cinematic storytelling
photo courtesy Mission Workshop My jaw hit the keyboard when I saw these stylish videos from Mission Workshop. Based in San Francisco (in The Mission district, naturally), this hip company creates gear...
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“Success comes from being the exception to the rule.” These are words to live (and work) by, according to Megan Clark. A sought-after graphic designer and owner of three affiliated businesses, Megan...
View Articlevive la france
In honour of Bastille Day, I wanted to share a couple photos from my recent trip to France. I fell hard for this beautiful, bewitching country. There are so many things to love: the food (eating well...
View Articlelinks to love
After dinner at Delancey Some notable links as we head into the weekend: 1. I was thrilled to see Delancey get some love in last week’s New York Times. A longtime Orangette reader, I licked my chops in...
View Articlehandcrafted commitment
from the U.S. National Archives Humans are visual creatures. Read me a statistic and I’ll forget it before I’ve finished my coffee. Show me a graph, an illustration or a photo that conveys the same...
View Articlea spring feast
all photos by Jamie Mann On an unseasonably warm night in late May, about 35 people gathered at Vancouver’s Zientte to eat, drink and laugh together. It was a diverse group, but we all had one thing...
View Articleobsessions
Surfers at Venice Beach – December 2012 We’ve been completing a little office renovation around here, and I’ve realized how impatient I am with tasks like painting, gluing, and sanding. The tape...
View Article(don’t) lie to me
Library of Congress photo “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell If I could summarize my new ebook in three words, they would be “tell the...
View Articlewhat is a website?
The Cure’s Robert Smith, Glastonbury, 1990 The first website I ever visited was a music database. After waiting 15 minutes (no exaggeration) for the page to load, I would pick my favourite band and...
View Articleclear it up
You all know that I’m obsessed with finding clarity in chaos. I still love a good creative mess, but clarity is my north star. I get ridiculously excited about patterns and structures, because they...
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