I can honestly say that I do not recall the last time I wrote a book report! A friend of mine, and one of a select few people in my life that I truly find fascinating and could listen to his stories for hours on end, recommended this book to me the last time we met and I have to say, I can’t put it down.
I have just completed my first year of fatherhood! My daughter Kirra Louise Peace was born on July 4th 2008 and we celebrated her first birthday with a bang. I know what you’re thinking. Why would you have your baby on Independence Day? We did all we could to avoid it but in the [...]
Last Thursday the ladies of Design Lab hit the road for Aurora. Destination? The AIIM printing house, for a tour of their facilities. Luckily, Alexia was driving or else MC would have driven us to Ancaster.
AIIM, which stands for Avant Imaging and Information Management, prints the lottery brochures and print material for one of our [...]
I’m not one of the lucky ones to own a property up North where I can escape from May until the beginning of October. But I am lucky enough to have friends that offer to host weekend after weekend.
Every other weekend it seems like I am heading to a cottage (between my many wedding obligations). [...]
It’s an exciting time here at Design Lab. Not only is summer finally here, but we have a lot of exciting projects coming up!
Our team has been hard at work preparing for pitches and proposals for some great clients this week. And while we can’t tell you about those projects just yet, one thing that [...]
In the April 2009 edition of the Harvard Business Review, author’s John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz identified patterns in consumer and company behavior during a recession and how this affects market performance. They argue that understanding consumers’ changing habits will enable companies to hone their strategies so they can safely charter these unstable [...]
Like any office filled with creative minds you’re on the front lines of the incredible work that they produce. However, it’s also a large window into the soul of a functional insane asylum.
Right now our triple threat of designing women are hard at work on London Dream Lottery (98% sold out, get your tickets now!) [...]
On Saturday May 2, 2009 I had the honour of joining hundreds of women – and the odd man – at the Habitat for Humanity Toronto’s Women Build near Morningside and Lawrence (Scarborough, Ontario). It was my first experience with Habitat and it will definitely not be my last!
Women Build is about building homes, with [...]
Well, it really paid to be a woman this year! The ladies at Design Lab want to thank Shawn Pucknell and the FITC team for organizing an amazing conference and giving 100+ women the opportunity to join in the fun for FREE!
The equation for this year: Video submission + Female organs = Free FITC ticket [...]
Ok, I admit I’m one of those people—I’m still using AS2! So to lessen my pain of converting to AS3, I’m going to attend FITC’s Get Off Your Ass and Start Using AS3 Already! presentation. Thankfully they’re providing source files so that I can copy and paste to my heart’s content. I’m kidding… I WILL [...]