Last weekend our Founder and Creative Director, Elana Rudick, had the pleasure of speaking at WordCamp Montreal. WordCamp is a conference dedicated to learning and sharing all that is WordPress (an open source content management system). The early Sunday morning crowd was an enthusiastic mix of designers, marketers, developers, freelancers and bloggers. Thanks to all those who attended, participated, shared and made the talk so much fun. Hopefully we were able to share some insight into how to chose the best theme strategy for your next project. Overall, the conference was a blast- we learned a lot, shared a lot, made new friends from across Canada and the U.S., and ate way too much candy provided by Planet Hoster. 
Who knows? You may be able to catch the talk in person at an upcoming North American WordCamp in the coming months…stay tuned. For now, the slides are available below:
Our team hit the town for some down time and bonding tonight at Pang Pang Karaoke! We enthusiastically sang our hearts out and discovered that we should probably stick to design.
I know we’ve been a little quiet on the blog front the past few months. I swear it’s because we’ve been hard at work on client projects and developing a new website for Design Is Yummy (launch expected next month!). To prove we’re still alive and kicking creatively, here are some pics from our team dinner last night at La Petite Mangue toasting the new menu designs we created for the Montreal restaurant.
Husband and wife duo Claudia Ficca and Davide Luciano give us a reason to laugh at the annoying potholes that plague Montreal’s streets with their series Pothole. With the help of friends and family posing for these staged photographs, the project has become a quick success. They have since taken the series to other cities in North America including Montreal, Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles.
WordCamp is an annual, community-organized conference about the world’s most popular blogging and CMS software WordPress. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.
WordCamps are held across the world, and Montreal’s is happening June 29-30 at Uqam. Tickets are now on sale for $45.
Montreal Meets 3 is bringing in a great lineup of designers for its 2013 conference on design and creativity running May 27-28, 2013.
The conference provides an opportunity for the creative community to connect with each other and exchange ideas.
Speakers include: Behance co-founder, Matias Core; New York typographer, Dana Tanamachi; Montreal-based art director and graphic designer, Julien Vallée; Michigan visual artist and art director, Chuck Anderson; Brazilian director and graphic artist based in Portland, Oregon, Nando Costa; New York illustrator and graphic designer, Lauren Nicole Hom; designer & co-founder of Ars Thanea, Peter Jaworowski; Montreal-based clay artist and sculptor, Raku Inoue; commercial advertising photographer, Dean Bradshaw; award winning London, UK, art director and illustrator, Radim Malinic; and Nova Scotia visual artist, James White.
The two-day conference will be happening at the TELUS theatre in Montreal, Qiebec.
Tickets are currently on sale for $150 for the 2 day pass ($100 for students).
Find more info or to purchase tickets, click here.
Are you a photographer, designer, illustrator or general book lover located in Montreal? Don’t miss Blurb‘s Photography Books Workshop How to Make a Book that Works with Dan Milnor. The workshop will break down the choices, materials and philosophy behind making your own photography book. Gain a complete picture of the bookmaking process within the context of a quickly changing photography and publishing industry.
Where: Hotel Nelligan ,106 Saint-Paul Rue O Montreal, QC
When: Tuesday, 2 October from 1 – 4 p.m.
Topics: Editing, sequencing and basic book design l Borders, layouts and typography, and cover design l How to make self-publishing work for you
This is a FREE event, but you must register for a ticket as space is limited.
Launched in 2002 , POP Montreal is a meaningful and vibrant festival in Montreal’s cultural scene and on the international music circuit. Each year, the five-day festival presents more than 600 artists to audiences of over 50 000. The festival includes symposium discussions, artisan and visual art exhibitions, fashion shows, film screenings, and all-night parties.
This year’s events take place Sept. 19-23, 2012.
Check out their new promo TV ad:
Produced and Directed by Cedric Laurenty
Art Direction/Graphic Design: Mike Mason
Director of Photography: Simon-Pierre Gingras
Motion Design: Rémi Vincent
Tactile Design / Props man: Will Vincent
Production Assistant: Olivier Mirat
Post Production: Cedric Laurenty
MUSIC: Grounders – Crown Land
Beautifully detailed illustrations by talented Montreal based illustrator Amanda Mocci.
A look at her process:
The video for Can’t Stop Feeling by Franz Ferdinand proves that you don’t need all the bells and whistles to make an interesting music video. Sometimes all it takes is a simple, well-executed concept.
Franz Ferdinand will be playing at the Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, Aug 3-5.