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MOCA: Spring 2025
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
experience brampton
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
AFM
MOCA fall 2023
district tennis
NU
MOCA: Kapwani Kiwanga — Remediation
beanstory
MOCA toronto award
BAO
MOCA: thomas demand
kalach TAX
GMM
the royal hotel
MOCA GTA21
nienkämper
AAGO
førs packaging
førs
joyà
wayward arts
this is not a toy
LAT
superkül
MAMC
superkül
origen méxico
modrec
the broadview hotel
F8
TIFF
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summerhill market

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echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
echoes of the land: winemakers of portugal
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Echoes of the Land: Winemakers of Portugal was conceived by photographer and journalist Vivian Bibliowicz as a true portrait of Portugal through those who dedicate their lives to wine.

Chronicling nearly 100 winemakers, the book tells the unique stories embedded in this diverse landscape – from historic wineries to small scale producers in lesser-known terroirs alongside innovative projects and cooperatives sustaining local economies.

Echoes of the Land is more than a book about wine, it is an exploration of identity, tradition and passion. It is a discovery of the stories and the relentless spirit of the winemakers shaping this land.

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MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
MOCA: Spring 2025
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Rooted in complex explorations of material and form, MOCA's Spring 2025 exhibitions span sculpture, installation, painting, moving images, textiles and sound. Drawing inspiration from the diversity of practices on display, we designed an adaptable system – employing an economy of means with profound thought. We repurposed the same print run – spanning brochures, posters, and display graphics to create a never ending scroll of inspiration in a series of ever expanding possibilities.

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experience brampton
experience brampton
experience brampton
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Experience Brampton is an invitation to explore, experience and reimagine the city of Brampton and its innate multicultural richness. Versatile and dynamic both in expression and intent, it celebrates the fabric of the city through its arts, culture, community, events, sports, food etc.

Guided by Brampton’s’ multifaceted nature, and its continuous transformation, we designed a colorful, energetic and flexible system, that gives space for diverse offerings and is reflective of the city’s cultural vibrancy.

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trapholt museum: råw
trapholt museum: råw
trapholt museum: råw
trapholt museum: råw
trapholt museum: råw
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Organized by the Trapholt Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, Feel Me, is an international exhibition exploring the ways in which emotion, technology, and physiology intersect within contemporary art.

Taking the form of a large-scale installation, Blok's contribution, RÅW, is set against the backdrop of our excessive exposure to over stimulation and demands on our mental energy. It is an invitation to become active participants, recognizing and wearing our most vulnerable emotions inside out.

In a continuous state of transformation, the installation is deconstructed by audience participation—revealing the true emotional cartography through the spaces in-between.

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Envisioned as a celebration of desire, grace, pleasure and the many forms it can take, AFM—A Fucking Magazine—is a new publication by FEELD, the dating app for the emotionally, physically and intellectually curious.

Joyful and sensual—the inaugural issue explores the ‘Pursuits of Happiness’. Our design interplays type, materiality, translucency and texture, drawing from the full dimensionality of the human experience.

Contributors include Daphne Merkin, Allison P. Davis, Susanna Moore, James Ivory, Jazmine Hughes, Sophie Mackintosh, Tony Tulathimutte, Bruce LaBruce, Hanif Abdurraqib, and Merritt Tierce, among others.

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graydon herriott: a dream to build on
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
graydon herriott: a dream to build on
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Coinciding with the School of Dream’s 20th anniversary, photography duo Graydon Herriott travelled to Ghana to document the incredible impact the organization has had in creating a safe learning environment for the youngest.

The corresponding publication and exhibition celebrates this milestone, and provides the organization’s advocates in Canada a look at the transformation their support has propelled.

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Working across three continents, Workshop shapes memorable spaces by developing unique custom furniture for the hospitality industry. Inspired by their own playfulness and innate curiosity, we designed an identity system that is simple in form yet dynamic at its core. Reimagining the visual language of furniture, allowed us to create opportunities for movement and experimentation. The identity is complemented by a distinct digital experience, inviting the user to discover Workshop’s capabilities and ethos.

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Located in Prince Edward County, the newly launched County Adaptation Film Festival (CAFF) is a celebration of film as its own creative impetus. “It's not where you take things from—it's where you take them to.” —Jean-Luc Godard 

To honour its intent, we designed a visual identity rooted in the concept of transformation, a journey that embraces both the tangible and intangible—exploring the vision of writers and artists and the process of adaptation—to see anew. 

 

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A new frontier in meditation, prayer and advanced technology, duawalla is a system designed to enhance spiritual practice and maximize its benefits—balancing body, mind and spirit. This identity exists at the convergence of technology and humanity, serving as an invitation to deepen the senses.

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Based out of Singapore, Hess Academy is a beacon of inspiration, guiding young minds towards the uncharted territories of their potential. Rooted in a spirit of curiosity, Hess is much more than a tutoring academy — it's an open invitation dedicated to sparking a lifelong love of learning.

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El Zanjón is one of Argentina’s most significant archaeological sites, painstakingly restored over the past 38 years by Jorge Eckstein. Situated in the heart of San Telmo—one of Buenos Aires’ oldest neighbourhoods—El Zanjón is a magical journey unveiling a city through poetry, history and myth.

We designed an identity system, digital experience and created content that captures El Zanjón’s distinctive architecture, landmark buildings and hidden labyrinth of vaulted brick tunnels. The museum is multi-faceted, dedicated to preserving the history of a city and shining a light on how its past mirrors its present.

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Envisioned by the team behind Ryuko, KOKO is a casual Japanese eatery situated at The Calgary Farmers’ Market’s new West location. Rooted in the visual language of Japanese convenience store culture (konbini), its design serves as a nostalgic nod to the elements that ground us in the familiarity of our daily lives. In Japanese, KOKO can be translated as ‘baby tiger’ — since ‘ko’ means both ‘tiger’ and ‘child’ — which inspired the playfulness of this identity system, brimming with small moments of unexpected joy.

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MOCA fall 2023
MOCA fall 2023
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Spanning sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, moving-image and sound, MOCA’s 2023 Fall program includes artists Phyllida Barlow’s Eleven Columns, Liz Magor’s The Separation, and The Wedge Collection’s Dancing in the Light, part two of The City is a Collection series.  

Our design approach was inspired by the tension and dialogue of the materiality itself, emphasizing translucency, and the tactile qualities presented in the exhibitions. The typographical system created an equal presence for all, yet it is through the use of color that it highlights the uniqueness of each. 

