Take it or leave it

Sun

2009-05-20T06:48:00.001-07:00

Inspiration

2009-05-18T10:53:00.001-07:00

Brooks Team Professional

2009-05-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

Here's a Brooks my dad bought for his road bike circa 1980. It's perfectly broken in. So comfortable. It's not staying on the Langster, but may find its way onto another project in to near future.

New Pedals

2009-05-13T15:37:00.001-07:00

Exits

2009-05-10T08:50:00.001-07:00

My band recorded a new single a few months ago at Cam Leopkey and Shaun Dealey at Prairie Recording. We are releasing it on Mike Braun's new Digital label, along with a few Remixes from some of our favorite DJ's/Musicians across Canada. It should be available for download soon! Here's a quick poster I made the other day that I thought I'd share.

OH SNAP!

2009-04-15T15:14:00.001-07:00

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:)

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Gold.

2009-04-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

I've had this song on repeat for a while thanks to Mike. I had no idea it had such an amazing video.

The Golden Filter

Solid Gold - The Golden Filter from golden filter on Vimeo.

When I grow up...

2009-04-05T19:38:00.000-07:00

I want to make music videos.

When I Grow Up from Fever Ray on Vimeo.
Found through Kitsune Noir

New Bike?

2009-04-03T10:44:00.001-07:00

As much as I love my Langster, I feel it draws too much unwanted attention. I may keep it one more season, but will be looking for something a bit more understated next year. I have always loved the Bianchi Pista. There's a few around town and always catch my eye. Something about those unpainted tubes with the subtle Bianchi lettering. The bike just LOOKS fast. Top it off with a Brooks and you're golden.

Via Selectism.

Mid Century Modern

2009-04-03T10:10:00.000-07:00

Found via dropular.net

God Save The Queen

2009-04-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

I at one time considered myself a bit of a "Mod", whatever that meant to me at the time. I loved British Rock from the early 60's, Ben Sherman dress shirts, vintage Korean War Parkas, etc. This picture of Kate Moss caught my eye. Its by Craig McDean who is a British fashion photographer originally from Middlewich near Manchester, but now based in New York City.

Check out the rest of his work here

Kim Høltermand

2009-03-22T11:31:00.001-07:00

Kim has been a huge source of inspiration for me lately. These pictures are just surreal. I really want to go back to Denmark.

Check out more gold at:
http://www.behance.net/Holtermand

Now it all makes sense.

2009-03-20T09:56:00.001-07:00

The Seed

2009-03-19T14:50:00.000-07:00

The Seed from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.

Principles.

2009-03-17T14:06:00.000-07:00

Dieter Rams' 10 principles for good design:

• Good design is innovative.
• Good design makes a product useful.
• Good design is aesthetic.
• Good design helps us to understand a product.
• Good design is unobtrusive.
• Good design is honest.
• Good design is durable.
• Good design is consequent to the last detail.
• Good design is concerned with the environment.
• Good design is as little design as possible.

Dieter Rams, designer - Cold War Modern from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.

Porsche 912

2009-03-17T14:02:00.001-07:00

'nuff said.

Dwell

2009-03-16T16:42:00.001-07:00

I love this magazine, and would love to work for them sometime in the future.

Kyle Blue, Dwell Magazine from Arkitip on Vimeo.

Adelaide

2009-03-16T16:34:00.000-07:00

Adelaide - Bombadiers from Moodgadget on Vimeo.

Lo Bistro

2009-03-16T16:25:00.000-07:00

I feel completely uninspired as of late. I sit at my computer and look at loads and loads of beautiful designs... I should be inspired, but when I try to make something of my own, it falls flat. I've been trying my damnedest to create something unique, something fresh... but then just go with what is easy. I guess that's why one goes to school. To learn the basics, the guidelines, to free the creativity which is hiding inside. I was accepted to attend OCAD in Toronto, so I'm packing up the computer, and moving on out east. It will be quite the adventure, and its what I desperately need.

Ampersand.

2009-03-10T16:43:00.001-07:00

Corporate Invite

2009-03-05T15:21:00.001-08:00

My friend Mark works for Hitachi and asked my to spruce up the invitation to an upcoming conference.

How boring is this?

42&43 Club

2009-03-05T12:22:00.001-08:00

2 of 5 Chapter screens for an MTS TV production.

Beocenter 7002

2009-03-05T09:23:00.001-08:00

I have always been inspired by Danish design, and Bang & Olufsen has always been at the forefront. Here I tried to create my fathers old 7002 Beocenter in photoshop. It's obviously a quick job, but I could spend a year on it and it would never be perfect.

Jen Delos Reyes Identity.

2009-03-05T08:58:00.000-08:00

Here's something I've been working on for a while now. It's an identity for an artist friend who is teaching at the University of Portland. She needed a business card, letterhead, CV update, disks, and an envelope made up. She wanted something very minimal, yet would show her design sensibility. We both agreed on Helvetica and went from there...

*Click on image for higher resolution

Valentines

2009-02-03T10:28:00.000-08:00

A VERY quick Valentines day poster I did for Mike. I kind of like it tho. I think Firenze is now my favorite font. Unfortunately it can only be used in small doses. It has the most beautiful numbers of any typeface I've seen.

2009-02-03T10:25:00.000-08:00

This is way over the top, but whatever. I really enjoyed making this poster actually, and learned a lot about some photoshop tricks I've yet to master. Clipping Masks are your friends.

