What Side Are Your Signs On?

Today I saw some street signs (handwritten, no less) advertising an event at a hotel. A sale, actually – someone had taken the time to rent a convention room, and set up a clearance for their products. Sounds good. An Industrious, clever and hard working type of idea....

Welcome Back!

A the first week of January comes to a close, it’s worth reviewing 2007 and all it brought. 2007 brought a new designer to Redpoint: Sonya, a new office, tonnes of new clients, as well as continued loyalty from existing clients. Moving back downtown gave us an...
Design Thinkers Ontario Overview Part II

Design Thinkers Ontario Overview Part II

Another major theme we caught at the conference was the title: “DesignThinkers.” Design Thinking Andrea Siodmok, of the Design Council in Britain, and a few other more analytical speakers, brought up the issue of Design Thinking. Andrea offered more statistics on...

Design Thinkers Ontario Overview Part I

It’s been a few weeks since I got back from Ontario, and before it gets too distant, I thought I’d recap the week’s events.Push vs. Pull The conference was quite interesting. I think the biggest single theme I came across was that the world economy is changing...

Off to Toronto! Design thinkers Conference 2007

Look out Hogtown… Redpoint Design is coming to town! I’m off to Toronto this week for a conference sponsored by the RGD (Registered Graphic Designers) association of Ontario. Design Thinkers 2007 is a hodgepodge of new media, branding and design leaders from across...