Show and Tell

Exploring Nostromo

We took a team field trip last month to watch Alien: Romulus, and somehow one of our biggest takeaways from that movie was its design sensibilities.

Luckily, we came across Typeset in the Future, a blog fully dedicated to typography and design found in sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV shows.

In the first Alien movie you can see these icons, called the Semiotic Standard For All Commercial Trans-Stellar Utility Lifter And Heavy Element Transport Spacecraft (…whew) placed throughout the Nostromo. They act as way-finding aboard the craft, and are also just very cool looking.

Semiotic Standard production sketches by Ron Cobb.

If you’re interested in exploring the design world of Alien, you can read the full article here.

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Work

Why Do We Travel? To Experience Awe

We’re doing editorial work for Y We Travel, a collection of essays by accomplished writers on the purpose and gift of traveling.

The articles will be published in The Walrus, with the first two available on their website.

The most recent article, written by Canadian author and journalist Elizabeth Renzetti can be read here.

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Updates

Happy Hallowbirthday Marikha!

We threw an early Halloween party in honour of Marikha’s birthday, luckily there was a lot of decor readily available.

“It was spooktacular and everything I want my birthday to be, Halloween!” Marikha

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I Am An AIGA Winner

Award season is still upon us. If you haven’t seen our announcement on Instagram, IATP won a Brand and Identity Systems award in AIGA’s (American Institute of Graphic Arts) 2023 A Year in Design competition.

IATP also posted about our wins on their website, which you can view here for a full recap.

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NMAs live on Communication Arts website

The 2024 Communication Arts Design Annual is now online and you can view all the winners here.

As our first Communication Arts award it is super exciting to see our work live on their website alongside other amazing projects. The National Magazine Awards brand identity, a project elegantly crafted by Christina Kim with assistance and guidance from Joshua Duchesne.

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Office Hours

Back to school

Summer’s ending, the temperature is starting to drop, and school doors are opening.

We wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone our Office Hours doors are always open for any creatives and students looking to chat about industry challenges.

View our website for more info.

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Sounds

Summer Sounds

No new playlist for this newsletter, but you can check out all our playlists here!

For now we will leave you with last summer’s playlist, which is still in rotation at our office.

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Extra

The New Astrology

One of our favourite activities/way to get to know each other is through completing personality quizzes and sharing our results with each other.

Not really a personality quiz, but in the same vein of learning about each other, we were introduced to The New Astrology by our friend and 401 Richmond neighbour Anthony Trask.

The book combines western astrology with traditional Chinese astrology to provide an in-depth understanding of ourselves through both lenses.

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