{"id":248,"date":"2021-04-18T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/?p=248"},"modified":"2021-04-18T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T17:07:46","slug":"canadian-design-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/2021\/04\/18\/canadian-design-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Design Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Theo Dimson captured my heart with his minimal figures and lovely usage of colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.05.50-AM-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" width=\"315\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.05.50-AM-3.png 612w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.05.50-AM-3-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.05.50-AM-3-600x837.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in London, Ontario and grown up around comics books and magazines, DImson became enamoured with design at a very early age.&nbsp; Dimson was given a scholarship to attend the Ontario College of Art and Design, which he later graduated from in 1950.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After working as president and director of Reeson Dimson &amp; Smith LTD for over a decade, Dimson made the decision to make his own company Dimson Designs Inc. in 1985, where he was president and creative director of the company.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.04.34-AM-1-769x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" width=\"346\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.04.34-AM-1-769x1024.png 769w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.04.34-AM-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.04.34-AM-1-768x1023.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.04.34-AM-1-600x799.png 600w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.04.34-AM-1-945x1259.png 945w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/michellelussier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11630\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-18-at-10.04.34-AM-1.png 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I\u2019d like to move on to Dimson\u2019s illustration style.&nbsp; It required very little detail but has the perfect ability for the viewer to understand the point of the image right away.&nbsp; Personally something that I wish I would be able to have the ability to execute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theo Dimson captured my heart with his minimal figures and lovely usage of colour. 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