October 1st
After 4 weeks of building up enough stock, WIND-SOR ON-TAR-IO shirts are now available at a few places in town. Today the Windsor Star graciously ran an article informing residents where the shirts will be available, thanks Dalson Chen. Read the excerpt from today’s article below this photo.
- When I asked for Windsor souvenir T-shirt designs back in August, who knew that one guy would take it so seriously and so awesomely?
Local graphic artist Shane Potvin, whose clean and cool design won the contest, has announced that his Windsor, Ontario shirts are now ready for public purchase. He’s had 400 made so far, in stock at The Unique Rabbit (1662 Ottawa St.), Made in Windsor (1465 Ottawa St.), and the Black Kettle Bistro (357 Ouellette Ave.).Sizes range from- to XL. Women’s shirts (specially cut and 70 per cent bamboo fibre) are available in charcoal, electric blue, mint green, black or off-white. Men’s shirts are in black, white or royal blue. The price is $22.Every shirt comes with a “momentum rose” sticker — the stylized red rose that appears in the word “Windsor” on the shirt.”What I do is branding,” explains Potvin, 32, who runs his own design/advertising business. “I just wanted something symbolic people could put on their car, coffee mug, phone or laptop.”Potvin says the reception to the shirt so far has been great. Fans of the design include musician types such as Michael Hargreaves from local indie folk group Michou, and Casey Laforet from the Juno-nominated band Elliott Brood. But hipsters aren’t the only ones who appreciate the shirts. “I’ve been really shocked. People that I wouldn’t assume would like something progressive like this, they want one. It has more appeal than I thought,” Potvin says.Learn more about Spotvin Apparel and Shane’s other work at www.spotvin.com.
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September 1st
I’ve been very busy lately when it comes to branding, that’s just fine, I really enjoy it. My recent branding project was for a client based out of London, England. It’s a pretty cool concept. He will come to your event or wedding, set up a big LCD screen and start taking photos around the room. His camera has wifi, so he can send the pics to the big screen so the guests can view the photos that have been taken.
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August 27th
Design Edge is a trade design and advertising magazine I subscribe too. I had sent them an email a few months ago describing my new business venture. Today, to my surprise they posted it on their main page at designedgecanada.com
Read full article here
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August 21st
Today I was interview on The Mix this morning about the WINDSOR shirt I designed, listen here.
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August 20th
Last week there was an article in the Windsor Star about there not being any decent Windsor, Ontario tshirts, so I submitted a design and to my surprise, ended up on the cover of today’s paper! What do you think?, should I produce and sell them, spread some Windsor pride! Also, if I did get them made, do you know of any local businesses who’d like to carry them? Go Windsor!
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August 14th
Part of my 2009 SPOTVIN | PRINTS design series I created this poster which was inspired by my trip to Nepal in 1999. I’ve been to many countries but I have a very special place in my heart for this place and its Himalayan Mountains. Kathmandu is nuts, but a must see for any intrepid traveler. The sights and smells are unreal.
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August 7th
For 2 years I worked at an interactive media company called Mc Gill Digital Solutions. I was hired as an Art Director to create the look and feel for many e-learning courses for (at the time) DaimlerChrysler. This was my favourite, It was called Business Link, and my job was to design the environment, characters and motion. Check these links out to see some of the course. (CLICK HERE 1) (CLICK HERE 2)
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July 28th
Going back a few years, I was asked to create the branding for the new Windsor International Film Festival. Now in its fifth year, it has been very successful, check out their website at windsorfilmfestival.ca
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July 26th
This is one of my favourite illustrations I’ve done in the past, My original intention was for the the little black bug to be a spider but someone pointed out I forgot two of the legs…..right….spiders have eight legs, oops. So in the theme of my last cat related post I thought I’d put this up. FYI: All posters I post on my website are available in 10″x 18″ limited edition prints for $20.
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July 23rd
As an homage to my pet for whom I’ve recently had to put down, I thought I’d post this design that I did as part of a collection of prints that symbolize some part of my life. Not knowing at the time, that 22 would be her final year, I feel this has a much stronger meaning.
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