WOW, it just keeps getting more overwhelming. I realize that I’m commenting on Day 5 and my last entry shows day 2 (Day 1 of the IDA Conference.) Every day is simply so packed with conversations that even when I finish a conference I end up talking with designers from around the world and too [...]

Day 1 is complete and I’ve just returned to my hotel room (sorry I started this fell asleep in front of my Mac and now finishing after day 2..ugh) and I’m exhausted. It’s 11pm in Taipei and as much as I’d love to head to the lounge for a drink I can hardly move. Maybe [...]

Well it’s 12 midnight and the lounge is humming, and most Vancouverites are just waking up. I’m back from the Adobe Awards and now sitting in the “W” lounge with a beer that will likely be my undoing….not sure how many hours since I slept.
The Adobe Awards were good, an amazing student turn out. Great [...]

Sunday October 23rd and I have arrived in Taipei, Taiwan. 13.5 hours after leaving Vancouver at 2am on a direct flight on China Airlines I landed in Taipei as the sun came up. Walking out of the airport all seemed right as a very kind Mr. Andy-wu asked me if I needed a cab ride.
As [...]

DAY 13 : 03.2.11 : Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

DAY 12 : 03.1.11
“poor empty pants with nobody inside them.”

DAY 11 : 02.28.11
“I meant what i said and i said what i meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!”

DAY 10 [...]

On this day, February 18th, in 1977 and 1979 it was proven that within two years creativity and the craziest of shit can happen…
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden “flight” on top of a Boeing 747.
1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the [...]

Frito Lay and the SunChips brand are launching the world’s first 100% compostable chip bag on Earth Day 2010 (40th Anniversary BTW.)
Claiming on their website the packaging is “designed to break down in just 14 weeks when placed in a hot, active compost bin or pile. If it takes a little longer, don’t worry about [...]

This past weekend I was honoured to have coached my daughter’s U7 North Shore Girls Soccer team to their first Soccer Tournament Championship. A weekend full of great moments, it was a joy to watch these girls come together and play as a team, cheer each other on and show a genuine excitement for the [...]

It feels a little like winning a ‘Golden Ticket’ from Willy Wonka, because yesterday I found out I was one of 100 people invited to attend the first TEDxVacouver on November 21st at the Electronic Arts campus in Burnaby. Selection for the event was based on an online application that took at least an hour [...]

ANOTHER great Society of Graphic Designers of Canada / BC Chapter ‘Design Is Our Business’ breakfast event this morning, this time with business development consultant Blair Enns. Turnout was double from the inaugural September event and the audience continues to be a predominantly senior design group. The content was again valuable, actionable and relevant. More [...]