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Body Magic

It seems that Mark has sent us some advance video footage from the after party at the GDC AGM in Montreal last week. Those designers sure know how to bust a move.

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

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INLAND EMPIRE

David Lynch’s new movie INLAND EMPIRE looks very…er…Lynch-like. Which is never a bad thing. Rolling Stone describes it as “three hours of mesmerizing (often infuriating) incoherence, a puzzle whose pieces you’ [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, April 26th, 2007

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Feelin’ It

As a fitting follow up to Mark’s recent post, watch how this impromtu performance of “In The Air Tonight” by Naturally 7 on a Paris subway gradually wins over their fellow passengers. Except for the one guy who is right u [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

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It’s made of people

Here’s something that I bet you didn’t know: 240 pencils can be made from the ash of an average human body. Somewhat morbidly appropriate for a post-Easter weekend, Nadine Jarvis designs products made out of cremains.

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

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Wishing you all the best in the future

Brilliant as always, Marian Bantjes’ Limited Edition Cover for Wallpaper Magazine.

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, March 19th, 2007

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Puma Vs. Unicorn

It started as a joke during the research phase of a current project, but we were just informed that our t-shirt design Puma Vs. Unicorn has passed the Threadless submission phase and is now up for voting in the public sphere. Help us make [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, March 15th, 2007

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Something glorious is about to happen…

History has proven time and again that if the powers-that-be put up a wall, the people will eventually tear it down. Such was the case at last night’s Bloc Party concert at the Orpheum when 80+ fans, grown tired of the formal sit dow [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

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13 Alternatives to Helvetica

Helvetica is arguably the greatest font to ever fill a text box, not to mention that it is currently the only font that qualifies for a star on Hollywood Blvd. But sometimes even the best gets tired and overused and you need something to c [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

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The Edge of Chaos

“VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project’s main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, ac [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, February 5th, 2007

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Slummin’ It

Working with the residents of the slums of Rio De Janeiro, artists Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koohaas have been painting a giant mural right in the heart of the community with the goal of instilling a sense of pride among the people and to impr [...]

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, February 2nd, 2007

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Great to see @ElysianCoffee (Broadway) listed on Living Social's website as the best neighbourhood coffeehouse. (Link)

Did you know that the moment you add a FireWire 400 HD to a daisy-chained stack of FW800 drives, you render the whole bunch FW400? #nerdfact

You coming to Likemind Vancouver tomorrow am? (Link)

RT @MarkBusse: Just enjoyed coffee at @ElysianCoffee with our IT partner @AndrewBall. Both give me a mild buzz & I'm grateful to know each.

@Memo_F Nothing compared to a catastrophic failure and loss of 13 years of client and resource files! #backup

Join creative professionals for coffee/conversation at Likemind Vancouver @ Starbucks (Mainland & Nelson) this Fri@ 8am. (Link)

@Drobo Just formatted & configured our spankin' new DroboPro 16TB storage array with BeyondRAID technology. Feeling backed up & secure!

July's Likemind event is being hosted by Starbucks at 977 Mainland St (at Nelson), this Friday, July 16th, at 8am. See you there.

July's Likemind event is being hosted by Starbucks at 977 Mainland St (at Nelson), this Friday, July 16th, at 8am. (Link)

So nice to welcome Mathilde back to the IB design team from our European Headquarters (Mathilde's house!) in Lyon, France!

RT @MarkBusse: End of day thought: Websites are more than tools. Want good rankings? Then care for your site, otherwise instead of growi ...

Pls join creative professionals for coffee & conversation for Likemind at Bean Around the World (175 West Hastings St) tomorrow at 8am.

Our hard work, tossed aside like yesterday's trash. (Link)

@tylerwilman @SteveMynett @danabirdie It's drinking time now. Where are we going?

Congrats to VFS grad @themichellelam on her 2010 Applied Arts Student Awards win for her Graphos Playing Cards! Way to go. /bg