Another year, another incredible season campaign launch at the Segal!

Earlier this week our team was invited to celebrate the launch of the Segal Centre of Performing Arts’ 2018-2019 season. The lobby was buzzing with the arts community, proud supporters, and some familiar faces!

The Segal Centre is always filled with lovely, creativity, and passionate creatives. We are grateful to these amazing clients and friends for allowing our team to help them achieve their artistic goals for the third year in a row.

As always, the launch was a total class act (pun intended if you know about their Class Act program). But seriously, we were exceptionally proud to show off our designs and see the community reactions to our work first-hand.

Don’t miss these incredible productions in the upcoming year.

See more of our work on the full season graphics

This Tel Aviv kindergarten and daycare complex takes inspiration from a grocery store that used to occupy the site. The theme of fruits and vegetables takes precedence throughout the space, with vivid colours and unique furniture designs. The space was designed to spark imagination while kids play and learn.
We absolutely love this clever idea that brings food, play and design together – something we take pride in at our studio!

Cheers to all the good times in 2017.

2017 Year in Review from Design Is Yummy on Vimeo.

We are looking forward to another exciting year ahead. Bring it 2018!

Recently we took home a Bronze Summit Creative Award (SCA) for our Merry Everything Holiday Card.

The SCA awards small and mid-sized marketing firms around the world and is widely recognized for its honour and prestige. We are happy to take a spotlight in their 23rd celebration in the category of Invite/Holiday/Announcement – Industry Self-Promotion.

In the words of Mia Hamm “The person that said winning isn’t everything, never won anything.”

We’re proud and totally pumped to continue making award-winning designs! Go team!

Inspired by the flower of the Amaranth plant, this everlasting colour is similar to magenta but with a bit of a reddish tone. The word itself comes from the greek word Amarantus meaning “the never fading flower”. Sounds powerful. #E52B50

The term was originally a French vernacular name for the popular wild poppy flower. This colour is distinguished by being bright red and orange at the same time. So very naturally loud. #FF3800

More visible than white, this ivory colour has a light touch of yellow. Peaceful, warm, and visible! #FE6CC

This deep red is a dye commonly used on traditional Finnish wooden cottages and barns. The pigment was originated from copper mines in Falun, Sweden. Very brick like! #801818

This dull-orange colour is one of our favourites. It derives from the Latin Fulvus, which literally means “Yellow”. Looks like butterscotch, yum! #E48400

From the Latin Glaucous, meaning “bluish-grey or green”. It refers to that powder on the surface of leaves, stems, and fruits (the one you can rub off). We are big fans of this new neutral! #6082B6

This fire-like colour is as strong as a Japanese Emperor. It also happens to be one of our favourite childhood games! #FFC40C

That rich brown colour with copper undertones we all like on our furniture lately? That’s Wenge. Wenge is also known as “Espresso brown”, even though it looks a little more “Latte” to us.  #645452

Named after an ancient city of Xanadu in China, this green-gray colour is inspired by the leaves of a plant known as the Philodendron. How restful! #738678

Get colour savvy by adding these terminologies to your colour repertoire.

 Photo credit @brianrotsztein 
Thanks to everyone who came out to hear our Creative Director Elana speak on website design trends at WordCamp Montreal at John Molson School of Business) August 12, 2017.
A full house with a fun question period. Thanks WordPress community!
Missed it? View the Slides here.
We’ll also post the WordPress.tv link as soon as the video is up.
Nous sommes les premiers à se fâcher contre un appareil qui ne fonctionne pas comme nous le voulons ou comme il se doit. Cela peut parfois devenir physique. Cette réaction non justifiée de notre part de traiter les appareils comme des êtres vivants, comme s’ils allaient s’excuser ou corriger leur erreur…, est souligné dans le court-métrage Bad Vibes. Cependant ce sont les électros ménagers qui se révoltent et s’en prennent à l’utilisateur. Les couleurs riches, la musique entrainante et la tension qui monte en font un amusant suspense qui vous surprendra.
P.S.A. for all designers or creatives – if you’ve ever been confused about whether or not you should charge a specific client, or if you’ve ever asked yourself “How do I tell them ‘no’ without making things aWkwArd?”, then pay attention because the following can help clarify how to go about your decision making, and ultimately simplifying your life. *thumbs up*
The Association of Registered Graphic Designers recently launched a website to help us all in understanding when you should charge, when you shouldn’t, and when you should just peace out. Fee, free, or flee takes you through an interactive questionnaire to better understand when to do what when it comes to different clients, organizations, and employers. This website has us saying “finally!” and we couldn’t help but share it. We’re happy to see simple, clear and fun resource that could appeal to designers and clients alike.
And so it begins folks…the first design fail of 2017 we’re blogging about. Fresh into the new year and we’re already shaking our heads at The Washington Post Express illustrated cover story on the Women’s March on Washington. The intention was to use the Greek symbol for Venus (a circle and cross) – commonly used to represent women. Instead, the symbol for Mars – or the symbol representing men – was featured.Many are calling this a “symbolic mistake” rather than an accident. Audiences took to Twitter to share their reactions; some suggested the cover indicates systemic bias, while others suggested The Washington Post Express hire more women in their editing department.The publication later apologized for the cover, releasing a new one with the revised artwork:
With the new year in full swing, we’re keeping an eye out for the latest trends in design for 2017. Digital Arts Online recently released an article sharing their predictions for what 2017 will bring in the design world. Here are just a few things to look out for in the next year: Primary colours: Red, blue, green Packaging: Will focus on the product inside Photography: More candid