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if (team == tired) { get_drinks($many, $often); } if (team != tired { work($often, $late); } if(team == drunk) { sleep(); } if(team == notyetdrunk) { drink_more($scotch); }

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, October 2nd, 2009

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Coast Modern Documentary

I love when “research” time comes around at the office. It gives me a valid excuse to do what I clandestinely do the rest of the week: Surf the Internet. We’re deep into work on an architectural firm and researching all t [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, June 15th, 2009

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C’était un rendez-vous

Though a relatively famous short film, I saw C’était un rendez-vous by french director Claude LeLouch for the first time this morning. In short, it’s an 8 minute tour through Paris by way of a camera strapped onto the front of [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

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Sentenc.es

If you’re familiar with ‘Inbox Zero‘ from 43 Folders you’re already aware of how problematic emails can be. How many emails do you have in your inbox? How many have you been putting off because the response is too l [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

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Dieter Rams – 10 Commandments

All designers should have learned this so long ago that it’s already been forgotten and therefore in need of a refresher so I offer you The 10 Commandments of Dieter Rams. His design, and design principals, have influenced a generat [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

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Introducting Typekit

Big news in the web world as Typekit was launched last week. For those of you who missed news of the launch, it serves to bridge the copyright issues associated with the CSS3 Property @font-face (hotly debated issue among foundries and dev [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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Vancouver Jazz Fest ‘09

Those who know me know I’m a real sucker for live music. I play it, listen to it, live it…hell, I’d eat it is it were possible. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is just around the corner this summer featuring som [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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Spring Newsletter

Things have been buzzing around the office lately but we found some time to do our once a month, once every few months newsletter. Think one part news, a dash of foodists culture, and one big giant bee plus our usual array of inspiration a [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

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Print vs. Pixel

Ever since reading Speak Up’s Landmark Web Sites, Where Art Thou? two years ago, the concept of the differences of print vs. interactive have been simmering on low on my mind. There are obvious differences, between these two mediums [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, May 4th, 2009

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Click here to read this post

‘Click Here’ is seen everywhere on the net and is often used to indicate where there is a link. As interactive designers we need tools in our tool belt to differentiate links from regular text and reliance on inserting content [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

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RT @bengarf: Bit old now so maybe you've seen, but Banksy is brilliant (Link)

RT @COURAGEOUSb: 'Branding is giving an idea not just to the customer but to the company itself, of who they are, a sense of themselves' ...

RT @MarkBusse: Doing design research for nutrition/fitness client looking for examples of brands with gritty/intensity + human/simplicit ...

Congrats to Porte Development for selling over 30% of the @OriginSFU units on Burnaby Mountain in the opening weekend. http://liveorigin.com

Slow motion will always be cool (love the ones using humans) (Link)

We recently launched a new brand identity and website for our client Gramercy Developments. Great job team! (Link)

Beautiful chocolate packaging (Link)

Nice to be recognized by @Icograda for the District South Main identity & campaign we designed for Amacon. (Link)

Industrial Brand is looking for the next senior member of their communication design team. (Link)

RT @interestingvan: Interesting Vancouver website is now live & tickets are now on sale. Buy yours today! http://interestingvancouver.com

Congrats to our client Porte Development for the official launch of Origin, their new project on Burnaby Mountain: http://liveorigin.com

RT @MarkBusse: @GuyKawasaki read article "Welcome to the Era of Creative Meritocracy" by Behance's Scott Belsky called (Link)

@markbusse & @bengarf talk about www.Foodists.ca w/ Randall Mark on CKNW's The World Today Weekend Sunday at 5:30 (Link)

Likemind Vancouver August event to be hosted by Kafka’s Coffee & Tea House at 2525 Main Street (at Broadway) (Link)

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