We’re profiling another Vincent Design Scholarship award-winner who proves that as long as you have a mind open to new possibilities and an open heart, you can continue to learn and grow. At 60, Denise Prefontaine is leaning into a new chapter as a fine arts student. As a French-Métis woman who has lived most …
This December, we’ve been thinking about the coming Winter Solstice, also known as The Longest Night. Celebrated in cultures around the globe for thousands of years, Winter Solstice arrives in Winnipeg on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 9:59 a.m. As the days get shorter and shorter until then, we’re bundling up. What does it mean …
On a sunny fall day ahead of a storm that would blanket the city in snow, the Vincent Design team gathered around a fire in Michaelle Jean Park. Geese flew low overhead, casting moving shadows on the grass, as Elder and Knowledge Keeper Vern Dano shared stories and songs to nourish spirits ahead of a …
We are thrilled to announce that Bre Quirion has been awarded a scholarship via our Vincent Design Indigenous Scholarship Fund. The scholarship provides educational funding to Indigenous youth pursuing college or university studies in graphic design and related programs in Canada. Bre is part of a loud, boisterous family here in Winnipeg and that same …
Knock-knock Who’s there? Canoe Canoe who? Canoe please give me a Halloween treat? We could have filled the Vincent Design canoe a few times with the treats we had here in October. It’s been great to have everyone in the office again, and we’re making the most of it. Every member of the staff —and …
September 30 will mark the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. The new federal statutory holiday coincides with Orange Shirt Day, a day to honour children who were sent away to residential schools. September was referred to as “the crying month” by many, as it was the month that children were taken from their …
How do designers decide what colours to use in their designs? When a client comes to us, we begin by asking a lot of questions. (You can learn more about our process here.) This helps us learn more about our clients and what they’re looking for — and also what they’re looking at. What inspires …
No building is ever completely finished. Our work here is only beginning. Vincent Design is for connection and communication, just like the mail that crossed the country when the first transcontinental railway was completed by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885. Winnipeg, as the Western Canadian rail hub, was an important part of Canada’s mail …
***Contains information that is distressing and may be retraumatizing*** The National Residential School Crisis Line 1-866-925-4419 How many times can a heart break? Is it one? One hundred? Two hundred and fifteen? Seven hundred and fifty one? Our hearts are broken with every revelation. Except that these aren’t revelations, not to those whose hearts are …