This is the last piece we did in the old office…
Archive for August, 2009
re: Ye Old Office
Monday, August 31st, 2009re: my view
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Tony & guy Salon
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Testing out Pixel Pipe
Sneak Preview of the new SSL site I've been designing on the side….
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009This is the new See Sound Site layout and new branding style for all current material. We’ve been working on this [as well as the Surface site] and it’s always more work than you think. well worth it we hope as the last site is over 5 years old! A long overdue redesign
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The A team installers
Monday, August 24th, 2009
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Mike Carsten's Contra/Custom Wall Tattoo
Monday, August 24th, 2009If all supply and demand was based on negotiating on a contra basis it would force us to contribute something/anything for a meal, a haircut, a place to sleep. In this case Mike offered up his creative renovation company MC2Construction to renovate my studio. The trade off was the following Wall Tattoo that we installed on Saturday and celebrated well into the night with theGastown crew…
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Woltron: Judging a book by its cover
Monday, August 24th, 2009With a cover like this I would guess the music would be haunting, melancholy and somewhat comical.
In this case, all of those apply but the cover is definitely better than the music.
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Love this Dragon
Monday, August 24th, 2009
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My Design DoJo
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
My Design DoJo.
Art, Design & Controversy- the Calgary Peace Bridge
Monday, August 17th, 2009Calgary’s City Hall released Spanish-born architect Santiago Calatrava’s design for Calgary’s downtown pedestrian bridge yesterday. Scheduled to open in Fall 2010, The Peace Bridge, a red and white helix that will span the Bow River and connect the North shore to the downtown,will make it easy for Calgarians to commute to the city on foot or by bike. While it is agreed by all to be a spectacular design feat, the city has been criticized for choosing a Spanish born architect over a local designer. 
So it begets the question, should municipalities and local governments lend more weight to local talent over that of international submissions when it comes to large scale and large dollar industrial projects? Or is it a matter setting aside nationalism for the sake of the aesthetic environmentalism?
The projected cost of the bridge is $24.5 million, a hefty price by any standard in today’s economy. This sum could lend a significant ROI to the Calgary economy, were the project granted to a local firm, and serve the community on many levels.
What do you think?
