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PechaKucha Wpg, Vol. 14 (recap)
On May 16, GDC Manitoba’s 14th installment of PechaKucha Winnipeg took place at the Park Theatre. As always, I found lots to be inspired about… in particular, after getting the chance to see it in person a few weeks ago, I loved hearing about Erica Dueck’s piece called ‘The Epheremal Mind’.
Why I’m a happy Canadian designer
This past weekend, I got to attend the National AGM for the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) as an observer from the Manitoba Chapter. This is my second time attending and once again, it proved to be an incredibly rewarding, albeit tiring, few days.
PechaKucha Wpg, Vol. 13 (recap)
On March 7, GDC Manitoba’s 13th installment of PechaKucha Winnipeg took place at the Park Theatre. We are all in agreement that this may have been one of the best ones yet! Although to be honest, we probably say that every time. Thursday night’s line-up included Matt Henderson (Teacher and Activist), Andrew Yankiwski (Partner, Precursor [...]
PechaKucha Wpg, Vol. 12 (musings)
We at GDC Manitoba have had 12, count them, TWELVE! PechaKucha Nights in Winnipeg now. Three years later, we’re still going strong and have already booked our dates for 2013 (March 7, May 16, September 12 and December 5). What’s so amazing to us is that we keep finding such interesting speakers… it’s a real [...]
PechaKucha Night in Winnipeg, Vol. 12
Quoted from the good folks at GDC Manitoba: Some timely math: 0% chance of Grey Cup hangover. 0% chance of sophomore-season Jets worship. 100% chance of hard(ish)-hitting, real-steel, in-your-grill creativity and inspiration, as PechaKucha Night in Winnipeg returns for the final time in 2012 with a twelfth rollicking roll-out of star-calibre creative good sports. Join [...]
Inspired by… (9): Pencils Down
On Saturday, October 20, GDC Manitoba presented Pencils Down: A BlueSky Workshop. Led by Mark Baskinger, associate professor in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh), and William Bardel, principal of Luminant Design (New York City), the workshop offered clear and concise ways to learn how hand-sketching techniques – with pencils and pens [...]