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The Vancouver premier of ‘Helvetica’

Helvetica, the film

Tickets are now on sale for the Vancouver premier of Helvetica, a documentary film by Gary Hustwit. A feature film about a typeface… who would have guessed?

The evening begins with a screening of the film followed by a Q&A session with the Director, Jim Rimmer and Douglas Coupland. It ends with an after-party put on by the GDC and Metropolitan Fine Printers This is definitely going to sell out, so get your tickets now. I’ll be there with all the other nerds.

The London 2012 Olympic Logo

The London 2012 Olympic Logo

With all the hating that’s going on, I just want to say that I actually like the London 2012 Olympic logo (be sure to check out the video). I don’t think it’s perfect and I’m not convinced that the typeface is the best choice, but it gets your attention and suggests that the 2012 Olympics will be a little bit different.

Outlook 2007 throws a wrench into HTML email design

Just when HTML email design was beginning to get a little easier, along comes Microsoft Outlook 2007. Now, I know there are people out there that absolutely hate HTML email. That’s fine. However, there are people—and clients—that love it, so this topic is of some importance.

From Microsoft’s “Word 2007 HTML and CSS Rendering Capabilities […]

David Carson Will Be Visiting

David Carson Surfing | Aaron Chang
It looks as though David Carson will make it to Vancouver after all. He was originally scheduled to be at the Art Institute of Vancouver back in March, but he had to cancel that visit. This time around, he will be speaking at the Chinese Cultural Centre on June 22 […]

Gimme Shelter for Under $20

My brother is studying at NSCAD University in Halifax, NS and one of their recent projects involved designing an emergency shelter that could be produced for under $20. CBC Halifax produced a brief piece on the project and are hosting it on their site (under Wednesday, April 12, 2006), but it’s only available as a […]

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