Staying in one place for at least two months has meant different things to everyone. But despite the disruption to their lives and their static location, artists still got busy creating. Some are making works that respond directly to [...]

Christopher Benson is one of those illustrators that somehow manages to bring an entire world of captivating stories and mystical creatures to life on a piece of paper or digital screen. Even if you’re not intimately familiar with the [...]

This week’s Creative Crush has done what many of us wish we could do (read: just go for it!). She’s turned her pop culture obsession into a business. Margaret Kalejta is the CEO, designer, production manager, and assistant at [...]

The Exchange District BIZ is one of 16 business improvement zones in Winnipeg. It encompasses East and West of Main Street from Waterfront Drive to Adelaide Street and North and South from Galt Avenue to the iconic intersection of Portage and Main.  Its [...]

A few months ago, Lindsay Arakawa left her job as Senior Creative Social Strategist at Refinery29 to move to Japan. During her time at Refinery29, she helped the media company build a distinctive narrative on social by establishing a [...]

Albie Alexander is in the business of eliciting strong emotional responses through ambitious and narrative-driven immersive experiences. Formerly the creative director of 29Rooms, Albie has crafted visual stories that dare people to dream bigger and think bolder. The award-winning [...]

Caroline Pivovar is a graphic designer by day and a hand letter enthusiast by night. The one half of Oh So Graceful, the passion project turned viable business, loves colours. In fact, there’s no such thing as too many [...]

If you live in Winnipeg, you’ve definitely seen the Beeproject Apiaries honey jars at your favorite coffee shop. What started as an experiment has now turned into a community-based business that combines urban beekeeping, education, and community engagement. Chris [...]

Carl Ostberg is a Vancouver-based multi-disciplinary artist and majorly crush-worthy creative. His Instagram is where boundary-pushing flat lay and product shot dreams are born. The whimsical feed full of dreamy flowers and exotic fruits is a dangerous place to [...]

On St. Valentine’s Day’s hangover, it’s refreshing to take a scroll through Abbie Paulhus’ Instagram which celebrates self-love and self-appreciation. On top of some pop culture inspo, her work is both frank and light-hearted – a sweet mixture of honesty [...]

We’re the lucky ones in the marketing industry.   We get to meet with a diverse roster of clients and leave brainstorming sessions feeling invigorated, filled with ideas for the client’s business and tons of inspiration for our own. [...]

We found Kim Knoll while scrolling through Instagram for inspiration. Her work struck us for being minimalistic and bearing a sense of calmness and stillness. Kim’s style is heavily influenced by her day job as a graphic designer. It’s [...]

When you are looking for new answers into new questions, it is knowledge itself that blocks purpose. It is knowledge that creates real ignorance, just as wealth creates poverty. Knowledge creates real ignorance. Every time a new discovery is [...]

Her name is Joelle Foster, but most know her as the “Start-Up Mom”. She opened the first Futurpreneur office in Winnipeg in 2010 and now serves as the Executive Director of Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the University [...]

In a recent whitepaper, we delved into the topic of innovation and execution ceilings. Innovation ceilings represent the highest reaches of our imagination, while the latter limits our creativity to our ability to produce the work.   We’ll explore [...]