February 2012
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design scrapbook 2011
travel design scrapbook 2011 : Montréal, Victoria, Santa Fe, NYC, Japan, Caleb Beyers, Jocelyn Mandryk, Ecorce, Anonymous Advertising, Dave McKean, Stephanie, Isaac
Feb 14th
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design scrapbook 2001
travel design scrapbook 2001 : Toronto, Montréal, Victoria, Dave McKean, Hundertwasser, Orangetango, Huh, Atelier Chinotto, Thomas Csano / Carlito Dalceggio
Feb 13th
January 2012
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Jan 17th
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Jan 11th
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lives in the garden
I was sad to hear that the artist Jan Johnson passed away in 2011. I was a fan of the man, and of his work. I had the pleasure to meet him ten years ago, and photograph his back yard sculpture garden. In my brief interactions with Jan, he was a generous and interesting man. A Vietnam vet, whose experiences in the war influenced his work. Much love to his widow, organic farmer Mary Alice. ...
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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“12:10am, Cassandra : So, what do we do now? 12:11am, Emrys : Well,...”
– from the living room, over a mug of warm milk
Jan 1st
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December 2011
5 posts
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 20th
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light snow in the woods
Dec 18th
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Dec 2nd
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November 2011
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moments of ballet class
To better understand the Victoria Academy of Ballet before starting their visual design, I visited a small class, met the students, witnessed the training, snapped some images.
Nov 29th
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promotion for a school of grace
The building of this booklet actually spanned a few months. We explored the library of existing photographs, took new photographs, wordsmithed the language, experimented with a couple dozen variations of the logo. Some of the working drafts had stronger photography and visual design, in my opinion. But our aim wasn’t to make a visual design showpiece, our aim was to favour the photos...
Nov 25th
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Nov 21st
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social snapshots Innovations en concert, Montréal
Nov 21st
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 2nd
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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studio visit : Montréal's écorce
I had the pleasure to hang out at Montréal’s écorce studio last month, visiting friends (co-owners) Karl and Véronique, and their team, as they worked late nights and weekends, designing for Montreal’s cinema festival, among other projects. It’s a sweet space, and the team has focussed energy (made me nostalgic for the larger on-site team we used to have here at Rocketday)....
Oct 26th
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This morning I woke at my brother-in-law’s place, propping myself up on his sofa to continue plugging away at the current project’s web code, extending and customizing WordPress with lots of PHP and some MySQL. After a few hours it was time for break. Took the kids up into the forest at Grouse Mountain. I joined Sofia and Astrid in pretending we were archers, fighting off an army in...
Oct 17th
me : I’m so tired I think I’m going to cry. Valentina (my neighbour, age 8) : oh good! then I can see the river of tears! Astrid (my daughter, age 8) : is there really a river called the river of tears?
Oct 13th
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Oct 7th
September 2011
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“I suppose I make music, but I’m not actually sure “musician” is the best...”
– Andrea Young, interviewed by Emrys for Innovations en concert
Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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Sep 25th
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stronger health through increased time spent in...
snapshots from yesterday’s daytime discussions at the Healthy by Nature forum, which we (Rocketday / Among Nature) were proud to sponsor
Sep 24th
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snapshots, in low light, from yesterday’s opening night of the Healthy by Nature forum at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC
Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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Sep 10th
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an overview of UVic's research
a few sample spreads: wayfinding motif, photography & text provided by UVic; design by Rocketday
Sep 2nd
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prep
Sep 1st
August 2011
21 posts
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Aug 30th
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Aug 30th
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Aug 29th
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Aug 29th
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Aug 29th
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a daily work formula
Rocketday is doing quite well. However, this means I often find myself under an avalanche of competing project timelines, an ever-growing email inbox, social media messages and phone calls. If I’m not careful, I can easily spend the whole day responding to email as it comes in, jumping between 10 different random projects, never finding the time to give them the devoted focus they need in...
Aug 25th
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Aug 20th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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“I feel as though if you don’t have anything to offer [society] then just...”
– Ed Jacobs, head of design at Confederate Motorcycles
Aug 17th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 15th
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new diet
no tv watch fewer movies, but watch them a couple times, dialogue on Mubi favour locally produced food low sugar, low fat minimal purchases aggressively pay down debt exercise (a bit) 2-3 times daily get decent sleep work first from note book, second from computer limit social media, limit Apple Movie Trailer watching poetics in each part of daily activities
Aug 15th
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Aug 4th
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“Life is short, And pleasures few, And holed the ship, And drowned the crew,...”
– Clive Barker (from the character Righteous Bandy in Abarat)
Aug 4th
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