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Face Up to Face Wash
May 12, 2021
We’ve all had a parent or caretaker tell us to “wash behind our ears,” but have you ever, Gatsby-like, have a billboard speak directly to you, specifically your hygienic habits? Well, certain dwellers of apartment complexes in the GTA have than ...
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Taking the Pulse of 2021 Young Blood Award Winners
May 11, 2021
Paul Twa, 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW, Young Blood Illustration Single, 2021 Illustration Awards winner. Paul Twa is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Edmonton, Alberta and 2021 Illustration Award winner in the Young Blood category his piec ...
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iClean
May 11, 2021
As we save our 1000th file to our desktop labeled .v1_v2_v3.5_final.FINAL_FINAL.psd we can relate to this new campaign by TBWA\Helsinki for CleanMyMac. The campaign portrays the worst possible scenarios for your Mac to be bogged down by unused bit ...
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Sweet to be Salty
May 10, 2021
Vancouver-based creative agency Pendo wanted to promote the value of disruptive creative and make their clients smile, a tough task in this unprecedented™ year, and rather than let their pent up emotions disappear like tears in rain they produced ...
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Current Issue
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