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NU is a production company committed to building stories that stand at the intersection of art and social change — with a deep belief in the power of impactful, inspirational and authentic stories. Their projects vary from TV, Features, Documentaries to Auditory and Experimental. 

We designed a bold and explorative identity system, both in form and content to honor its experimental spirit and its mandate of creative independence.

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MOCA: Kapwani Kiwanga — Remediation
MOCA: Kapwani Kiwanga — Remediation
MOCA: Kapwani Kiwanga — Remediation
MOCA: Kapwani Kiwanga — Remediation
MOCA: Kapwani Kiwanga — Remediation
MOCA: Kapwani Kiwanga — Remediation
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Kapwani Kiwanga’s exhibition Remediation at MOCA expands on her research into how botany has long held a relationship to exploitation and acts of resistance — including how plant life has and may intervene in the rejuvenation of contaminated environments.

Our approach to the exhibition’s design is rooted in Kiwanga’s practice, emphasizing her use of colour and materiality while drawing attention to the many narratives and connectivities expressed throughout her work.

Remediation is co-organized by MOCA and the Remai Modern where it will be presented again in the fall. ​​Kiwanga is among the world’s most important working artists today and will represent Canada at the 2024 Venice Biennale.

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Beanstory, a subscription based service for direct to consumer beans, was born with a clear intent to reconnect people to what they eat, where their food comes from and the profound impact their everyday choices have. With a selection of 9 bean varieties consciously sourced from select organic farms around the US, the packaging needed to be bold and considered yet flexible enough to allow for future products. We designed a typeface inspired by the shape of a bean and the letter “B” that is ownable and recognizable, giving room for constant play.

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BAO (Brampton Arts Organization) is a unique organization focused on advocating, amplifying and connec​​ting the arts through a rang​e of thoughtful programs and resources. Its identity reflects and honours the diversity of the artists and the multiplicity of visions living and working in place.

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origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
origen méxico
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origen méxico
origen méxico
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This book originates from the most profound love of land and identity. It is a convergence of talents, passions, thoughts, textures, flavours, creative forces, and unique sensibilities with an innate character, inherited from the indigenous cultures that have formed and illuminated Mexican culture.

From the materiality of carbon paper—the nearly discarded—to the impossibility of a typeface that has yet to be launched, ORIGEN MÉXICO reaches across time and space to deliver narratives that are multiple, rich, and authentic. This book honours the inherent beauty of the country and gives immense gratitude to those who have moved us to see further and deeper. All of the profits from the book support accessible education in Mexico.

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Ryuko is a new Japanese kitchen and bar restaurant concept in Calgary offering a space to connect through the value and love of food. In Japanese, ryuko means both “dragon and tiger” which perfectly captures the strong yet complementary personalities of the restaurant’s business partners. We designed a flexible visual language that takes on a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese sensibility, textures and imagery.

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district tennis
district tennis
district tennis
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District Tennis is an organization committed to fostering a competitive, fun and safe tennis environment for all communities. We were approached to design an educational and self-reflective journal that would accompany players in their athletic journey, grounded in the desire to better one’s self (a mejorar).

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The book, Alberto Kalach Taller de Arquitectura X, is an expansive compendium of 40 years of thoughtful and compelling architecture. Alberto’s work has focused on both private and public projects, ranging from chapels and houses to large-scale urban plans. This book brings together more than 150 projects organized into six chapters or typologies —ships, dwellings, houses and gardens, towers, ensembles and roofs— that show a universe of explorations around architecture and the city.

This book celebrates the dialogue between simplicity, texture, light and the creative process itself. Designed with clarity and rawness as an invitation to participate and explore both the architecture and the profound thinking imminent in every project. It is a dance between time, space and geometry, and the infinite creative pursuit.

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MOCA toronto award
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The MOCA Toronto Award honours and recognizes both visual artists and leaders for their innovation, accomplishment, and contribution to contemporary art. We created an identity that celebrates the award recipients and illuminates their legacy.

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MOCA: thomas demand
MOCA: thomas demand
MOCA: thomas demand
MOCA: thomas demand
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Thomas Demand’s exhibition HOUSE OF CARD at MOCA, refers to the precariousness of Demand's practice as a builder. Whereas architecture generally equates with permanence, Demand prefers to explore the limits of the ephemeral. Our approach to the exhibition's materials was an honouring of the role of architecture in Demand’s work. Exploring one singular large format piece, that through the process of construction and deconstruction could transform both content and form.

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Girl Meet Money (GMM) is a female led fintech company purposefully driven to change women’s relationship to money by shifting the paradigm and creating a new space to participate. A space where women can access possibilities and enrich their lives through education, connectivity, and community. We designed an identity that highlights the idea that money is energy in motion and expressed it through its fluidity and dynamic colour palette.

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the royal hotel
the royal hotel
the royal hotel
the royal hotel
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Dating back to 1879, The Royal Hotel has been lovingly restored by a local family, reimagined for today’s traveller while honouring its strong roots in the community, situated at the heart of Prince Edward County.

We worked alongside architects GPAIA from day one to ensure every detail was considered — influenced by the layers of materiality to its full visual language, we created an identity that weaves together history and a unique sense of place. The logo itself is inspired by the language of cross-stitching and its connection to Prince Edward County’s heritage. Along with designing the visual identity for The Royal our involvement included the website, photography, menu systems, packaging, signage and architectural pieces.

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the royal hotel digital
the royal hotel digital
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With building construction breaking ground in 2015 our journey with The Royal Hotel has been nothing short of memorable. After designing the brand identity, we were approached to bring the same care and attention to a fully customized website. An invitation for users to explore the hotel and by extension Prince Edward County. The digital experience truly reflects the brand’s essence while seamlessly integrating all of the functionality to fulfill The Royal’s various offerings, including the integration of three booking engines and four restaurant menus. From the visual storytelling found in the seasonally rotating gallery to the custom icons inspired by the hotel’s architecture, we designed unexpected moments for users to uncover.

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Under the new brand büro klaus, Klaus is developing and manufacturing products for today’s lived environment, which include evolved edits of iconic pieces, as well as new products. büro klaus challenges the design landscape and marks a new chapter in the Nienkämper family’s 52-year story as a leading retailer and manufacturer of high-quality contemporary furniture in North America. Our long standing relationship with the family meant we were once again invited to participate in this transformation for a truly cohesive and holistic brand experience.

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Curated by Daisy Desrosiers, Rui Mateus Amaral and November Paynter, Greater Toronto Art 2021 (GTA21), brings together twenty-one of the most energizing artists and art collectives working in Toronto and asks each one of them to consider, “What is urgent to you today?”.

