TORONTO—Can’t make it to San Francisco this Saturday for Compostmodern 09? No problem. The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario is holding a satellite event of the conference a month later in Toronto. RGD hosts satellite event of the sustainability conference in Toronto The San Francisco chapter of AIGA and the AIGA Center […]
View PostTORONTO—Several companies familiar to the design industry came out on top at the Environmental Printing Awards held in Toronto last week. The partners in last year’s “Wheat Sheet” project that saw an issue of Canadian Geographic magazine printed on paper made partially from waste wheat-straw fibre received two awards. The magazine’s printer, Dollco Printing in […]
View PostTORONTO—The National Advertising Benevolent Society launched its 18th annual advertising auction fundraiser today. NABS is a charitable organization that provides assistance to industry professionals in communications and related industries who may need help due to illness, injury, unemployment or financial difficulties. Over $3.5 million in media was donated for the auction, which runs from Feb. […]
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A unique art and design event that brought together more than 300 notable illustrators, musicians, and art and music fans has raised more than $22,000 for the MS Society of Canada Scholarship Program. Illustrator and organizer Sandra Dionisi with designer (and husband) James Morris of Morris Communications Cut to the Drummer, held Feb. 5 at […]
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MONTREAL—Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital is getting a new identity for the first time in its 75-year history. Designed by Taxi Montreal, the new emblem will soon appear on all hospital-related materials, from business cards to uniforms. Jewish General Hospital gets its first facelift in 75 years The focal point of the new logo is […]
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