Saturday, July 4th, 2015
Because of my research on a 1976 event, people keep bringing me things from that general era. Thanks to my friend Resi for finding this in her mother’s house and bringing it to me yesterday. Not only is this Vancouver neighbourhood nearby to me (and now gentrified many times over), the map shows the Gastown Wax Museum where I worked many a summer in Vancouver, though its sign seems to be on the wrong building.
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Tags: 1960s, 1970s, gastown, map, poster, Vancouver
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
In the “on the fridge” category.
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Tags: bird, budgie, favourite, fridge decoration, humour, lost pet, poster, rain, sign, text, typography, Vancouver
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Graphic design isn’t usually my focus, but when you’re interested in design and are living amidst the deluge of an impending Olympics in your hometown, the tide of graphics is impossible to ignore. Here’s a small sample of political cartoons and posters that incorporate the various Olympic logos – the standard logo with the five rings, as well as the Vancouver 2010 “Inukshuk” logo.
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Tags: Ange Sterrit, arts cuts, arts funding, BC Liberals, cartoons, Corey Rollins, corporate, environmentalism, Gord Hill, graphics, Inukshuk, logo, mascots, No 2010, Olympics, opposition, police, political, politics, poster, protest, Riel Manywounds, rings, t-shirt, taser, Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Vancouver police
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