We were invited by the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) to design the exhibition identity, environmental graphics and printed publication of this large scale exhibition and new triennial. Rooted in the profound belief of remembering, storytelling, questioning, resisting, celebrating and making, this identity had to honour the re-imagining of a city and the artists working in it.

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Nienkämper is a furniture company that has pursued the highest ideals in design and manufacturing since the 1960’s. It has collaborated with some of the most prominent architects and designers such as Frank Gehry and Karim Rashid among many others. After a long standing working relationship, we were invited to redesign Nienkämper’s identity system to align itself with the shifts in society and workplace as well as their new vision for the future. Grounded in the company’s values and spirit, we evolved the identity balancing its legacy in design and sense of place with a renewed context for a new generation.

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living beauty inc. develops and inspires meaningful connections between the most innovative brands, trusted retailers and respected professionals in the industry. We designed an identity and packaging system, as well as a digital experience that parallels the brand's fluid understanding of beauty, its dimensionality, how it can expand and its possibility to transform.

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Only with the senses can architecture truly be understood. Inspired by the balance of subtlety, spatial richness, and geometric forms found in the firm’s work, the new superkül identity is based in interplay of colour, shape and materiality.The designs contain a series of deliberate “unoccupied spaces”, a reflection that architecture is as much about the spaces in-between as the built form.
To celebrate their first ten years, we set out to create a book with deeply personal, intuitive experience that would reflect the firm’s unique philosophy and design approach. From the experimental format with subtle paper transitions and special silver finishes to the different printing techniques used in production, the book’s materiality mirrors and defines the firm’s work.

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With an unwavering commitment to tread lightly in this world, our New Førs Packaging System is sustainable, recyclable and boldly sexy. We have always believed in the economy of means. To try to achieve the most with essential essence: with purity and clarity. Holding the utmost respect for our environment and its limited resources with intention and consideration.

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We designed everything — from the name, visual identity and digital experience, to the packaging and tableware itself for førs, a new product design studio creating poetic objects for the everyday. This custom e-commerce website was thoughtfully designed and coded — balancing functionality and design — in order to create a seamless and elastic experience.

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At the core of førs, our new product design studio, is the understanding that objects carry meaning and can transform our everyday lives. This identity with its bold, soulful visual language alludes to the company’s poetic intent. We designed everything — from the name, visual identity and custom e-commerce website, to the packaging and tableware itself. As both the client and designers of our own new company, every interaction needed to live up to its essence.

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A physical and digital publication, LAT Magazine is the means by which we connect many viewpoints, perspectives, cultures, stigmas and non-stigmas in a conversation that emanates from cannabis and extends to our everyday life. An initiative of 48North, LAT creates a tangible and porous space in which we can have ongoing dialogues about relevant issues of our time — about art, personal journeys and exploration, amnesty, equality, sex, self-love, and perseverance. From design, art direction, production, and content development, we worked from conceptualization to the final product.

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Having worked together over the years on both their identity and book, we designed superkül a new website⁠—an exploratory experience of layered visuals, subtle interactions, and bold movement reflecting the unique philosophy of this architecture firm.

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Based in Mexico City, AAGO is a digital investment company whose lateral thinking and foresight is shifting the financial space. The identity explores AAGO’s unique elasticity and agility through its fluid movement and clarity, highlighting the company’s visionary impetus of always pushing further.

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Women’s Creative Collective is an inclusive space for women with diverse voices to come together in order to share, reclaim, expand and challenge ideas and experiences that will enrich our uniqueness, our communities and cross borders. The design draws from this core, finding the space in an intentional expression of opportunities to come and multiplicity of voices in a constant state of becoming through geometric shapes that build new combinations and a logo equipped for expansiveness.

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A historic architectural landmark with a lively and colourful past has been meticulously restored and reimagined as a luxury boutique hotel. The identity, which includes everything from wayfinding to in-room items to branding the different spaces to menus, balances the hotel’s new bold, contemporary voice with witty touches of colour and language in homage to the eclectic details found in the interiors and to the building’s down-to-earth, gritty east end roots.

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48North, a bold female led company is rethinking the landscape of cannabis in Canada. With their main focus being women we set out to create a brand that would represent the expansiveness, the boldness and the clarity of a company that is challenging preconceptions and opening possibilities.
Latitude, a communication platform, was created with the intent to celebrate the stories of women who use the plant in their journey towards health and wellness by bringing to life the deeply personal experiences that reflect 48North’s unique philosophy and visionary approach.

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this is not a toy
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Guest curated by Pharrell Williams, with curators John Wee Tom and Sara Nickleson, This Is Not A Toy is the first major exhibit of designer toys worldwide. Held by the Design Exchange Museum, the show includes works by Takashi Murakami and KAWS amongst others, and projects by FriendsWithYou and Magic Pony. The identity and exhibit graphics needed to straddle the same art and street worlds occupied by the toys, and were inspired as much by the work of contemporary artists as by the pink and white striped canvas walls that adorn the stands in the food markets of Mexico City.

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Translating the magazine to a digital experience meant thinking about how these two formats would uniquely interact and engage, creating a space for global dialogues and perspectives. We designed a custom website for LAT, with an editorial eye, offering a dynamic flow to showcase the photography and writing.

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As 48North leads the way into rethinking our relationship with cannabis, we were invited to develop a new line of products called F8 / F8TE. We loved the challenge to design products that balance the beauty of the experience and interact seamlessly into our lives.

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Paying homage to famous racer Alberto Ascari, Erik Joyal and John Sinopoli’s Italian eatery Ascari is grounded in their love of racing and food. The identity refresh centers on layered language of racer car graphics, 1950's inspired typography, and the racer’s signature blue.

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The Think8 Global Institute (T8G) trains individuals and organizations to fully understand their True Worth and with it create the New Possible for themselves, society and a world in need. We designed an identity and custom typography that would reflect T8G’s divergent thinking and unique approach. Additionally we created a multipurpose piece, a publication/poster, mirroring their acute approach and fluidity of thought.

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We designed the visual identity and packaging system for JOYÀ — a new brand of plant-based functional foods that is rethinking our relationship to food and wellness.

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From working the fields as a migrant to running one of the country's most influential restaurants, chef Eduardo ‘Lalo’ García continues to push and transform Mexican gastronomy by pure emotion. His first cookbook Maximo reveals his practice, relationships, and daily life at the restaurant. The book’s recipes and individual stories are a culmination of many forces, from the farmers in the chinampas of Xochimilco to the chefs in his kitchen, that inspire and drive Maximo Bistrot.

