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Frank Newfeld Speaking in Vancouver April 2nd.

The Alcuin Society and BC Chapter of GDC are co-producing a FREE EVENT featuring Canadian book designer, illustrator, art director, and publisher Frank Newfeld on April 2nd at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver.

Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Categories: Associations, Events, Illustration, Inspiration, Vancouver | No Comments »

Penguin Classics

I love books — beautiful books not the ones with shabby covers. I must admit that sometimes I buy a book for its cover rather than for its content. I don’t  lend my books easily, they look too cool on my shelves. And I love Pengui [...]

Posted by: Mathilde Salvert on Friday, December 12th, 2008

Categories: Design, Illustration, Inspiration, Printing | 1 Comment »

LA Auto Show: Where ‘Green’ Means “Go, Go, Go”

The LA Auto Show is home to the largest west coast display of cutting edge vehicular design and engineering. Every year the show opens its design challenge to any automaker that feels like they are up for flexing their creative muscle. Thi [...]

Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Categories: Design, Events, Illustration, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »

Once upon a time…

Finally! Someone who illustrates and writes bedtime stories for adults. Check out – The Museum of Modern Fiction, a blog site created by Josef Lee. It’s dark humour for others, but just right for IBC. Sweet dreams! Thanks JK Ch [...]

Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Categories: Fun, Illustration | No Comments »

’skine art

I own one, you probably own one… Here’s a site that makes me want to seriously doodle in my moleskine. Thanks JK Chan for forwarding this along.

Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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Danish Motion

Thank You Motion Graphics has officially launched their new site. Todd Smith, our guest contributer for IBC blog is working overseas in Denmark, producing pieces for MTV, Visa, Sony Ericsson, and a host of other clients that no-one in Nort [...]

Posted by: Steph Co on Friday, March 28th, 2008

Categories: Design, Illustration, Websites | No Comments »

Cuba: Design on the Embargoed Archipelago

It’s common knowledge (among those who know me) that I love Cuba. My wife and I were married there. I may not entirely agree with their politics, but the Cuban people are amazing—perhaps the warmest and most enjoyable culture IR [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Categories: Associations, Design, Illustration, Reading, Travel | No Comments »

Dirty Car Art

Next time you see a dirty car and write the ever-so-clever “Wash Me” on the rear windshield, think again. By the way, Sean Wade must know of some great dusty roads.

Posted by: Amanda Fetterly on Friday, July 27th, 2007

Categories: Art, Illustration | No Comments »

Floating on their canvases

The awesome, isometrically inclined work of Josh Keyes.

Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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Yet another face

In the spirit of the art and illustration theme we’ve had going on lately, here’s a small but really cool portfolio via Drawn! The Illustration Blog. They’re 3D computer generated pieces based on automatic drawings. The [...]

Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

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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)