It's Friday, aka Hawaiian Shirt Day.
This week on Versus, we are taking a look at the Library of Alexandria. The Library of Alexandria was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. It was a major center of scholarship from its construction in the 3rd century BC until the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. Most of the books were kept as papyrus scrolls and there were said to be approximately 400,000 scrolls in the library. If the average scroll length is estimated to be approximately 15 feet it would have taken 27 years for all 400,000 scrolls to be printed on the original printing press, while a single modern day Inkjet printer could produce them in just 100 hours. Sources: https://buff.ly/2HceMlC https://buff.ly/2qMC5rn
Kita in front of the booth of our lovely client, G.H. Hogle Funeral Home, during a community event. Yes, we design & print large format banners, trade show graphics, and much more.
Happy long weekend! Special shout-out to those who are attending the annual Kaszuby Canada Barn Dance in Madawaska Valley, Ontario on Sunday. Here are the poster, tickets, and shirts we designed for the event, highlighting the region's beautiful landscape and famous "Trzy Krzyże" (Three crosses) monument. Happy dancing!
Introducing Katika’s Versus Series. For the next 2 months we will be comparing the original printing press, invented in 1439 AD by Johannes Gutenberg, with modern day Inkjet printers every Wednesday. Each week will feature a different printed item and compare how long it would have taken to print it. Just for reference an Inkjet printer can print 60,000 pages per hour while the original Gutenberg printing press could only print 25. Sources: https://buff.ly/2HckDrc https://buff.ly/2qMC5rn - #versus #dyk #keepsyoufresh #katika #graphicdesign #smallbusiness #creative #customdesign #toronto #mississauga #brampton #designhistory #printingpress #inkjet #gutenberg
It's the last week for our lovely summer interns, Arran and Tori. We're going to miss them! Clearly they know how to make a good impression.
We visited our cutest client Tula at Urban Dog Products Inc. to give a crash course on Social Media Marketing. She's excited to start taking more selfies.
A few shots of our newly-launched website for Urban Dog Products Inc. -- a hub for modern, city-dwelling dogs and their owners. Katika keeps your online presence fresh with web design, digital media, SEO, and hosting. Ask us how we can help you today. - - - #keepsyoufresh #katika #graphicdesign #webdesign #designinspiration #ux #ui #digitalmedia #seo #webhosting
At Katika, we bring your ideas to life at the highest quality, whether your job is big or small. Here we are at Canon Canada HQ, checking out the latest technology in large format printing. Ask us how we can help you with your next big project.
Wishing a happy retirement to one of our long-standing clients, Kathryn of John Howard Society. You were a pleasure to work with, and we wish you all the best!
Every year, we design the annual report for the John Howard Society of Peel, Halton & Dufferin. Whether you need a short or long-run print job, Katika's got you covered.
#graphicdesign #annualreport #johnhowardsociety #printdesign
Business meeting on the greens today with Stefcon Custom Homes and G.H. Hogle Funeral Home.
Meet our office Space Man! Thanks Canon Canada for this fun takeaway from Print Forum 2018. Just another example of how to connect with your customers using print.
Had a blast last week at Pantones & Patio 2018. Always a pleasure to meet with different designers from the GTA! Thank you to DesignX for hosting this event and TELUS for the beautiful patio (we took a particular liking to their “Fresh” wall too!) #designx #pantone #telus #patioseason #networking #torontodesigners
It's a hot one out there! #tbt to some work we did for Potbelly Canada promoting their Summer treats. We could sure use one right now!
#keepsyoufresh #katika #graphicdesign #posterdesign #toronto #mississauga #brampton
Powerful piece of design work by J. Walter Thompson London for National Centre for Domestic Violence - NCDV touching on such an important issue.
"The work comes from insight that reports of domestic violence increase 26% when England play and 38% when England lose."
#domesticviolence #fifaworldcup #england #soccer #design #notsobeautifulgame
Happy Birthday Canada! 151 years young! In celebration, we'd like to share some iconic Canadian graphic design.
Fun fact: The Canadian wordmark was designed by Jim Donahue in the 70's because he did not have a Canada logo to place at the bottom of a tourism ad. The government of Canada took notice, loved the logo, and requested to use it. Jim was happy to give it away, but legally the government had to pay - so they mailed him one dollar!
Typography is important, as evidenced in the World Cup this year. Always think about the context in which your typefaces will appear, and how legible they are.
#design #graphicdesign #typography #fifa #fifaworldcup
Happy Take Your Dog to Work Day! Or, as we call it, a regular business day. - - - - #keepsyoufresh #katika #graphicdesign #design #smallbusiness #creative #customdesign #toronto #mississauga #printdesign #webdesign #designstudio #branding #websitedesign #largeformat #promotionalproducts #marketing #digitaldesign #designinspiration #designlife #designwork #brampton #programming #takeyourdogtowork #dog #puppies #puppy #hound #husky #heterochromia
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