Canadian Design Resource

Found the Canadian Design Resource site via Cool Hunting.
Written in blog format, the Canadian Design Resource has posts about various forms of Canadian Design -- some more recent, and some that brings on twinges of nostalgia.

They have the designs categorized by product type or more specific types of graphic design like symbols, logos and packaging.

It's certainly a good way to educate oneself about different things that have been designed by Canadians.

I for one, didn't know that Tobias Wong was a Canadian -- he's done a number of tongue in cheek designs and his Smoking Mitten is featured on the CDR site:


They also featured a few designs by one of my favourite Canadian Designers, Scot Laughton (though, they don't have any of his now-defunct Lolah designs).


In any case, if you've got a Canadianphile or you just want to see a pretty good collection of various types of design, check out the CDR site.

Btw, if you're ever in Toronto and want to see a decent collection of Canadian Design first-hand, make sure to visit the Design Exchange at 234 Bay Street too.