Month: June 2006

  • the garbage goblins have landed in toronto

    Not to steal a topic, but I recently saw a poster for the TTC’s new ad campaign, Put The Garbage Where It Belongs, and it made me laugh out loud. On the subway platform. When I was by myself. Garbage goblins! I love it! It was so damn cheesey, it really did hit me. Spacing‘s…

  • ontario’s new trillium logo

    An interesting article on Ontario’s new trillium logo appeared in the Toronto Star today. Critics dislike that the Liberal party spent $219,000 on redesigning the logo (devaluation of design, anybody?). The opposition is outright accusing the Liberals of having had it redesigned to look like the trillium in their party’s logo. I think they’re just…

  • Guiding

    Christina has asked me to tell her about my guiding and what is involved with it, so here for Christina and anyone else who is interested, are my experiences to date. Picture shows those of us who “Graduated” from the guiding course with two of our leaders in the grounds of the museum.Our nationalities are:…

  • fiesta del sol

    This past Saturday, I had my first Flamenco performance! After having searched the malls and expensive stores along Yonge St. for most of both Friday and Saturday, I finally settled on a very bright red top by Guess, quite expensive, but definitely worth it. It looked great on me, and it’s funny – I hate…

  • map discussion group

    The Metropass Affinity Program, the discount program for TTC Metropass holders, now has a more public Yahoo Discussion Group set up for it. So join up and get posting ideas and comments for the program.

  • Rain rain rain

    We celebrated Canada Day here on Sat. ( a week early, on Jean Baptist, because everyone leaves for home now school is out for the international kids) in the British Club grounds. Needless to say it poured with rain twice during the afternoon and evening resulting in a mud patch instead of a lawn. Fortunately…

  • Thai King’s 60th anniversary Barges

    The King of Thailand is the world’s longest reigning Monarch at this time. This year he is celebrating 60 years on the throne. In honour of this event there was a royal barge procession on the Chao Praya river in Bangkok. We joined the masses to celebrate this event. Note that everyone is in yellow.…

  • the meanings that logos accrue

    DesignObserver has an excellent article on how logos build meaning over time. I recommend this not just for other designers, but for people who hire designers also. I particularly like this extract: “We decided to recommend a straightforward sans serif font. Predictably, this recommendation was greeted by complaints: it was too generic, too mechanical, too…

  • upcoming flamenco performance

    I will be performing in Ritmo Flamenco‘s 2006 student showcase, Fiesta del Sol, this weekend. When: Saturday, June 24, 2006 @ 6:00 PM (there is also an 8:00 PM performance; I am performing in the 6:00 show) Where: St. Vladimir Theater, 620 Spadina at Harbord There is a reception following the 8:00 PM performance that…

  • the importance of your website’s content

    I’ve noticed a bit of a trend lately in many of the web pages that appear; get excited about creating a website, have it designed, and… leave it empty. This is doing your business no good. Having a website is a great idea; leaving your page to then sit without content is not a great…