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!
Dynamo Montréal Design Studio / Dynamo Montréal studio de design
Design Thinkers, Visual Storytellers
Work : Press Releases!
Dynamo & YBP
How's International Design Annual
Posted March 29, 2010 by Bob
Work : Press Releases!
Dynamo Interviewed on CJAD
Posted March 15, 2010 by Bob
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!
Work : Portfolio
Hugh & Crye's new spree-powered online store
Posted March 10, 2010 by Bryan Mahoney
This is becoming a familiar formula for us. Two great guys with a great product looking for an ecommerce solution with soul. Welcome to HughandCrye.com. A cleverly designed online store for men's shirts with truly innovative approach to fit. Like Yellowbird and our own store, HughandCrye.com is powered by Spree, our choice for open-source ecommerce....
Work : Design Thinking
Alex's talk at Grafika 'Web Design' day
Posted March 08, 2010 by Alex
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I presented the Yellow Bird Project case study ("Le (re)naissance d'une marque sur le web") at last week's Grafika Day on Web Design. In it, I shed some light on what it's like to create a web-focused brand from the ground up, and what challenges we faced during the conception and development of the YBP website. You can download the presentation here (French-only, a 10mb PDF), and visit theYellow Bird Project website (in effect, the end result of the presentation!) here. There's some meat missing given the absence of audio/video, but it's still a good overview of the process.
Play : Below the fold
State of the Internet
Posted March 03, 2010 by CPOM
As you read this, you should feel special. Currently you represent a whopping .0000000579% of all worldwide internet users. Wow... makes you feel kinda small eh?
Work : The Making Of
Alex talks Yellow Bird Project at tomorrow's Grafika Conference
Posted March 02, 2010 by Bryan Mahoney
Inforpresse/Grafika have lined up a great list of presenters for tomorrow's conference on web design.
Alex will be discussing our creative process as well as the technical challenges we faced bringing this brand to life online.
There are still tickets available online here.
Thinking of going or already have your ticket? Leave a comment here and we'll be sure to look out for you in the crowd.
Play : Inspiration
The Design Behind the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Medals.
Posted March 01, 2010 by Jenna Holcombe
I know the Olympics are old news but I thought it appropriate to pay tribute to the unsung hero of the 2010 Winter Olympics: the medals themselves. With all of the filler spots, commercials, interviews and replays, I didn't see one single spot that explained the meaning or making-of the actual medals themselves. I suppose I found this surprising because before the Winter Olympics even began, I happened upon this video via Motherboard that featured the design process behind the Olympic medals, and I was fascinated. Consequently, during the last two weeks as athletes from around the world received, held, kissed and bit their hard-won medals, my eyes were completely glued to the precious objects.
Made from recycled electronic waste, these eco-friendly Olympic medals are one of a kind, literally. Each medal bears a unique cropping of a larger work of art created by Corinne Hunt, a First Nations designer from the Raven Gwa’waina clan, of the Kwakwaka’wakw village on Vancouver Island. The original artwork depicts the native orca, and the result on each individual medal is an abstract design of organic lines and shapes, combined with the tactility of an undulating surface which references the landscape of British Columbia. I imagine it's an object that's hard to put down. They are also very un-wimpy, weighing in at about 580g. I would totally rocket myself down ice or snow at some disgusting mile an hour for a chance at one of those sweet medals.
