This morning, Jack Layton lost his battle to cancer. Regardless of your political affiliations you knew that Jack Layton was a true Canadian, one that loved the people and truly cared for our country. He was an extremely relational man, one who people regardless of age, gender or race could relate with. Before his death, Jack Layton wrote a letter to all Canadians.
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QR stands for Quick Response and was created is Japan by Denso-Wave in the mid 1990s. Although it is a registered trademark of the Japanese corporation, it is available as an open format and completely royalty free. QR codes are designed to be scanned with an app using the camera of a smartphone.
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Blitzgear is proud to sponsor an award for a student in the Bachelor of Applied Design in Graphic Design for Marketing (GDMA) program for a fourth consecutive year. Our criteria for the award is that the student must be in the top 25% of their class and be active in volunteerism or community service.
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After a game seven loss in the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs to the Boston Bruins, it was over. The excitement that surrounded our city was gone. Several days later we gathered for one final photo shoot at our studio for our beloved Canucks NSX. We wanted to document the vehicle in its final stage as each round brought minor alterations to the vehicles graphic scheme.
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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and every so often, one of our projects is recreated. This time it was our tribute to the Vancouver Canucks – our NSX Fan Car. On June 15, 2011, Stoo Anderson contacted us that he had created a cartoon replica of the NSX for a Facebook online racing game called Car Town. We think he did a great job. What do you think?
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It is the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the Vancouver Canucks are off to Boston for game three and four. We and the Canucks NSX were invited by the Vancouver Airport Authority to have our vehicle displayed in the Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
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As a part of our new website development, many photo shoots took place to capture imagery for the project. Our convenient access to Whitebox Studios was a definite advantage; thank you to Karla Lim (Studio Manager) for setting up the shoots and assisting us in the photography. The pictures turned out great!
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We’re all in –We’re all in one. We’re all in it together. We’re all in it with you. And We’re all CANUCKS! As Vancouverites, we are naturally Canucks fans. The Canucks’ flag hangs proudly on our front window, and on game days, Canucks attire is acceptable, if not encouraged around the office; who says suits and jerseys don’t mix?
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Below is a quote from an email we received.
“My name is Chris Piniarski and I am a designer for the TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Company. I had recently stumbled on images of your “BMW e89 Z4 White Flame” and was immediately flattered to see a car inspired by a club that I played such a huge roll in concepting, designing and developing. The designers at our company are all big car people, many of us coming from backgrounds of Audi, Mitsubishi and Renault. A large percentage of our inspiration for clubs comes from the car industry so it was a treat to see the reverse!”
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