Last night, November 21st, 2007, Jeff Harrison and Rethink Communications won a prestigious Lotus Award in the category of Best Design Poster for their design of the GDC Graphex 2008 Call For Entries poster. Well done guys!
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
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Those categories are: Packaging Design, Brand Identity and Environmental Design. Rodney Fitch, chairman and CEO of Fitch Worldwide, London, will be the chairman of the jury.
"I had often wondered why Cannes never honored design; for isn't design the very platform on which so much creative endeavor is based," said Fitch in a statement. "Now that the world has come to its senses, I'm greatly honored and not a little humbled to be the Design jury's inaugural president. I am confident the work we shall see will be inspirational and help make these Lions roar even louder."
Click here to read the rest of this story at Adweek.
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From Adweek: After 54 years, the Cannes Lions are finally adding Design. At the 55th International Advertising Festival next June, Design Lions as well as a Grand Prix will be up for grabs, but there are caveats. Product, Web and architectu [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
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We worked with the owners of Kanto AV Systems to establish a name and brand platform from which to launch a line of flat screen tv mounts, accessories and iPod speaker systems to a consumer audience. We strove to create a fresh, friendly an [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
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He’s worked with Burton Snowboards since 1984. He owns the biggest design firm in Brazil. He’s the current global creative director of Starbucks and formerly of Nike. He created the only comprehensive course on Canadian design h [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
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IBC recently won a Silver Award in the IAPHC International Gallery Awards for the Metallic Experience campaign we created for Hemlock Printers featuring the art of the legendary Bob Masse. Ha ha, metallic wins silver…ironic.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
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The theme for this year's competition, “The Best of Visual Communications: Opens a World of Possibilities”, uses the visual language of a tournament ladder structure to reveal the various influences and inputs that go into a design solution, as well as serving as a representation of the fierce competition to win a prestigious Graphex Award. As well, the tournament ladder is flipped to explore the various possible influences and effect a particular design project can have far beyond the creative brief or client, such as on the community, economy, environment and society. And what effects will winning an award such as Graphex have on our own lives, reputations and careers?
Graphex 2008 asks the question "What effect will your design have?" Enter now to find out.
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GDC’s Graphex 2008 National Design Awards were recently announced with a deadline for entries of November 23rd, 2007. Designed and developed by Industrial Brand Creative, the website features an animated Flash interface with dynamic c [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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Great effort was made to follow our history, and the helmet on the latest version of the Spartan logo is more in keeping with the actual battle helmet that the ancient warriors of Sparta wore into campaigns. This is also the look that was achieved with the original TWC logo from the early 70’s providing a strong tie to our logo roots.
It was important that the new logo be more versatile and simple, yet classic in design. In short he new logo had to clearly state who we are in name as well as in design, and to represent the values we hold to as Spartans. With these things in mind, the process began to unfold and eventually the new logo was born.
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Trinity Western University (TWU) launched their contemporary new Spartans Athletics logo today, designed by the team at Industrial Brand. The new logo, meant to symbolize modern day warriors, has been well received by faculty, students, alu [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
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The keyboard is pretty sexy too, measuring only 0.33 inches thick! Again though, my only concern is what it's like to type on those keys. Anyone with a newer MacBook will probably say you get used to it, and it's probably much quieter than its predecessor.
Overall though, it's an attractive, powerful machine, and the prices are reasonable. I'll have to start saving my pennies to replace my 17' Gen 5 PowerPC iMac! I measured, the 24" will fit on my desk with just 1 inch to spare before it hits the shelves overhead. Giddy up!
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Apple announced the new iMacs today. Pretty sleek, although I’ll miss the white. My only gripe is that black frame around the screen. Why not make the entire face of it black, in all its fingerprint-prone glory? I think the brushed al [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
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We’re very proud of our partnership with the Fraser Valley Regional Library (FVRL) and their brand new identity system we launched for them recently. One of the oldest and largest library networks in Canada, FVRL came to Industrial Br [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 20th, 2007
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Congratulations to Vancouver-based Ion Design for their recent work with sustainability initiatives. Their One Good Idea contest challenged companies and individuals to come up with a good idea that reminds people that even small steps can [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, June 10th, 2007
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A hearty congratulations to IBC Senior Designer Kevin Broome for being granted professional designer designation by The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada [GDC]. A finer or more deserving MGDC you’ll likely never meet.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 11th, 2007
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Our talented friends at VFS have teamed up with Adobe and Intel to create a terrific new website for the Real Idea Studio, an online community that extends the reach of Adobe’s Student Filmmaker program at Cannes. The site, based on the V [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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As we at IBC plan our next Industrial Revolution it seems others have begun their own. Here’s a supreme piece of motion graphics that describes a paradigm shift .
Posted by: Haig Armen on Saturday, January 20th, 2007
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From Pentagram’s blog: A new identity designed by Pentagram for iconic New York retailer Saks Fifth Avenue launches on January 2, 2007. After the jump, partner Michael Bierut describes the process behind the development of an identity [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, January 7th, 2007
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Our good friends at Now Public are enjoying some much deserved success these days. Not only were they recently featured as a new partner by ABC News, they were just named one of the top 5 news sites of the year by the Guardian along with es [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 21st, 2006
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