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In August, get back to work in beauty and creativity

For some of you it's time to get back to work, but for some others it's vacation time that starts or continues, and you're still enjoying good times! At the clinic, the whole team filled their batteries and is ready to get back to work. Inspiration and ideas jostle in order to surprise you even more. The agency wish you a good end of the summer and we are eager to work with you. Here is what we freshly created for this month, enjoy!

This month, on Quebec TV, Damien animates Aaron's illustrations for a TV spot for Tourisme Montréal, Mydeadpony, Geraldine and Chris illustrate musical scenes for the promotional campaign of a residential complex in Toronto, Sonia got an interview in Digital Arts Magazine, Ciara creates a delightful illustration for a summer festival in Chambly France, Jérôme audaciously illustrates the dating sites phenomenon, Pablo does some composition researches for a medical campaign, Nazario puts forward the vintage look for Le Monde magazine, Tonwen creates once again a portrait from a photo for At Home magazine.

For August, the wallpaper to download is about "Fashion victim" to make you want to meet us to see our new Luxury and Fashion book. Colagene also unveils the latest advertising created by the graphic design Clinic for one of its most loyal client, the Montreal furnitures store Bonaldo. Join our community on our Facebook page that now has more than 3 250 fans!

TV spot / Tourisme Montréal

TV spot by Damien Vignaux made from illustrations created by Aaron McConomy. The animation was produced to promote tourism in Montreal. Damien and Aaron worked together under the artistic direction of Jimmy Lee creation team. Enjoy!

Massey Tower Condo project / Toronto

Here are finally the other illustrations that were used for the Massey Tower condo project promotional campaign: Mydeadpony with a Hip Hop and R&B music thematic, and Chris Arran with a 80s-90s Pop music thematic. Like Geraldine Georges' illustration, they were used for the website and other supports of the campaign.

New: Colagene's Luxury and Fashion Book

Marie-Christine Brisson - associate and artistic director - and ten illustrators at the clinic worked together in the creation of the new printed book specialized in fashion and luxury. This brand new book was printed in two versions (Paris and Montreal) for an upcoming meeting tour. If you wish to consult it, please contact us and it will be a pleasure to show it to you. While waiting to see more in the next newsletter, here is a sneak peek on Ëlodie's work.

Signage and brochure for the French festival "Chamb’lit les mots gourmands"

Ciara Phelan created a poetic and colourful pop-up collage for the festival Chamb’lit les mots gourmands 2012 that will take place on August 31st to September 2nd 2012, in the city of Chambly in France.

"Fashion victim" downloadable wallpaper

Here is the twelveth wallpaper to download. This illustration was created for the brand new clinic's fashion and luxury book by Nicole Jarecz, american illustrator based in Paris. Don't hesitate to share this wallpaper to make others discover Nicole's work.

Versions 1680x1050, 1440x900, 1280x800...
Versions 2560x1440, 1920x1080...
Version iPhone
Version iPad

Interview of Sonia Roy in Digital Arts Magazine / UK

Sonia Roy – Eplores Dreamscapes

There’s a dreamlike, allegorical quality to Canadian artist Sonia Roy’s work: vintage portraits are cast into enigmatic landscapes, and watched over by birds and foxes. They are highly evocative: hinting at emotionally charged, half-forgotten tales.


“Each of my pieces start with the characters. They are the narrators of my stories,” she explains. “Their expression and pose are very important to me.” In her images, 1950s pin-up girls beam coquettishly, and Edwardian children solemnly gaze on, surrounded by strange industrial landscapes and twisting branches.

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Bonaldo ad / Montreal

Colagene, graphic design clinic created this advertising for the designer Mauro Lipparini's Peanut B (Bonaldo Italy) sofa, on sale at Bonaldo Boutique, for Mixte and Plaisir de Vivre magazines.

Jérôme Mireault / Elle Quebec magazine / Montreal

We're talking about dating websites adepts in an article from Elle Québec in July issue titled "Les cyberlibertines". This is accompanied by 2 suggestive illustrations by Jérôme Mireault.

Pablo Pasadas / Contest for a medical print campaign

Pablo Pasadas created this collage and photomontage type illustration for a medical print campaign contest. This mock-up was finally not use but we wanted to share with you his work.

Anne Cresci / Selection brand packaging / Canada

Anne Cresci created a series of packaging illustrations for sanitary products by Selection brand. Each illustration had to reflect a predetermined scene in the life of a woman.

Adidas / Client pitch for Climacool campaign / Montréal

Black and white frames from a storyboard illustrated by Dan Svatek for a pitch for Adidas Climacool campaign.

AFAR Magazine / San Francisco

3 different road trips nicely represented with collages by Julien Pacaud: one car trip through Tuscany, a motorbike trip through Thailand and a RV trip through the United States.

Nazario Graziano / M, Le Magazine du Monde / Paris

Nazario Graziano illustrates for M the magazine of Le Monde's newspaper, a special file about high technologies trends. He plays with pictures of vintage electronics and characters as well as soft curves.

Tonwen Jones / At Home with Century21 magazine / USA

Tonwen Jones creates once again a colourful designer portrait for the Point of View section of the At Home with Century21 magazine. She also contributed to this issue in creating few spots to go with the text of the Homefront section.

Francis Léveillée / Journal Write Now / USA

Francis Léveillée was commissioned once again to illustrate a journal of notes now about questionnings.

Website / Nueva / Montreal

Colagene graphic design clinic has just produced a new website for Nueva, a 100% Quebec fashion couture house.

GreenSource Magazine / New York

Ciara Phelan represented with a collage the process of a green building creation to accompany the story about this in the McGraw-Hill Construction publication.

Adidas / Pitch for Those who dare campaign / Montreal

Black and white illustrated frames from a storyboard created by Thomas Stefflbauer for a client presentation to Adidas of a TV spot concept for '"Those who dare" women campaign.