I swear these wallpapers are going to lose their 76-theme sometime soon. In the meantime, here’s a blue monstrosity of triangles intermingled with the 76 explosion.

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Happy Tuesday night, here’s a wallpaper!

Oh snap! See what I did there?

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For the second year in a row some coworkers and I have decided to be thrifty with our holiday gift exchange by designing and creating personalized CDs filled with music that we think the other person will like.

It started off with a hat, tiny pieces of paper, and the Christmas Party. It was then that we drew the name of our sucker, err, recipient. The hardest part, in my opinion, is trying to figure out what the giftee will like on their CD. There are several people in the office who are extremely transparent with their choice of music, but then there are others who never leave their iPod alone long enough to take a peek.

We’re lucky enough to be a tight knit crew, so the CDs always seem to have a personal touch that ends up being a big success. Our collection of disc cover designs this year included favourite fonts, colours, even condiments (images, and believe it or not, actual fresh pepper).

For the past few hours it’s been pretty quiet in the office except for the headphones of everyone listening to their CDs. Well, that and the munching of Brett‘s mom’s delicious cookies.

76design is proud to have launched pictureitdowntown.ca late last week during an event which included a submission from Mayor Larry O’Brien.  This campaign calls on Ottawans to share photos of their  favorite activity or destination in downtown Ottawa for a chance to win valuable prizes. The contest offers daily prizes for the next 6 weeks; a Grand Prize package from Henry’s will be awarded at the end of the contest.

Every member of our team has contributed in one way or another to this campaign. A big high five goes out to our entire team for their hard work.  This project was completed with the City of Ottawa, and representatives from Ottawa’s eight business improvement areas.

Campaign Elements:

• Print (Newspaper, Buses & Bus Shelters)
• Radio
• Filming & Production of the neighbourhood walk through videos
• Social Media campaign  including Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and others.
• Public Relations support
• Design and Development of the pictureitdowntown.ca.
• Contest Support & Analytics

Many 76designer’s have already shared photos of the city we live in and love.  So come on Ottawans, get out and picture it downtown.

Have you ever wondered what 76design would do if there were no rules? no boundaries? Nothing in the way? What would we come up with? Would it be capable of flying? Would the result rival silly putty on the coolness scale? or perhaps pogs?

Well we wondered. We decided to take the first step towards answering that question with the first ever 76design Aural Design Poster showdown.

here is a snippet of the original project brief

“Take a Song, Listen to it, Design!…” “…Pitcher of booze for non-delivery is standard penalty.”

But where to begin? What song would provide suitable poster fodder? Well, according to one Steve Lounsbury, Brain of J by Pearl Jam would do the trick. And by golly – I dare say he was right. Well done Steve old chum.

Sure, its a “design” project…but this project was not meant for designers alone. No, this project was for all. Designers, developers, account managers, and project managers alike. With only a few abstaining from participation (and 1 poor sap that failed to meet the 2 week deadline) it was a full team endeavour. Fun? Probably. The results? You be the judge.

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And 2 of our developers took the opportunity to create their submissions in processing – 1 of whom also decided to give us a glimpse at “the making of”. Enjoy.