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An acknowledged game-changer in the grocery business, family-owned Summerhill Market is renowned for the superlative quality of its prepared foods and unique products. A new identity was needed to reflect its progressive spirit while retaining the personable quality that had made the shop a cherished food destination. Along with the logo, we re-designed Summerhill’s entire packaging system, including developing several of its in-house product lines. A monogram honours the store’s heritage while the line “Your Other Kitchen” reinforces its role in customers' lives.

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MUT (Mercado Urbano Tobalaba) is a multi-building project based in Santiago, Chile. This vast and visionary project is shifting the way we understand the city of Santiago by integrating greenspace, architecture, culture, workspace, and diverse retail based on values of community engagement and sustainability.

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Renowned for their encyclopaedic knowledge of music of all genres and eras, The Playlist Company designs sonic experiences for some of Canada’s top hospitality brands. The identity has a deliberate musicality that mimics the journeys of their powerful, highly curated playlists. The logo itself has stanzas of movement, while blocks of colours inspired by jazz and soul album covers from the 40s and 50s are given subtle shifts in tonalities and hues to evoke music’s power to transform space and emotion. The digital experience builds an emotional narrative, reflective of the playlist co.'s auditory journey.

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A blok and Lovechild (LA) initiative sets out to reframe our understanding of three megalopolises by exploring the intersection between our idealized images of these cities and their underlying personas, and how one makes possible the other. In this first project about Los Angeles, photographer Renato D’Agostin, unites with urban critic and author, Norman Klein. The dialogue between D’Agostin’s instinctual images and Klein’s critical essay challenges our preconceived ideas of what makes the city true to itself. In production: Origins, a podcast series that looks at how some of LA’s most significant but overlooked landmarks have influenced our perceptions.

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ModRec is not just a purveyor of coffee beans from some of the world’s best small-batch roasters, but a singular portal into a world where realness, spontaneity and individualism reign supreme over artifice, pretense and mass culture. Beginning with the bold wordmark, the identity serves as a window into this unique philosophy of living. Photography mirrors the attitude of a brand that doesn’t tolerate BS, while language, colour and pattern unite to evoke the off-beat journey of discovery that awaits subscribers.

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What World Strategies, which works with top social change organizations like the Gates Foundation and Oxfam, approached us to design a truly unique journal, one that would help people track the issues they support. From the name to the design of a comprehensive evaluation system, we set out to create a booklet that would help inspire more meaningful actions and foster a spirit of activism.

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Based in Chile, Territoria shapes the built environment with an expansive vision: creating large scale real estate developments focused on bettering the quality of life of those who encounter them. Celebrating their grounded values and philosophy, the redesign of the firm’s brand identity flows witha subtle nuance of tonalities and clarity of vision.

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The 2016 annual report is a love letter to cinema and an ode to one of the world’s most renowned and respected cinematic organizations. To capture the core of what makes TIFF so unique, we paired bold verbs with unexpected concepts, such as “catalyze / collectivity”, “inspire / time” and “shift dreams / reality”. This poetic tribute inspired the rest of the design, which eschews conventional format and embraces the beauty and language of film to create a cinematic experience that amplifies TIFF’s mission to transform how we see the world through film.

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Vuhl 05, a Mexican supercar, is the brainchild of two brothers with a family legacy in racing. Our involvement began before any bolts were riveted or steel welded. Working with the designers, we helped shape the brand, from the story to the identity to the art direction, the interior graphics, the helmet and all communications. The identity reflects the subtleties of high-end design that are a hallmark of the car. The “05”, the father’s racing number, has its roots in the racing iconography of that time. To capture the visceral quality of the driving experience, we chose a photographic style that is at once gritty and stylish, nostalgic and contemporary. (All car photography: Laurent Nivalle)

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As we tried to grasp the essence of the posters we chose to redesign, we found that the relationship between a clear CALL FOR ACTION AGAINST Fascism and the DECRY of the role of fascism was an invitation for a dialog between them. We discovered the beauty of the word ACT within AGAINST as means of engagement. By emphasizing the word FASCISM as boldly, we created singularity in each individual poster yet UNITY when combined.

Political Posters live in contexts of cities, people and textures. They have a power to move people with their own tone and urgency. When repeated side to side they take on a rhythm of their own that begs for engagement at a first read and for thoughtfulness as you go deeper.

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Ciudad’s origins lay in an initiative created with renowned architect Alberto Kalach to raise awareness for one of the most ambitious urban and environmental projects in Mexico. Unable to find a typeface that would evoke the city, we designed one, enlisting type designer Georg Seifert (Berlin) to help refine it. We then gave ourselves over to its architectural essence, evolving the font from 2D to sculpture to film. Through this exploration, we discovered that the project wasn’t about the font at all but rather about residing in the space of constant transformation that’s inherent in the cities we live in.

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Housed within the iconic Broadview Hotel, The Civic’s identity offers its own nod to Toronto’s gilded past through an experience that honours the spirit of the city’s great civic leaders through a modern reinterpretation of the times. Graphics and language borrow from the turn of the century to create a playful conversation that hints at the gastronomic pleasures to come.

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Weighing four kilos, Lucha: A Tribute is easily the biggest book we’ve ever produced. Its heft seems appropriate: this is the world of the luchador as we’ve never seen before: mythical, magical, sometimes harsh and deeply human, thanks to celebrated fashion photographer Andreas Neumann. Invited to the project by editor Paola Gonzalez, we designed and curated the content, re-thinking the many visual vocabularies that exist in lucha libre - from vintage posters to historical photographs – to tell the luchadores’ stories in a truly unique way.

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The struggle against injustice is one of humanity’s oldest and greatest ongoing endeavours. It takes on many forms but perhaps one of the most powerful and immediate is the political poster. The Centre for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) was founded on the belief in the vital importance of keeping these stories and voices alive. For the identity we needed to honour their role in society, both as catalysts and chroniclers of political posters. Reflecting their soulfulness as fighters for human rights yet leaving room for the posters themselves to shine. There are few projects that touch the core of who we are and what we stand for so profoundly as the CSPG.

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Making Art Making Change / MAMC is an organization that fosters an empathetic safe space, empowering people through art to affect positive change in their communities. The identity reflects MAMC's dynamic and exploratory spirit which lies at the core of their process and purpose.

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f32 (LA) is a highly respected trend-watching company with a reputation for finding the next artists and brands that will shape the world’s culture. From the name to the identity, we sought to express the team’s singular vision. The name is drawn from the setting on a camera that offers the greatest depth of field, while the identity’s subtle play of colours and finishes pay tribute to their refined, highly contemporary aesthetic.

