A few months ago, Mac Donald’s launched a new TV campaign in France ‘come as you are’. The campaign itself, created by EuroRSCG, is pretty nice but what really caught my attention was the logo: it has turned green!! Just [...]
Posted by: Mathilde Salvert on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Categories: Advertising, Branding, Food, Marketing, Sustainability | No Comments »
I had the opportunity a few years ago to design juice labels for Happy Planet. Yesterday on a hot sunny day I enjoyed a chilled ‘Extreme Purple’ (it was so good). On review of their website I discovered they have grown as a com [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, June 1st, 2009
Categories: Food | No Comments »
Have you ever wanted to eat at a fancy restaurant but afraid to spend a huge chunk of your paycheck? Well, stop spending money on strippers! Just kidding… Dine Out Vancouver is back again. With over 180 restaurants, starting on Janua [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Categories: Events, Food, Fun, Vancouver | 3 Comments »
Those of you who know a thing or two about us know that we’re very much into our food. You might have perused this blog and noticed a distinct absence of food-related posts. The reason is that some time ago we decided the topic was s [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, November 28th, 2008
Categories: Food, Industrial Brand, Websites | 1 Comment »
Nearly everyone knows we’re partial to small furry critters (which reminds me, we need to have another Hamster Party soon) as well as passionate foodies. But we seldom get to combine our love of food and rodents, though we’ve b [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
Categories: Food, Fun, Video, We love | 3 Comments »
We love coffee in the studio—it’s a part of our foodie culture at Industrial Brand. In fact, we’re hard at work designing a new brand identity, collateral and packaging for a local gourmet coffee consultancy and retail franch [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
Categories: Branding, Food, Industrial Brand, Vancouver | No Comments »
Fame and fortune oftentimes brings trouble for those not grounded enough to handle it. Hell, even then the most innocent and well-intentioned have fallen into the dark side. Probably tough enough for a human to stay on the straight and nar [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, September 15th, 2008
Categories: Food, Fun, Photography, We love | No Comments »
This is NSFW (unless you have headphones). Anyway, thanks to Nathan for the heads up on this. Bo Selecta screwing with Jamie Oliver. I mean, what could be better than a foul-mouthed bear beating up Jamie Oliver for letting his sidekick Ste [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 11th, 2008
Categories: Food, Fun | 1 Comment »
My wife, who doesn’t even eat lamb, sent me a link to a company called Edible. Divided into sections: Insectivore, Herbs & Spices, Aphrodesiac, Carnivore, Herbivore, and Apothecary, the company scours the earth for the rare, the [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Categories: Design, Food, Marketing | 1 Comment »
How does one improve their vocabulary AND help end world hunger? FreeRice.com is a site I came across a few months ago from a friend and I’ve always regretted not posting this sooner. The concept is simple: For each multiple-choice v [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, March 21st, 2008
Categories: Food, Inspiration, Learning | No Comments »
Appreciate architecture? Visit the Vancouverism show in the foyer of the new Woodwards bldg. Beautiful & inspiring work. (Link)
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 ...
