There’s a new book that’s been published by maomao publications called Blogs, Mad about Design, featuring profiles and screenshots from more than 250 blogs about design-related topics—including this blog. Sort of a compendium [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, June 19th, 2009
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I guess all new story ideas have been used up in literary circles, and writers have to turn to rewrite the classics. And that’s right, Seth Grahame-Smith went there. Read about it here, and order it on amazon.
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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Not that I feel guilty when I eat rabbit anyway, but clearly bunnies are suicidal and should be put out of their misery, as is evidenced in these funny cartoons from Andy Riley’s Book of Bunny Suicides.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, December 29th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Reading | 2 Comments »
We’ve used FunctionFox’s TimeFox web-based time and project management tools for years and love it. Their new TimeFox Premier release has added handy functionality such as task management, to-do lists, calendar and scheduling t [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, March 21st, 2008
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Sometimes ideas come together in a collision, creating sparks. And for one, brief moment, you can see something in a new light, something you may not have seen before. This afternoon, I read David Pogue’s review of a new phone offering, [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Monday, November 12th, 2007
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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 »
William Gibson’s stretched stooped figure curls over book and microphone under yellow lights that hang like a field of beauty salon hair dryers before an unlit neon sign tracing out the words Studio One on a wall deep within the bowels o [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, September 7th, 2007
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It’s certainly no secret that we’re huge fans of William Gibson around here. Well-worn copies of his books Pattern Recoginition, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties and Neuromancer are found on our bookshe [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Categories: Inspiration, Reading, Vancouver, We love | No Comments »
I’ve always appreciated defined methodologies and well documented processes with steps, procedures and documentation. It’s long been an accepted approach to developing design or technology solutions. And nowhere has this been [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 19th, 2007
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I love architecture. Heck, at one point in my life my goal was to become an architect. So when I was invited to attend an installment of CBC’s Studio One Book Club to meet and hear renowned philosopher and historian Alain de Botton d [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, July 8th, 2007
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Really lovely short film. Nuit Blanche (Link) (via @bengarf)
We're serious people. Sending us crap emails with mediocre resumes that prove you've not really read the job posting WILL NOT work.
RT @MarkBusse: What is AIGA’s response to the NEA’s call for logos? (Link) #speculative #spec #design
We're looking for the next member of our design team. If you think that’s you, visit this job posting: (Link)
RT @psst3: Please RT: How to say no to spec work, nicely. (Link) (via @toddsmithdesign )
Matt SamyciaWood's article in BIV "A Home Business is Still a Business: (Link)
Ogilvy UK "The Big Ideal, where all brand communications are part of an overarching aspirational thought". (Link)
Canadian artist Kyla Harris' first blog post on her freshly launched website: (Link)
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McDonald's 2010 Olympics advertising in Vancouver Skytrain stations: (Link)
A client just dropped by and was disappointed that @blindcharlie wasn't here. The office is quieter, that's for sure.
All those awesome Vancouver moments compressed into a sweet time lapse (Link) (via @bengarf)
Looking for innovative materials for your next design project? Find all latest new stuff for minimal fixed fee (Link)
Small furry rodent meet clever packing design, then your maker. (Link) (via @bengarf)
Where design and food geeks meet - Helvetica cookie cutters. (Link) (via @foodists)