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One of Canada’s top chefs was re-launching his restaurant, from the space to the menus. A new identity was needed to tell his story. Inspired as much by +tongtong’s marriage of organic elements and contemporary materiality as by Chef Lee’s philosophy of cooking, the identity reflects the essence of what good food is about and the elements that come together to create a memorable dish. Imagery has a raw sensuality and sense of craft that mirrors Chef’s deep love of food, while texts give voice to his sense of playfulness and the restaurant’s spirit of conviviality.

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Coalition for Engaged Education (LA) helps society’s most vulnerable youth realize their potential through education that ignites and inspires them. Lead by Dr. Paul Cummins, a celebrated educator, the organization was ready to expand its mission to a national level; a new identity was needed to signal its intent. The logo is both wordmark and icon. It joyfully reflects CEE’s process of transforming and uplifting while emphasizing the tremendous system of support that they give their students throughout their journeys. We turned CEE into a verb, giving voice to its beliefs and to the students’ own hopes and dreams.

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Wayward Arts, a non-profit magazine in support of Canada’s design and arts community, invited us to design an issue. The theme: counterculture. To put a sharper lens on this vast subject, we collaborated with Dr. Bob Deutsch, noted cultural anthropologist, who also contributed an essay. The issue is a celebration of what happens when art, politics and design come together to change history, and an expression of our belief that design is at its best when it serves society.

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NEW WORK: For MOCA’s Spring 2025 exhibitions we created a never ending scroll of inspiration in a series of ever expanding possibilities.

SLANTED: Our exhibition, RÅW, is featured in Participatory Installation Exploring Emotion, Vulnerability, and Sensory Overload

NEW WORK: Echoes of the Land: Winemakers of Portugal is a true portrait of Portugal through those who dedicate their lives to wine.

NEW WORK: RÅW is a large scale installation created for Feel Me, an international exhibition at the Trapholt Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.

NEW WORK: Experience Brampton is an invitation to explore, experience and reimagine the city of Brampton and its innate multicultural richness.

NEW WORK: Graydon Herriott's exhibition "A Dream to Build On" celebrates The School of Dream's 20th anniversary and the transformative impact the organization has made in Ghana.

AWARDS: Vanessa Eckstein will be judging as co-chair in the Design categories for this year's Marketing Awards alongside Dave Watson of Broken Heart Love Affair

ADCC: Going Behind the Gold — a round table talk and book launch celebrating 75 years of the ADCC. Blok was invited to speak alongside some of Canada's leading creative talent – highlighting the process and stories behind some of our award winning projects.

APD NO. 20: Three of Blok's recent projects; Workshop, El Zanjon and KOKO are featured in Asia-Pacific Design No. 20— A design annual published by Sandu Publishing, highlighting the best design from around the Asia-Pacific region.

THE BRAND IDENTITY: AFM is featured in "Hold it, smell it, flip through it: Feeld’s A Fucking Magazine is a collectable piece of tactile joy"

ADCC: Workshop is shortlisted for Best Brand Identity: New Brand (Small-Medium Enterprise) at the 75th ADCC Awards.

ADCC: Congratulations to our very own Christopher Jessop, finalist for the ADCC Rising Star Award— created to recognize and celebrate emerging creative talent in Canada.

NEW WORK: AFM—A Fucking Magazine—is a new publication by FEELD, the dating app for the emotionally, physically and intellectually curious.

PRESS: AFM—A Fucking Magazine—makes its debut across ELLE, The Atlantic, The Cut, Dazed, Hypebae, + More

SPEAKING: Vanessa Eckstein is in Salt Lake City, Utah speaking at the 2024 Brand New Conference.

ADCC: Workshop has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 ADCC Awards.

RGD: Joined in great company, we sponsored and served on the jury for the 2024 Trailblazer Award.

NEW WORK: County Adaptation Film Festival (CAFF) is a celebration of film as its own creative impetus—exploring the vision of writers and artists and the process of adaptation—to see anew.

STRATEGY MAGAZINE AWARDS:  Vanessa will be judging this year's Strategy Magazine Design Agency of the Year Awards!

COMMUNICATION ARTS:  Hess Academy identity feature;
Represents the possibilities education provides to students through an energetic, modular design system.

NEW WORK: duawalla, a new frontier in meditation, prayer and advanced technology, is a system designed to enhance spiritual practice and maximize its benefits.

PAGE MAGAZINE:  Hess Academy identity feature;
A curious identity that appeals to both children and parents alike.

NEW WORK: Hess Academy is a beacon of inspiration, guiding young minds towards the uncharted territories of their potential. 

SPEAKING: Catch Vanessa at the 2024 Brand New Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah this October!

Workshop Hospitality wins Awwwards Site of the Day.

NEW WORK: Workshop shapes memorable spaces by developing unique custom furniture for the hospitality industry.

RGD: Take a tour of our studio in the 2024 Great Canadian Studio Crawl.

RGD: Bløk's founder, Vanessa Eckstein, is named RGD's Volunteer of the Month for March 2024.

NEW WORK: El Zanjón, a multi-faceted museum in Buenos Aires dedicated to preserving the history of a city and shining a light on how its past mirrors its present.

NEW WORK: KOKO, a casual Japanese eatery rooted in the visual language of convenience store culture (konbini).

ADCC: Bløk takes home Gold at the 2023 ADCC Awards. Kalach TAX is awarded Gold for Complete Book Design. Marking the third year in a row that Bløk has received this honour for Complete Book Design.

ADCC: Bløk takes home Silver and Bronze awards at the 2023 ADCC Awards. MOCA Toronto Award wins Silver for Public Service Design, Ryuko wins Bronze for Complete Design Program, and NU wins Bronze for Brand Identity - New Brand.

ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS: Bløk's founder and creative director, Vanessa Eckstein, is nominated as an academician in RCA, one of Canada’s oldest continually-operating artist-run organizations.

ADCC: Four projects of ours have been selected as finalists in the 2023 ADCC Awards; Kalach TAX, MOCA Toronto Award, NU and Ryuko.

PAGE MAGAZINE:  MOCA identity feature;
Clear and sophisticated at the same time: Typographic Autumn Campaign.

NEW WORK: Identity + Brochure + Exhibition Graphics for MOCA’s Fall 2023 Program.

EXPERIMENTA: Bløk is featured in Issue 96 of Experimenta Magazine, Contratar diseño (y diseñadores)

NEW WORK: The Player's Journal, an educational and self-reflective journal that would accompany players in their athletic journey.

