Design Trends 2016

Top Design Trends 2016

  For this week’s Breakfast Club, Nik, our Senior Art Director, discussed upcoming trends for 2016. Although he didn’t tell us which fashion boots would be hot this year, he did talk about what trends are in store for us in graphic design. At adHOME, graphic design is an important part of what we do.…

Music is Alive Part Deux

What Else is Going on in the Music Industry?

  At adHOME, we know the consumer and consumerism, from services to products, from patterns to shelf-life, and like any other product, music fits into this map somewhere, but sometimes it’s hard to determine quite where. Certain music seems disposable—it might play non-stop on the radio for three months and then get replaced, never to…

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The Man Back from the Dead

At our Breakfast Club on Monday, Matt’s presentation was on the topical movie that might just shatter the popular meme of an Oscar-less Leonardo DiCaprio: The Revenant. Matt didn’t want to spoil anything though, so his presentation explored the arguably more interesting topic of the historic truth behind the movie. Hugh Glass, the main character…

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Things of the Future

For this week’s Breakfast Club, Katie presented us with some of the most intriguing and perhaps odd technologies of the future. January marks the time of year when we’re all thinking about how to make our future better. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 5th to 9th 2016, there were plenty of new…

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A Look Ahead at Entertainment in 2016

“A new year, a new you” is not exactly what the film industry is thinking for 2016. During Javier’s Breakfast Club, he outlined just how many sequels and remakes the movie industry is planning on putting out this year. A couple to get excited about are Captain America: Civil War and the next Star Wars…

Design Anywhere

Creativity Anywhere

As a design agency, we are always looking for ways to be more efficient and stay on the cutting edge of technology.  Michael’s Breakfast Club presentation showed us how we could do just that!  It focussed on some of the advancements of design software and the appeal of designing on the go in today’s active…

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What we can learn from Star Wars

With the imminent arrival of the new Star Wars film coming this month, lets talk about the super-heavyweight marketing marriage of Disney and LucasFilm. What are they doing to promote the upcoming and eagerly awaited instalment? See Nik’s breakfast club presentation outlining some of the Star Wars marketing lessons that can be used in other marketing campaigns. Everything from advertisements, to merchandising, this…

360 Video Blog

360 is All Around Us

In the marketing world, the introduction of 360 video has been the fresh spin on video advertising that brands are jumping on board with. With the recent announcement of Facebook’s 360 video capabilities, 360 videos are popping up everywhere. See some of the early adapter brands already using this technology.   Nike Football – The Neymar…

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We’ve Dog-Gone Done It

As you may know, many of us adHOMErs are dog lovers and our office is frequently visited by the office pooch, Sadie. So when coming up with one of our next big promotions for our client, CertainTeed Insulation, we had our 4-legged friends in mind. We created a promotion that would raise brand awareness for…

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Helping Students Stay Healthy

In preparation for the upcoming school year, adHOME worked with The University of Toronto to launch their HealthyU website. The site featured a playful and colourful design divided into four key areas focused on the health and well-being of students – HappyU, SafeU, FuelU and MoveU. For university students, academic and personal success are often…