Graphic Design

May Party: Game On

Spins & Needles | Ottawa | Pixel Party | Friday May 25

Spins & Needles is back this month on Friday May 25! [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Station16

Our last Prints & Inks profile is not on an artist but the Montreal-based creative print shop and studio Station 16. The shop + studio offers limited edition prints from [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Deadweight (Sandi Falconer)

Next up as part of the Prints & Inks artist profile is Toronto-based designer and screenprinter Sandi Falconer (aka Deadweight). Her prints reflect slightly askew hand drawn text, tired eyes, [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: whatisadam

Next up we’re profiling Prints & Inks contributor and Montreal-based street artist whatisadam, who depicts North-American wildlife in new ways in his prints. His ‘comic-book cover’ posters of prostitute Deers, [...]

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March Party: Zap, Boom, Pow

Spins & Needles | Ottawa | Superheroes Party | March 2012

Inspired by vintage superhero television shows, Roy Lichtenstein pop art, and DIY digital [...]

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Atelier Populaire: Renegade Print Workshop

With this post, we’re going to go a little back in time. Silkscreened posters have played a hugely significant role in social and political movements, from the Federal Art Project of the New [...]

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Snow Monster Invasion: Graphic Designs for DIY Monsters

The theme for this month’s party was inspired partly by a trip to Quebec City and the snowy mascot for their famous winter Carnaval. So what happens when [...]

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Poster Inspiration: Mixing Bricolage and Brunch

Spins & Needles | 6-Year Anniversary | Bricolage Brunch

We can hardly believe that six years has crept on us! We are celebrating this year’s anniversary [...]

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Rainy Rocking Weekend In Montreal: Part 3 – Bombe Sur La Main and Poster Art

Ville de Montreal - June 2010 Ville de Montreal street signs incorporated into festival gates

One thing I love about walking around Montreal is how many design ideas you [...]

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The Best Kinds of Yard Sale Posters

Yard Sale Poster Halifax, Nova Scotia - May 2010

One of the first thing you notice as an out-of-towner in downtown Halifax is that the streets [...]

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