STRATEGY MAGAZINE AWARDS: We're excited to announce that bløk design has been shortlisted for the 2023 Design Agency of the Year!

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Blok wins a Communication Arts award in Food and Drink for Ryuko. An identity that takes on a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese sensibility, textures and imagery.

SPEAKING: Catch us speaking at FIRST ROUND this October with many other talented designers!

DESIGNIDEAS:  NU identity feature;

PAGE MAGAZINE:  NU identity feature;
Simple but powerful: Visual Identity for NU.

CONDÉ NAST: The Royal Hotel is featured in The 2023 Hot List: The Best New Hotels in the World.

NEW WORK: Launching identity system for NU, a production company committed to building stories that stand at the intersection of art and social change.

ADC ANNUAL AWARDS: Kalach TAX has been shortlisted as a finalist for Best Publication Design in the 102nd ADC Awards.

NEW WORK: Launching identity for Kapwani Kiwanga’s exhibition Remediation at MOCA.

PAGE MAGAZINE: Beanstory identity feature; Beans have never looked so beautiful.

NEW WORK: Beanstory, reconnecting people to what they eat, where their food comes from and the profound impact their everyday choices have.

RGD: Case study, how Brampton Arts Organization's visual identity reflects the vibrancy and soulfulness of the community.

EXPERIMENTA: BAO is published in Experimenta, the Spain based design magazine

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Ryuko identity feature, a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese aesthetics.

APPLIED ARTS: BAO's New Look; a Q&A with Applied Arts Magazine about our design process for Brampton Arts Organization's new identity.

THE ADCC AWARDS: Bløk takes home Gold, Silver and Bronze awards at the 2022 ADCC Awards. MOCA GTA21 wins Gold for Complete Book Design, Førs wins Silver for Packaging Design and GMM, Büro Klaus and Nienkämper are awarded Bronze for Logotype and Identity Design.

NEW WORK: MOCA Toronto Award, an identity that celebrates artists as well as leaders and illuminates their legacy.

NEW WORK: BAO (Brampton Arts Organization) a unique organization focused on advocating and connecting the arts while amplifying the multiplicity of voices living and working in place.

THE ADCC AWARDS 2022: MOCA GTA 21, førs, GMM, büro klaus and Nïenkamper have been selected as finalists at the 2022 ADCC Awards.

PAGE MAGAZINE: How Ryuko's restaurant branding quotes Japanese culture.

NEW WORK: Launching identity for Thomas Demand's exhibition HOUSE OF CARD at MOCA.

NEW WORK: Launching identity for Ryuko, a new Japanese kitchen and bar restaurant concept in Calgary.

THE BRAND IDENTITY: Interview with The Brand Identity on How to choose the right paper stock, with DutchScot and Elana Schlenker.

SPEAKING: Talk and panel discussion at D&AD Talks' The State of Print, organized by Fable as part of Design Singapore's The State of Print exhibition.

NEW WORK: Launching Alberto Kalach Taller de Arquitectura X, an expansive compendium of 40 years of thoughtful and compelling architecture.

NEW WORK: Launching identity and digital for Girl Meet Money (GMM), a female led fintech company purposefully driven to change women’s relationship to money.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: MOCA GTA21 and The Royal Hotel are selected as Winners of the 2022 Design Competition and are to appear in the 2022 Design Annual.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Blok Design’s identity system for Picton, Canada–based The Royal Hotel reflects its legacy while updating its aesthetic for a contemporary audience.

DESIGN SINGAPORE: Our work is featured in Design Singapore's The State of Print Exhibit at the National Design Centre in Singapore.

APPLIED ARTS: Our publication for MOCA GTA21 wins Best Entire Book Design at the Applied Arts Awards.

NEW WORK: Launching the visual identity for The Royal Hotel, a re-imagining of a place that was always present in Picton and experiencing it anew.

THE ONE SHOW: Our publication for MOCA GTA21 was shortlisted at The One Show design awards.

36DAYS: Invited as special guests to participate in their 36DaysofType initiative, developing a custom 'X' typographic letterform for the project.

PUBLICATION: Our work for Ascari was published in Eat & Go 2 by Sandu Publishing.

NEW WORK: Launching the website for The Royal Hotel, an invitation for users to explore the hotel and by extension Prince Edward County.

THE MUSEUM OF AVANT-GARDE: Our book ORIGEN MÉXICO has been selected to join the contemporary collection at The Museum of Avant-garde in Switzerland.

PUBLICATION: Our exhibition identity for MOCA GTA21 was published in German magazine, PAGE.

SLANTED: Our exhibition identity and publication for the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto’s exhibit of 21 local artists featured in Slanted.

NEW WORK: Launching førs packaging, the new packaging system for our sister studio, førs, coinciding with a selection of our tableware products becoming available on SSENSE.

NEW WORK: Launching burö klaus , a new chapter in the Nienkämper family’s 52-year story as a leading retailer and manufacturer of high-quality contemporary furniture in Canada.

STRATEGY MAGAZINE AWARDS: '2021 Design Agency Of the Year Bronze Award: The bravest shop on the Blok'. Thank you for honouring us!

COMMUNICATION ARTS: blok design created an exhibition identity and publication for the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto’s exhibit of 21 local artists.

CREATIVE BOOM: Our identity for MOCA's GTA21 Exhibition featured in Creative Boom.

WE ARE THE COLOR: MOCA GTA21 Exhibition Identity by Blok Design

MA-g: Our book Origen México was featured in The Musem of Avant-garde's contemporary collection, consisting of the most unconventional and inventive present day creativity.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Blok Design’s renewed identity for Nienkämper speaks to its impact on Canadian design while appealing to a contemporary audience.

NEW WORK: Launching the identity system, exhibition and publication for GTA21 a new triennial hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA)

NEW WORK: Launching the identity system for Nienkämper a furniture company that has pursued the highest ideals in design and manufacturing since the 1960’s.

RGD: Blok rebrands living beauty inc. to reflect their fluidity, softness & connections built over the years.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Blok Design’s identity and website for living beauty inc. fosters personal connections with the human element behind this beauty industry business consultant.

ADCC: Blok wins gold for our book Origen México at the Advertising & Design Club of Canada.

SITE INSPIRE: Our website for førs is featured in a digital showcase for finest web design.

NEW WORK: Launching the identity & website for living beauty inc. — which develops and inspires meaningful connections between the most innovative brands, trusted retailers and respected professionals in the industry.

SPEAKING: A conversation about the impetus of our creative aliveness and how it is able to survive – hosted by School of Design, George Brown College.

