Eddy Edgar

I based the logo design off one of Kanata's smiling clients named Walter. He just looked so happy and a happy, excercised, pup is what this dog walking service is all about.

kanatadogwalking.ca

Photo by Eddy Edgar

These are the original Mulberry Coffeehouse travel vessels from 2011-2012. Mulberry asked me to them source mugs that would delight their customers. They were a sold-out success! We did many re-orders of the same vessel and design.

I acted as both consultant on this project as well as designer. I worked with a trusted supplier of mine to locate a quality product that would work for the brand of the coffeehouse. With a bit of detective work, we located a fantastic, double-walled stainless steel vessel that worked with both hot and cold drinks. The sturdy lid and seal stays shut, doesn't leak, and isn't annoying to clean!

(It's November 2017, and I still have mine. It's the perfect size for commuting or transit.)

The simple type-based design was sparked by a row of Dr.Seuss books sitting on shelves of the coffeehouse. I suggested that rather than using a boring logo for the mug - like any typical coffee franchise would do - that we use the title of a Dr.Seuss book.

It worked. People bought a lot of mugs!

Valley Connections Counselling is based in Dundas, Ontario and founded by Executive Clinical Director, and Registered Psychotherapist Amanda Youssef. 

valleyconnectionscounselling.com

The circular badge-style of the logo allows for the longer business name to eloquently wrap around the symbol. Keeping future years of business growth in mind - the location text at the bottom of the design is easily modifiable.

I chose a modern serif font paired with an EEG waveform which some people may assume represents heart monitoring - fortunately, either of those options works in this case since the LiveLAB is capable of multi-person EEG as well as physiology monitoring. The colour palette follows the LiveLAB's pre-existing logo as well as the parent brand - McMaster University. 

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I designed the album sleeve for Dark Mean’s self-titled album released in June of 2011. The band wanted me to use a photo that the singer, Mark Dean, took of his young cousin holding a guitar which Mark had quickly snapped on vacation. The pic had been taken on an older digital camera, so I did a lot of retouching work to the original pic to bring out the most interesting elements of the composition and also to give everything a more painterly look that would print well on a matte-finish CD sleeve. I placed the band’s name across the open and closed door, and I’ve never gotten tired of that interesting decision.

Songs for the Bishop is an outdoor concert series for the Stinson community's annual concert event in Bishop's Park.

Thumbnail for Cineqquefoil’s podcast.

An event poster I designed and illustrated.

An event poster I designed and illustrated.

A yellow cinquefoil is a feature of the logo which is a regionally abundant, flower-like weed representing the five artists. The lettering is inspired by the Fell Types collection — printing types which were collected by John Fell, A Bishop of Oxford in the seventeenth-century.

At the request of the client, I illustrated and designed this program in black and white to save on printing costs.

This illustration was inspired by 60s design and retro video games. Originally used for a gig poster for Emay and Haolin Munk in the middle 2000s at (the now-closed) Homegrown Hamilton, the graphic has gone on to be made into a stand-alone art poster and stickers which I sell at art vendor markets.

I have designed all the covers for the GTA-based band Dark Mean since their first EP releases, Frankencottage (2009) and Music Box (2010) with the exception of Samuel the Phoenix (2014). Please see my broader portfolio to view other covers from this band.