By ycd, on January 20th, 2012%
IFC started showing Season 1 of Misfits, a science-fiction drama TV series produced in the UK about a group of young offenders (some of which are typical English chavs who remind us of people we used to know in England…aww memories!) forced to work in a community service programme. They get supernatural powers after a weird . . . → Read More: Misfits – the show not the band
By ycd, on December 6th, 2011%

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This is the pretty YCD Happy Holiday card – 2011 Edition – that we designed for our clients & friends. It’s always great fun to spend some time doing design work for ourselves and to have carte blanche for all stylistic choices (including the choice of a reindeer photo amongst . . . → Read More: Our pretty 2011 Christmas cards!
By ycd, on November 17th, 2011%

Certificat-cadeau | Magazine Zeste
Lucky people who will be receiving a subscription to Zeste (Quebec’s most delicious-looking food-related magazine) this holiday season will not only receive 4 or 8 issues of one of the best executed magazine in the province: they will also receive this beautiful gift certificate, designed by none other than us . . . → Read More: Latest work! Zeste : un cadeau gourmand.
By ycd, on September 26th, 2011%
I like to use my design skills in real life, for example when it comes to creating birthday cards for people. I designed the one above for my goddaughter Arianne who turned 10 (already!) last week. Call me cheap, but I do find that paying $6-7 (ofter more for the very fancy ones) for a generic . . . → Read More: Steve Poses for Birthday Card
By ycd, on September 6th, 2011%

I walked a different way to work this morning and by doing so stumbled upon an exhibition taking place at the underpass of Portage Bridge here in Ottawa. 12 large scale photographic artworks with an environmental theme are painted on the walls as part of the summer edition of the Eco Art project (earlier this year . . . → Read More: Eco Art Exhibition @ Portage Bridge
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 November 3rd, 2010%
I wish I had had a real camera with me, and not just a stupid phone… Anyways, these were taken really quickly as I was crossing Portage Bridge this morning. Didn’t want to look like those losers with their camera-phone that takes pictures of everything but I thought that the landscape was too nice not take . . . → Read More: Foggy Morning in Ottawa…