Magnesium Studio

05/20/2026

"If something is not good in black, it won't be good in another colour."
- Anton Stankowski

Colour can enhance or emphasize, but it can never rescue a weak foundation. If your layout, logo, illustration, or interface doesn't feel balanced, readable, or impactful in black and white. Adding colour or any other hue won't fix the underlying problems.

Hard Truth:
If that raw black and white version feels weak, unbalanced, unclear, or boring, adding colour won't save it.

05/23/2025

Update on the Canada Post strike

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has launched a nationwide overtime ban for employees in both the Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units. This is a legal strike action and means that CUPW-represented employees will refuse to work overtime across the company

03/02/2025

Some handmade cards for some special kids.

02/15/2025

Celebrating Canada’s Flag today. It’s the 60th anniversary of OUR flag. 🇨🇦

01/27/2025

Something I started a while back.

01/08/2025

Getty Images and Shutterstock to Merge into one company.

12/06/2024

My first version of Photoshop was v3. 😊

A fun look back! Shoutout to for putting together the evolution of the Photoshop logo. 💙✨

11/11/2024

Goodbye

04/20/2024

I planted spring bulbs a few falls ago, and now it’s great to see them multiplying 😍 🪻❤️

04/03/2024

Royal Branding: Queen Elizabeth's vs King Charles' cypher.

Check out Envato Elements 👉 https://1.envato.market/c/3671954/1159027/4662?subId1=video1 (since this video was published, free trials have been discontinued...