SPEAKING: Panel discussion at RGD’s Creative Directions virtual conference.

PUBLICATION: Our work for WCC and Hoi Bo was published in PALETTE mini Series 05: Pastel.

PUBLICATION: Our work for Ascari and WCC was published in Gestalten's Brand New Brand.

NEW WORK: Launching the identity for AAGO —
a digital investment company whose lateral thinking and foresight is shifting the financial space in México City.

PUBLICATIONS: Our book Origen México was published in How Design Makes Us Think.

RGD: Our creative director Vanessa Eckstein joins other female firm owners to give insight on carving their own paths in the design industry.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: New product studio, førs is creating transcendentally inspired tableware and an e-commerce experience to match.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: blok’s identity for førs reflects the product design studio’s commitment to creating sustainable products.

NEW WORK: Launching the identity system / web design / packaging and product design for førs — our new product design studio.
Discover forsstudio.com

CANADIAN MARKETING AWARDS: Honored to have won silver for our work with 48North on LAT.

ARTCENTER: Excited to talk at our alma mater about our design philosophy.

RGD DESIGNTHINKERS: Join us as we talk on designing at the edge of chaos!

PAGE MAGAZINE: Blok launches new ceramic line and product studio førs.

Discover our sister studio førs on Instagram and Facebook!

THE DESIGN KIDS: Our creative director Vanessa Eckstein talks on creative agility.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Pastel colors and playful graphics voice JOYÀ, a plant-based food brand and its unique commitment to health and joy.

RGD: Blok designs playful and bold identity and packaging for health food brand JOYÀ.

NEW WORK: Launching the identity, packaging system and product design for JOYÀ — a new brand of plant-based functional foods that is rethinking our relationship to food and wellness.

PUBLICATIONS: Our work for WCC was published in Dot, Line, Shape: The Basic Elements of Design & Illustration.

RGD CASE STUDY: Blok designs both print and digital experiences for the new LAT Magazine amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ADCC: Honored to converse with the creative directors of Canada's top agencies on a panel about starting our own agency!

PAGE MAGAZINE: Elegant, diverse, highly topical: newly launched cannabis publication LAT Magazine

IT'S NICE THAT: Introducing LAT Magazine : A space to talk, raise questions and connect perspectives around cannabis.

PAGE MAGAZINE: The most beautiful cannabis branding, campaigns & packaging. Thanks for including our work for F8!

COMMUNICATION ARTS AWARDS: Honoured to have won the Editorial category for LAT Magazine and the Book category for Origen México in Design Annual 61!

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Sparking curiosity and openness, newly launched LAT Magazine brings different perspectives into a conversation about cannabis and our everyday lives.

EXPERIMENTA: Blok Design and Canadian cannabis culture featuring LAT Magazine

NEW WORK: A physical and digital publication, LAT Magazine opens dialogues emanating from cannabis extending to everyday life.

Working as always — now from home!

EXPERIMENTA: A conversation with Blok on our origin, our passions, and what moves us!

NOVUM MAGAZINE: Featuring our cookbook for Lalo García's 'Maximo' in the latest issue.

IT'S NICE THAT: Sharing our experience designing in the cannabis business with our work for 48North.

NEW WORK: A sensorial journey through music with the new the playlist co. website.

CANADIAN WOMEN IN DESIGN: A conversation about our origin and our impetus.

PAGE MAGAZINE: Cool cannabis accessories for F8 from Blok Design.

PUBLICATIONS: Our grinder for 48North and F8 made it on the cover of the new WALRUS.

SLANTED MAGAZINE: Origen México: an atlas of illumination for Mexico's great achievements.

CLIO CANNABIS AWARDS: Honored to have won Best Brand and Best Printed Materials for 48North!

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Patterned after the architectural design process, the new superkül website showcases the depth and character of the firm’s work.

RGD: New project from Blok: Maximo, a cookbook with passion and soul.

RGD: Design from Blok helps bring Mexican contributions to life in book Origen México.

IT'S NICE THAT: Origen México highlights the innate creativity within Mexican culture.

NEW WORK: Chef Eduardo García's first cookbook Maximo shares a journey of transformation fuelled by pure emotion.

NEW WORK: An exploratory website for our favorite architecture firm superkül.

BP&O: Origen México by Blok. A book centred on meditation of relationship and the foundations and layers that build a cultural identity.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Inspired by Formula 1 racing, the Ascari identity imbues his essence and love of life.

NEW WORK: A convergence of talents, thoughts, textures, and flavours, Origen México honours those that have formed and illuminated Mexican culture.

SPEAKING: Come join us at Design Thinkers as we give a talk on Designing Uncertainty.

CREATIVE BOOM: Blok's identity for Ascari pays homage to one of the greatest racing drivers of all time.

BP&O: New Branding for Ascari by Blok. An identity reflecting both the passion for good simple food and racing.

NEW WORK: With its deep love of racing and food, Italian eatery Ascari pays homage to famous Italian F1 racer Alberto Ascari.

PAGE: Rethinking Business: Identity for Think8 Global Institute. An unusual business approach meets unique design.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: The identity for the
Think8 Global Institute
reflects its divergent thinking and fluidity of thought.

NEW WORK: Training to fully understand ones True Worth and create a New Possible for themselves:
Think8 Global Institute
.

NEW WORK: Architecture that truly responds to the human experience:
Territoria
.

CREATIVE BOOM: Blok Design takes inspiration from Santiago's culture to craft an identity for a new scheme for MUT.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: MUT: The expansive identity for this multi-building project shifts the way we understand the history of Chile.

NEW WORK:
MUT / Mercado Urbano Tobalaba
shifting the way we understand the city of Santiago.

RGD: Visual Identity Design from Blok helps 48North explore new opportunities in cannabis culture.

LINK OF THE DAY: 48North by Blok Design, a bold female led company is rethinking cannabis in Canada.

CUBA GALLERY: A showcase of our 2018-2019 work.

DESIGN THINKERS: 2002 Conference Branding by Blok Design. Reflecting on our work and good memories.

RGD: New Project from Blok: Women's Creative Collective. A multiplicity of shapes reflecting a diversity of voice and thought.

VISUAL JOURNAL: Identity of bold colors and shapes for the new Women's Creative Collective.

O'CANNABIZ: 48North wins Brand of the Year! Overjoyed and thankful for the great collaboration.

CREATIVE BOOM: Blok's new geometric identity and website for Women's Creative Collective.

NEW WORK: Excited to
be part of a movement that moves us with
W CC / Women's Creative Collective
.

