Thanks for Applying

To everyone who applied for this position - thank you!

We are overwhelmed with 30+ resumes from a wide range of talented designers — there is a huge amount of excellent work being done out there. We wish we could personally respond to all of you, but it would take us a week. 

Please know we are reviewing the resumes and portfolios, comparing them to our requirements and deciding what mix of skills will be the right fit for our current client mix. 

We intend to be interviewing/making a decision in the upcoming days and weeks ahead.

Thank you all again!

Graphic Design Position

We have a new position open for a designer, please take a look here:
http://www.kldesign.com/careers.shtml

Ready, Set, Animate!

For the past five years, the Recycling Council of Alberta has hired us to create a one minute flash animation to help promote their annual fall conference. We feel really lucky to do this because it stretches our creativity outside our usual day to day activities. This year we got the chance to do the whole thing: develop the concept, write the script, storyboard the visuals, illustrate, record the voices, and animate the peice. How fun is that? (And we designed programmed the the rest of the mini-site). Take a look.

HSAA Website Launched

After about a year in development, we're proud to announce the launch of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta website. Emergence hired us to develop the overall look and feel, while EBD built sophisticated features including tayloring news and information to members who log in. The Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) is a labour union representing close to 20,000 paramedical technical, professional, and general support employees in the public and private health care sectors of Alberta, Canada. Click to see it in action.

Innovative Packaging Design

Happy Monday everyone! I just wanted to share a couple of amazing inspirational and environmental packaging designs that I came across on FastCompany.com today. I really love seeing innovative packaging solutions – it's such an interesting and challenging field of design and I am really loving the move towards more environmentally-friendly solutions that are also clever, creative and often beautiful!

I encourage you to read the complete articles, I've posted links below.



First up is a really interesting take on how to box things up and ship them economically. I really appreciate the problem-solving that must have gone into this solution and if it saves trees AND protects your package then it fulfills its purpose brilliantly. The author brought up a valid point about how well these irregular-shaped packages may stack and fit on a truck. Time will tell whether shippers agree, but if it works in practice then it's brilliant!

» Almost Genius: The Cardboard Box That Fits Anything Perfectly
by Cliff Kuang – FastCompany.com, Apr 20, 2010



I also read an article from a couple of weeks ago by the same author about the new Puma shoebox design. The solution goes beyond the initial problem of reducing the packaging of the box itself by also reducing packaging at the point of sale as well! "Puma estimates that the bag will slash water, energy, and fuel consumption during manufacturing alone by 60%." (!!!) The solution makes sense on all levels, from economical, environmental and stylistic standpoints. Can't wait to see what they have in store for their rebrand! And now I want to go shoe shopping....

» Reboot: Puma and Yves Béhar Spend Three Years Designing Super-Green Shoebox
by Cliff Kuang – FastCompany.com, Apr 13, 2010

Photos via FastCompany.com

Lily & the Muse

Though I do love a 'cute kitty' or 'funny kid after the dentist' video via youtube, sometimes I long for something beautiful. Lily & the Muse is a video sharing site to watch pretty things in motion. That's where I found this video from Girls with Glasses. It was the perfect pick me up on this cloudy afternoon. Plus the props and clothes are fantastic!

Have a super weekend!

I Am A Girl - The Girls With Glasses Theme Song from The Girls With Glasses on Vimeo.

West Coast Style in Edmonton!

We recently launched the Yu Fashion Clothing & Accessories website and Yu: a fashion blog. Fay has become quite the blogger and regularly posts her fashion finds and new arrivals at the store.

Yu Fashion is an Edmonton clothing and accessories boutique in the Crestwood neighbourhood. Fay and Diane provide a unique and personalized shopping experience, creating ongoing relationships with their customers. They carry a lot of great brands including many local and Canadian designers as well as some labels such as Free People that are otherwise difficult or impossible to find here. And you should just see all of the jeans! We urge you to check them out, I hear the new spring collections are arriving ; )

Happy Friday everyone!