Ryan Snook is a Toronto-based illustrator with a childlike whimsy to his art. You might even say it has a touch of magic.   His bold use of bright colours hits you like a fresh cup of coffee, ramping [...]

Armand Mehidri is anything but your average art school graduate. He combined his two passions, fashion and drawing, and for the past few years has been sketching celebrities and fashion models for his impressive Instagram audience of 74 thousand [...]

Teresa C. Freitas is a lingering Instagram A-list crush of ours. Her style is unique and she seems to have found the perfect niche following. Teresa’s pastel-dominated feed can serve as the perfect infusion of dreamy thoughts and creative [...]

Friend to UpHouse, Laura Kloepfer, has held many job titles in the past — varying from Social Media Specialist to Graphic Designer and Art Director. Now a freelance Creative Strategist, Laura is mainly focused on helping businesses nail their [...]

On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we want to highlight a local drag queen and a queer creative go-getter. Graeme Houssin is the host of Drag in the Peg, a podcast exploring the lives and careers [...]

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 [...]

At first glance, Hiller Goodspeed’s drawings may look simple, easy to interpret and straightforward, which is part of where the beauty of his work lies. Through his palatable, intentional work, Hiller communicates important messages of self-appreciation and self-sufficiency. His [...]

Some actors say their entire lives prepared them for their groundbreaking roles. Well, our viewing habits have aptly prepared us for this interview. Currently, our staff is glued to our TV sets binging CBC’s Workin’ Moms, reason enough to [...]

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 [...]

Pandr Design Co. is a team of boss ladies based in Southern California. Roxy and Phoebe, the co-founders and owners of Pandr Design Co., are on a mission to crush the stereotype of the starving artist through bold and [...]

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 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 [...]

We were lucky to tour the facilities at Princess Auto’s HQ in Winnipeg recently and were floored by how much their marketing team handles in-house. They’ve built a production studio to meet their own video needs, and a dedicated [...]

Turning a hobby into a successful career is the dream of many — made suddenly a little more conceivable with the ability to gain widespread recognition online. Carly Kuhn has successfully achieved both. Known on the Internet as The [...]