AWARDS: Honored to be judging as co-chair alongside Stüssy Tschudin this year’s Marketing Design Awards.

AWARDS: A beautiful experience judging the Juno Awards and the best excuse to finally start our vinyl collection.

SPEAKING: Join us on March 6th for Women in Design, a panel discussion facilitated by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada / (ADCC) on the opportunities and challenges of female designers.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: 60 Year Design Timeline. Truly honoured to be part of the chronology of change.

PUBLICATIONS: DESIGN{H}ERS.
Always a pleasure to be part of a project that celebrates women in our field.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: Thinking Inside the Subscription Box. A delightful experience creating ModRec and its journey of surprise.

CREATIVE BOOM: Blok launches a new identity and product design: F8 / F8TE for 48North.

NEW WORK: So proud to be launching F8/F8TE the new identity + product design for 48North as we expand our new product division.

SPEAKING: IDS / INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW So honored to be speaking alongside Paddy Harrington, Lee Kline & Tim MacLeod in a panel discussion about design as disruption. Tomorrow, Thursday 17th at 1pm.

IT'S NICE THAT: Blok rethinks the design of cannabis after its legalisation in Canada.

NEW WORK: We are excited to launch the new identity for Making Art Making Change / MAMC
Everything they do by empowering people through art is guided by pure contagious passion.

AWARDS: We are proud to be judging at the 2019 One Screen film festival.

EXHIBITION: Backslant: Graphic Work by Artcenter Alumni. A beautiful reconnection to our design roots.

COMMUNICATION ARTS: By boldly cutting its own logo, Blok Design’s new site strikes a statement of who they are as a design studio.

STUDIO: fors, so very proud to be launching our new product division!

CREATIVE BOOM: Blok's inspiring identity for 48North, a bold company that's rethinking cannabis in Canada.

PUBLICATIONS: Upstart! Gestalten's new book on startup visual identities features two of our projects: The Broadview Hotel and Summerhill Market.

DIGITAL ARTS: This slick female-led branding for cannabis infusions walks a fine line with no rule book.

PUBLICATIONS: Communications Arts Design Awards: Three of our projects won at CA 2018: TIFF, Centre for the Study of Political Graphics and ModRec.

APPLIED ARTS: 48North and Blok Design are reimagining the cannabis landscape for women.

UNDER CONSIDERATION: A beautiful Art Deco inspired identity for 48North by Blok Design.

NEW WORK: 48North, a bold female led company, rethinking the landscape of cannabis in Canada.

CANNES LIONS: We are very honoured to be representing Canada on the design jury for Cannes Lions 2018.

NEW WORK: Act Against Fascism are posters reinterpreted from the 1973 Chilean poster art exhibition "Vida...Siempre!" Exhibited at Sur Gallery.

D&AD: Very excited to have been invited as Design Jury president for D&AD 2018.

AWARDS: Always honoured to judge Applied Arts Design Awards 2018!

VOX POP LA: The Brand Voice of Persuasion. Moderating the panel discussion about the power of visual design from participating in a world war to electing a president, with Josh Higgins and David Mihaly.

EXHIBITION: Feminae: Typographic voices of women by women, co-curated by HMCT’s and CSPG in conjunction with blok design. Including:
the works by Barbara Kruger and the Guerilla Girls among many others.

NEW WORK: Honored to launch The Centre for the Study of Political Graphics, both a catalyst and an archive of more than 90,000 political posters.

UNDER CONSIDERATION: The Civic by Blok Design. A lively identity that evokes both old and new.

NEW WORK: Identity for restaurant The Civic located within The Broadview Hotel. A true pleasure to continue collaborating with Erik Joyal and Chef John Sinopoli.

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unearth blok. We collaborate with thinkers and creators, from all over the world, taking on projects that blend cultural awareness, our love of art, and our belief in humanity to advance society and business alike. We work across media and disciplines, including strategy, identity, product, packaging, editorial design, websites, digital experiences, exhibitions and installations as well as art direction with a ferocious passion.

Our expertise includes:

Art Direction
Brand Architecture
Brand Strategy
Content Development
Creative Direction
Editorial Direction + Design
Environmental Design
Exhibition Design
Experience Design
Naming
Packaging
Product Design
Strategy
Visual Identity
Wayfinding
Website Design

 

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exhibitions

2019

Permanent Collection
Public library of Congress
Washington D.C. / United States

2018

Backslant
HMTC / Art Center
Los Angeles / United States

Act Against Fascism
Sur Gallery
Toronto / Canada

2017

Permanent Collection
The Royal Ontario Museum 
of Canada / Toronto / Canada

Diseño Editorial Méxicano
Palacio de Correos de México
México City / México

2014

4th Bienal Iberoamericana
de Diseño / Design Centre
Madrid / Spain

2013

Made in México, Women 
in Design Museo Tamayo
México City / México

2010

Life and Design. 125 Years of Industrial Design in México
Palacio de Iturbide
México City / México

2009

Helvetica Forever
Osaka / Tokyo / Japan
Sofia / Bulgaria
Düsseldorf / Germany

Brno Biennial of Graphic Design
Moravian Gallery
Brno / Czech Republic

2007

100 Years of Functional Ceramics
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
Toronto / Canada

Canadian Graphic Design
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg / Canada

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia / Canada

Art Gallery of Alberta
Alberta / Canada

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clients

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48North – Toronto

Adobe – US

Arquine  – Mexico City

Ascari Hospitality Group – Toronto

Bank of Canada – Ottawa

BBDO – Mexico City

Bibiloteca Vasconcelos – Mexico City

Büro Klaus – Toronto

Center for the Study of Political Graphics – Los Angeles

Club Monaco – Toronto

DDB – Toronto

Dentsu – Toronto

Domecq – Mexico City

Editorial RM – Mexico City

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) – New York

Furlined – Los Angeles / London

Heineken – New York 

IATSE 667 – Toronto

ING Group – Mexico City

José Cuervo – Mexico City

Miami Art Museum – Miami

MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) – Toronto

Museo Jumex – Mexico City

Museo Marco – Monterrey

Museo Tamayo – Mexico City

MUT – Santiago

Nestlé – Mexico City

Nienkämper – Toronto

Nike – Mexico City 

Nike  – Toronto

Ogilvy – Mexico City

Pepsi – Mexico City

Roots Air – Toronto

Roots – Toronto

SapientNitro – Toronto

Snap Inc. – Los Angeles

Superkül – Toronto

The Broadview Hotel – Toronto

The Royal Hotel – Picton

TIFF – Toronto

Unicef – Managua

Vuhl – Mexico City

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