Dynamo is expanding and seeking supertalent. We are actively searching for a passionate mid-level or senior designer who lives and breathes design in the digital sphere. With a core focus on Web, but with the chops to bust out on Print, Identity and Packaging - there is no barrier to your enthusiastic and multidisciplinary thirst for visual problem-solving...

Dynamo is currently seeking another über-talented design technologist to join our team. 

If you're looking to flex your HTML/CSS/JS/Rails muscles in a challenging and fun environment, please check out the full description and send your resume to careers[at]goDynamo.com.

Yellow Bird Project's latest release is a slick new Summer t-shirt designed by Dynamo for the band Whispertown 2000. All profits from the shirt benefit "Start in Streets", a charity created by Sophie Tweed Simmons and Tatiana Rogers that serves to prevent the litter of the streets from reaching nature’s underwater playground.

The treatment of the red fish against the sunshine base demonstrates (through color) the “disappearing” act that is happening to this fish due to the overfishing and pollution that’s affecting its waters. We learned that the Halibut is in fact on the endangered list and all but guaranteed to disappear by the end of this century. Also, the small technical callouts are using scientific terminology specific to genetic deformity, so those help accentuate the double message, and why the third eye is present on Mr Fish.

Check it out here.

Dynamo is participating in Design Montréal's Open House 2010. Montréal designers, architects and fashion creators will be opening their doors to the public on May 1 & 2, from noon to 5pm.

Dynamo will be exposing our digital work on several workstations for visitors to browse and explore, and branding and other print and packaging projects will...

Although we were notified a few months ago, today we received our lavish certificate of merit and a copy of the international design annual we're in. Stay tuned for more YBP updates, as we're designing for a new book project with Andy Miller, and the T-Shirt we designed for Sophie Tweed Simmons' L.A. band Whispertown 2000 is hot off the silkscreen presses and will be available at the ybp store soon!

Take an in-depth listen to our past, present and future as Bryan and Alex represent for Dynamo in this hour-long in-depth interview with our faithful founders on CJAD/FullerLandau's entrepreneurial business show "What keeps you up at night?". The full interview can be listened to here in m4a format (100MB) : http://bit.ly/8Z7odq or here in MP3 format (40MB) : http://bit.ly/9QiiSM

cheers, dynamo!

After a short and intense push just before the holidays, we flipped the switch to our online shop beta and are now happily processing orders for a variety of Dynamo-designed products. The shop has launched with 5 products to date, including our new self-published book on social media status messaging, Status, Vol. I hot off the press...

UPDATE: Pierre Boivin, president of the Montreal Canadiens, lends his support to Ryan's 12000km.org campaign. The video below, put together by Ryan's friends Jack Lee and Meghan Leaver, features a slideshow of images from Ryan's trip as well as a note from Mr. Boivin at the end. Congrats Ryan!

In a recent post on their blog, Webdesignerdepot.com has listed Yellow Bird among a group of 25 sites they feel exemplify traditional design rules coming together with "Web 2.0" standards. 

Here's what they said:

At first glance this site might appear a bit disheveled or scattered, but the more I look at it, and the more I browse through its pages, the more I’ve noticed the strength of its organization. Better yet, the Indie-inspired design really starts to appeal the longer the stay, and the scattered look of the site actually fits the theme....

12000km.org is about Ryan Stotland, a 22-year-old brave Canadian (and fellow Montrealer) who just left for a 4-month bicycle trip across South America, that will cover 7 countries and 12,000 km. To give a deeper meaning to that personal challenge, Ryan decided to use this opportunity to raise money for two causes close to his heart: skin cancer and climate change. Ryan has chosen the Jewish General Hospital and the David Suzuki Foundations as the beneficiaries for the event. All proceeds raised will be evenly divided between these two organizations.

Dynamo is honored by the award of a silver medal to our label design for Wayne Gretzky Estates 2005 No99 Vidal Ice Wine at the prestigious 2008 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits competition, where judges noted "use of type and color to carry the design, clean, simple, striking" is much appreciated praise. More than 4,000 wines were submitted...

We’re extremely excited to welcome the newest member of Dynamo’s client roster: Yellow Bird Project. YBP collaborates with independent musicians and artists to produce t-shirts and other goods to benefit charities and socially-conscious organizations. The shirts are designed by the bands themselves, and the profits generated are turned over to the bands’ charity of choice...

Update: the ALDO microsite won an FWA!

We're excited to announce the latest brand-building, interactive experience brought to you by Dynamo and ALDO: Connect the Dots. As part of the brand’s “Connect the Dots” Summer campaign being broadcast throughout North American and the UK, Dynamo has launched a microsite enabling visitors to turn their photos into connect-the-dots puzzles and then send them to friends to solve online...

Dynamo garnered a packaging design award in the recent Quebec-wide Grafika competition for its design work on the Wayne Gretzky Estates project. The Family Reserve Merlot - a commemorative 3-Liter (Double Magnum) special launch bottling - was created as part of the arsenal of branding and packaging materials Dynamo designed for the launch of the brand in 2007. An edition of only 99 of the double mags were produced, number one and number 99 going to Wayne at the launch ceremony.