This from a series of blog posts by Karen Howe, senior vice-president, creative director of One Advertising in Toronto and Applied Arts Magazine advertising columnist. She is filing from France, where she is a Cannes Lions judge. After 17 hours of deliberation, eight bottles of Evian and and fueled by late night sushi we arrived at the [...]
Yesterday we judged for 17 hours. I got in at 2:45 am. I will file later today. It’s crazy here.
This is a second in a series of blog posts by Karen Howe, senior vice-president, creative director of One Advertising in Toronto and Applied Arts Magazine advertising columnist. She is filing from France, where she is a Cannes Lions judge. Many wonder how one gets chosen to be a Cannes judge. You have to run the gauntlet [...]
This is a first in a series of blog posts by Karen Howe, senior vice-president, creative director of One Advertising in Toronto and Applied Arts Magazine advertising columnist. She is filing from France, where she is a Cannes Lions judge. I am a first-time Cannes Lions Judge. I’m thrilled to be one of the chosen [...]
Our judges (pictured above) have cast their votes and determined the winners of the 2013 Advertising Awards. The day of judging was a great success, and the feedback of the work that was submitted was outstanding as always. Cheers to another impressive year of ground breaking work coming from all over North America and [...]
The Design Exchange in Toronto, in partnership with the Government of Ontario, is running an exhibit of the second annual Connect: EnAbling Change Competition, a provincial, post-secondary design competition that seeks to explore design that is accessible to the greatest number of people, to the largest extent possible, regardless of their age or ability, [...]
The RGD is hosting two events looking at the impact of technology on design. The In-House Breakfast Forum, held May 1 at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto (8:30 to 10 am), offers a panel discussion on how technology is making a difference for in-house design departments. “This is your opportunity to expand your knowledge, network with industry colleagues, [...]
“ From April 11 to May 18, Toronto’s Dimension Gallery will run Typogrphica: The Enigma Series. “Examining the relationships, between type, meaning, colour and form,” this is the work of Calgary artist Alison Miyauchi, who is also chair of the School of Communication Design at the Alberta College of Art and Design. Miyauchi’s artist statement: “This [...]
FITC Toronto is running a three-day event that will hone in on the importance of embracing future, innovation, technology and creativity, giving attendees the opportunity to hear from 70 “world-renowned digital creators,” covering everything from user experience to film holographic visual effects. The conference portion of the festival take place at the Hilton Toronto, April [...]
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), in Toronfto, is presenting Between Princely India & the British Raj: The Photography of Raja Deen Dayal (April 20 to Jan. 12, 2014). This is a feature exhibition in this year’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, highlighting the photographic work of Raja Deen Dayal (1844-1905), one of the most renowned photographers [...]
