Team Archive - The Idea Partner

The best design is a diagram of the problem.

If you were not working in design, what would you be doing?
Working at a small letterpress shop.
What would your last meal on earth be?
Peanut butter and crispy bacon on toast.
What inspires you?
Seeing my daughter on stage performing.
What is your favourite part of the job?
Working with the printer, checking the job as it's rolling off the end of the press... making those on the spot tweaks to perfect the final results. I also love being on-site installing graphics and working with the team to solve the inevitable unforeseen obstacles that always pop up.
What is your dream project?
To finally finish the illustrated Kid's Alphabet Book I started 25 years ago.
Most inspired statement, heard or said?
“The future is unwritten.” – Joe Strummer

Where did you grow up?
I grew up in a few different places in the Lower Mainland of BC. Various areas in Surrey, Burnaby, and Vancouver and for a year and a half, I was also in Montreal, Quebec but ultimately, we moved back to BC.
Favourite childhood toy?
Comfort stuffed bear, Nintendo 64, and Nintendo DS Lite.
3 things you cannot live without?
Family, food, and music/films. Technically four.
What is something you despise?
Pickles.
What do you collect?
Pressed flowers, Marvel Comics, and Funko POP! Figures.
3 life changing bands/musicians?
Black Panther Soundtrack. BTS, J.Cole
What is your secret talent?
Being a self-taught nail technician; acrylic, gel, polygel, soft gel extensions, all the above.

If you were not working in design, what would you be doing?
Special FX movie makeup.
What would your last meal on earth be?
There are too many choices to choose from. Most likely something soupy and either Vietnamese, Japanese, or Korean.
What inspires you?
The ability to learn new things and progress as well as helping others.
What is your favourite part of the job?
Working on various projects in many disciplinaries and finding creative solutions for everyday needs.
What is your dream project?
A multi-disciplinary project that involves a social cause to raise awareness or directly being part of the movement.
Most inspired statement, heard or said?
“Design is intelligence made visible.” – Alina Wheeler

If you were not working in design, what would you be doing?
I would love to be an author.
What would your last meal on earth be?
Pizza and Diet Pepsi.
What inspires you?
Dana Tanamachi. Her book illustrations are absolutely stunning, and I love the way she captures the heart of the book in a beautiful mixture of typography and imagery.
What is your favourite part of the job?
I love the variety of projects, as well as the challenge of finding the best way to solve a problem visually.
What is your dream project?
I’ve always wanted to write a book, so I suppose designing it as well would be fun!
Most inspired statement, heard or said?
"There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind." C S Lewis

If you were not working in design, what would you be doing?
3D Animator.
What would your last meal on earth be?
Jamaican oxtail, rice & peas, doubles, Ting.
What inspires you?
Timeless, effortless style.
What is your favourite part of the job?
Being multi-disciplinary. Gives greater appreciation of the whole creative process.
What is your dream project?
Branding an NBA team.
Most inspired statement, heard or said?
“To complicate is easy. To simplify is complicated.” –Bruno Munari