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“Calen was born in East Vancouver and will probably die in East Vancouver…  he doesn’t really like anything… he either loves it or hates it. Some things that he loves are: skateboarding, design, cereal, double features, seafood rice noodle, shoes, red vines, staying up late, bahn mei, stale candy, rats, Vancouver, jackets, smooth ground, reservoir tips, Kingsway, helping friends, collecting furniture, graffiti, playing records, climbing, hosting pictionary, computer monitors, and being right. Some things that he hates are: fur protesters, rough ground, and people that dont take the tag off the sleeve of their wool coats.” – Greg Papove

The Proof

1. This is my office. I spend more time here than anywhere else. I do any hand work at the big desk.
2. All digital work gets done here. Two monitors and a tablet is the only way to go.
3. I love furniture. I obsess over it. I do allot of just sitting and thinking in my living room.
4. I suppose I could have organized these better but this is where my ideas go as I work on projects. I kinda keep …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

“I design for a living. When I started to design in the late 90s, it was all about making things look beautiful and attractive. That still applies to my design now, but last few years, I’ve been constantly thinking about the customers while designing.  The most important factor, if you ask me.  Especially now as we live in a very anxious time, so I try to design things that are intuitive and accessible to people. I want people to have a good experience with what I design.”

The Proof

1. My coffee table/mini library. I live in a small studio. I love it but storage is always an issue. I figured, rather than having a big bookcase, it would be nice to have easy access to some of my favourite books and magazines.
2. These are wireframes, a part of design process. I explain these to my clients as blueprints for design a building.  I create these before all my website design.
3. View from my window at night.
4. One of the buildings around my home. Kudos to the person who painted the …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Jamie Currie has been a resident of Vancouver a couple times over the years. The first time it was to get training at VFS after his Bachelor of Fine arts at NSCAD and a stint in Philly. The second time, Vancouver drew him back once he spent a few years in California and Toronto. His eye for combining visuals, type and color are impeccable, in his professional and personal work.

The Proof
1. The tools of the trade on my desk at work.
2. Art & design books, games, DVDs, stacks of past print design projects.
3. Skiing in Whistler!
4. A screen I designed for Skate 2, translated into Japanese.
5. My walk to work.
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“Gillian is a spark plug. I’ve known her my whole life and she’s always been a crazy blond beanpole of positive energy. Having grown up together, I was curious about what it would be like working with Gillian on hearty Magazine, but I was blown away by her professionalism and creativity from the moment we started. Her work is clean and radiates calm, but her personality is loud and kooky. It works for her. Branding, illustration, design—she’s my go to girlie. I wouldn’t trust anyone else. She has my hearty.”
- Hana, Founder and Editor-at-heart, hearty Magazine

The Proof

1. Some crazy mushrooms that sprouted overnight at my mom’s place in Kits. They’re taking over the whole terrace! Waaaaah!!
2. My Farfar (‘Father’s father’ in Danish) came to Canada from Denmark and made a living as a painter. He had this velvet portrait done by another artist on Vancouver Island that he traded one of his landscape paintings for. It used to be in our bedroom but he was a bit creepy in the dark with those eyes, so we moved him into the dining area.
3. When I’m not at the office at my desk, this is one of many workstations at home. The guitar thing on the left sitting on the chair is a …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Vancouverite Adam Lupton came out the big victor in a recent t-shirt design contest for Modern Amusement, a super cool, casual label from Southern California.

Adam’s winning design was a hybrid between his love for both music (Bob Dylan, K-OS and Jack White were huge muses) and hand-printing. Currently in his fourth year in the Communications Design program at Emily Carr University, he’s busy working away on two major grad thesis projects: a spiritual-esque middle path to our overuse and reliance on technology (a sociological and psychological look), and multiple-perspective three-dimensional exploded-view typography. Yeah, we said wow, too.

After interning at Ecstatic Designs and taking time to travel through Fiji and Australia, Adam is now doing freelance design work and selling shirts. Look out for very, very good things from this up-and-coming local designer.

And a huge V.I.A. congrats on the win, Adam!

THE PROOF

“What I do to keep my sanity outside of design.”

1: Guitar. The best break I have if I’m waiting for something to load. Apparently, the ladies love it.
2: I silkscreen a lot. I absolutely love printing everything by hand. The tactility of it helps keep me away from being jailed in the world of 0s and 1s, pushing pixels around. Plus, I get to wear all of my ideas.
3: Painting is a giant passion. It’s what I do whenever I have enough free time to finish a painting. This is my latest: “Society of the Spectacle (OMG! I have gum in my mouth!)” 48″ x 60″, oil on canvas.
4: I’m not sure I’d be alive without music. I’ve recently discovered vinyl, and these are the top two played albums.
5: I take cat-naps. They keep me fresh.
6: I play soccer about three times a week. Keeping fit trickles down to creativity.
7: Summer bike rides.
8: If all else fails, I put on my dancing shoes and hit the town.

THE QUESTIONS

What do you do and where?
I design, paint, print shirts, draw, play guitar, read, laugh, and eat wherever I can (mainly split between home and Emily Carr).

What neighborhood do you live in?
Currently in Lynn Valley.

What are you working on?
Design-wise I’m finishing up my two big grad thesis projects, working on some upcoming flyers for Barcelona Ultra Lounge, and putting a shirt order together.

Where can we find your work?
My shirts are carried in Planet Claire in Gastown, I have one shirt through Modern Amusement at Holt Renfrew, and soon-to-be flyers for soon-to-open Barcelona. Also, I potentially have things coming through Ayden Gallery in Tinseltown.

Learn more about Adam on the sites below. Thanks Adam!

www.alupton.com
www.planetclaire.ca
www.barcelonanights.ca
www.ecstaticdesigns.com
www.aydengallery.com

“If you need a photographer with a keen eye that can show you something new in the everyday and convince people to speak so eloquently through his lens, and if you need a poet to tie a knot in your chest, and if you need some prose to make you laugh, cry, think and want to visit places, and if you want a TV producer with compassion, art and edge, or a rockstar to patiently teach you some guitar chords, and if you want someone who is fueled almost entirely by cheeseburgers and has lots of famous people’s autographs, you gotta meet Jeff.” – Cori Creed

The Proof

1. English Bay from Stu and Nikki’s old place. July 15th, 2009.
2. Jules and Rob. New Year’s scotch and cigars in the West End. January 1st, 2009.
3. Muddy and Billy. Back alley at 7th & Commercial after Nearly Neil at Federico’s Supper Club. April 23, 2009.
4. My bro, Andrew. Après-surf scotch & cigars in Tofino. September 7th, 2009.
5. Roberto Luongo and his idol Grant Fuhr. From our Olympic documentary series, The Difference Makers. Downtown. October …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>