Tag Archive: trends

Gorillaz (R)evolution

Since the dawn of the 2000s, a group of musicians have been redefining the music scene. They’ve been hybridizing, synthesizing, and downright mesmerizing. And they’re not even real. Well, not quite. In animated form there’s 2-D (lead vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards) and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). In reality, this English…


20 Signs You Might Be a Graphic Designer

Whether you’re a graphic designer or know one, chances are you can relate to the following. _ It pains you to add more text to a perfect layout. You’ve been asked to jazz something up. You have a favourite font. You’ve been asked to make the logo bigger. You’ve been referred to as a miracle…


Are You Friends with Trends?

Welcome to the Autumn season, one of pumpkin spiced beer, ice cream, coffee, candy, candles, and more. So ubiquitous is the flavour that one might wonder if creativity can spring forth amidst this annual wallflower of a trend. But with companies hopping aboard the magical pumpkin carriage, can a marketing strategy for a squash flavoured anything really…


Retro Specs

Trends are a mixed bag. For some, they are something exciting to look forward to every year. For others, adopting them would be too mainstream. What people don’t realize, though, is that the effect of a trend goes deeper than they may think and at its core a trend may simply be history repeating or…