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of print advertising and nostalgia

July 11, 2016

while KonMari has me pulling at the fraying edges of nostalgia, here's one more batch of ads from 2005, which, it seems, is as far back as my Cinematheque archives go. while working on the European Union Film Festival that year, a hard drive failure wiped out all my email, publicity materials, and artwork (posters, photos, magazine spreads, and marketing collateral) from ... Read More

Europe Without the Jetlag

June 28, 2016

and without the UK the British people have voted, and $#!t is starting to get real. a little known spin-off of the UK leaving the EU, wholly inconsequential to anyone but the geekiest of film geeks — and even then, perhaps only in passing — is that the UK will likely never again co-present the European Union Film Festival. but hey, unlike the morning-after regret, ... Read More

of KonMari and Wong Kar-wai

June 20, 2016

two weeks ago, i started reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. i'm not a hoarder or anything that extreme, but like Travis Bickle, "one of these days i gotta get myself organizized." stage one, clothing: complete. besides developing an obsession with folding clothes so that they stand up, balanced and compact, this meant letting go of my Ichi the ... Read More

it’ll be a long time ago, someday

June 7, 2016

stuffed in a drive: print ads for The Cinematheque, from 2005. maybe in ten or twenty years, they'll be considered "vintage" — but for now, i guess they are just "old." crazy to think that i designed hundreds of these pieces, churning out — sorry, crafting — at minimum one/week. most were grayscale, though a few times a year, i would splurge on colour. most appeared ... Read More

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  • poster for Haida Modern, Charles Wilkinson's new documentary, abt legendary visual artist Robert Davidson. world premiere @viffest last night. not quite a quad poster, but going horizontal was the best way to capture the energy of Times Square.
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#RobertDavidson #VIFF #HaidaArt #CanadianArt #documentary #filmposter #totempole #madeincanada #BCfilm #posterdesign #filmfestival
  • design for Vancouver New Music's 2019-2020 Season, feat. @okkyung_lee @absent1 @billcolemandance @giominz and more
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#yvrarts #yvrdesign #newmusic #vanarts #graphicdesign #futura
  • cover and packaging design for Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, for @criterioncollection. we actually started work on this title three (four?) years ago, but the film elements weren't ready, so it was put on hold until last year. 
released in 2007, it's still a sobering and urgent reminder that restricting and criminalizing reproductive healthcare can have devastating effects on the lives of women

#criterioncollection #criterion #mungiu #romaniancinema #arthousecinema #palmedor #cannesfilmfestival #bluray #specialedition
  • mom on a moto, before she moved to Canada by herself, became a high-school teacher and university professor, cultural activist and community organizer, historian and published author #1950s #malaysia #foundfilm #oldnegatives #vintagephoto #happymothersday #母親節
  • official DOXA Festival Guide, produced with @selinastarr and the @doxafestival crew, and powered by semi-professional sleep-deprivation and caffeine-addiction. 88pgs of 100% cinema-lovin' goodness by @mitchell.printers. #DOXA2019 #documentaryfilm #filmfestival #graphicdesign #offsetprinting #printdesign
  • my IG game has been brutal lately ... but here's something i made recently: TSA for your fave documentary film fest and mine, DOXA! large format printing by @eastvangraphics
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#DOXA2019 #posterdesign #cittagiardino #documentaryfilm #filmfestival #graphicdesign
  • the bundle of madness and cinema i made with @itscuwo @thehandrail and crew, aka the @viffest Program Guide. covers @wearezak, 112pgs of #offsetprinting @mitchell.printers, music for the sleep-deprived designer @cigsaftersex .
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#neuehaas #print #vanarts #yvrarts #filmfestival #viff2018
  • the charm of the coin laundry #DTES #strathcona #urbantypography #signofgrime #signage

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