Context Creative

11/07/2024

Attending DesignThinkers? Grab a coffee and join us in the lower lobby tomorrow at 8:15 a.m. for a roundtable discussion led by our Associate Creative Director Catherine Ryan. The topic will be "Beautiful, creative + accessible: Strategies for accessible design" See you there! https://bit.ly/3YH0ZZv

08/26/2024

Winner, gagnant! Congrats to Carmen and Karen, winners of the RGD Award for Accessible Design. Special thanks to Dave Hurds and the rest of the judges. See the winning project: https://bit.ly/3X3FwsQ

ID: Three smartphones lay flat, side-by-side, each displaying different screens of GlucoPal, a diabetes tracking app, including a dashboard and journal feature.

07/02/2024

Got a little messy painting ramps last week! Big thanks to for hosting us—and for all the work you do in creating more accessible spaces.



Image descriptions:
1. Ten team members in the alley with StopGap founder Luke Anderson, proudly showing off six freshly painted ramps.
2. Two team members paint a ramp in the woodshop.
3. Two team members paint a ramp in the woodshop.
4. Two smiling friends hold up paintbrushes over a ramp.
5. Two smiling team members hold up paintbrushes, as they put the finishing touches on a ramp.
6. Hard at work, two team members paint the surface of a ramp.
7. Context and StopGap Foundation teams standing in a row, showing off the new ramps in the alley.

06/26/2024

The view from 116 storeys up. Should we make this part of our onboarding? CN Tower / Tour CN

06/24/2024

The results are in from our lakeshore cleanups with A Greener Future:

- 9 volunteers over 2 events
- 6,487 pieces of litter collected
- 720 pieces of litter each on average
- 2,331 cigarette butts
- 1,817 plastic pieces
- Protected 2,331,000 litres of water from contamination
- Prevented 24 lbs of plastic from being ingested by wildlife
- Diverted 8 lbs of plastic waste from Lake Ontario

06/21/2024

These lovely volunteers pitched in today at the Norseman Community Food Bank in Etobicoke. Thank you to NCFB and the Daily Bread Food Bank for all that you do for our community!

06/04/2024

Beautiful day for a with A Greener Future. These Contexters walked along Cherry Beach today picking up cigarette butts, bottles, litter and—most unusual—hundreds of plastic flower petals?

05/03/2024

Another win! The CAAT Pension Plan 2022 Year in Review is also a Webby Award Honoree. We couldn’t be more proud of this collaboration. See how we bring these reports to life: https://bit.ly/4dkEQ9S

05/01/2024

We’re gonna need a bigger trophy case! We won two IABC Awards—one, for our Meter Reading campaign and another for the 2022 Year in Review. Congrats to everyone involved! 🙌

02/29/2024

How did we bring RGD's newly reimagined website to life? Take a peek behind the scenes.

Designing for designers is no easy feat. But we rose to the challenge to give the RGD’s website a fresh, functional new look and hub.

02/27/2024

We have lift off! 🚀

Explore the latest frontiers of graphic design at rgd.ca. A central hub for Canada’s design community, the site features an extensive video library, searchable member directory, and vast collection of resources including tools, guides, webinars, events and awards.

Thanks to our stellar crew at RGD mission control: Hilary, Heidi, Karin, Nicola and the entire RGD community for their help in guiding the way. 💫

Canada's largest professional association for graphic designers. Design advocacy, certification, community and inspiration. 4,000 members from across…

02/23/2024

Guess who just went Platinum? 🏆 We brought home three Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards from Summit Awards this year—including two Platinum awards and one “Best of Category”. Kudos to our amazing team along with Enbridge Gas and GetSmarter AboutMoney.ca

09/28/2023

Congratulations to Kendra Legault, winner of this year's Context Storytelling Award. It was a pleasure to support the and see the range of work and ideas from this talented community.

Re-Orient is a series of booklets aiming to educate designers about Chop Suey fonts' impact on the East-Asian diaspora and cultural representation. It prompts designers to reflect on biases and the influence of design choices. The booklets employ stereotypical visual elements inspired by Chinese res...

09/27/2023

More good news—the newly refreshed website for Condominium Authority of Ontario received a Web Excellence Award! See how involving users in the process led to a better experience. https://bit.ly/3PUCtkc

in collaboration with Condominium Authority of Ontario (CAO)

09/26/2023

Starting the week off with some happy news—we've been recognized with three Summit Creative Awards for recent work with Enbridge Gas.

Gold: The Gang's All Here Smart Smart Thermostat Campaign
Silver: Fighting Climate Change with Cow Manure Campaign
Silver: Senior's Influencer Campaign

Summit Awards is a global platform celebrating the creative achievements of small and medium-sized advertising agencies. This year, it received more than 3,900 entries from 28 countries.

07/14/2023

Anyone up for a hike this weekend? Ontario is full of beautiful trails to enjoy. To find the right path for you, check out the Ontario Trails Council website (we also helped bring it to life!): https://bit.ly/3qoQA6Z

07/12/2023

Thrilled to share our latest work with Canada Post—five new stamps featuring ferries in Canada!

06/06/2023

It’s ! While we’re not professional florists, we do like to exercise our collective green thumbs through design. Check out this stamp we did with and artist Chantal Larocque to celebrate the fragrant cape jasmine gardenia.