Looking back on some sweet times in the past year, and looking forward to an exciting new year ahead! See you in 2017!
Year in Review from Design Is Yummy on Vimeo.

Earlier this month we helped Operetta Designs launch their brand new website- designed and custom illustrated by yours truly. The talented event planners at Operetta create lavish, personalized events for their clients and the many personalized illustrations we created for the website mirror their business style.  From hand-drawn flowers, to patterns and pearls… this site brings you into the Operetta world; a world of luxury and intricate details. We are so happy we could help them show off their lovely, lux work! Click here to check out the new Operetta Designs website.

Design Is Yummy proudly presents the two newest additions to our growing Award collection! We recently took home two bronze awards (and these fine looking trophies) from the Creativity International Awards; one for our season graphics campaign for The Segal Centre for Performing Arts (You may recognize Prom Queen or some of the others- they’ve been all around town!), and another for our design and printing of Niskamoon Corporation’s 2015-2016 Annual Report.

Click here to see more pictures of the award winning posters.  Click here to see more pictures of the award winning reports

This would be the second consecutive year our work for Niskamoon Corporation’s annual reports have gained international recognition. Last year, the 2014-2015 Niskamoon Corporation Annual Report received a Silver Davey Award. We would like to thank the judges from the Creativity International Awards for acknowledging our hard work. It gets us pumped to create even more award-winning pieces for our awesome clients.

We are mesmerized by this water printing technique! Hydrographic Printing is a decorating process for 3D objects that uses a water-soluble film containing a printed design. The pattern is printed onto a thin film that is laid out on a tank of water. With the use of an activator, the film dissolves in the water leaving the ink floating perfectly flat on the surface of the water. This floating ink will then stick to the 3D object, transferring the design to it. This printing technique can decorate pretty much anything! Want to try this on a small scale? Do it on your nails using the water marble technique. Click here to learn how!

 

The Taxi Fabric Project – creating fabrics that speak – is a platform and opportunity for young, india-based artists to gain exposure and showcase their work to the outside world through public taxi cabs. The project has brought together creatives from across the country to canvas the interiors (and by interiors, we mean every surface inside the taxi) with their graphic or illustrative compositions. In India, taxi cabs are the most common and practical forms of transportation. Their popular use have consequently made them an important aspect of India’s daily life and social culture. However, little attention is given to the cars’ aesthetics. The taxi fabric team explains: “Design — as a job or studied at school — is unfortunately not widely recognized in India. Older generations don’t understand it.” The purpose of the project is to enforce that design does indeed serve to perform a function. But mainly, design is communication, and can serve to create social impact through storytelling. The project gives designers the opportunity to show off their visual communication skills, all the while bringing more joy and colour to everyone’s travelling in India.

Once again, Niskamoon Corporation chose our team to design of their 2015-2016 Annual Report. The 8.5” x 10.5” report showcases another year of success for the corporation, honouring their dedication to preserve Cree traditions and featuring a local photographer’s work with breathtaking captures of Cree landscape and culture. For the printing, a raised spot UV finish of the company’s logomark feather is featured on the cover page. We also bound the pages using hidden spiral binding. This makes the book stong and still keeps a spine with a perfect bound look. Shorter pages separate every chapter of the report in bold colours with topographic lines representing their connection to their land.

The fully hidden spiral binding combines the advantages and sturdiness of wire-o-binding and the sleekness of perfect binding – a very professional and long-lasting look. Finally, these were accompanied by a matching 4” x 8” trifold brochure.

Today is a 24hr clock designed by , an award winning artist and horologist. This clock uses a 24-hour movement mechanism, allowing it to move at half the speed of a regular clock and making one full rotation every day. The result gives you peace of mind.

 

This feeling was inspired by the wonder of watching clouds passing by at 30,000 ft. and the need to bring it back to the ground where we spend our lives. Today is calm, balanced, and it makes you feel like you have more time; no stress. Time is precious and it should bring more gratefulness than anxiety so lets live it instead of kill it. Learn more about this project here

Now if we could only find a way to slow down summer…

Stroll for Kids is a fundraiser benefiting the Montreal’s Children Hospital. 100% volunteer driven, it is a celebratory walk, including musical entertainment, mascots, arts & crafts, lunch, snacks, amazing giveaways and more! Last year our team helped the Stroll for Kids event by designing the passports children used to collect stamps at various event stations. We are thrilled to be partnering with them again for this year’s event. To join this fantastic fundraiser, learn more here.

This paper tribute to the Catalan city of Barcelona is super inspiring (not to mention the perfect colour!). Using different shades of pink, the tiny intricate details of these architectural landmarks are artfully crafted in paper by French artists Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmerman in their studio of Zim & Zou for Freizenett’s (a sparkling wine) campaign. The dynamic duo at Zim & Zou team specializes in building installations using tangible materials such as paper, wood, thread, and more. Check out more of their work here.

 

LEGO® has been inspiring creative minds for decades, so it was only a matter of time before they would be integrated with fashion. Agabag is a brand created by a couple based in Krakow, Poland. They have been making crafty jewelry and accessories with LEGO® bricks since 2009, and the products are pure perfection. The jewelry and handbags are created with monochromatic or multicoloured LEGO® pieces without looking like they were made by a 6 year old. They even up the ante by integrating 24k gold-platted bricks, giving these accessories a high-end fashion twist. If you’re feeling a little nostalgic, these are the perfect accessories!