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June, 2010

SNAP! Newsletter

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Yo, you better sign up for the SNAP! Newsletter asap. The first issue is coming real soon ...

 

Tiger Distribution Design Competition!

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Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 11:00pm

Get your pens, pencils and paints out and start designing! You've got a month left for the Tiger Distribution design competition. AWESOME prize pack up for grabs!

- Fame and glory will be yours when you design the winning logo for Tiger Distribution's Canada wide competition.

How to learn French in 10 easy steps

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How to learn French in 10 easy steps:

Step 1: Sign up for a three week French course. Flirt with your interviewer and be assigned to a level well beyond your skills. Regularly skip class in a vain attempt to catch-up with your fluent classmates. Spend catch-up days lying in parks thinking about French.

This Isn't Happiness

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I've mentioned these guys before but will do so again! This Isn't Happiness - a fantastic Tumblr of beautiful and often quirky images. Follow it.

Happy SUNday.

Little People - wish you were here

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I'm always excited when the 'Little People' site is updated. Here is the latest installment: Wish you were here.

- A tiny street art project: Little handpainted people, left in London to fend for themselves.

Logorama

A neat short animation by French collective H5. Everything in the film is a logo.

X-Ray Pin-up Calendar

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Ha ha ha - this x-ray pinup calendar is genius! It was made by a company that produces high quality x-ray machines and is targeted at radiologists. Seductive skeletons - nice!

More here.

The Dead Photos

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An interesting photographic project called 'The Dead Photos' by Tom Phillips.

The Day After You Die

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Nice little blog called 'The Day After You Die' for some easy afternoon browsing... 

Vuvuzela Time

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There's a lot of chat about the 'vuvuzela' at Fifa. It's a South African plastic horn that has only one pitch and is hounding World Cup followers. Check this site, enter a web address and enjoy the vuvuzela experience as if you were actually in SA. Apparently it can do permanent ear damage.

 

Fashion Editorial Gifs

Animated gifs in a fashion editorial? Nice! By REED + RADER for online boutique SSense.

You've Been Rick Rolled

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The fact that I only heard about Rick Rolling this week means I don't spend enough time messing around on the interwebs or my friends aren't cool enough or a combination of both. Damn.

SNAP! Magazine Back Issues

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Hey guys, we've got a couple of SNAP! Magazine back issues kicking around our office. If you're missing one, email us and we'll send it out to you for $5 (within Canada). Oh yea.

Get to us at info[at]snapme.ca with an email titled 'I'll back that.'

A Playground Without Borders

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 7:00pm
Consortium Pop Up Shop
3632 St. Laurent
Montreal, Quebec

Get out tomorrow night to check the work of talented artists Giver, Teaser One, Bfour and more.

SNAP! Magazine Issue 11

SNAP! Magazine Issue 11 Online

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A big thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of SNAP! Magazine issue 11 - it was a pretty crazy night. The issue is now online so CHECK IT!

 

SNAP! Issue 11 Launch Party

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Friday, June 11, 2010 - 9:00pm

4532 Laval
Montreal, Quebec

It's the end of the world as we know it, so join us for a night of revelry like none before. We're launching issue 11 of SNAP! Magazine and introducing our new format.

Jon Lajoie


Latest gag from Montreal comedian / actor / rapper John Lajoie. Nice dancing!

Cats say it best


I'm a big Lost fan but still had a good laugh at this.

And here's another one about everyone's favourite oilers ...

Puma Packaging

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Always good to see companies try to tap into greener projects unlike those f*&@*%#ers over at BP. We're liking this new packaging designed by Fuseproject for Puma.

World Cup Advertisements

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The Fifa World Cup is nearly here! It kicks off (literally) next Thursday night so get ready for a month of madness. I'm quietly convinced that Australia is gonna pull through and take this one out ...

There are a couple of good ads getting about. Here are a few from the big guys.