Day Old Donuts

2009-02-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

I suppose this is supposed to be some sort of abstract exploding day old donut. Enjoy.

2009-01-13T21:49:00.000-08:00

Messing around with some poster ideas for a upcoming gig.

Waking Eyes

2008-12-29T12:02:00.000-08:00

Septermber.

2008-09-23T11:26:00.000-07:00

Me fail english?

Myspace Pages...

2008-09-11T10:22:00.000-07:00

I've designed a couple myspace pages. Although they seem simple enough to make, they can also be incredibly irritating. What you think would work on the page, often doesn't once you have it up there. Just making the graphics is about 1/3 of the work, the other 2/3 is fiddling with sizes, text location, headers/banners, contact tables, creating and googling codes to make it all work, etc, etc.

Here are some of my favorites which I have designed recently...

Ash Koley
DJ Dougie B
Inward Eye
Tele

Some corporate stuff...

2008-09-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

This is a logo I designed for the MTS on Demand TV series "Winnipeg in Bloom" Click on the picture for the larger version.

Long time no see...

2008-09-06T18:51:00.000-07:00

A quick poster for a show we did with one of my favorite local bands, Quinzy. Love those geometric shapes. Reminds me of playing with those coloured blocks in Kindergarten.

This is the beginning of a poster for an afterschool happy hour at a local bar. I'll post the finished version as soon as it's done.

Stir Fri

2008-07-14T21:54:00.000-07:00

A poster I made for Hifi club, the photograph is by the wonderful Kalle Gustufson.

Some recent artwork

2008-07-09T11:14:00.000-07:00

Risky C

2008-05-28T19:15:00.001-07:00

Click for high resolution.

Risky B

2008-05-28T19:13:00.000-07:00

GREEN

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Niagara Falls

2008-05-16T10:59:00.001-07:00

Nutty

2008-05-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

Inspired by a flyer for the 1976 Olympics.

Supreme 2

2008-05-16T10:50:00.000-07:00

Images taken from Kalle Gustafson. One of my favorite photographers.

HIFI Club

2008-05-16T10:49:00.001-07:00

Supreme

2008-05-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Polaroid

2008-01-25T14:40:00.001-08:00

Helvetica Neue

2008-01-13T11:32:00.000-08:00

Snazzy font.

Road

2008-01-13T00:36:00.001-08:00

Image taken from Kalle Gustafsson's photography page. Check it out at kallegustafsson.com

BLACK & WHITE

2008-01-10T23:29:00.001-08:00

Ghost

2007-12-31T09:47:00.001-08:00

Again, wrong year and all, I don't think this poster was ever printed. Might re-use it with different colours next time.

New Poster Design.

2007-12-31T09:34:00.001-08:00

*Click on images for larger sizes*

Probably my favorite design so far. Found the image on flickr and knew I had to do something with it.

I don't think this bar night ended up happening, so look for the poster sometime in the near future.

Another RPS Poster

2007-12-09T15:56:00.001-08:00

I've been on a real retro kick, and am finding a lot of inspiration from a graphic artist named Scott Hanson.

Check out his blog @ iso50.com

Some new graphic work...

2007-11-10T16:53:00.001-08:00

Photoshoot

2007-10-07T17:47:00.000-07:00

Took some pictures for Sons of York. I liked this picture.

New poster design

2007-09-24T16:35:00.000-07:00

New Lens

2007-09-21T11:09:00.000-07:00

Relatively cheap lens, which takes pretty awesome pictures. Only downside is that it doesn't have a zoom. I'll have pictures from this evening up tomorrow. Nice.

TV Dinner.

2007-09-19T18:11:00.001-07:00

That is all.

Nice wall.

2007-09-17T14:42:00.000-07:00

Thinking about a similar design for my bedroom wall, Elliott Smith's album cover is featured here.

Moms new wheels.

2007-09-16T15:15:00.001-07:00

Babs bought a new A3 yesterday, so I took her for a spin and snapped some pictures.

The Details

2007-09-16T15:03:00.000-07:00

Rock, Paper...

2007-09-10T22:40:00.000-07:00

I made a poster.

Work

2007-09-07T08:10:00.001-07:00

After working at VW for 4 years, I finally quit and am doing something I'm actually interested in, and somewhat good at. I got a job through a family friend at Spectra productions, a local video production studio, and I'm doing some basic editing and graphic work.

My first project was to design a logo for Winnipeg in Bloom, and then edit over 600 homes that were shot by 3 different camera crews. So basically I was looking at 600 gardens over a 1 month period. If i see another petunia I'm going to puke.

My second project is to edit an instructional video for New Flyer transit. It's a bit more interesting than flowers, but still, pretty tame. All in all, it's a step in the right direction for me, and away from the Car business, which I've been in since highschool.

New Computer

2007-09-07T07:54:00.000-07:00

24 Inch iMac with 2.4 Mhz processor. Baller.

Sherbrook St Festival | Photos

2007-09-05T21:42:00.000-07:00

Denmark

2007-07-06T22:29:00.000-07:00

Hi there.

2007-07-06T22:26:00.000-07:00

I'm Jon and I just made myself a blog. Myspace is starting to blow chunks, so I thought I'd try a different way of posting my pictures and random thoughts on the internet. All the hip kids seem to be doing it.