By ycd, on February 28th, 2011
 Cadbury Buttons
I am a bit ashamed of posting this blog entry since just last week we posted one about ice-cream… You’ll think we’re eating only sugar-loaded stuff here at YCD, and believe me, we’re actually eating very healthy food and certainly having our daily rations of fruit & veg! We do have a sweet tooth . . . → Read More: Buttons Bags
By ycd, on February 18th, 2011
 Here in Ottawa for the last few months temperatures have being way below the seasonal average of -6°C, most days have being at least -10°C with wind chills of double that but for a day or two at least the temperatures have shot up massively, so much so that we’re currently experiencing a balmy 8°C. While . . . → Read More: Chapmans Ice Cream Label
By ycd, on February 14th, 2011
 Year of the Rabbit
Last week I received a letter in the post with a stamp that caught my attention. You can’t really tell by the scan I took of it, but it’s really nice and bright and there’s a gold outline around the drawings. In other words, it is MUCH more attractive than your usual . . . → Read More: Year of the Rabbit – or of the Hare?! – Stamp by Canada Post
By ycd, on February 7th, 2011

Winterlude 2011 – Ottawa, Canada – Confederation Park
We’re not big fans of winter, but yesterday we made an exception and took advantage of the warm-ish weather to go to Winterlude, Ottawa’s annual winter festival. We wanted to see the ice sculptures that were, as you can see above, quite spectacular! We couldn’t . . . → Read More: Winterlude 2011 – Ice Sculpture Competition
By ycd, on January 10th, 2011
 My Mighty Lion – Cat treats
Marc, Desmond-the-puppy and I were doing our weekly shopping at PetSmart last weekend when Marc spotted that very nice bag of cat treats. Before even reading the ingredients to make sure that our cats Steve and Bobo would like them, we knew we had to buy a pack in order . . . → Read More: Packaging Design for Mighty Lions & Wolves
By ycd, on December 30th, 2010
 Throughout the year we pick up business cards wherever we go and keep them for whenever we need inspiration (or as examples of what NOT to do, in certain cases). My idea was to sort the cards that we founds during the past year into various categories (best, worst, funniest, most colourful, best illustration, . . . → Read More: 2010 Business Cards
By ycd, on December 10th, 2010
 This is the time of the year where every blog, website and magazine has its Top 10 Gifts for Everyone on the Planet: Men, Women, Mum, Dad, Fashionista, Fast Food Addict, New Girlfriend, etc. We’ve decided to follow the trend and do one for what we know best: Graphic Designers (well, it could have been Gift . . . → Read More: 10 Gifts for the Graphic Designer on your list
By ycd, on December 6th, 2010
 A few weeks ago Felt & Wire was giving away packs of lovely Mohawk Paper envelopes to their Facebook fans following a discussion on what size(s) of envelopes designers/paper lovers were using the most. I received mine in the post a few days later and was very excited about posting about them here, but . . . → Read More: Recycled cards for the Holidays
By ycd, on November 17th, 2010
 Vero Moda @ The Bay ad
A few weeks ago we designed this advert for Vero Moda, a women fashion label part of the Bestseller family of clothing brands. It was a project very different from the ones that we normally work on: extremely tight deadline, concept needing to be fully photography-based, dealings with various departments, . . . → Read More: FASHION Magazine – Nice Vero Moda advert (designed by us!)
By ycd, on November 9th, 2010

Music, a Manchester design studio that I quite like because they gave me the correct answer to win a contest organized by Grafik Magazine (I won the studio’s . . . → Read More: BRIT Awards Rebranding by Music
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