As we announced recently, we’re gearing up yet again for this year’s Canstruction competition in support of the Vancouver Food Bank. If you’d like to help, go to the Legends Memorabilia/Stargate Charity Auction and bid on [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, February 25th, 2007
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Yup, it’s that time of the year again – time to build an 8 foot sculpture out of canned food at Canstruction Vancouver this coming March 4-11th, 2007! Hot off taking top honours two years running we’re throwing out a chal [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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With Canstruction looming on the weekend’s horizon, it is interesting to check out what other food-based sculpture competitions exist out there. Without a doubt, there are few people who can turn a block of parmesan into a masterpiec [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
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Only four days left to get in on the Legends Memorabilia Canstruction Charity Auction. This is the fundraising effort used to fund our participation in Canstruction Vancover. I’ve no idea what a “force lance” is, but I [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
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Our involvement in Canstruction Vancover is dependent on the funds our partner, Legends Memorabilia, raises through an online auction of props, costumes, studio art and signed memorabilia from television shows such as Stargate-SG1, Stargat [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, February 9th, 2006
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You’ve heard us talk about Canstruction before, but now’s your chance to get involved. If you are in the Vancouver area and are on a team or interested in entering a team in this year’s (or even next year’s!) compet [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Sunday, January 15th, 2006
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Accompanying this year’s Canstruction call for entries has been a recent maelstrom of media coverage, including this article in Blitz Magazine featuring this interview about Industrial Brand’s involvement in the event.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 12th, 2006
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If you’ve seen our entries from past Canstruction Vancouver events, you might have wondered how we did it or maybe even how to get involved. If you’re the competitive type, you were probably thinking how you might unseat us fro [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, December 19th, 2005
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At this year’s Canstruction Vancouver where we took top honours, a reporter from Attaché Magazine was wandering around talking to people and making copious notes. The result of his efforts was recently published as The Archite [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, November 18th, 2005
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Once again Industrial Brand, together with Legends Memorabilia, is participating in Canstruction, a fundraiser for the Vancouver Food Bank. Every year teams create sculptures made of non-perishable food. At the end of the event, all food [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
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SuperPower: Visualising the internet. (Link)
Boys and their toys. (Link)
Beautiful packaging, it's simple and does a great job showcasing the product. (Link)
Have we mentioned that @LikemindVan has a group page on LinkedIn too? (Link)
RT @gdcbc: To honour fallen designer Leo Obstbaum, please contribute to Emily Carr's Memorial Award in his name: (Link)
RT @gdcbc: CBC's tribute to Leo Obstbaum, deceased designer responsible for the 'look' of the #Vancouver2010 #Olympics: (Link)
RT @MarkBusse: People often say I have a big head, but that's hogwash. This photo proves my head is just right: (Link)
Love this diagram of the creative process as a continuum from research (uncertainty) to design (clarity). (Link)
Our newest designer Dana is awesome. You should hear her talk to marketing people when they call. Don't mess with the Dana.
This is the best Olympic training video I have seen to date ;-) (Link)
Missed what it was like to be in Vancouver when Crosby scored the winning goal this weekend? Watch (and listen) to THIS! (Link)
Google acquires Picnik, thus expanding it's dominance in the cloud computing domain. Who needs PhotoShop anymore! (Link)
RT @MarkBusse: @TimeFox is now on Twitter and has released an iPhone app! I just updated some projects hours I forgot to log. #productivity
RT @MarkBusse: How do you define professional success? For me, it has to be working with people that feel more like family than employee ...
Our client Eclipse's brand design is highlighted in an article on page 12 of BIV's 2010 How-To Book: (Link) (PDF available)
