By ycd, on October 13th, 2011%

If you’re following us on Facebook you’ll remember that a few weeks ago we mentioned that we had ordered a t-shirt from Wordans, a canadian website where you can order custom-designed apparel ranging from t-shirts to aprons, passing by g-strings and tote bags… Well the t-shirt we ordered came and we’re quite . . . → Read More: Little Owls T-shirt
By ycd, on August 30th, 2011%

Letter we received from Snail Mail My Email
Isn’t that adorable?! Even though I did come up with that lovely message, I didn’t actually write it down and drew the little illustration: Snail Mail My Email did it for me. Snail Mail was a month-long worldwide collaborative art project that took place from July 15 – . . . → Read More: Snail Mail My Email – Art Project
By ycd, on March 14th, 2011%

We were contacted by the organizers of Folded Dreams at the beginning of 2011 and asked to design a poster, a postcard and some templates for the website of their Annual Paper Airplane Festival & Competition taking place in Ottawa. They wanted something “simple and clean”, and below is what we came up with. This event . . . → Read More: Designs for Paper Airplane Festival & Competition
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 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 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 October 22nd, 2010%

Christmas Cards for Charity
These very unique Christmas cards were hand-painted in watercolour by Vicky, then scanned and printed on thick card stock. They are for sale at a cost of $15/5 cards (come with envelopes) and all profits go to the Canadian Society of Multiple Sclerosis. As you might already know, Vicky’s mother suffers from . . . → Read More: Christmas Cards for Charity
By ycd, on July 9th, 2010%
How-to Manual
This is one of our latest project: an illustrated how-to manual in the shape of a little folded booklet. It is distributed with a new, innovative headband hand-made by Bolivan women which will donate $1 from every sale to a women’s micro-finance institution. The booklet’s purpose is to show how to wear the . . . → Read More: Instruction Manual Design