The Beauty Of Data Visualization by David McCandless

FULL OF WINES : wine journals

The FULL OF notebooks were my graduate project. Recently, I was approached by Aire Libre to get them produced. You will soon be able to buy them from their online store, but until then you can simply contact Simon info@airelibre.ca

The FULL OF WINE journal is 132 pages. French and english. 29,95$ each.
This journal lets you rate the wines you try, so your impressions will always last. Numerous lists allow you to record wine recommendations and top pairings with different meals or types of cheese. Also: wine gift lists, a world map for your favorite wine regions, colorful note pages and wine and cheese planners.

The Expense Visualizer by FFunction

It took us almost two years to get there: following a Canadian federal directive, departments had to publish their travel and hospitality expenses. Scattered amongst more than a hundred websites, VisibleGovernment.ca (a Canadian non-profit organization promoting online tools for government transparency) scraped this data and put it into a database. The result: a 22MB SQL database, which just waited for an online tool to unlock its potential.

Publishing data is a necessary step for a more transparent democracy, but this data also has to be accessible enough so that any citizen can use to better understand what is going on in the government. With other governments publishing financial and budget data, we felt it was time to create a tool that would give better, easier access to the information hidden in big spreadsheets and databases.

The ExpenseVisualizer is an online tool that takes advantage of modern web technologies to provide a visual, interactive window on the Canadian Hospitality & Travel Expenses dataset. Our goal was to create a simple tool that would give citizens the opportunity to look at the numbers, discover interesting facts, trends and patterns... and more importantly, to easily share their findings!

Neuvo Watches

Montreal designers Mike Giles, Daniel Julien, and Aaron Daley teamed up to create a limited edition watch. The "Prospector Collection" will be the first offering from the much-anticipated Neuvo company, featuring four metal, digital timepieces.
Best of all, the watches are only 45$ each

Rita in the National Post

Rita is doing an installation for FASHION WEEK. Article in the National Post
Festival Mode & Design Montreal: Studio Rita, the Next Big Thing

They also just redid their website. Worth having a look www.ritaritarita.ca

Mauve Naïf Late Summer Collection: Grosse Face (The Sequel)

PHOTO CREDIT: JIMMI FRANCOEUR

My friend Catherine from Mauve Naïf just launched her latest collection. The pieces are a sequel of her previous "Grosse Face" collection, because one should never leave something unfinished.

Three articles are available to the public: The Face tee-shirt, Two Eyes crop top and Totem 2 "There is a banana in your ear" scarf. The others, like the gorgeous "Two Eyes" sheer dress or the tunique are protoypes only. Mauve Naif items can be purchased online via Etsy.

Burj Dubai - At the Top Exhibition

Last fall, I worked with Joanie Cardinal and Sylvain Jacques for GSMPRJCT. We had to do the exhibition corridor at the top of the BURJ KHALIFA DUBAI, the tallest building in the world. Exciting project, it was huge, and printed on glass. The sad thing, nobody ever took a picture of it, so we never got to see it installed and printed! That's the only pic I could find on google, and what a glorious one.

Guess I'll have to go there myself to get a picture!

1:1 T-shirts back in store!

Carry less. These T-shirts are printed with every day items and accessories, the way they're worn. The 2 most popular ones, ray-ban and gun holster are back in stock at Rita's boutique. But quick! They never last too long!

Couch graphics for Surface Jalouse

This is a couch I made for Surface Jalouse. Basically we used the frame of an old couch, upholstered it with fake leather and painted it gold. We printed my design on the leather. Surface Jalouse is a surface design company based in Montreal.

Wallpaper for Salon Officiel

Wallpaper for Salon Officiel bar. I never took a picture of it but I keep seeing it in the background of other people's photos.