Applied Arts Magazine has just released its list of entries for its upcoming Annual, and Rethink had another stellar performance.  We’ll have 27 different pieces in the upcoming annual, which will be published in December.

Magazine Single:
Dose - Amy

Magazine Series:
Dose - Paris/Amy/Tom

Newspaper Single:
Playland - Caramel Apple
Canadian Press – Smokestack
Canadian Press – Explosion
Canadian Press - Sneeze

Newspaper Series:
Canadian Press - Smokestack/Explosion/Sneeze

Out of Home Single
Playland - Candy Floss
Playland - Caramel Apple
Playland - Snow Cone
Vancouver  Canadians – Spitting & Scratching

Out of Home Series
Playland - Candy Floss/Caramel Apple/Snow Cone
BC Lions - Toronto/Montreal/Saskatchewan

Public Service Single
Keys Please - Cellular Alco Test

Non-Traditional Single
Science World – Walk on Water
Langara - Scholarship
Offsetters – Stop Global Warming
NoTankers - The Loonie Project

Radio Single
BC Lions - Cake

Public Service Radio
Science World - Earth Girth
Science World - Whale Sound

TV Single
Playland – Messed

Public Service TV
Science World – Blind Date Mute

Design -Brochure/Catalogue Design
Graphex - Annual

Design - Logo
Kristy Harrison - Wedding Photography

Design - Poster
Dressed in Blue - Dry Cleaning Poster

Design - Misc
Sheridan Illustration BAA Graduate Show Materials

When Carson Ting’s not art directing projects at Rethink, he creates amazing illustrations in his free time.  So amazing that  Lurzer’s Archive Magazine has just named Carson one of the 200 Best Illustrators in the world. Check out some of Carson’s illustrations at http://www.lostateminor.com/2009/06/02/carson-ting-illustration/

BC Business, June 2009  To read the article click here.

“Chris Staples helped reinvigorate a moribund Vancouver ad industry back in the 1990s with daring and engaging work. In this challenging new economy, with an evermore fragmented media universe, can he do it again?”

Read More:

BC Business, June 2009 Five Ads by Chris Staples

The Ad and Design Club of Canada has just released its list of finalists, and Rethink nabbed 38 spots in 23 categories.  Medal winners will be announced in Toronto in November.

TV Single
Playland – Messed

Radio Single
Playland - The Cure

Public Service Ad Single
Directions - Homophobia

Public Service Ad Campaign
BCSHOF – Treadmill/Boxing/Wheelchair Basketball

TV PS Single
Alberta’s Libraries – Kama Sutra
Alberta’s Libraries – Scrapbooking
Alberta’s Libraries – Mt Everest
Science World – Blind Date Mute

TV PS Campaign
Alberta’s Libraries – Mt Everest/Scrapbooking/Kama Sutra

NSP Single
Playland – Candy Floss
Playland – Caramel Apple
Blueline - Basketball

NSP Campaign
Playland –Candy Floss/Caramel Apple/Snow Cone

Consumer Magazine Single
Dose – Paris
2K – Tattoos

Consumer Magazine Campaign
Dose – Paris/Tom/Amy

Trade Campaign
D&M – Lightening/Ka-Pow/Bus Stop

Transit Single
Playland - Caramel Apple
Playland – Snow Cone
Playland – Candy Floss
Vancouver Canadians – Spitting & Scratching

Transit Campaign
Playland – Candy Floss/Caramel Apple/Snow Cone

Innovative Campaign
Keys Please – Cellular Alco Test

Posters Single
Langara – Doodling
Dressed in Blue – Dry Cleaning Poster

Multi-Media
Alberta’s Libraries Campaign
Science World Campaign

Advertising Misc
Solo -  Blabble
Valhalla Pure Outfitters – Camping/Beer/Sweet View

Graphic Design Misc
Lawyer Magnification Business Card
Concert Promoter Business Card
Graphex Invite

Stationery
Vancouver Biennale Stationery

Catalogues
Graphex Annual

Logos
Kristy Harrison Wedding Photography
Make Good Logo

Corporate ID
Kolachy & Co Identity
Knowledge ID

Rethink took home more medals at Tuesday’s Marketing Awards in Toronto than any other single office in the country.

Gold
Non-Traditional Ad Campaign – Keys Please

Silver
Radio Single – Mr Lube – Magic Wrench
Business Press Single – Canadian Press – Explosion
Non-Traditional – Science World – Walk on Water
Public Service Print – Offsetters – Stop Global Warming

Bronze
TV Single – BC Lions – Joyride
TV Single – Playland – Messed
Magazine Campaign – Dose – Paris/Amy/Tom
NSP Single – BCAA – Car
NSP Single – Wagstaffe – Tree
Radio Single – BCAA – Weather
Radio Single – BC Lions – Beer Gut Baby
Non Traditional - Science World - Beaver Trees
Public Service TV – Alberta’s Libraries – Scrapbooking

“All about the buzz”, Marketing Magazine, June 1, 2009. 

 We recently launched this innovative transit shelter for Victoria’s Bug Zoo.  The see-through plastic sheet features hundreds of small magnifying lenses to give you the perspective of a creepy crawler.

While at the One Show in NY, Ian Grais participated in The Un-Conference where he was asked to speak about “what he looks for in a junior portfolio”. You can hear Ian and 18 other creative directors answer that question on the podcast at balserville.com, Episode #54

Rethink was recently honored at two prestigious US award competitions. We picked up a Silver from The Clios, with three more pieces short-listed. At The One Show, we also received a Silver. Three other pieces earned merits and will be featured in the 2009 One Show annual. Ian Grais, one of Rethink’s three founding partners, was a judge at this year’s One Show and attended the festival in New York.

Click to see the winners:

Silver Clio – Keys Please “Cellular Alco Test”

Silver Pencil –Kristy Harrison Wedding Photography

Marketing Daily, March 2009

To read the article click here.