Updates

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Our brand identity work for the 47th National Magazine Awards was featured on Under Consideration’s Brand New. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate “A Ster isk Born”, another solid headline from Armin.

Brand New is a division of UnderConsideration, a graphic design firm founded by Armin Vit and Bryonoy Gomez-Palicio. They have been publishing content online since 2002, with Brand New launching in 2006. Since then the blog has grown to be their most popular blog, hitting over 1 million page views a month.

Vit has also reviewed our work for I Am Toronto Pearson in the article “Pearson of Interest”.

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We were on a podcast: Visit Made by Emblem for “Office Hours” with Erik Mohr, Sara Morgado, and Maria Bolanos !

Eric Forest, designer and Humber College professor, invited us on to his podcast to talk about Office Hours, our no pressure and no strings attached “ask us anything” program.

‘Whiteboard’ is a podcast that invites recent design grads and professionals to talk about student needs, the education system, and the industry.

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Sounds

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Mixed by Chris: Vol. 8

This month’s selected tunes and playlist artwork, is brought to you by Christina Kim.

Christina is our uber-talented graphic designer and illustrator and is the mind behind the 2024 NMAs brand identity.

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Show & Tell

"What's good on the menu?"

The New York Times collected 121 menus from American restaurants and analyzed overlapping trends seen, describing them as a “time capsule of culture, reflecting the comforts, habits, flavors and values of an era”.

Read the full article here.

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Work

Pangram Pangram included our work for the 2024 NMAs in their “Fonts in Use” blog.

Their Editorial Old type was designed by Mathieu Desjardins, Fred Wiltshire, and Francesca Bolognini and is comprised of 16 styles with 463 glyphs. The type is a fresh take on their Editorial New, a font inspired by 70s & 80s vintage ads.

The font embodies an “idea of agelessness through refined curves, etched and molded oddities, trinkets and jewelry”, reflecting the historic legacy of the National Magazine Awards.

You can view our case study for the NMAs here.

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