted in Toast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Post a comment