Activate Infinity
Two hands slide a gold patterned record sleeve into a black album jacket. Seven concentric semi-circles cut into the right side of the jacket allow the sleeve to be seen through the front. Text on the left side reads “The Bad Plus” and “Activate Infinity”.
Vinyl record on a leather sofa. The label lists the B-Side tracks, arranged in a circle around the center spindle hole.
Back side of a black record jacket leaning against the back of a leather chair. The names of the album’s first six tracks are scattered across it.
Closeup of gold paint unevenly applied to the record sleeve, resulting in a pitted texture.
Poster leaning at the base of a glossy tiled wall advertising a performance from The Bad Plus at L’Astral. The same pitted texture is present at the top of the poster, accompanied by seven concentric circles intersecting with the album name on a black background. Concert details are listed at the bottom.
Détails
Vinyl record and poster visually mirroring the sounds of The Bad Plus’ 15th album on a velvety black backdrop.
Listen to the album
Disque et affiche incarnant visuellement les sons du 15e album du groupe The Bad Plus sur un fond noir velouté.
Écouter l’album
Ingrédients
Telegraf (Typeface) (Police)
Fabricathèque Pierrefonds (Cutting) (Découpe)
Le Grand Salon (Scène)
Vanisha Patel (Assistance)
Out of the Park
Bright red poster leaning against a soccer net on an astroturf field. At the top, bold text reads “Graphic Design Exhibition” in English and French, with “Out of the Park” nestled between the two. A gold ribbon composed of the graduates’ names loops around the title, through event information on the left, landing in the center of the 0 in 2023, which is placed in the bottom right corner.
Closeup of the poster’s top-left corner, seen through a soccer net.
Détails
Flaming red poster celebrating the champ­ions of the 2023 Graphic Design vernissage at Dawson College.
Affiche flambant rouge saluant les champions du vernissage de graphisme du Collège Dawson de 2023.
Ingrédients
Folsom (Typeface) (Police)
Parc Grier (Scène)
L’Art du Réseau
Two long rectangular booklets laid on top of each other on a burgundy terrazzo block. Text on the spines reads “L’Art du réseau de métro de Montréal” in uppercase letters.
Closeup of the center of an open booklet with a chapters’ table of contents; a list of the orange line’s stations, placed on a granite background. Red arrows next to a station name indicate that its pages are found in another section, and a black triangle indicates the last station in the chapter. At the bottom-right, the corner of a second booklet is visible.
A booklet open on a beige train station seat, placed diagonally from the bottom-left to the top-right of the frame. Station names at the bottom edge of the spread are aligned with photos and descriptions of the public art pieces they house.
Closeup of a booklet being slid into a black coat pocket by someone wearing three silver rings. The cover prominently features a black square, underneath which is the word “L’Art”, next to a black circle, underneath which is the rest of the title: “du Réseau de métro de Montréal”.
Détails
Planibus-size catalogue displaying the Montréal Métro’s 96 public art pieces in a layout based on the network’s architectural qualities.
Catalogue de taille Planibus exposant les 96 œuvres d’art du Métro de Montréal dans une grille basée sur le caractère architectural du réseau.
Ingrédients
Metro Sans (Typeface) (Police)
1000 de la Gauchetière, Gare Centrale, & Place Ville‑Marie (Scènes)
Nicolas Fortier (Assistance)
Damian+Cosmas
Three translucent green pill bottles with white text and geometric graphics sitting on a rocky surface. Tags are affixed around the necks of each bottle. A hand reaches for the largest from the top-left corner.
Close shot of the three pill bottles featuring the leftmost bottle’s tag, which lists the quantity and strength of the Ibuprofen it contains.
Closeup of the three pill bottles on a mirrored background.
A hand tilting an open pill bottle over a white background. French text on the bottle reads «Analgésique Extra-Fort» and «Ibuprofène».
Détails
Packaging for a line of painkillers borrowing names from the patron saints of medicine, set apart from their dreary shelfmates by assertive shapes and cheerful apple-green bottles.
Trio de flacons pour une gamme d’analgésiques prêtant leurs noms aux saints patrons de la médecine, distingués de leur co-rayonneurs fadés grace à des formes assurées et un vert pomme rassurant.
Ingrédients
RM Neue (Typeface) (Police)
Kim Dubuc & Tiffanny Li Tsang Wan (Assistance)
I’m still alive
A book lying open at the base of two angled metal beams. Two artworks are visible; both from Thomas Schütte’s 2011 “Untitled from Woodcuts”.
A book leaning against a white background on a polished concrete floor, held open by a hand from the top-left corner. Text on the left page reads “Architectural”, with a small, rectangular image on the right and a caption reading “Petrol Station Germany, 2002.”
Downward shot of a person standing in a light wood spiral staircase, bathed in sunlight. They look down on the book in their hands, open to a spread with a large image of Thomas Schütte’s “Experten IV” staring back at them.
Closeup of a book’s table of contents. Each chapter name has an arrow next to it pointing horizontally towards the according page number, with the name and number positions alternating from one line to the next.
The front of a closed, portrait-shaped book on a concrete floor. The cover is a light grey, with Thomas Schütte’s “Pringle” (a single Pringle chip on a matchbox) at the bottom, aligned with the title, “Thomas Schütte:” I’m still alive” in two blocks of text at the top.
Détails
Humble compendium of artist Thomas Schütte’s work, painstakingly aligning his pieces with distinctive letterforms and wrapped in a modest but intriguing hardcover.
Visit the artist’s website
Humble répertoire de l’œuvre de l’artiste Thomas Schütte, alignant soigneusement ses créations avec une typographie inusité, le tout enveloppé par une couverture autant curieuse que discrète.
Visiter le site web de l’artiste
Ingrédients
Graphit (Typeface) (Police)
Le Relieur des Faubourgs (Binding) (Reliure)
La Tour du Port de Montréal (Scène)
Tiffanny Li Tsang Wan (Assistance)
Fix
A rounded, asymmetrical, fluorescent green shape on a white backlit store sign.
Closeup of kombucha cans with bright red or pink shapes (depending on the flavour) and pastel text printed over the cans’ metal surface.
Side view of a person looking upwards with a white booklet covering their face. The cover of the booklet features a series of dark bronze shapes, progressing from soft and rounded to exclamatory in appearance.
A person wearing a white bucket hat with a rounded, asymmetrical, fluorescent green shape printed on the front.
A stack of business cards on a bright green surface, casting a dark shadow. Diagonal, slanted text lists the company details and an employee’s contact information.
A bright pink horizontal advertisement in an Elizabeth Line station. A semi-transparent image of a drink can is obscured by a wide, pale green organic shape. Diagonal, slanted text in the top-right corner reads “Something Real Good”, followed by “Fix Kombucha”.
A white a-frame sign on a sidewalk with a bright green shape at the top, pointing towards a nearby building. Repeating, soft purple text behind the shape reads “Get your Fix”, with “Fix Real Kombucha” in the bottom-left corner.
Détails
Rebellious visual identity for a spirited, indepen­dent kombucha brewery, led by a living abstraction of their drink’s culture.
Identité visuelle atypique pour une brasserie de kombucha fièrement indépendante, propulsée par une abstraction de la culture génitrice de leur produit.
Ingrédients
Mori (Typeface) (Police)
Bendito, Darkroom, Maison, & The Brand Identity (Mockups) (Maquettes)