What is the color of sound? With Benjamin Moore's new microsite, Paint With Ben, you get to choose. Their agency of record AKQA created this slick, clever site to seduce young, design-savvy homeowners into trying a new, premium line of paints, "Ben". Just pick your word and your color, then write up a run down of what your color/word combo means to you...
It's getting to that time of the year when many companies institute a "summer hours" policy, encouraging their staff to enjoy the weather and longer days. Summer hours are typically great for overall morale and can be useful in retaining and attracting talent.
We've had a "summer hours" program at Dynamo for sometime. It started off as a typical "start a bit earlier each day in exchange for leaving at noon on Friday" kind of arrangement. That system worked pretty well for us for a few years, but we thought we could do better.
For the latest window photos, check out Dynamo's 'Answers' photoset on flickr
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For the last two weeks, we've been mastering our backwards typography skills, working toward the common goal of putting our twelve, street level windows on Rue St. Pierre to good use. Inspired by the Fifty People, One Question Project, we decided to pose a question via our windows, in hopes of collecting some interesting answers from passers-by. As people email us their answers, we draw them on the windows in real time.
So go ahead and ask yourself: Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow? ...
Creatives, take solace. Your math skills may sometimes let you down, or your powers of memorization may be worthless. But you – along with your approach, your way of dealing with information and your ideas – are the most valuable type of employee, leader and partner. Or, at least according to Daniel H. Pink, you will be soon...
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...
Late in '08, one of our favorite collaborative partners came to us to discuss a full identity and business papers redesign. MJCO is one of Montréal's premiere independent print production manager-brokers, owned by Marie-Josée Legault (the MJ in MJCO). MJCO works with design studios and corporate clients - bringing together the best designers, printers and finishers in Montréal to produce consistently stunning printed work...
Whilst many a man and woman is whistling away their precious lunch time with long walks on short roads or choosing their favourite tie for the upcoming Dodge Decal Design awards, we here at Dynamo can be found in our stark-raving white studio space practicing the beautiful art of ANUSARA YOGA.
