SaskCanola goes Kinetic
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The earliest forms of kinetic typography I can remember were from opening credits in movies. Within the last year or so we’ve witnessed this resurgence in advertising.
5 tips for photo diversity
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We’ve all seen this—the group shot consisting of every single minority group, awkwardly huddled together, screaming ’affirmative action’. How do you avoid such a train wreck when it’s your turn to coordinate a photo shoot for your workplace or institution?
Slim down the hog
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Easyriders magazine has a special place in my heart. No, I don’t own a chopper or even pretend to know the difference between a hard or soft tail. It was here—on the cover of this best-selling motorcycle periodical where I saw my first naked lady at the landmark age of seven years old. She was a dark-haired vixen in textbook form doing her best to sell the bike. I was waiting for my mother at the local Pharmasave at the time and I can clearly recall: a) liking it—and b) wondering if this was wrong for a 7yr old to look at.
The case for interface simplicity
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I hate the design of my alarm clock. The top surface is cluttered with a bewildering array of buttons and sliders—some buttons are randomly located on the side, and for some reason there’s a built-in CD player with even more buttons and controls. For me, the ideal alarm clock would: display the time without blinding me at night; allow me to set the alarm in the dark with ease; and let me turn off the alarm while I’m still only half-conscious. In the end all the ’extra features’ get in the way of the primary purpose.
Busting out of your creative rut
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As a child, our learning environment was saturated with bright colours, sand, toys, and loud noises. Every day our senses responded to new stimulus. In retrospect, childhood development was a 40hr work week. But by the time we became adults the bright colours were replaced with neutrals, sand was swapped out with carpet, toys evolved [...]
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