Media
Vancouver’s weekly cover spreads
Every now and again Vancouver’s newsweeklies provide an unintended array exemplifying design trends in the newsmedia. And like many trends in the media, not all the news is good. Case in point: the week of June 30th through July 7th. Walking by the news boxes that week I was taken by how three local publications [...]
Startlingly effective ads
We recently came across this bus shelter ad and felt it warranted special mention. Beyond the initial graphic impact of the x-ray image it immediately invites one in for a closer look at which point the brilliance of the concept is revealed. Kudos to the agency that came up with this one.
Sun blindness – an early volley in the coming Canadian culture war?
In case you were wondering what the Harper Government (TM) might think is solid, quality arts journalism you need not look any further than this clip. The opening salvo is as coarsely designed to inflame a sense of righteous indignation among those who know nothing about the arts as anything Fox News could devise. Bravo [...]