“Today, everyone is a designer and the future of civilization is our common design project” — a significant focus of David Berman’s new book, Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World. The Canadian communication designer has assisted organizations in accomplishing great tasks, through motivation and techniques for applying strategy, design, ethics, and creative branding to business problems. Continue Reading…
Inventory Magazine was founded by Ryan Willms as an extension of the culture and lifestyle of its featured products and producers. Giving a unique perspective on clothing and products, and the expression through which they are developed, the Vancouver-based publication combines a sense of discovering the unknown and new with tradition. The bi-annual magazine is printed in Canada and is available at select retailers around the country Continue Reading…
Uppercase Magazine — ‘a magazine for the creative and curious’ — is an art and design publication based out of Calgary. Enchanted by the works of artists, illustrators, designers, photographers, filmmakers and musicians, Uppercase covers relevant issues wrapped up in a fresh format. While the features of Uppercase are a strong point, the design on the publication is simply phenomenal. Continue Reading…
Updown Magazine is a Canadian publication situated in Collingwood, Ontario. With a focus on snowboard culture, Updown also takes a look into the fashion, art, music and places that inspire and influence Canada’s snow culture. Updown merges 4 specific regional publications into one national magazine. Continue Reading…
Sneeze — a magazine-newspaper-poster-eco-global-printed-MEGA-hybrid — is not your ordinary magazine. Situated in Vancouver and read around the world, Sneeze Magazine is an unbound collection of skateboard and cultural content. With the large format of Sneeze pages, photo spreads become posters. Each turn of the page is meant to hit you with something unexpected, highly visual, and amazing. Continue Reading…
Document, a new publication and collaborative cultural journal focuses on art, design, and global issues. The publication, available at two retail locations in Toronto and one in Edmonton, is sold in a unique box-packaged format. At Document, communication is culture. Continue Reading…
Matt George, the man behind Canadian fashion beast United Front is currently constructing “Canada, Eh”, a ‘book project for all things Canada in the eyes of United Front’. United Front which owns 12 retail stores including Goodfoot , Nomad , Ransom , St. Alfred and Stussy stores, will be the main focus of the book. Continue Reading…
Frank O’Dea is the co-founder of Canadian coffee shop chain Second Cup and author of When All You Have is Hope, the story of his bumpy road to success. Continue Reading…