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How Pinteresting!

By Nic Graphic Designer

There's a new social network in town, and it's name is Pinterest! Before you groan inwardly at the thought of having ANOTHER social media account to add to your shelf of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ accounts, let me just say that Pinterest has a slightly different purpose that might intrigue you.

An Ode to Cats…and Lisa

By Katie Berg

Edmontons most confusing billboard: A love story.

By Nathan Winski

Why would you go through all the trouble of posting an ad in the "Just Missed You" column of the paper when you can afford a wonderfully ambiguous billboard?

Pure Vision is Hiring an Art Director

By Katie Berg

Some Cool iPad Apps You Might Like

By Brendan Young Web Developer

On Holiday Vacation’s eve, the Pure Vision staff miraculously came into a shipment of iPads, and no doubt spent the entire break searching for the best apps for their shiny new devices. However, as I soon discovered, the first steps into the iPad App Store and the inherent potential to waste precious dollars can weigh heavily on one’s soul. With that in mind, I have compiled a list of iPad apps that I think are pretty cool.

MORE tangible LESS digital

By Nic Graphic Designer

As a creative, there is a vast amount of different mediums that you can use to express an idea. We've got our choice of pencils, paints, papers, markers, inks and other crafty bits galore. Even so, more often than not I find myself starting a project on the computer, bringing an idea to life on my computer, and finishing a project on the computer. This amounts to a whole lot of digital and not a lot of tangible.

Cats. Keyboards. QR Codes.

By Shauna Graphic Designer

Demystifying Photo Techniques: HDR: Part 1: The Awakening

By Nathan Winski

HDR may be old hat to a lot of photographers by now, but it is just starting to become mainstream, it’s a stock filter in Photoshop as well as a feature on your iPhone, but what is it exactly?

Why Google+ is Awesome

By Brendan Young Web Developer

When I tell people about Google+ the response is usually something about how it’s “just like Facebook.” And that’s true to a point: Google+ is similar to Facebook in that you type some stuff, press enter, and then your friends can read that stuff. What makes Google+ awesome is how it does all that stuff better.